| Cool, fruity desserts | 21 |
| Between-course palate refreshers | 32 |
| After-dinner choices | 20 |
| Fruit-derived acid | 18 |
| Acid derived from mountain ash berries | 38 |
| Kind of fruit acid | 18 |
| Acid used in food preservatives | 31 |
| Acid used as a preservative | 27 |
| ___ acid (food preservative) | 28 |
| Sugar substitutes shown chemically as C6H8(OH)6 | 47 |
| Kevin who played a TV Hercules | 30 |
| Kevin who played a small-screen Hercules | 40 |
| Actor Kevin who played Hercules | 31 |
| Noted site of foreign study | 27 |
| University of Paris edifice | 27 |
| University of Paris unit | 24 |
| University founded in 1253 | 26 |
| Collège founded in 1257 | 26 |
| Gathers on a surface, chemically | 32 |
| Rowans or service trees | 23 |
| Old-World trees | 15 |
| Gathers on the surface, chemically | 34 |
| European trees or apples | 24 |
| European apples | 15 |
| Palate cleanser between courses | 31 |
| Spelling expert? | 16 |
| G. & S. character | 21 |
| Hogwarts grad, perhaps | 22 |
| Bad speller? | 12 |
| Warlock | 7 |
| Wand waver | 10 |
| One who works for a spell? | 26 |
| One who might win a spelling competition | 40 |
| Mickey's employer, in "Fantasia" (h,h) | 52 |
| G. & S. work of 1877 | 24 |
| Black-magic practitioner | 24 |
| Morgan le Fay, for one | 22 |
| Morgan le Fay, e.g. | 19 |
| Disney's Maleficent, e.g. | 29 |
| Merlin's stock-in-trade | 27 |
| Wizard's study | 18 |
| Wizard's magic | 18 |
| Spells and such | 15 |
| Spelling practice? | 18 |
| Job for Merlin | 14 |
| It's witchcraft | 19 |
| Harry Potter's thing | 24 |
| Harry Potter's forte | 24 |
| Activity in which spelling counts? | 34 |
| Flight of mallards | 18 |
| Morally base | 12 |
| Morally ignoble | 15 |
| Like some pasts | 15 |
| Squalid; depraved | 17 |
| Seamy | 5 |
| Like details to be spared | 25 |
| Morally reprehensible Roman emperor? | 36 |
| Feeling achy | 12 |
| Like some losers | 16 |
| Nursing a grudge | 16 |
| Tender to the touch | 19 |
| In need of a rubdown | 20 |
| Worst kind of loser | 19 |
| Carrying a grudge | 17 |
| Pimple | 6 |
| Sensitive | 9 |
| Thumb condition? | 16 |
| In need of an ice pack | 22 |
| Sensitive to the touch | 22 |
| Achy and tender | 15 |
| Word with thumb or loser | 24 |
| Paying for exercise? | 20 |
| Needing to cool down | 20 |
| Tender, as muscles | 18 |
| Sensitive, as a subject | 23 |
| Like poor losers | 16 |
| Like a Monday morning quarterback? | 34 |
| Feeling miffed | 14 |
| Word with throat or loser | 25 |
| Word with ''thumb'' or ''loser'' | 64 |
| Very painful | 12 |
| Upset (at) | 10 |
| Type of thumb | 13 |
| Thumb or throat condition, perhaps | 34 |
| Strained from work | 18 |
| Smarting | 8 |
| Slightly mad | 12 |
| Sight for ___ eyes | 18 |
| Recovering from surgery | 23 |
| Recovering from a charley horse | 31 |
| Not gracious, as a loser | 24 |
| Needing liniment, e.g. | 22 |
| Like many, post-workout | 23 |
| Like bad losers | 15 |
| Like a running back after a game | 32 |
| Kind of subject | 15 |
| In need of Bengay | 17 |
| In need of a backrub | 20 |
| Feeling yesterday's exercise, perhaps | 41 |
| Feeling yesterday's exercise | 32 |