| Dry bouquet item | 16 |
| Russian Orthodox substitutes for palm branches on Palm Sunday | 61 |
| Skin swelling | 13 |
| Restrict windfall profits? | 26 |
| Tried to buy at auction | 23 |
| Sought at auction | 17 |
| Feign confidence | 16 |
| Memo to a gabby vintner | 23 |
| "Talking isn't going to reseal that wine bottle!" | 63 |
| Hamper a pie? | 13 |
| Way to make that heavy sofa easier to move? | 43 |
| ___ end to | 10 |
| Ballplayer's home renovation advice about the bare hallway floor? | 69 |
| "I ___" (tune for Harry Potter?) | 42 |
| " . . . let no man ___" | 33 |
| Helped to relax | 15 |
| Commonly accepted as such | 25 |
| Save for a rainy day | 20 |
| Clean up, as one's toys | 27 |
| The still-hungry baby sitter ___ | 32 |
| Replace | 7 |
| Erase time? | 11 |
| Save for the future | 19 |
| "___, Honey" (song sung by a witch's hubby?) | 58 |
| Squelch; crush | 14 |
| Criticize singer Johnny? | 24 |
| Criticize a hit miniseries? | 27 |
| Belittling remarks | 18 |
| Spin, as a cue ball, and how to answer each starred clue in this puzzle? | 72 |
| "Let's shake!" | 28 |
| Do a furniture mover's job? | 31 |
| The press liaison officer ___ | 29 |
| Crossword puzzle seminar? | 25 |
| Cheer up a fellow Londoner | 26 |
| Practice area, of a sort | 24 |
| Russian Irving Berlin classic? | 30 |
| Make easy to understand | 23 |
| Given sovereignty | 17 |
| What this puzzle's theme (and some of its clues) received? | 62 |
| The Kremlin's closet space? | 31 |
| To ___ mildly | 13 |
| "___ there!" | 22 |
| To _____ mildly | 15 |
| "___ in writing" | 26 |
| "___ down!" ("Drop the gun!") | 49 |
| Say something differently | 25 |
| Words heard after opening a gift, maybe | 39 |
| Gift giver's request, perhaps | 33 |
| Exhortation from a gift giver | 29 |
| Comment from Moses to God? | 26 |
| "Shake!" | 18 |
| River in Moldavia | 17 |
| Magazine of 1800's | 22 |
| How to get this puzzle's final word | 39 |
| Circle above the airport? | 25 |
| Words with ''pedestal'' or ''happy face'' | 73 |
| Show little concern despite fears | 33 |
| Losers' imperative | 22 |
| Theme song for a clown? | 23 |
| Strouse-Adams tune: 1960 | 24 |
| Strouse refrain: 1960 | 21 |
| Song from "Bye Bye Birdie": 1960 | 42 |
| Photographer's request? | 27 |
| Coach's song to losers | 26 |
| 1960 song from "Bye Bye Birdie" | 41 |
| "Bye Bye Birdie" tune [California] | 44 |
| "Bye Bye Birdie" hit | 30 |
| Become affected | 15 |
| Act superior | 12 |
| Be unnatural | 12 |
| Dupe some wedding officiants? | 29 |
| Emulate "SNL" | 23 |
| Seated? | 7 |
| Suddenly remember | 17 |
| Identify exactly ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | 57 |
| Say something personally embarrassing | 37 |
| Shelve for a while | 18 |
| Like soon-to-be-opened champagne | 32 |
| Add new connections between floors? | 35 |
| Sidelined by injury, in baseball lingo, and a hint to how this puzzle's theme puns are formed | 97 |
| Prepare to dine | 15 |
| Give California Chrome a treat | 30 |
| Give oneself airs | 17 |
| Try to prosecute | 16 |
| Fail at a diet | 14 |
| Asked a hard question in public, say | 36 |
| Portfolio hedges | 16 |
| Inconvenienced | 14 |
| Statistic for infielders | 24 |
| Many tag plays | 14 |
| Baseball trios | 14 |
| Send a pet for an airing | 24 |
| Send into retirement | 20 |
| Retire as a sire for hire | 25 |
| Bring off, slangily | 19 |
| Actually write | 14 |
| Engine sound: Var. | 18 |
| _____ bug in one's ear (give ideas) | 39 |
| ___ stop to (ends) | 18 |
| ___ stop to | 11 |