| Slept on a perch | 16 |
| Slept like a hen | 16 |
| Sat on a perch | 14 |
| ASTRONOMER oversees a poultry farm? | 35 |
| Foghorn Leghorn fans? | 21 |
| Out on a limb, perhaps | 22 |
| Actor Romano on a perch? | 24 |
| ___ seedling (plant) | 20 |
| Plant anchoring systems | 23 |
| ___ branch (utterly) | 20 |
| ___ branch (entirely) | 21 |
| Mugfuls | 7 |
| Float requirements | 18 |
| Where dentists sail? | 20 |
| Potential canine saver | 22 |
| Endodontist's treatment | 27 |
| Drilling-and-filling job | 24 |
| Drilling ordeal | 15 |
| Big job for a driller | 21 |
| Case of the purloined parsnips? | 31 |
| Underlying explanation | 22 |
| Origin of a defect | 18 |
| Something pulled by farmers | 27 |
| Turnips or yams, e.g. | 21 |
| Carrots, say | 12 |
| Carrots and beets, e.g. | 23 |
| Implanted | 9 |
| Firmly set | 10 |
| Cheered (for) | 13 |
| Yelled from the bleachers | 25 |
| Searched for truffles, maybe | 28 |
| Searched for truffles | 21 |
| Poked around, as in search | 26 |
| Not adrift | 10 |
| Hoped for a Thunder storm? | 26 |
| Hoped for a Bull rally? | 23 |
| Got behind, with "for" | 32 |
| Got a little hoarse at the race, maybe | 38 |
| Firmly settled | 14 |
| Firmly implanted | 16 |
| Did some rummaging | 18 |
| Based (in) | 10 |
| Deriving from | 13 |
| Based on | 8 |
| Well-established dragon vanquisher? | 35 |
| Emulated a superhero | 20 |
| Support, at a game | 18 |
| Back in the Super Bowl, say | 27 |
| What a probable loser digs up? | 30 |
| Plant parts that absorb water | 29 |
| Comment from a frustrated rhizome hunter? | 41 |
| Harder to plow, perhaps | 23 |
| Tootin' lead-in | 19 |
| Using the process of elimination | 32 |
| Grub around | 11 |
| Dig, pig-style | 14 |
| Dig with the snout (Var.) | 25 |
| Like transients | 15 |
| Nomadic, in a sense | 19 |
| Hoboes by nature? | 17 |
| Tiny plant part | 15 |
| Small plant support | 19 |
| Plant's tiny anchor | 23 |
| Underground water carrier | 25 |
| Underground branch | 18 |
| Small underground water carrier | 31 |
| Small division of a plant | 25 |
| Rhizoid | 7 |
| Radicle | 7 |
| Radicel | 7 |
| Ivy tendril | 11 |
| Ivy offshoot | 12 |
| Tiny tubers | 11 |
| Small outgrowths | 16 |
| Ivy supporters | 14 |
| "The love of money is the ___ all evil" | 49 |
| What the love of money is, they say | 35 |
| The love of money it is said | 29 |
| Money, in a phrase (with "the") | 41 |
| Monetary love, in Timothy | 25 |
| Love of money, per the New Testament | 36 |
| Find and destroy | 16 |
| Find and get rid of | 19 |
| Expose and destroy | 18 |
| Eliminate with some effort | 26 |
| Completely remove | 17 |
| Tree trauma | 11 |
| Plant's bane | 16 |
| Plant plight | 12 |
| Overwatered plant's affliction | 34 |
| Horticultural problem caused by overwatering | 44 |
| Boos, as a team | 15 |
| Turnip salesman? | 16 |
| Cheers on | 9 |
| Cheers the underdog | 19 |
| Backs the underdog | 18 |
| Supports the team, no matter who's on it | 44 |
| Finds, with some effort | 23 |
| Finds, with effort | 18 |
| Plant grafting component | 24 |