| Word with book or choir | 23 |
| Suddenly stop, as an engine | 27 |
| Suddenly cut out, as an engine | 30 |
| Stable spot | 11 |
| Stable site | 11 |
| Stable segment | 14 |
| Silver quarters? | 16 |
| Shower area | 11 |
| Shelter of a kind | 17 |
| Restroom zone | 13 |
| Public bathroom division | 24 |
| Place with pithy, anonymous scribblings | 39 |
| Pitchman's booth | 20 |
| One way to buy time | 19 |
| Need reignition | 15 |
| Mr. Ed's abode | 18 |
| Kill the clock | 14 |
| Jet engine problem | 18 |
| Horse habitat | 13 |
| Hold up the game | 16 |
| Have car trouble | 16 |
| Go "pfffft" | 21 |
| Foot-drag | 9 |
| Flea-market unit | 16 |
| Flea market booth | 17 |
| Engine malfunction | 18 |
| Driver's inconvenience | 26 |
| Drag your heels | 15 |
| Dobbin's bailiwick | 22 |
| Delaying tactic | 15 |
| Delay by evasion | 16 |
| Conk out, as a car | 18 |
| Compartment in a stable | 23 |
| Choir seat | 10 |
| Carnival booth | 14 |
| Buy time | 8 |
| Bronco's booth | 18 |
| Big problem for a pilot | 23 |
| Bathroom division | 17 |
| Airplane hazard | 15 |
| ___ for time | 12 |
| Barn dance? | 11 |
| Stopped suddenly, as an engine | 30 |
| Came to a standstill | 20 |
| Sputtered, as an engine | 23 |
| Put off the inevitable | 22 |
| Needing a push | 14 |
| Gained time by trickery | 23 |
| Caused a traffic jam | 20 |
| ___ time (delayed) | 18 |
| User of delaying tactics | 24 |
| Person playing for time | 23 |
| One seeking to gain time | 24 |
| One playing for time | 20 |
| He purposely kills time | 23 |
| He can put you off | 18 |
| Deliberate killer of time | 25 |
| Annoying negotiator | 19 |
| People killing time | 19 |
| Fattened on a farm | 18 |
| Caged for fattening, as steers | 30 |
| Fatten for market, as cattle | 28 |
| Private quarters in a stable? | 29 |
| Playing for time | 16 |
| Hemming and hawing, e.g. | 24 |
| Playwright Laurence | 19 |
| Breeding horse | 14 |
| Stable fellow? | 14 |
| Rocky, the Italian ___ | 22 |
| Mature male zebra | 17 |
| Male horse | 10 |
| Colt's pop | 14 |
| Stud farm studs | 15 |
| Some stately horses | 19 |
| Prancing ... male ... mares | 27 |
| Horses on a stud farm | 21 |
| Suppressed sob | 14 |
| Rocky Balboa portrayer | 22 |
| Player of many a tough guy | 26 |
| Best Actor/Original Screenplay nominee of 1976 | 46 |
| 1977 Oscar nominee for both Best Actor and Best Writing | 55 |
| "Lock Up" star | 24 |
| "Bullet to the Head" star | 35 |
| Rocky ceremonial start to a baseball game? | 42 |
| Sales at a convention booth? | 28 |
| Abruptly stop | 13 |
| Plays for time | 14 |
| They're in a stable environment | 35 |
| Suddenly quits running | 22 |
| Shillyshallies | 14 |
| Horse housing | 13 |
| Delays on purpose | 17 |
| Bazaar features | 15 |
| Tries to buy time | 17 |
| They're at the horse track | 30 |
| Steeds' needs | 17 |
| Stable sections | 15 |
| Stable divisions | 16 |
| Stable compartments | 19 |
| Sputters and stops | 18 |