| Bee student | 11 |
| Bee participant | 15 |
| Reader's companion | 22 |
| Part of a bee | 13 |
| Orthographist | 13 |
| Little Red Schoolhouse book | 27 |
| Liberal agriculture minister once | 33 |
| Exercise book of a sort | 23 |
| Elementary text | 15 |
| Elementary school textbook | 26 |
| Elem. school manual | 19 |
| Book of the three R's days | 30 |
| Bob _____ (Agriculture Minister in 2004 ) | 41 |
| Working orthographers | 21 |
| Participants in a bee | 21 |
| Contestants in a certain bee | 28 |
| Bee people | 10 |
| Bee participants | 16 |
| Announcement at a witch's market? | 37 |
| Putting letters in the right order | 34 |
| Sitting in for | 14 |
| Kind of bee | 11 |
| Grammar-school subject | 22 |
| Wordy contests, alphabetically? | 31 |
| Ms. Arthur, letter by letter? | 29 |
| Where to hear letters recited | 29 |
| Classroom contest | 17 |
| Letter-perfect school event | 27 |
| Grade school contest | 20 |
| Elimination contest | 19 |
| Student competition | 19 |
| Schoolroom contest | 18 |
| School-auditorium event | 23 |
| Relative of a talking horse | 27 |
| Quilting party for Tori? | 24 |
| Orthography experts' newspaper? | 35 |
| Intelligent insect? | 19 |
| In the 2005 national one, the winning word was "appoggiatura" | 71 |
| Grade-school contest | 20 |
| Competition for witches? | 24 |
| Classroom competition | 21 |
| Cacographer's nightmare | 27 |
| Apis abecedarius? | 17 |
| Word-contest signals? | 21 |
| Where accommodations might give trouble | 39 |
| Giving the Divine Miss M a break? | 33 |
| Giving Justin a breather by taking the stage for him? | 53 |
| Search for Tori on IMDB? | 24 |
| Explaining explicitly | 21 |
| Transliterators' problems | 29 |
| Qaddafi has a slew of them | 26 |
| NYC archbishop, 1939-67 | 23 |
| Explain in detail | 17 |
| "I Put a ___" | 23 |
| Make crystal-clear | 18 |
| Don't abbreviate | 20 |
| Incantations | 12 |
| Competes in a bee | 17 |
| Bits of witchcraft | 18 |
| Wizard's repertoire | 23 |
| They can be hot, cold or dry | 28 |
| Amounts to | 10 |
| Takes part in a bee | 19 |
| Participates in a bee | 21 |
| Indefinite periods | 18 |
| Gives a break to | 16 |
| Witches' stock in trade | 27 |
| Witches' recitations | 24 |
| Witch's incantations | 24 |
| Weather periods | 15 |
| They're often cast | 22 |
| They're cast on "Bewitched" | 41 |
| Teen idols cast them | 20 |
| Some witchcraft | 15 |
| Shaman's collection | 23 |
| Says "D-O-G" or "C-A-T," e.g. | 49 |
| Says "C-A-T" | 22 |
| Particular weather periods | 26 |
| Part of some Hogwarts curriculum | 32 |
| Part of some Hogwarts classes | 29 |
| Ones cast in "Wicked" | 31 |
| Morbid Angel "Evil ___" | 33 |
| Kisses may break them | 21 |
| Joins the bee | 13 |
| Hogwarts castings | 17 |
| Gives a break | 13 |
| Fainting fits, e.g. | 19 |
| Makes perfectly clear | 21 |
| Give Axl and Pete a break? | 26 |
| European wheat | 14 |
| Type of wheat | 13 |
| Broke down, in a way | 20 |
| Wheat type | 10 |
| Wheat in some health-food products | 34 |
| Variety of wheat | 16 |
| Like L-O-N-D-O-N | 16 |
| Hearty European wheat | 21 |
| Hardy European wheat | 20 |
| Wheat variety in health food stores | 35 |
| Wheat used in health foods | 26 |