| "Falcon Crest" star | 29 |
| Labor relations class? | 22 |
| Prepared-childbirth proponent | 29 |
| Natural childbirth method | 25 |
| Labor management class? | 23 |
| Delivery instructions? | 22 |
| Childbirth training method | 26 |
| Childbirth education pioneer | 28 |
| Birthday preparation class? | 27 |
| Big name in obstetrics | 22 |
| Big name in deliveries | 22 |
| White-fleeced animal of rhyme | 29 |
| Traditional Easter fare | 23 |
| Traditional Easter entree | 25 |
| Start of an Easter prayer | 25 |
| School visitor of rhyme | 23 |
| Mary's follower, in verse | 29 |
| A product of Australia | 22 |
| Very soft fleece source | 23 |
| Souvlaki ingredient, often | 26 |
| Shish-kebab ingredient | 22 |
| Schoolmate of Coleridge | 23 |
| Schoolgoer in a nursery rhyme | 29 |
| One in Mary's care | 22 |
| Meat served off the rack? | 25 |
| Meat on a kabob, maybe | 22 |
| Mary or Mary's follower | 27 |
| Lion's trusting companion | 29 |
| It's white and innocent | 27 |
| It went everywhere Mary did | 27 |
| Essayist: 1775–1834 | 26 |
| Dish that's often roasted | 29 |
| Dish served with jelly | 22 |
| "The ___ of God" | 26 |
| ___ of God (Agnus Dei) | 22 |
| Servings similar to mutton | 26 |
| Letter four before omicron | 26 |
| Kind of particle in physics | 27 |
| It resembles an inverted V | 26 |
| Inverted V, on a frat sweater | 29 |
| Like ___ to the slaughter | 25 |
| They're wrapped in wool | 27 |
| The Silence of the ____ | 23 |
| Kids who enjoy gamboling? | 25 |
| Altar offerings, maybe | 22 |
| 'Silence of the --' | 27 |
| ___ wool (soft material) | 24 |
| Escaped con's entrée? | 28 |
| Unconvincing, as an excuse | 26 |
| Fabric with metallic threads | 28 |
| Type of duck or excuse | 22 |
| Unsatisfactory, as an excuse | 28 |
| Fabric with gold threads | 24 |
| Unsatisfactory, as excuses | 26 |
| Unimpressive, as an excuse | 26 |
| Uncool Unwritten Law song? | 26 |
| Kind of duck or excuse | 22 |
| Chanteuse's fabric | 22 |
| Certain brocaded fabric | 23 |
| Word with brain or duck | 23 |
| Woefully weak, as an excuse | 27 |
| Unbelievable, as an excuse | 26 |
| Type of excuse or duck | 22 |
| Not even slightly convincing | 28 |
| Like Charley's horse? | 25 |
| Like a woefully weak excuse | 27 |
| How some runners pull up | 24 |
| Glittery evening-gown fabric | 28 |
| Getting hardly any laughs | 25 |
| Dress material for a ball | 25 |
| Couturier's fabric | 22 |
| Beneath serious consideration | 29 |
| ___ duck (reelection loser) | 27 |
| Expert in ornamental fabrics? | 29 |
| Politician with limited power | 29 |
| Political retiree-to-be | 23 |
| One serving out a term | 22 |
| One losing power, perhaps | 25 |
| Certain November also-ran | 25 |
| Classroom response, at times | 28 |
| In an unconvincing way | 22 |
| In a weak or clumsy way | 23 |
| How bad excuses are given | 25 |
| Less plausible, as an excuse | 28 |
| Less believable, as an excuse | 29 |
| Worse, like some excuses | 24 |
| More weak, like excuses | 23 |
| Not so good, as an excuse | 25 |
| More pathetic, excusewise | 25 |
| More pathetic, as excuses go | 28 |
| More pathetic, as an excuse | 27 |
| Less valid, excusewise | 22 |
| Less valid, as an excuse | 24 |
| Less convincing, as an excuse | 29 |
| Less adequate, as an excuse | 27 |
| Debussy's "___" | 29 |
| Fabrics with metallic threads | 29 |
| Shoots in the foot, say | 23 |
| Shoots in the foot, maybe | 25 |
| Shoots in the foot, e.g. | 24 |