| Scaring yet again? | 18 |
| Gambling strategy | 17 |
| Bidding strategy | 16 |
| Rolling Stones hit of 1981 | 26 |
| " . . . and a ___ steer her by": Masefield | 52 |
| Event on Jan. 1, 1990 | 21 |
| Begin to move | 13 |
| Make a beginning | 16 |
| Go from square one | 18 |
| Get a good jump in a race | 25 |
| Build to a climax, perhaps | 26 |
| July 10, 1925 | 13 |
| Tackle, as a task | 17 |
| Begin, as a project | 19 |
| Drop or fall? | 13 |
| Not jump in too eagerly/Where the best sales promoter shops? | 60 |
| Site of a surprise? | 19 |
| Have Alex in the lead? | 22 |
| TV Guide's #1 cult show on a 2004 list | 42 |
| TV show with five spin-offs | 27 |
| Sci-fi franchise | 16 |
| Noted TV debut of 9/8/66 | 24 |
| Voyage for Kirk and Spock | 25 |
| TV space program | 16 |
| TV show with the most spinoffs, according to the Guinness Book | 62 |
| TV show that has spawned 11 movies | 34 |
| TV series with Klingons and Romulans | 36 |
| TV sci-fi series | 16 |
| Successful film franchise starting in 1979 | 42 |
| Space program? | 14 |
| Show with dilithium crystals | 28 |
| Shatner-Nimoy vehicle | 21 |
| Shatner show | 12 |
| Sci-fi blockbuster of 2009 | 26 |
| Sci-fi "reboot" of 2009 | 33 |
| Raison d'être of many annual conventions | 47 |
| Popular movie series | 20 |
| Its opening voice-over ended "to boldly go where no man has gone before" | 82 |
| Its episode "The Menagerie" won a Hugo Award | 54 |
| Classic sci-fi series | 21 |
| Captain Picard series | 21 |
| An annual convention in August, 2006, will celebrate its 40th anniversary | 73 |
| 2009 film based on a TV show that premiered in 1966 | 51 |
| 1979 film with sequels II to VI | 31 |
| 1960s TV series with numerous spinoffs | 38 |
| 1960s TV series that created a cult phenomenon | 46 |
| "Deep Space Nine" was one of its spinoffs | 51 |
| Captain Kirk's pay | 22 |
| Only film of its series directed by William Shatner | 51 |
| TV series set in the 24th century | 33 |
| Words for the Andrews Sisters | 29 |
| Pitches the first inning | 24 |
| Fits' partners | 18 |
| Fits' partner | 17 |
| Turns over, as an engine | 24 |
| Some may be false | 17 |
| Partner of fits | 15 |
| Makes the first move | 20 |
| Leads off | 9 |
| Is first-string | 15 |
| Gets under way | 14 |
| Turns over, in a way | 20 |
| Turns on, as a car | 18 |
| This fits with fits | 19 |
| They're sometimes running | 29 |
| They're sometimes false | 27 |
| Sudden reactions | 16 |
| Sprinters' concerns | 23 |
| Post-time events | 16 |
| Pitching assignments | 20 |
| Moves suddenly | 14 |
| Mark Knopfler "The Way It Always ___" | 47 |
| Jumps nervously | 15 |
| Jumps a battery | 15 |
| Is on the A-team | 16 |
| Is a first-stringer | 19 |
| Initial moves | 13 |
| Gets to work | 12 |
| Gets the ball rolling | 21 |
| Gambits, in chess | 17 |
| Fits' companion | 19 |
| Fits partners | 13 |
| Fits and _____ | 14 |
| Does a double take | 18 |
| Cy Young had a record 815 | 25 |
| Concerns of sprinters | 21 |
| Blasts off | 10 |
| Begins scolding | 15 |
| Begins attacking | 16 |
| Advice of caution to a beginner | 31 |
| Takes it cautiously | 19 |
| Begins at the top | 17 |
| Begin gazing at someone intently and harshly? | 45 |
| ___ ball rolling (begins) | 25 |
| Wakes up, has breakfast, etc. | 29 |
| What spouse does, step 4 [hint: look at the black squares of the grid] | 70 |
| Turns on, as an engine | 22 |
| Sets in motion | 14 |
| Has an exciting opening number, say ... or what the answer to each starred clue does? | 85 |
| ___ ball rolling (initiate) | 27 |