| "___ Ike": Lardner | 28 |
| ''___ Ike'' | 27 |
| ___ Ike (excuse maker) | 22 |
| Columbo heard a lot of them | 27 |
| Suspects' defenses | 22 |
| Ike has plenty of them | 22 |
| Excuses for defendants | 22 |
| Detectives hear a lot of them | 29 |
| Cops sometimes crack them | 25 |
| Subject of this puzzle | 22 |
| Mel's Diner waitress | 24 |
| Pulitzer winner Walker | 22 |
| Trixie's sitcom pal | 23 |
| Ralph Kramden's wife | 24 |
| Queen of Hearts irritator | 25 |
| One of the honeymooners | 23 |
| Girl who chased a rabbit | 24 |
| White Rabbit's chaser | 25 |
| Roosevelt's daughter | 24 |
| Rabbit-chaser of fiction | 24 |
| Rabbit chaser of fiction | 24 |
| Phoebe's poetic sister | 26 |
| Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt | 23 |
| Lewis Carroll's girl | 24 |
| First name in shock rock | 24 |
| Fictional rabbit chaser | 23 |
| Carroll's adventuress | 25 |
| "Wonderland" girl | 27 |
| "Dilbert" engineer | 28 |
| ___ in Chains (grunge band) | 27 |
| White Rabbit's pursuer | 26 |
| TV role for Linda Lavin | 23 |
| Trixie Norton's neighbor | 28 |
| Trixie Norton's friend | 26 |
| Tarkington's Adams | 22 |
| Sitcom set at Mel's Diner | 29 |
| Short-story writer Munro | 24 |
| Restaurant owner of song | 24 |
| Restaurant owner of films | 25 |
| Ralph Kramden's mate | 24 |
| Pulitzer novelist Walker | 24 |
| Pulitzer author Walker | 22 |
| Person to ask, in song | 22 |
| March Hare's guest | 22 |
| Mad Hatter's guest | 22 |
| Linda Lavin's TV hit | 24 |
| Lincoln Center patron Tully | 27 |
| Lavin's sitcom role | 23 |
| Kind of "Blue Gown" | 29 |
| Guthrie's restaurateur | 26 |
| Guest of the Mad Hatter | 23 |
| Girl with a looking-glass | 25 |
| Girl with a cat named Dinah | 27 |
| Girl who meets the Duchess | 26 |
| Folk song restaurateur | 22 |
| Employee at Mel's Diner | 27 |
| Dennis the Menace's mom | 27 |
| Daughter of Teddy Roosevelt | 27 |
| Carroll's adventurer | 24 |
| Carol and Mike's maid | 25 |
| Adventuresome story girl | 24 |
| "White Rabbit" girl | 29 |
| "Falstaff" soprano | 28 |
| "Blue-gown" girl | 26 |
| "___ in Wonderland" | 29 |
| ___ Springs, Australia | 22 |
| "___ Restaurant" | 26 |
| '-- Restaurant' | 23 |
| "_____ Restaurant" | 28 |
| Writer Walker and others | 24 |
| Walker, Cooper and others | 25 |
| T.R.'s first wife et al. | 28 |
| Restaurant of folkie fame | 25 |
| Restaurant Arlo immortalized | 28 |
| "__ Restaurant" | 25 |
| Keys with a diary album | 23 |
| Alonso or Markova of ballet | 27 |
| Singer/songwriter Keys | 22 |
| Newsday founder Patterson | 25 |
| Concert pianist de Larrocha | 27 |
| "Put ___ on it!" | 26 |
| "Put __ on it!" | 25 |
| "Put --- on it!" | 26 |
| Uffizi Gallery hanging | 22 |
| "Put ____ on it!" | 27 |
| 'Put -- on it!' | 23 |
| "I cannot tell ___" | 29 |
| "That's ___!" | 27 |
| 'I cannot tell --' | 26 |
| What George couldn't tell | 29 |
| "I cannot tell __" | 28 |
| "I cannot tell ---" | 29 |
| Cure "This is ___" | 28 |
| What G.W. couldn't tell | 27 |
| "It's all ___!" | 29 |
| What you could get caught in | 28 |
| What George could not tell | 26 |
| Untellable to Washington | 25 |
| Part of a February phrase | 25 |
| It's a sin to tell ____! | 28 |