| Film based on a Ferber novel | 28 |
| Ferber's Pulitzer-winning novel | 35 |
| Ferber's Pulitzer Prize work | 32 |
| Ferber's Pulitzer Prize novel | 33 |
| Ferber's Pulitzer novel | 27 |
| Ferber size? | 12 |
| Ferber bestseller | 17 |
| Edna Ferber book | 16 |
| Dirk DeJong's nickname in a 1924 Pulitzer-winning novel | 59 |
| Dirk DeJong's nickname in a 1924 novel | 42 |
| Dirk DeJong's boyhood nickname in a 1924 novel | 50 |
| 1932 Barbara Stanwyck film based on a Pulitzer-winning novel | 60 |
| 1925 Pulitzer-winning novel | 27 |
| "That is __ of you" | 29 |
| Dangers for children and klutzes | 32 |
| Russian marten | 14 |
| Encyclopedia Brown creator | 26 |
| Creator of Encyclopedia Brown | 29 |
| "If I may be ___" | 27 |
| "If I may be ___, ..." | 32 |
| Remnants: Sp. | 13 |
| Temperate, in Troyes | 20 |
| Subdued, in France | 18 |
| Temperance | 10 |
| Rehab goal | 10 |
| Sedateness | 10 |
| Judge-like quality | 18 |
| Attribute of Carry Nation | 25 |
| AA goal | 7 |
| Shows sorrow | 12 |
| Weeps audibly | 13 |
| Weeps convulsively | 18 |
| Sounds of unhappiness | 21 |
| Doesn't just tear up | 24 |
| Sounds of sorrow | 16 |
| Grieving sounds | 15 |
| Cries heavily | 13 |
| Cries convulsively | 18 |
| Boo-hoos | 8 |
| Sounds unhappy | 14 |
| Cries uncontrollably | 20 |
| Breaks into tears | 17 |
| Woeful wails | 12 |
| Reacts emotionally | 18 |
| Is overcome with grief | 22 |
| Cries openly | 12 |
| Convulsive sounds | 17 |
| Boohoos | 7 |
| Audible cries | 13 |
| Weeps uncontrollably | 20 |
| Weeps openly | 12 |
| They're good for crying out loud | 36 |
| They come in fits | 17 |
| Sp-[gasp]-speaks like th-[sniffle]-this | 39 |
| Sounds that might be heard at a tearjerker | 42 |
| Sounds of deep sorrow | 21 |
| Sounds after a tragedy | 22 |
| Shows disconsolateness | 22 |
| Reacts to a "soap" | 28 |
| Reacts like a toddler who doesn't get what she wants, perhaps | 65 |
| Melancholy sounds | 17 |
| Is visibly miserable | 20 |
| Is grief-stricken | 17 |
| Emotional sounds | 16 |
| Displays disconsolation | 23 |
| Crying sounds | 13 |
| Cries with grief | 16 |
| Cries audibly | 13 |
| Bad news reactions | 18 |
| Sentimental do-gooder | 21 |
| Sympathy-evoking journalist | 27 |
| She has a woeful tale | 21 |
| Schmaltzy scribe | 16 |
| Oversentimental journalist | 26 |
| Journalist of a sort | 21 |
| Journalists who write heart-tugging stories, slangily | 53 |
| Newspaper women of yore | 23 |
| Tales of woe | 12 |
| Whiner's tale | 17 |
| Tale lost on the heartless | 26 |
| Tearful tale | 12 |
| Tale about a real so-and-so? | 28 |
| Sympathy-arousing excuse | 24 |
| Many a lame excuse | 18 |
| Long, drawn-out excuse | 22 |
| Lame excuse, perhaps | 20 |
| It may elicit sympathy | 22 |
| Excuse that's often exaggerated | 35 |
| Excuse designed to elicit sniffles | 34 |
| Bid for sympathy | 16 |
| Account by a sympathy seeker | 28 |
| "I Kissed a Girl" singer Jill | 39 |
| Greaser rival in the novel "The Outsiders" | 52 |
| Pt. of SPCA | 11 |
| Pt. of SSN | 10 |
| Liberal arts maj. | 17 |
| SPCA part | 9 |
| Part of U.S.S.R.: Abbr. | 23 |
| Part of SPCA | 12 |
| Part of A.S.P.C.A. | 18 |