| Having a lap | 12 |
| Had room for | 12 |
| First word of "A Lost Chord" | 38 |
| Enthroned | 9 |
| Belted in | 9 |
| "Gentlemen, be ___" | 29 |
| "Gentlemen, be ___ " | 30 |
| Easy, vulnerable target | 23 |
| Usher, often | 12 |
| Usher, at times | 15 |
| Stadium employee | 16 |
| Two-__: tandem | 14 |
| Two-__ | 6 |
| Baseball usher, e.g. | 20 |
| Ushers, by trade | 16 |
| Ushers, e.g. | 12 |
| Ushers, for example | 19 |
| Two-___ (tandems) | 17 |
| Those who put you in your place? | 32 |
| Ones who usher | 14 |
| Old term for a pirate | 21 |
| Usher's job | 15 |
| Restaurant host's purview | 29 |
| Theater arrangement | 19 |
| Reception planner's headache, perhaps | 41 |
| Pews and stools | 15 |
| Concern for a hostess | 21 |
| It's posted, per the fire marshal | 37 |
| It's 45,971 for Camden Yards | 32 |
| Restaurants? | 12 |
| It might improve the reception | 30 |
| Like a straphanger | 18 |
| Sold out, as an arena | 21 |
| One next to you on a plane, e.g. | 32 |
| Fellow chairperson? | 19 |
| Bus-ride companion | 18 |
| Two or three in a row, say | 26 |
| Some fellow travelers | 21 |
| People who may share armrests | 29 |
| Defunct defense gp. | 19 |
| Defunct alliance | 16 |
| "From ___ shining ..." | 32 |
| Former treaty org. | 18 |
| Defunct treaty org. | 19 |
| Alliance dissolved in 1977 | 26 |
| Pacific pact | 12 |
| Old defense pact | 16 |
| Defunct defense org. | 20 |
| Defense grp. abolished in 1977 | 30 |
| Cold War defense acronym | 24 |
| "From ___ shining . . . " | 35 |
| Pacific group | 13 |
| Pacific alliance | 16 |
| NATO's defunct cousin | 25 |
| Former treaty acronym | 21 |
| Former kin of NATO | 18 |
| Former defense pact | 19 |
| Former defense gp. | 18 |
| Defunct defense grp. | 20 |
| Defense grp., 1954-77 | 21 |
| Defense gp. formed in Manila | 28 |
| Bygone defense gp. | 18 |
| Alliance dissolved in '77 | 29 |
| "From ___ shining . . ." | 34 |
| ". . . from ___ shining . . ." | 40 |
| ''From ___ shining ...'' | 40 |
| Treaty acronym of 1954 | 22 |
| Pact that was sacked | 20 |
| Pact of 1954 | 12 |
| Pact initials | 13 |
| Org. formed in 1954 at Manila | 29 |
| Org. created by the Manila Pact | 31 |
| Org. abolished in 1977 | 22 |
| One-time U.S. alliance | 22 |
| One-time NATO cousin | 20 |
| Old treaty gp. | 14 |
| Old defense pact acronym | 24 |
| Old defense grp. | 16 |
| Old anti-Communist grp. | 23 |
| Old anti-Communist assn. | 24 |
| Old alliance | 12 |
| NATO's late cousin | 22 |
| NATO's former kin | 21 |
| NATO's extinct cousin | 25 |
| N.Z. was a member of it | 23 |
| Manila pact grp., 1954 | 22 |
| It was formed in Manila in 1954 | 31 |
| Intl. org. dismantled in 1977 | 29 |
| Intl. grp. from 1954-77 | 23 |
| International alliance dissolved in 1977 (abbr.) | 48 |
| Grp. that disbanded 6/30/1977 | 29 |
| Gp. once headquartered in Bangkok | 33 |
| Gp. created by the Manila Pact | 30 |
| Former pact | 11 |
| Former Pacific pact for short | 30 |
| Former Pacific defense org. | 27 |
| Former Pacific defense gp. | 26 |
| Former Pacific def. group | 25 |
| Former Pacific counterpart of NATO | 34 |
| Former Pacific alliance | 23 |