| This should come first, it's said | 37 |
| Defensive backfield position, in football | 41 |
| It can't light just anywhere | 32 |
| Spice gathered by hand from crocus flowers | 42 |
| Problem encountered in the middle ages? | 39 |
| Org. of which Tom Hanks is a member | 35 |
| Cause for plastic surgery, maybe | 32 |
| Be affected by gravitational pull | 33 |
| "The North and South Trilogy" is one | 46 |
| "The Thorn Birds," for one | 36 |
| "Little House on the Prairie," e.g. | 45 |
| Galsworthy's "The Forsyte __" | 43 |
| Something to keep a teller busy? | 32 |
| Galsworthy's "The Forsyte ---" | 44 |
| A long tale such as "Beowulf" | 39 |
| The "Twilight" series, e.g. | 37 |
| The "Star Wars" trilogy, for one | 42 |
| The "Iliad" or The "Odyssey" | 48 |
| Siegfried and Sigmund's story, e.g. | 39 |
| Michener's "Hawaii," e.g. | 39 |
| James Michener novel, for example | 33 |
| Candy Crush ___ (addictive smartphone game) | 43 |
| Candy Crush ___ (addictive smartphone app) | 42 |
| "Worlds Apart" rockers | 32 |
| "Volsunga" or "Forsyte" | 43 |
| "The Thorn Birds," e.g. | 33 |
| "The Lord of the Rings," for one | 42 |
| "The Forsyte ---" (Galsworthy) | 40 |
| "The Forsyte ___" (Galsworthy) | 40 |
| "Roots" or "Hawaii" | 39 |
| "Lonesome Dove'' genre | 35 |
| "Game of Thrones," e.g. | 33 |
| "Beowulf" or "Star Wars" | 44 |
| '80s "On the Loose" rockers | 41 |
| ''The Thorn Birds,'' for one | 44 |
| ''The Forsyte ___'' (Galsworthy) | 48 |
| ''The Forsyte ___'' | 35 |
| "You need a new mattress"? | 36 |
| "Married... With Children" actress | 44 |
| Katey of "Married ... with Children" | 46 |
| Katey who voices Leela on "Futurama" | 46 |
| Katey who portrayed TV's Peg Bundy | 38 |
| Katey of "Sons of Anarchy" | 36 |
| Katey of "8 Simple Rules..." | 38 |
| Katey of 'Married ... With Children' | 44 |
| Actress Katey of "Sons of Anarchy" | 44 |
| "Sons of Anarchy" co-star Katey | 41 |
| She wrote "A Certain Smile" | 37 |
| "Cosmos" astronomer Carl | 34 |
| Host of TV's "Cosmos" | 35 |
| Author of "The Dragons of Eden" | 41 |
| "The Dragons of Eden" author | 38 |
| "Pale Blue Dot" author | 32 |
| She wrote "The Unmade Bed" | 36 |
| He wrote "The Dragons of Eden" | 40 |
| Carl who wrote "Contact" | 34 |
| Carl who hosted "Cosmos" | 34 |
| Author of "The Unmade Bed" | 36 |
| Author of "Broca's Brain" | 39 |
| "The Dragons of Eden" Pulitzer winner | 47 |
| "Dragons of Eden" author | 34 |
| "Cosmos" series creator | 33 |
| "Contact" author, 1985 | 32 |
| "Broca's Brain" writer Carl | 41 |
| "Broca's Brain" author Carl | 41 |
| "Broca's Brain" author | 36 |
| "Bonjour Tristesse" writer | 36 |
| "Bonjour Tristesse" novelist | 38 |
| "Bonjour Tristesse" author | 36 |
| "Billions and Billions" author Carl | 45 |
| "Billions and billions" astronomer | 44 |
| "Billions & Billions" author | 42 |
| "A Certain Smile" author | 34 |
| ''Cosmos'' author | 33 |
| ''Broca's Brain'' author | 44 |
| ''Bonjour Tristesse'' author | 44 |
| "The Lord of the Rings" and the like | 46 |
| "The Thorn Birds" and others | 38 |
| Tales you can also read backwards? | 34 |
| Some are thrilling, some boring, all are long | 45 |
| "War and Peace" and others | 36 |
| "Heimskringla" stories | 32 |
| "Scarborough Fair" herb | 33 |
| Parsley-rosemary go-between, in song | 36 |
| One of a "Scarborough Fair" quartet | 45 |
| "Riders of the Purple ___": Grey | 42 |
| Mentor in spiritual topics, perhaps | 35 |
| ELP song about their guru, with "The"? | 48 |
| "Scarborough Fair" spice | 34 |
| "Riders of the Purple ___" | 36 |
| "Riders of the Purple _____" | 38 |
| "Parsley, ___, rosemary and thyme" | 44 |
| "Domestic virtue" is its phrase | 41 |
| ___ Derby (mottled green cheese) | 32 |
| "Intelligent" guidance for conduct | 44 |
| Sportscaster Craig with nutty jackets | 37 |
| Seven ___ (Thales of Miletus's group) | 41 |
| "How I Met Your Mother" narrator | 42 |
| "How I Met Your Mother" narrator Bob | 46 |
| "Full House" co-star Bob | 34 |