| Reached an impasse | 18 |
| Faced overwhelming opposition | 29 |
| On the way home the klutz often _____ | 37 |
| Parties for future wives of rajahs? | 35 |
| The unskilled | 13 |
| Ordinary folks | 14 |
| Average citizens | 16 |
| Regular workers | 15 |
| Job for a statistician? | 23 |
| Mess hall handout? | 18 |
| Private or corporal | 19 |
| Doubly disgusting? | 18 |
| Most foul-smelling | 18 |
| Most objectionable | 18 |
| Most flagrant | 13 |
| Jeannette __, first woman elected to Congress | 45 |
| Jeannette ___, first woman elected to Congress | 46 |
| First elected Congresswoman Jeannette | 37 |
| Position in a college sports poll | 33 |
| Zookeeper's hierarchy? | 26 |
| Seeded players' concerns | 28 |
| Perturbed putterer? | 19 |
| Smelly heart or kidney? (F.M.) | 30 |
| Indecent reprimand | 18 |
| Worked out at the track | 23 |
| Hit the track | 13 |
| Didn't outrace anyone | 25 |
| The soda jerk ... | 17 |
| Was nearly depleted | 19 |
| Was almost out of stock | 23 |
| Needed more | 11 |
| Was almost depleted | 19 |
| Neared empty | 12 |
| Dwindled alarmingly | 19 |
| Was nearly out of stock | 23 |
| Was almost out of inventory | 27 |
| Was almost out | 14 |
| Used most of the supply | 23 |
| Needed to reorder, maybe | 24 |
| Needed filling up | 17 |
| Got to the bottom of the barrel? | 32 |
| Approached exhaustion | 21 |
| Approached empty | 16 |
| Almost had no stock left | 24 |
| Was almost out of | 17 |
| "___ 1/2" (noted anime series) | 40 |
| "You nearly ___ over!" | 32 |
| ___ of Kutch | 12 |
| ___ of Kachchh | 14 |
| ___ of Cutch | 12 |
| --- of Kutch | 12 |
| ___ of Kutch, salt marsh in India | 33 |
| ___ of Kutch, historic salt marsh in India | 42 |
| ___ of Kutch (Indian salt morass) | 33 |
| Back at work Mr. Ridder _____ | 29 |
| ___ on (talked endlessly) | 25 |
| Proceeded further than expected, say | 36 |
| Was caught short | 16 |
| Grew tired | 10 |
| Trampled | 8 |
| Went long, as a meeting | 23 |
| Practiced quickly | 17 |
| Hurried next door, e.g. | 23 |
| Exceeded, as a time limit | 25 |
| Broke up late, as a meeting | 27 |
| Blew by | 7 |
| Zipped by | 9 |
| Went over the time limit | 24 |
| Told to in order to get an opinion | 34 |
| Quickly overtook | 16 |
| Flew by, as a mixed-up Michigan State athlete? | 46 |
| Clean out the house? | 20 |
| Turn upside-down | 16 |
| Try to clean out the house? | 27 |
| Search vigorously | 17 |
| One who turns a place upside down | 33 |
| Searching through destructively | 31 |
| Contest to determine the fastest pillager? | 42 |
| Was petrified, maybe | 20 |
| Became intimidated | 18 |
| Became insufficient | 19 |
| Was shy? | 8 |
| Had some inventory problems | 27 |
| Didn't have enough supplies | 31 |
| Couldn't cough up enough cash | 33 |
| Lost time, as a watch | 21 |
| American auto pioneer | 21 |
| One kidnapping negotiator | 25 |
| Charles Lindbergh, once | 23 |
| Carrier of a money-laden briefcase, perhaps | 43 |
| They might cut and paste letters | 32 |
| Did diagnostic work | 19 |
| Message that uses many different letters | 40 |
| Kidnapper's missive | 23 |
| Composition with uneven characters, stereotypically | 51 |
| A kidnapper may write it | 24 |
| Kidnappers' mailings | 24 |
| Banging noise | 13 |
| They carry on | 13 |
| They babble on and on | 21 |