| It may get passed in secret | 27 |
| Dope sheet's covering? | 26 |
| Butcher's cut of meat | 25 |
| Multi-generational household | 28 |
| One with a half-interest? | 25 |
| One with a half-interest | 24 |
| Act approved by both houses | 27 |
| Wrist, elbow and ankle | 22 |
| They're rolled with paper | 29 |
| Part of an ownership team | 25 |
| Composer Norman Dello __ | 24 |
| Ceiling supporting beam | 23 |
| Beam supporting a ceiling | 25 |
| Moore of Polo Grounds fame | 26 |
| It's just for laughs | 24 |
| Stand-up's delivery | 23 |
| It often takes place in a bar | 29 |
| Toastmaster's offering | 26 |
| Speechmaker's opening | 25 |
| Ridiculously inadequate thing | 29 |
| One may be running over time | 28 |
| Jay Leno monologue unit | 23 |
| It's best when cracked | 26 |
| It may begin with a buildup | 27 |
| Henny Youngman delivery | 23 |
| Delivery at a nightclub | 23 |
| Bit from Goldberg or Hedberg | 28 |
| Gotham City super-villain | 25 |
| Role for Jack Nicholson | 23 |
| It may be wild in a pack | 24 |
| Batman's adversary | 22 |
| They might be practical | 23 |
| Comic's stock-in-trade | 26 |
| Jay Leno's specialty | 24 |
| Berle's repertoire | 22 |
| "Changeling" star | 27 |
| Voight's actress daughter | 29 |
| Pleasing, to a Parisian | 23 |
| Highest paid actress of 2011 | 28 |
| "The Tourist" star | 28 |
| Seat of Will County, Illinois | 29 |
| Mississippi explorer Louis | 26 |
| La __: San Diego resort area | 28 |
| La ___ (San Diego area) | 23 |
| Part 3 of our Christmas carol | 29 |
| Like Santa Claus and Jay Leno | 29 |
| Description of St. Nick | 23 |
| "Ho, ho, ho" fellow | 29 |
| Little Sprout's friend | 26 |
| Happy San Francisco rookie? | 27 |
| "Ho, ho, ho" sayer | 28 |
| Ebert in a merry mood? | 22 |
| Ebert at Christmas time? | 24 |
| Buccaneers' black banner | 28 |
| Buccaneer's symbol | 22 |
| Blackbeard sailed under it | 26 |
| It's quite a shock | 22 |
| News of disasters, e.g. | 23 |
| Political satirist Stewart | 26 |
| "Garfield" guy | 24 |
| Two-time Oscars host Stewart | 28 |
| Tabloid badboy Gosselin | 23 |
| Stewart of Comedy Central | 25 |
| Rock singer ___ Bon Jovi | 24 |
| Operatic tenor Vickers | 22 |
| New Jersey politico Corzine | 27 |
| Music's ___ Bon Jovi | 24 |
| He's on before Stephen | 26 |
| Hairstylist-producer Peters | 27 |
| English composer/pianist Lord | 29 |
| One who brings bad luck | 23 |
| Man with a whale of a tale? | 27 |
| He had a whale of a tale | 24 |
| Guy with a great fish story | 27 |
| Guy in a whale of a tale | 24 |
| Syndicated columnist Goldberg | 29 |
| Prophet with a fishy story? | 27 |
| Prophet swallowed by a fish | 27 |
| One with a whale tale? | 22 |
| One with a whale of a story? | 28 |
| One with a fish story? | 22 |
| Guy in a big fish's belly | 29 |
| Bible book with a fish story | 28 |
| Maude Frickert's creator | 28 |
| 1991 Emmy-winning comic | 23 |
| "Viva Max!" actor | 27 |
| New Jersey-born rocker | 22 |
| World Champion curler Colleen | 29 |
| Tommy Lee or James Earl | 23 |
| Storied engineer Casey | 22 |
| O'Neill's Emperor | 25 |
| Naval hero: 1747–92 | 26 |
| Manitoba's Jennifer______ | 29 |
| James Earl or Tommy Lee | 23 |
| He had not yet begun to fight | 29 |
| Fictional diarist Bridget | 25 |
| Dow's publishing partner | 28 |
| Common surname like Smith | 25 |
| Bonhomme Richard captain | 24 |
| "Mother" of labor | 27 |