| Crustacean that fashions homes from a porous animal | 51 |
| Was a mooch | 11 |
| Used a loofah | 13 |
| Imposed on others' generosity | 33 |
| Got for nothing | 15 |
| Freeload from | 13 |
| Nonpaying friend | 16 |
| Habitual freeloaders | 20 |
| Latex-based padding material | 28 |
| Ocean dwellers | 14 |
| Eager learners, metaphorically | 30 |
| Kitchen absorbers | 17 |
| Free-loads | 10 |
| Counter cleaners | 16 |
| Arrogant Worms absorbent song? | 30 |
| Uses selfishly by mooching | 26 |
| More squishy | 12 |
| Most moist and soft | 19 |
| Loofah-like | 11 |
| Like foam rubber | 16 |
| Soft and absorbent | 18 |
| Like sodden ground | 18 |
| Like mushroom heads | 19 |
| Like angel-food cake | 20 |
| Like angel food cake | 20 |
| Marshmallow, essentially? | 25 |
| Projecting gun platform on a warship | 36 |
| Destroyer's gun platform | 28 |
| Advertiser | 10 |
| TV advertiser | 13 |
| Program-provider | 16 |
| Commercial producer | 19 |
| Word provider? | 14 |
| TV provider of "a word" | 33 |
| TV figure with a word | 21 |
| Spot remover, at times | 22 |
| Recovering rocker might need one | 32 |
| Provider of "a word" on TV | 36 |
| One buying time, perhaps | 24 |
| Object of a charity search | 26 |
| Narcotics Anonymous figure | 26 |
| Name on a tote bag, perhaps | 27 |
| It's often "proud" | 32 |
| Godparent | 9 |
| Broadcast backer | 16 |
| Ad buyer | 8 |
| AA helper | 9 |
| "And now a word from our __" | 38 |
| "And now a word from our ___" | 39 |
| " . . . a word from our ___" | 38 |
| Was an angel | 12 |
| From media advertisers | 22 |
| Backers with the bucks | 22 |
| Video V.I.P.'s | 18 |
| Underwriters | 12 |
| They pay for TV shows | 21 |
| Soaps, to soap operas, once | 27 |
| Program interrupters | 20 |
| Godparents, e.g. | 16 |
| Angels of a sort | 16 |
| Middle of the resolution | 24 |
| Self-activation | 15 |
| Infantry officer's half-pike | 32 |
| Early shafted weapon | 20 |
| Stirrer | 7 |
| Send-up | 7 |
| Good-natured parody | 19 |
| Mad feature | 11 |
| Good-humored parody | 19 |
| "Airplane!" or "Hot Shots!", e.g. | 53 |
| SNL offering | 12 |
| Mad bit | 7 |
| Gentle hoax | 11 |
| Bit of lampoonery | 17 |
| April 1 joke | 12 |
| Amusing satire, like a Wayans film | 34 |
| "Vampires Suck," e.g. | 31 |
| "The Naked Gun," for one | 34 |
| "SNL" staple | 22 |
| "Scary Movie," for one | 32 |
| "Saturday Night Live" skit, often | 43 |
| "Saturday Night Live" skit | 36 |
| "Blazing Saddles," for one | 36 |
| "Airplane!", for one | 30 |
| "Airplane!" or "Spaceballs" | 47 |
| Pulled the wool over one's eyes | 35 |
| Hoaxers | 7 |
| Just kidding | 12 |
| Satires | 7 |
| Playful satires | 15 |
| Many Mel Brooks films | 21 |
| Many "SNL" skits | 26 |
| Comedies with targets | 21 |
| "Spaceballs" and the like | 35 |
| "S.N.L." skits, e.g. | 30 |
| In the style of a parody | 24 |
| Covert operative, slangily | 26 |
| Frighten, as a horse | 20 |
| Frighten, as horses | 19 |
| Scare slightly | 14 |