| Private eye in Lawrence Block's novels | 42 |
| Italian coins of yore | 21 |
| Old silver coin of Italy | 24 |
| Italian coin of yore | 20 |
| Spanish coins, for short | 24 |
| Gulf War missiles | 17 |
| Runs before the wind | 20 |
| Desert Storm missiles | 21 |
| Wind-driven clouds | 18 |
| Soviet ballistic missiles | 25 |
| Scoots along, as a cloud | 24 |
| Scoots along | 12 |
| Saddam missiles | 15 |
| Runs before a gale | 18 |
| Patriots' targets | 21 |
| Patriots aim to destroy them | 28 |
| Moves quickly, as a cloud | 25 |
| Missiles fired in the first Gulf War | 36 |
| Mideast missiles | 16 |
| Is gale-driven | 14 |
| Gulf war weapons | 16 |
| Gulf war weaponry | 17 |
| Goes with the gale | 18 |
| Glides along swiftly | 20 |
| Shoe blemish | 12 |
| Shoe mark | 9 |
| Shoe damage | 11 |
| Shoeshine spoiler | 17 |
| Wing-tip flaw | 13 |
| Take the shine off | 18 |
| Slipper that has no fitting around the heel | 43 |
| Shoe mishap | 11 |
| Shoe imperfection | 17 |
| Scrape something with the foot | 30 |
| Rough spot | 10 |
| Put a mark on, maybe | 20 |
| Put a mark on, as a baseball | 28 |
| New-shoe tragedy | 16 |
| Mess up, as a new shoe | 22 |
| Mess up a shoe | 14 |
| Loose slipper | 13 |
| Loafer mark | 11 |
| Leave a mark on, as shoes | 25 |
| Flat-soled house slipper | 24 |
| Dirty (up) | 10 |
| Converse problem? | 17 |
| Marred, as shoes | 16 |
| Brief fracas | 12 |
| Fight that's less than a brawl | 34 |
| Table game for tusslers? | 24 |
| Shoe scratches | 14 |
| Shoe marks | 10 |
| Scrapes with one's feet | 27 |
| Ruins the shoe polish | 21 |
| Marks up, in a way | 18 |
| Floor concern | 13 |
| Racing boat | 11 |
| Regatta racer | 13 |
| Henley Regatta craft | 20 |
| Long oar | 8 |
| Henley Royal Regatta craft | 26 |
| Rower's craft | 17 |
| Row in a race | 13 |
| Racer's oar | 15 |
| Light racing boat | 17 |
| Henley Royal Regatta boat | 25 |
| Thames racer | 12 |
| Stern oar | 9 |
| Shell you may sit in | 20 |
| Shell that floats | 17 |
| Shell seen around water | 23 |
| River racer | 11 |
| Regatta craft | 13 |
| Oared racing shell | 18 |
| Oar type | 8 |
| Narrow racing boat | 18 |
| Kind of rowboat | 15 |
| Kind of oar | 11 |
| Henley Regatta racer | 20 |
| Charles River sighting | 22 |
| Certain oar | 11 |
| Raced on a lake, perhaps | 24 |
| Regatta rower | 13 |
| Olympian in a shell | 19 |
| Contestant at Henley | 20 |
| Rooms for cleaning pots and pans | 32 |
| Where the dishes are done | 25 |
| Room adjoining a kitchen | 24 |
| Place for polishing pots and pans | 33 |
| Place for forks and knives | 26 |
| Kitchen drudge | 14 |
| Racing boats | 12 |
| Summer Olympics racers | 22 |
| Single __: Olympics event | 25 |
| Rowing racers | 13 |
| Racing craft with an anatomical-sounding name | 45 |
| Propels shells | 14 |
| Light oars | 10 |
| Crews' craft | 16 |
| Crew boats | 10 |