| Body-piercing choice | 20 |
| ___ poker | 9 |
| Wall board | 10 |
| Typical guy on romance novel covers | 35 |
| Tuxedo-shirt fastener | 21 |
| Tuxedo shirt fastener | 21 |
| Style of poker | 14 |
| Shirt-button alternative | 24 |
| Shirt ornament | 14 |
| Shirt button | 12 |
| Many a retired thoroughbred | 27 |
| Kind of farm or fee | 19 |
| Game with a hole card | 21 |
| Framework post | 14 |
| Epitome of virility | 19 |
| Dress-shirt item | 16 |
| Draw alternative | 16 |
| Collar piercer, perhaps | 23 |
| Collar fastener | 15 |
| 5-card game | 11 |
| Where old thoroughbreds go to | 29 |
| Wallboard support | 17 |
| Vertical post | 13 |
| Vertical board behind a wall | 28 |
| Upright, in the house | 21 |
| Tuxedo shirt button | 19 |
| Texas Hold'em relative | 26 |
| Texas hold 'em relative | 27 |
| Snow tire projection | 20 |
| Snow tire feature | 17 |
| Shirtfront ornament | 19 |
| Shirt-front fastener | 20 |
| Seven-card ___ (poker game) | 27 |
| Seven card poker game | 21 |
| Secretariat's post-racing role | 34 |
| Scatter at intervals | 20 |
| Retired Derby winner, perhaps | 29 |
| Retired Derby winner, maybe | 27 |
| Retired Churchill Downs racer | 29 |
| Poker with four exposed cards | 29 |
| Poker variety with hole cards | 29 |
| Pillar or post | 14 |
| Ornamental nail | 15 |
| Ornamental button | 17 |
| Minimalist earring | 18 |
| Manly man | 9 |
| Horse or game | 13 |
| Hobnail | 7 |
| Gambler's option | 20 |
| Frame upright | 13 |
| Former racehorse, perhaps | 25 |
| Formalwear accessory | 20 |
| Formal wear accouterment | 24 |
| Fancy fastener | 14 |
| Earlobe jewelry | 15 |
| Earlobe adornment | 17 |
| Dress-shirt closer | 18 |
| Dress-shirt accouterment | 24 |
| Dress-shirt accessory | 21 |
| Dress shirt fastener | 20 |
| Dress shirt closer | 18 |
| Draw's kin | 14 |
| Dickey fastener | 15 |
| Dickey button | 13 |
| Collar button | 13 |
| Carpenter's upright | 23 |
| Caribbean ___ (casino game) | 27 |
| Building post | 13 |
| Breeder on a farm | 17 |
| Boss of a sort | 14 |
| Bosom bauble | 12 |
| Board in a wall | 15 |
| Black-tie accessory | 19 |
| Betting game, informally | 24 |
| Belt ornament | 13 |
| An upright in a wall | 20 |
| A male horse, perhaps | 21 |
| "Five Card ___," Dean Martin film | 43 |
| ___ muffin | 10 |
| ___ finder (carpenter's tool) | 33 |
| Made easier to grip, maybe | 26 |
| Like some collars or tires | 26 |
| Star-___ | 8 |
| Scattered at intervals | 22 |
| Like some winter tires | 22 |
| Decorated, as with nail heads | 29 |
| Adorned, as a dress shirt | 25 |
| Adorned with nailheads | 22 |
| ____ with brass | 15 |
| Winter traction aids | 20 |
| Putting decorative buttons on | 29 |
| High schooler | 13 |
| Eliza Doolittle, for one | 24 |
| School figure | 13 |
| Preppy, e.g. | 12 |
| One with homework | 17 |
| Kind of union | 13 |
| Classroom figure | 16 |
| University attendee | 19 |
| Temple attendee? | 16 |