| Mil rank | 8 |
| Monogram of "Amusement Park" author | 45 |
| Sitcom about the Connor family, which helped propel John Goodman to fame | 72 |
| One who thinks logically | 24 |
| Bee Gees' former record label | 33 |
| Train mail abbr. | 16 |
| Relative of Army Q.M. | 21 |
| Record label that released the "Tommy" and "Grease" soundtracks | 83 |
| Postal unit: Abbr. | 18 |
| Mil. goods functionary | 22 |
| Big label in disco music | 24 |
| Army V.I.P. in charge of provisions | 35 |
| STEP UP: 5 | 10 |
| Srs. income provider | 20 |
| Srs. concern | 12 |
| Srs. support | 13 |
| Sr.'s concern | 17 |
| Retirement savings veh. | 23 |
| Pensioners preoccupation | 24 |
| UK humane org. (anagram of CRAPS) | 33 |
| UK adoption source | 18 |
| Org. with a number of British pounds | 36 |
| Three followers | 15 |
| Retirement investments, for short | 33 |
| Modern methods of syndication | 29 |
| Pulling an agent off a case and putting them on another one, say | 64 |
| Members of a spectral type | 26 |
| Beaked | 6 |
| Gradually become a bigwig | 25 |
| Titular floral body art in a Tennessee Williams play | 52 |
| Q–W connection | 21 |
| Block of rows toward the back | 29 |
| Bible ed. | 9 |
| Answered an invitation | 22 |
| Informed the host, in a way | 27 |
| Got back to, in a way | 21 |
| Sent regrets, say | 17 |
| Got back to the host | 20 |
| Offered regrets, perhaps | 24 |
| Used a brideÂ’s SASE, say | 28 |
| Said "I'll be there" | 34 |
| Said "I'll be there with bells on," say | 53 |
| Did an epistolary courtesy | 26 |
| Answered, quickly | 17 |
| GATT treaty: Abbr. | 18 |
| Wakes thrown up behind speedboats | 33 |
| Pensioned off: Abbr. | 20 |
| East Coast hwy. | 15 |
| Me.-to-Fla. hwy. | 16 |
| Key West-to-Fort Kent hwy. | 26 |
| The old Atlantic Hwy. | 21 |
| Sign from Me. to Fla. | 21 |
| Popular hwy. | 12 |
| Me.-to-Fla. hwy | 15 |
| Major East Coast hwy. | 21 |
| Maine-Florida artery, mapwise | 29 |
| Coast hwy. | 10 |
| Abbr. after Lamar Alexander's name | 38 |
| Abbr. after Ron Paul's name | 31 |
| Title words before "war" or "fugue" | 55 |
| Hooper or Nielsen: Abbr. | 24 |
| Title for an Eng. peer | 22 |
| Abbr. before "Gordon Brown" on an envelope | 52 |
| U.S. highway | 12 |
| East Coast highway sign | 23 |
| Statement to the I.R.S. | 23 |
| Election Day stats. | 19 |
| Rail overseer: Abbr. | 20 |
| 1988 sequel costarring George Clooney | 37 |
| They correspond to days, for a planet | 37 |
| It's scalloped | 18 |
| Brad Delp band | 14 |
| New Year's, in Hanoi | 24 |
| Ruthenium symbol | 16 |
| Atomic number 44 symbol | 23 |
| Village street: Sp. | 19 |
| Road for Romero | 15 |
| Bantu | 5 |
| A Bantu of Zaire | 16 |
| Skier's maneuver | 20 |
| Colombian poncho | 16 |
| Colombian's poncho | 22 |
| "Uhuru" author | 24 |
| "Something of Value" author Robert | 44 |
| He wrote "Uhuru" | 26 |
| He wrote "Poor No More": 1959 | 39 |
| "Uhuru" author Robert | 31 |
| Maori pits for roots | 20 |
| ___-dub | 7 |
| Start of a rhyme featuring a butcher and baker | 46 |
| Nursery-rhyme sound | 19 |
| First line of a nursery rhyme | 29 |
| Certain nursery rhyme intro | 27 |
| Bright-red rock crystal | 23 |
| With freedom of tempo | 21 |
| Fluctuation of tempo | 20 |
| With some notes lengthened, in music | 36 |
| Fluctuation of musical tempo | 28 |
| With flexibility in tempo | 25 |
| Speed fluctuation, musically | 28 |