| Boorish boarder regretted scuttlebutt | 37 |
| Bit of indelicacy | 17 |
| "Barnaby ___" | 23 |
| Dickens's Barnaby | 21 |
| Dickens's "Barnaby ___" | 37 |
| Dickens' "Barnaby ---" | 36 |
| Comedian Rita | 13 |
| Vegas headliner Rita | 20 |
| Female stand-up star | 20 |
| Comic Rita | 10 |
| Coarse, in Spain | 16 |
| Ballet's Nureyev | 20 |
| Ballet star Nureyev | 19 |
| Nureyev or Friml | 16 |
| Friml or Bing | 13 |
| Founding Scorpions member Schenker | 34 |
| Engineer Diesel | 15 |
| Dancer Nureyev | 14 |
| Bing of opera | 13 |
| Ballet dancer Nureyev | 21 |
| Motorman? | 9 |
| Well-known ex-Russian | 21 |
| 1960 Olympics triple gold medalist | 34 |
| Valentino | 9 |
| Track great Wilma | 17 |
| The lead reindeer | 17 |
| Team leader of song | 19 |
| Sleigh guider of song | 21 |
| Sleigh guide | 12 |
| Santa's leader | 18 |
| Santa's helper? | 19 |
| Santa's guide | 17 |
| Leader in a holiday song | 24 |
| Holiday team leader | 19 |
| He sheds light for Santa | 24 |
| He got a good Pole position | 27 |
| Dancer's co-worker | 22 |
| "The Sheik" star Valentino | 36 |
| ''The Sheik'' star Valentino | 44 |
| Horticulturist with a berry named for him | 41 |
| Successor to David Dinkins | 26 |
| David Dinkins's successor | 29 |
| Valentino et al. | 16 |
| Sheik personified | 17 |
| Mr. Jean Acker, for 6 hours | 27 |
| Nobelist in Literature: 1907 | 28 |
| "Kim" author | 22 |
| Creator of Gunga Din | 20 |
| Author of "Kim" | 25 |
| Memphis Grizzlies star forward | 30 |
| Time's 2001 Person of the Year, familiarly | 46 |
| Vallee et al. | 13 |
| Giuliani et al. | 15 |
| Depression singer | 17 |
| "STEIN Song" singer | 29 |
| Twist, in Taxco | 15 |
| Cyndi Lauper song that's full of regret? | 44 |
| Wheel, in Avila | 15 |
| Wheels, in Seville | 18 |
| ___ Paix | 8 |
| In a remorseful way | 19 |
| Regretful sadness | 17 |
| Regret losing some guy during long-winded speech? | 49 |
| Blanche Devereaux in TV's "The Golden Girls" | 58 |
| Scene of a Poe mystery | 22 |
| Poe title locale | 16 |
| "With ___ heart is laden": Housman | 44 |
| Paris street for rois? | 22 |
| Prefers the country? | 20 |
| Mark of "The Kids Are All Right" | 42 |
| ___ grouse (Pennsylvania's state bird) | 42 |
| Famous filly | 12 |
| Bullying one | 12 |
| Features of some frilly shirts | 30 |
| Signs of pique | 14 |
| Potato chip belonging to actor Jude? | 36 |
| "That awful chicken farmer..." | 40 |
| "No double-dipping" and the like? | 43 |
| Red-haired | 10 |
| Groucho in "Duck Soup" | 32 |
| Anatomical wrinkle | 18 |
| Wrinkle, to an M.D. | 19 |
| Anatomical fold | 15 |
| Crease: anat. | 13 |
| Botanical wrinkle | 17 |
| Wrinkles, to botanists | 22 |
| Wrinkles on Cato's brow | 27 |
| Wrinkled, in a way | 18 |
| Two things that might be found in a dining room | 47 |
| Carpet cleaning tool | 20 |
| Playroom scrapes | 16 |
| Ovoid object used in the national sport of Wales | 48 |
| Market-town birthplace of a style of football | 45 |
| It may involve scrums | 21 |
| And try again . . . | 19 |
| Warwickshire sportswear? | 24 |
| Scrum folk | 10 |
| The Murrays | 11 |
| Persian merchant | 16 |
| Certain bazaar merchant | 23 |