| Costly strings, for short | 25 |
| Amatis' kin | 15 |
| Attack by plane | 15 |
| Aircraft machine-gun attack | 27 |
| Rake with gunfire | 17 |
| Rake with fire | 14 |
| Censure savagely | 16 |
| Pepper from above | 17 |
| Machine-gun by plane | 20 |
| Fighter-plane action | 20 |
| Do a line of shots? | 19 |
| Attack from a plane | 19 |
| Shoot machine guns | 18 |
| Shoot at from above | 19 |
| Shoot at from a plane | 21 |
| Rake with firepower | 19 |
| Fly low and attack | 18 |
| Fighter plane action | 20 |
| Bombard with criticism | 22 |
| Bawl out, slangily | 18 |
| Attack, as a fighter plane | 26 |
| Attack with gunfire | 19 |
| Attack via plane, in a way | 26 |
| Attack by plane, in a way | 25 |
| Attacked from the air | 21 |
| Shot from the air | 17 |
| Used air-to-ground machine guns | 31 |
| Shot at from aloft | 18 |
| Raked with bullets | 18 |
| Machine-gunned from above | 25 |
| Dive-bombed | 11 |
| Attacked on the fly | 19 |
| Attacked ground units, in a way | 31 |
| Attacked from above | 19 |
| Low-flying shooter | 18 |
| Warplane crewman, at times | 26 |
| Machine gunner of a sort | 24 |
| Machine gunner | 14 |
| Airborne machine-gunner | 23 |
| Aerial assailant | 16 |
| Riddlers of a sort | 18 |
| Guns down from above | 20 |
| Shoots from a plane | 19 |
| Shoots from a low-flying plane | 30 |
| Shoots down from the air | 24 |
| Machine-guns from above | 23 |
| Machine-guns from a plane | 25 |
| Machine-guns | 12 |
| Fires on from above | 19 |
| Bawls out, slangily | 19 |
| Attacks from the air | 20 |
| Attacks from an airplane | 24 |
| Air assaults | 12 |
| Raking with gunfire | 19 |
| Fokker action in W.W. I | 23 |
| Firing from the air | 19 |
| Rover, in Ayr | 13 |
| Wander off | 10 |
| Opposite of lead | 16 |
| Wandered from the direct course | 31 |
| Sailor absent for 73 hours | 26 |
| Poky follower | 13 |
| One finishing a marathon in eight hours, say | 44 |
| Late arrival | 12 |
| Chuck _____Agriculture Minister in 2006 | 39 |
| This loses to a flush | 21 |
| Poker-winning hand | 18 |
| Lead-in for face or flush | 25 |
| Go ___ (be law-abiding) | 23 |
| A flush beats it | 16 |
| ___ as an arrow | 15 |
| How bangs are cut in a Dutch bob | 32 |
| Moral path | 10 |
| Running back's maneuver | 27 |
| Morally upright person | 22 |
| Morally righteous individual | 28 |
| What brainy California baseball players get? | 44 |
| Valedictorian's pride, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 64 |
| Student's pride | 19 |
| Marks to brag about | 19 |
| Rainbow '82 album "___ The Eyes" | 46 |
| Truthful information, slangily | 30 |
| Honest info | 11 |
| Tool for drawing a perfect line | 31 |
| Uncurl | 6 |
| Deadpan expression | 18 |
| Comedian's demeanor, often | 30 |
| High hand in poker | 18 |
| Upright basketball player? | 26 |
| Hoopster who doesn't beat around the bush? | 46 |
| In her corset, actress Beatrice was _____ | 41 |
| Comedians and parade directors? | 31 |
| He's the butt of many jokes | 31 |
| Comedy-team member | 18 |
| What Abbott was to Costello | 27 |
| ROD is a ... | 12 |
| By the shortest route | 21 |
| As the crow flies | 17 |
| Racecourse sections | 19 |
| Good poker hands, often | 23 |