| English period | 14 |
| Body of proxy rulers | 20 |
| 1811 to 1820 in Britain | 23 |
| Up from the gutter | 18 |
| Grew back | 9 |
| Becomes a new person | 20 |
| London Zoo locale | 17 |
| German composer with a palindromic name | 39 |
| Composer Max | 12 |
| Bantu group | 11 |
| Genre associated with Jamaican-born Pluto Shervington | 53 |
| Urban music genre with Jamaican and Latin roots | 47 |
| Dancehall relative | 18 |
| Combined Latin/Jamaican/hip-hop genre | 37 |
| NFL running back who forfeited his 2005 Heisman Trophy | 54 |
| Favorite Hall of Famer of the 7th U.S. president? | 49 |
| Baseball's "Mr. October" | 38 |
| All-time batting strikeout leader | 33 |
| "Mister October" | 26 |
| Pro greats Jackson and White | 28 |
| Prefix before -cide for assassins, perhaps | 42 |
| Government monopoly | 19 |
| Wrap again, with questionable etiquette | 39 |
| Present a pre-sent present? | 27 |
| Pass on, in a way | 17 |
| Pass on, as an ugly vase | 24 |
| Pass off, as a crappy Christmas present | 39 |
| Pass along, as a present | 24 |
| Pass along a fruitcake, perhaps | 31 |
| Keep a fruitcake moving? | 24 |
| Put a bad present to good use | 29 |
| Passes on a present | 19 |
| Acts frugally around the holidays, say | 38 |
| Add more gold plate | 19 |
| Insurgent's diet? | 21 |
| Systematic routine | 18 |
| Healthful routine | 17 |
| Government | 10 |
| Treatment plan | 14 |
| Training recommendation | 23 |
| Scarsdale export | 16 |
| Regulated diet | 14 |
| Regulated course | 16 |
| Personal trainer's program | 30 |
| Exercise program | 16 |
| Daily diet | 10 |
| Course of treatment | 19 |
| Controlled diet, e.g. | 21 |
| Boot camp prescription | 22 |
| A doctor may place you on one | 29 |
| Orderly procedures | 18 |
| Dietary courses | 15 |
| More than a battalion | 21 |
| Unit having two or more battalions | 34 |
| Reduce to uniformity | 20 |
| Organize rigidly | 16 |
| Infantry unit (8) | 17 |
| Infantry unit | 13 |
| Group of redcoats | 17 |
| Famed Black Watch | 17 |
| Division subdivision | 20 |
| Colonel's command | 21 |
| "Daughter of the ___": Donizetti | 42 |
| Type of flag or colors | 22 |
| Providing strict order | 22 |
| Army exercise routine? | 22 |
| Groups of troops | 16 |
| Elton John's first first name | 33 |
| Owen or Denny | 13 |
| Elton's real name | 21 |
| Elton John's real first name | 32 |
| ___ Jeeves of P. G. Wodehouse stories | 37 |
| Minnow man? | 11 |
| District: Lat. | 14 |
| Little carrier | 14 |
| How some tourneys are run | 25 |
| Sales districts | 15 |
| Large land tracts | 17 |
| Large indefinite areas | 22 |
| Atlas sections | 14 |
| Daytime TV duo | 14 |
| "He always asked a lot of questions" | 46 |
| On the rolls | 12 |
| Like legal voters | 17 |
| Special-handling designation at the post office | 47 |
| One may draw blood | 18 |
| The ultimate decider | 20 |
| Person eligible for casting? | 28 |
| One with a poll position? | 25 |
| November V.I.P. | 15 |
| Decider in a booth | 18 |
| Enrolling in | 12 |
| Record collector? | 17 |
| Entrance money | 14 |
| Enrollments | 11 |
| Wedding wish list | 17 |
| Something a bride may have | 26 |
| Roster of gift suggestions | 26 |
| Postal chore | 12 |
| Enrollment office | 17 |