| Secret circle parts? | 20 |
| Faculty member working for the U.S. Army? | 41 |
| Extra help of a sort | 20 |
| 1981 #1 hit for Hall & Oates | 32 |
| Hedge shrub | 11 |
| Evergreen hedge | 15 |
| Type of hedge | 13 |
| Shrub often used to mark a boundary | 35 |
| Kind of hedge | 13 |
| Hedge used as a fence | 21 |
| Parties to a legal transaction | 30 |
| Special benefit | 15 |
| Special advantage | 17 |
| Prerogative | 11 |
| They're not enjoyed by everyone | 35 |
| Special rights | 14 |
| Prerogatives | 12 |
| Monarch's advisers | 22 |
| Royal advisers? Outhouse committees? Whatever! I'm a PC | 59 |
| Alliance of outhouse owners? | 28 |
| Good news for one who needs to go? | 34 |
| Standard, as a menu | 19 |
| Like many Thanksgiving Day menus | 32 |
| Treasured highly | 16 |
| Good sign on a candy box | 24 |
| Sweeps bait | 11 |
| P.G.A. award | 12 |
| Wheel of Fortune highlight | 26 |
| Giving an award to the wrong person? | 36 |
| Pride of a collection | 21 |
| Where winners pick up their awards | 34 |
| Postgame display site | 21 |
| Place for trophies at an awards luncheon | 40 |
| Value one's vision? | 23 |
| Appreciate the victor? | 22 |
| Successful competitor | 21 |
| Old Geo model | 13 |
| Rec. place | 10 |
| Saddle-shaped snacks | 20 |
| Early arrivals, of sorts | 24 |
| Take as needed: pharm. | 22 |
| "Boogie Nights" theme | 31 |
| Gearshift sequence | 18 |
| Gearshift letters | 17 |
| Shifting sequence | 17 |
| Shifting letters | 16 |
| Shift sequence | 14 |
| On the offensive | 16 |
| Lendl visits Sing Sing? | 23 |
| Houston Astro, for one | 22 |
| He's paid to play | 21 |
| Reason for a search | 19 |
| Marinara most likely to be used? | 32 |
| Doubtless | 9 |
| To all appearances | 18 |
| The major leagues | 17 |
| The big leagues | 15 |
| Will validation | 15 |
| Will process | 12 |
| Authentication of a will | 24 |
| Will administration process | 27 |
| Validation of a will | 20 |
| Prove, as a will | 16 |
| Prove a will | 12 |
| Inheritor's headache | 24 |
| Establish a will | 16 |
| Court where last words are heard | 32 |
| Court where last wishes are heard | 33 |
| Court for heirs | 15 |
| Court concerned with wills | 26 |
| Contest of wills? | 17 |
| Authenticate, legally | 21 |
| Ruled genuine | 13 |
| Proved valid, in a way | 22 |
| Certified inspiration? | 22 |
| Validates a will | 16 |
| Will proceedings | 16 |
| Uses will power? | 16 |
| Trial period | 12 |
| Testing period | 14 |
| Period of trial | 15 |
| Most of Martha Stewart's sentence | 37 |
| Alternative to a jail term | 26 |
| Tester of a person's conduct | 32 |
| Exploratory | 11 |
| Inquisitor | 10 |
| One conducting an investigation | 31 |
| They investigate things | 23 |
| Diligent investigators | 22 |
| Rookie firefighter | 18 |
| Investigating maraschinos? | 26 |
| Investigative reporter's specialty | 38 |
| Uprightness | 11 |
| Rectitude | 9 |
| Complete honesty | 16 |
| Uncertain or questionable | 25 |
| Raising a lot of doubt | 22 |
| Open to doubt or debate | 23 |
| In a dubious way | 16 |
| Parent's handful | 20 |