| Sunset and Gaza | 15 |
| Reveals all? | 12 |
| Goes topless | 12 |
| Bacon selections | 16 |
| Airport runways | 15 |
| What an ecdysiast does | 22 |
| Takes it off | 12 |
| Sunset/Gaza | 11 |
| Shirks shirts | 13 |
| Runways, for instance | 21 |
| Prepares to streak | 18 |
| Performs with a pole, perhaps | 29 |
| Main drags | 10 |
| Loses one's shirt? | 22 |
| Is an ecdysiast | 15 |
| Gets into the pole position? | 28 |
| Gaza and Sunset | 15 |
| Divests of honors | 17 |
| Comics section array | 20 |
| Comics page array | 17 |
| Comics collection | 17 |
| Comic-page reading | 18 |
| Comic page offerings | 20 |
| "Cathy" and "Luann" | 39 |
| "Archie" and "Cathy" | 40 |
| Undresses combos | 16 |
| Means of finding cartoon signatures? | 36 |
| Burlesque feature | 17 |
| Performance by one whose career is taking off | 45 |
| Rain in Vegas? | 14 |
| Outfit worn while pole dancing? | 31 |
| Beef entrée cut from the short loin | 38 |
| T-bone alternative | 18 |
| ...a big increase in Vegas casino profits? | 42 |
| Decaffeinate some beverages? | 28 |
| X-rated dance | 13 |
| Gypsy Rose Lee's forte | 26 |
| Ecdysiast's specialty | 25 |
| Ecdysiast's forte | 21 |
| Ecdysiast's act | 19 |
| Ann Corio specialty | 19 |
| Alluring dance | 14 |
| 1996 Demi Moore movie | 21 |
| Gift with a burlesque dancer on its side? | 41 |
| Bare a car part? | 16 |
| Visits to Vegas? | 16 |
| Show in which much is shown | 27 |
| Demi Moore film? | 16 |
| Like a referee's shirt | 26 |
| Having streaks | 14 |
| "Bus Stop" star: 1955 | 31 |
| Labor | 5 |
| Fight (for) | 11 |
| Do one's best | 17 |
| Make a valiant effort | 21 |
| Really try | 10 |
| Make a big effort | 17 |
| Vie (for) | 9 |
| Make a game effort | 18 |
| Exert effort | 12 |
| Devote much effort | 18 |
| "I have ___ to be Thine . . . ": Melville | 51 |
| Anagram for inverts | 19 |
| Hardworking ones | 16 |
| They try hard | 13 |
| People who try hard | 19 |
| Competes | 8 |
| Tries very hard | 15 |
| Makes a great effort | 20 |
| Gives it one's all | 22 |
| Fights with all one's might | 31 |
| Giving it 110%, so to speak | 27 |
| Endeavoring | 11 |
| Barbershop group trying very hard? | 34 |
| Chimney-top nester | 18 |
| Stargazer | 9 |
| Houston player, informally | 26 |
| Houston MLBer | 13 |
| Texas NLer | 10 |
| Houston player, to fans | 23 |
| Houston ballplayer, for short | 29 |
| Texas ALer | 10 |
| Slam dunk expert Swift, familiarly | 34 |
| Minute Maid Park team member, for short | 39 |
| Minute Maid Park baseballer, locally | 36 |
| Houston pro, to fans | 20 |
| Houston pro, slangily | 21 |
| Houston pro, locally | 20 |
| Houston pro, informally | 23 |
| Houston MLBer, for short | 24 |
| Houston baseballer, for short | 29 |
| Houston baseballer, briefly | 27 |
| Houston baseball player, casually | 33 |
| Houston ballplayer, in sports shorthand | 39 |
| Houston ballplayer, casually | 28 |
| A.L. West player, informally | 28 |
| Disco light | 11 |
| Flashing light | 14 |
| Source of illumination Harold Edgerton used for photographs of milk drops and bursting balloons | 95 |
| Flasher at a disco | 18 |