| Characters in a book series begun in 1904 | 41 |
| B2B opportunity for juvenile readers? | 37 |
| Whitney Houston's ex-husband | 32 |
| R&B star who popularized new jack swing | 43 |
| Loving phrase for a British policeman? | 38 |
| TV chef and author who dropped out of high school | 49 |
| Host of "Boy Meets Grill" | 35 |
| Food Network's "Throwdown!" host | 46 |
| U.S. Attorney General from 1961-1964 | 36 |
| 1960's-70's pop singer/actor | 36 |
| Footwear often turned down at the ankle | 39 |
| Anklets worn with a poodle skirt | 32 |
| Anklets worn with saddle shoes, informally | 42 |
| "Keen" 50's apparel | 33 |
| Manly teenybopper of the '40s? | 34 |
| "Devil or Angel" singer | 33 |
| ''Blue Velvet'' singer (1963) | 45 |
| Weird-voiced comedian (short one letter) | 40 |
| Peace treaty between a predator and its prey? | 45 |
| Michael Jordan's team (for the time being) | 46 |
| Head of a hard-up Dickens family | 32 |
| 'Gilligan's Island' star | 36 |
| "Rapid Robert" of no-hit fame | 39 |
| Take part in a Halloween tradition | 34 |
| Oprah's longtime personal trainer | 37 |
| Comedian-actor born May 29, 1903 | 32 |
| Burbank's airport is named for him | 38 |
| Late, great entertainer, when in despair? | 41 |
| 2005 "American Idol" runner-up | 40 |
| Cleveland Hall of Famer known for his sinkerball | 48 |
| One half of "Mr. Show" | 32 |
| Songbird with a long winter migration | 37 |
| Painter best known for being tall and stringy? | 46 |
| "The Joy of Painting" artist | 38 |
| "Happy little trees" painter | 38 |
| Raspy-voiced "Like a Rock" singer | 43 |
| Actor Newhart's cookout fare? | 33 |
| "Camptown Races" horse | 32 |
| "Camptown Races" racer | 32 |
| Winner of the 1986 PGA Championship | 35 |
| Original host of "This Old House" | 43 |
| Quail with a distinctive two-note song | 38 |
| City up the coast from Fort Lauderdale | 38 |
| Florida Atlantic University locale | 34 |
| Basket workers' retirement locale? | 38 |
| Italian composer-cellist: 1743-1805 | 35 |
| Italian game akin to pétanque | 32 |
| Game played on a 90-foot-long court | 35 |
| Who turns down a free mug of dark winter beer? | 46 |
| Person who turns down a mug of lager? | 37 |
| Brews in an elm instead of an oak? | 34 |
| Finishing school for models, in Boston? | 39 |
| Coastal setting of "The Birds" | 40 |
| Whom the Obamas named their dog for | 35 |
| 1987 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee | 40 |
| "I'm going to heaven!" | 36 |
| "Have Guitar Will Travel" performer | 45 |
| Jethro on "The Beverly Hillbillies" | 45 |
| He often jumped into the General Lee | 36 |
| "___ Soul," song hit of 1930 | 38 |
| [*cross out* Studio substitute] Squarish bed? | 45 |
| Twists and turns in a bowling alley | 35 |
| Wrestlers' victory celebration? | 35 |
| Chop shop worker's inVestment of the 1960s? | 47 |
| Major recipient of TARP money, which it paid back | 49 |
| "Dark Summer" poet Louise | 35 |
| Matinee idol in "Darling" | 35 |
| Takes five strokes on a par-4 hole | 34 |
| ''Top Gun'' targets | 35 |
| ''The Big Sleep'' costars | 41 |
| Common promotion deal, for short | 32 |
| Modern jargon word for complete nonsense | 40 |
| City liberated by BolÃvar, 1819 | 34 |
| Capital city once known as Santa Fe | 35 |
| Physics Nobelist the year after Einstein won | 44 |
| Heidi of TV's 'Hotel' | 33 |
| Puccini's "La ___" | 32 |
| Part of the République tchèque | 36 |
| "La __": Puccini opera | 32 |
| Actress with an arty affectation? | 33 |
| German flutist-composer: 1794-1881 | 34 |
| Austrian opera conductor: 1894-1981 | 35 |
| Eschewer of convention, in slang | 32 |
| -- -chic (hippie-influenced fashion) | 36 |
| ___-chic (women's fashion style) | 36 |
| Fashion trend influenced by hippie culture | 42 |
| Unconventional artists, in slang | 32 |
| Avril Lavigne's "Sk8er ___" | 41 |
| "Sk8er ___" (Avril Lavigne hit) | 41 |
| “Sk8er ___” (2002 Avril Lavigne hit) | 44 |
| Big ___ (André 3000's partner) | 37 |
| Big ___ (André 3000's Outkast partner) | 45 |
| "Sk8ter ___" (Avril Lavigne song) | 43 |
| "Sk8er ___" (2002 top 10 hit) | 39 |
| "Sk8er ___" (2002 Avril Lavigne hit) | 46 |
| "Sk8er ___," 2002 top 10 hit | 38 |
| 'Sk8er --' (2002 Avril Lavigne hit) | 43 |
| Gore recount legal representative David | 39 |
| "We ___ different degrees": Emerson | 45 |
| Something hard to make for Easter | 33 |