| Criticize, so to speak | 22 |
| Repeated, a kind of joke | 24 |
| Rapper's introduction | 25 |
| Go from pillar to post | 22 |
| Criticize a prizefight? | 23 |
| ... boxing because it __ | 24 |
| The unambitious worker ___ | 26 |
| Start of many a corny joke | 26 |
| Beginning of many jokes | 23 |
| First line of many puns | 23 |
| It often ends with a pun | 24 |
| Prada imitation, perhaps | 24 |
| Superstitious good luck rap | 27 |
| Expression of good luck | 23 |
| "Rap" song of 1966 | 28 |
| Worrisome engine sounds | 23 |
| Eschews ringing the bell | 24 |
| Big name in publishing | 22 |
| Publisher with a canine logo | 28 |
| Publisher with a borzoi logo | 28 |
| Publisher Alfred A. ___ | 23 |
| Prestigious book publisher | 26 |
| Book publisher since 1915 | 25 |
| Book publisher Alfred A. ___ | 28 |
| Major city of ancient Crete | 27 |
| Minoan civilization center | 26 |
| Boy Scout's creation | 24 |
| Nautical unit of speed | 22 |
| Masseuse's challenge | 24 |
| It may be tied in church | 24 |
| Tie it and you're hitched | 29 |
| Slip or square follower | 23 |
| Nautical mile per hour | 22 |
| It's tied in church | 23 |
| Granny or square follower | 25 |
| Feature of some paneling | 24 |
| Bowline or clove hitch | 22 |
| A bowline or a sheep-shank, | 27 |
| Word with slip or slide | 23 |
| Word with slip or loop | 22 |
| Word with Gordian or slip | 25 |
| Word after square or Gordian | 28 |
| What Madonna tied w/Sean Penn | 29 |
| Uneasy feeling in the stomach | 29 |
| Turk's-head, for one | 24 |
| Turk's-head or sheepshank | 29 |
| Trucker's hitch, e.g. | 25 |
| Speed unit for a yacht race | 27 |
| Scout's achievement | 23 |
| Sailor's contrivance | 24 |
| Problem, metaphorically | 23 |
| Mariner's unit of speed | 27 |
| It's tied to befit | 22 |
| It's tied at the altar | 26 |
| It takes two people to tie it | 29 |
| It may be hard to undo | 22 |
| Headphone cable annoyance | 25 |
| Gordius's claim to fame | 27 |
| Gordian or slip follower | 24 |
| Fisherman's bend e.g. | 26 |
| Feature of pine paneling | 24 |
| Clove hitch or sheepshank | 25 |
| Boy scout's handiwork | 25 |
| They're all tied up | 23 |
| Bowline and sheepshank | 22 |
| Area of expertise for sailors | 29 |
| Units of nautical speed | 23 |
| Stomachs may be in them | 23 |
| Speed units for seafarers | 25 |
| Sheepshank and half hitch | 25 |
| Sailor's speed units | 24 |
| Sailor's expertise | 22 |
| Nautical miles, loosely | 23 |
| Lisa Hannigan might tie these | 29 |
| Hitch, slip, and granny | 23 |
| Granny and clove, e.g. | 22 |
| Essence of macram۩ | 26 |
| Clove hitch and sheepshank | 26 |
| Captain's speed measure | 27 |
| Boy Scout's expertise | 25 |
| Boy Scout's creations | 25 |
| Areas of muscle tightness | 25 |
| A "Landing" on TV | 27 |
| He's tied up in show biz | 28 |
| Don who played Barney Fife | 26 |
| Barney Fife portrayer Don | 25 |
| Rustic furniture material | 25 |
| Rustic building material | 24 |
| Have in one's head | 22 |
| Word with how or ledge | 22 |
| Understand, as a language | 25 |
| Start for it all or nothing | 27 |
| Have in the memory bank | 23 |
| Don't have to guess | 23 |
| ___-nothing (ignoramus) | 23 |
| He thinks he has the answers | 28 |
| Public, as information | 22 |
| Isn't just guessing | 23 |
| "The Shadow ___" | 26 |
| "Sees all, ___ all" | 29 |