| Less thick | 10 |
| Not so dense | 12 |
| Not as thick | 12 |
| More widely spaced | 18 |
| Less populated | 14 |
| Less crowded | 12 |
| Like hair on the top of a bald person's head | 48 |
| Least numerous, as a crowd | 26 |
| Salt grass | 10 |
| Opposite of luxurious | 21 |
| Rival of Athens | 15 |
| Lacedaemon | 10 |
| Peloponnesian War victor | 24 |
| Athens rival | 12 |
| Athens' ancient rival | 25 |
| Peloponnesian power | 19 |
| Laconian capital | 16 |
| Side in the Peloponnesian War | 29 |
| Peloponnesian War side | 22 |
| Ancient Greek military power | 28 |
| Ancient capital of Laconia | 26 |
| Ancient Athens rival | 20 |
| Winner of the Peloponnesian War | 31 |
| Peloponnesian War winner | 24 |
| Helot's home | 16 |
| City attacked by Cleon | 22 |
| Ancient rival of Athens | 23 |
| Ancient military hub | 20 |
| "In the Heat of the Night" setting | 44 |
| "In the Heat of the Night" city | 41 |
| '300' city | 18 |
| What the 300 defended | 21 |
| Thermopylae defender | 20 |
| Old Athens enemy | 16 |
| Leonidas's land | 19 |
| Foe of Athens | 13 |
| Filmdom's "In the Heat of the Night" city | 55 |
| Dominant city of Greece, once | 29 |
| Capital of Laconia | 18 |
| Athens' rival of old | 24 |
| Ancient city-state | 18 |
| Where Cleomenes ruled | 21 |
| Where Agis ruled | 16 |
| Rival of Greece | 15 |
| Resort in N.C. | 14 |
| Persian War participant | 23 |
| Peloponnesian War city-state | 28 |
| Peloponnesian stronghold | 24 |
| Peloponnesian League home | 25 |
| Peloponnesian city-state | 24 |
| Once powerful city-state of ancient Greece | 42 |
| Old rival of Athens | 19 |
| Old Greek capital | 17 |
| Old Athens rival | 16 |
| Old Athenian ally against Persia | 32 |
| Neighbor of La Crosse, Wis. | 27 |
| Modern Laconian capital | 23 |
| Mississippi town in "In the Heat of the Night" | 56 |
| Menelaus's realm | 20 |
| Menelaus' kingdom | 21 |
| Martial state | 13 |
| Lysander commanded its fleet | 28 |
| Leonidas' kingdom | 21 |
| Leonidas' city | 18 |
| Land of Leonidas | 16 |
| Laconians' capital | 22 |
| Laconian power | 14 |
| Its lawgiver was Lycurgus | 25 |
| In the Heat of the Night setting | 32 |
| Home for Leonidas | 17 |
| Helot's land | 16 |
| Enemy of Athens, at one time | 28 |
| Enemy of Athens in the Peloponnesian War | 40 |
| Enemy of Athens | 15 |
| Domain of King Tyndareus | 24 |
| Corinthian War participant | 26 |
| Conquerer of Athens | 19 |
| City-state ruled by King Leonidas | 33 |
| City-state involved in the Peloponnesian War | 44 |
| City in Laconia | 15 |
| City in Ga. or Greece | 21 |
| City in ancient Laconia | 23 |
| Capital of ancient Laconia | 26 |
| Athens's rival | 18 |
| Athens' rival of yore | 25 |
| Athens' rival | 17 |
| Athens' ancient enemy | 25 |
| Ancient Peloponnesian state | 27 |
| Ancient Laconian city | 21 |
| Ancient Greek rival of Athens | 29 |
| Ancient foe of Athens | 21 |
| Ancient Athens foe | 18 |
| Ally of Corinth | 15 |
| Aggressive ancient city-state | 29 |
| Achaean League member | 21 |
| "In the Heat of the Night" town | 41 |
| "In the Heat of the Night" locale | 43 |
| Leader in the Third Servile War | 31 |
| Title gladiator played by Kirk Douglas | 38 |
| Third Servile War leader | 24 |