| Bee or wasp | 11 |
| Queen's weapon | 18 |
| Drink of brandy and crème de menthe | 38 |
| Brandy concoction | 17 |
| Weapon typically used in its surface-to-air form | 48 |
| Brandy-based drinks | 19 |
| Scorpions' weapons | 22 |
| Bees' weapons | 17 |
| ''Business ends'' of bees | 41 |
| Miser compared to an average Joe | 32 |
| Most miserly | 12 |
| Most closefisted | 16 |
| Most close | 10 |
| Meanest | 7 |
| In a tightfisted way | 20 |
| In a closefisted manner | 23 |
| Dana Carvey doing The Police's lead singer? | 47 |
| Scrooge's attribute | 23 |
| ... a bee during a downpour? | 28 |
| End of Ali's memorable boast | 32 |
| Emulate Ali | 11 |
| "Sophie's Choice" narrator | 40 |
| Strong drink in a pub | 21 |
| Strong beer in Soho | 19 |
| Strong beer in a local | 22 |
| Strong ale, in British lingo | 28 |
| Brit's strong beer | 22 |
| "Sophie's Choice" role | 36 |
| 'Sophie's Choice' character | 39 |
| ''Sophie's Choice'' character | 49 |
| Vice squad's tactic | 23 |
| Undercover enterprise | 21 |
| Board game for kids that's actually painful to play? | 56 |
| Some police setups | 18 |
| Some setups | 11 |
| Some police ploys | 17 |
| Plans to nail suspects | 22 |
| Fizz added to "Every Breath You Take"? | 48 |
| Whip-tailed fish | 16 |
| Prick Romano? | 13 |
| Whip-tailed flat fish | 21 |
| Ocean-bottom hider | 18 |
| Fish with dangerous spines | 26 |
| Fish with a dangerous tail | 26 |
| Devilfish's cousin | 22 |
| Deadly long-tailed fish | 23 |
| 1963 Chevrolet debut | 20 |
| 1960s Corvette model | 20 |
| They have whiplike tails | 24 |
| They have barbed spines | 23 |
| Swimmers with whiplike tails | 28 |
| Long-tailed swimmers | 20 |
| Dangerous bottom feeders | 24 |
| Bane of shellfish | 17 |
| Undercover jobs | 15 |
| Wasp attacks | 12 |
| Undercover operations | 21 |
| Bees' attacks | 17 |
| Bee batteries? | 14 |
| Injuries near beehives | 22 |
| Bee mementos | 12 |
| Bee batteries | 13 |
| Tingles | 7 |
| Some undercover operations | 26 |
| Some operations | 15 |
| Cuts to the quick | 17 |
| Bee bites | 9 |
| Bee attacks | 11 |
| Apiarists' risks | 20 |
| Apiarist's woes | 19 |
| Con man's pay? | 18 |
| Make a monster smart? | 21 |
| What angry wasps might do to a room? | 36 |
| Tight-fisted | 12 |
| Not very generous | 17 |
| Scroogean | 9 |
| Not sharing | 11 |
| Not at all generous | 19 |
| Like Shylock | 12 |
| Perform lousily | 15 |
| Perform horribly | 16 |
| Smelly Arab Strap song? | 23 |
| Perform awfully | 15 |
| Great fuss | 10 |
| Unpleasant odor | 15 |
| Smell nasty | 11 |
| Smell badly | 11 |
| Scandal, so to speak | 20 |
| Really reek | 11 |
| Put on a lousy show, say | 24 |
| Play terribly | 13 |
| Play really poorly | 18 |
| Play badly | 10 |
| Perform very poorly | 19 |
| Perform really badly | 20 |
| Perform poorly, slangily | 24 |
| Offend the nostrils | 19 |
| Huge kerfuffle | 14 |
| Deserve no stars | 16 |
| Be utterly awful | 16 |