| Buckthorn brown | 15 |
| "Fuego del Ande" singer | 33 |
| ''Poison'' shrub | 32 |
| ''Poison'' plant | 32 |
| Plant/playwright | 16 |
| South American singer/French writer | 35 |
| Shrubby kind of degree | 22 |
| Tree and singer | 15 |
| Some toxic shrubs | 17 |
| Some shrubs | 11 |
| Some rash-producing shrubs | 26 |
| Some poisonous shrubs | 21 |
| Some are poisonous | 18 |
| Shrubs with small, reddish fruit | 32 |
| Shrubs with red berries | 23 |
| Shrubs of the cashew family | 27 |
| Poisonous shrubs | 16 |
| Poisonous plants of the cashew family | 37 |
| Poison oak's family | 23 |
| Plants used in tanning | 22 |
| Common shrubs | 13 |
| Cashews' kin | 16 |
| Bearers of red berries | 22 |
| "Gattaca" star moves to Charleston in order to play a poisonous plant? | 80 |
| Main idea, as of an argument | 28 |
| Use an obsolete method of adding up numbers? | 44 |
| Orangutan habitat | 17 |
| Indonesian island crossed by the Equator | 40 |
| Banda Aceh's island | 23 |
| Where Palembang is | 18 |
| Where Padang is | 15 |
| Westernmost of the Sunda Islands | 32 |
| Large Indonesian island | 23 |
| It's across the strait from Singapore | 41 |
| Island visited by Marco Polo | 28 |
| Island southwest of Malaysia | 28 |
| Island on the Strait of Malacca | 31 |
| Island on the Equator | 21 |
| Island in western Indonesia | 27 |
| Island divided almost in half by the Equator | 44 |
| Island crossed by the Equator | 29 |
| Island bisected by the equator | 30 |
| Island across the strait from Singapore | 39 |
| Indonesian island separated from the Malay Peninsula by the Strait of Malacca | 77 |
| Home to many orangutans | 23 |
| 2004 tsunami locale | 19 |
| Orangutan, perhaps | 18 |
| Like some orangutans | 20 |
| Dweller across the strait from Singapore | 40 |
| Mesopotamian region | 19 |
| Where Ur and Uruk were | 22 |
| Ur's locale | 15 |
| So-called "cradle of civilization" | 44 |
| Region of Mesopotamia | 21 |
| Region of ancient Mesopotamia | 29 |
| Old Mesopotamian kingdom | 24 |
| Locale of ancient Ur | 20 |
| Iraq, many regime changes ago | 29 |
| Division of ancient Babylonia | 29 |
| Birthplace of cuneiform writing | 31 |
| Ancient region in present-day Iraq | 34 |
| Ancient Mideast land | 20 |
| Ancient Mesopotamian kingdom | 28 |
| Ancient Euphrates region | 24 |
| Ancient civilization | 20 |
| Ancient Babylonian region | 25 |
| Cuneiform user | 14 |
| Early Babylonians | 17 |
| Line from "Cuckoo Song" | 33 |
| News accounts of some ancient Mesopotamians? | 44 |
| Japanese ink | 12 |
| Japanese art medium | 19 |
| Zen art work | 12 |
| Like some college honors | 24 |
| Summary of all human knowledge | 30 |
| Highest, in honors | 18 |
| Highest, as honors | 18 |
| Diploma word, sometimes | 23 |
| Cum laude start | 15 |
| Comprehensive work | 18 |
| Comprehensive treatise | 22 |
| Aquinas's "___ Theologica" | 40 |
| ___ cum laude (with highest honors) | 35 |
| Valedictorian's honor | 25 |
| Literally, "with highest praise" | 42 |
| Honor for Mr. Bentsen? | 22 |
| "It adds up," Tom said ___ | 36 |
| Put in a nutshell | 17 |
| Did a quick recap of | 20 |
| Compendious | 11 |
| Expedited end to a litigation | 29 |
| Bring to a total | 16 |
| Adds together | 13 |
| Religious treatise by St. Thomas Aquinas | 40 |
| Attorney's last words | 25 |
| Tallied a total | 15 |
| ___ up (reviewed briefly) | 25 |
| School vacation time | 20 |
| It goeth before the fall | 24 |
| Wild-rose time | 14 |