| City east of San Diego | 22 |
| Unlikeliest, as an excuse | 25 |
| Unlikeliest, as an alibi | 24 |
| Unlikeliest to be bought | 24 |
| Tops in implausibility | 22 |
| Like the worst of excuses | 25 |
| Least valid, as an excuse | 25 |
| Least plausible, as an excuse | 29 |
| Female monster of Greek myth | 28 |
| Female precursor to vampires | 28 |
| Vampirelike female monster | 26 |
| Thin layer, as of plastic | 25 |
| Arranged in thin plates | 23 |
| Cranston of old-time radio | 26 |
| ___ Cranston (The Shadow) | 25 |
| "Raging Bull" boxer | 29 |
| "The Bronx Bull" | 26 |
| 'Raging Bull' subject | 29 |
| Hope/Crosby co-star Dorothy | 27 |
| Repeated Hope/Crosby co-star | 28 |
| Frequent Hope/Crosby co-star | 28 |
| Dorothy from New Orleans | 24 |
| Nightingale's trademark | 27 |
| Item beside an easy chair | 25 |
| Aladdin's discovery | 23 |
| Miner's light source | 24 |
| Magic item of folklore | 22 |
| It may have a gooseneck | 23 |
| Aladdin's treasure | 22 |
| "Aladdin" prop | 24 |
| Soot used as a pigment | 22 |
| Nightingale's symbol | 24 |
| Nightingale's prop | 22 |
| It will shed light on things | 28 |
| Easy chair accompanier | 22 |
| _____man, Saskatchewan | 22 |
| Word with bridge or street | 26 |
| Word after flood or floor | 25 |
| Spirit or neon follower | 23 |
| Source of illumination | 22 |
| Nightingale's vessel | 24 |
| Nightingale's device | 24 |
| Nightingale's burden | 24 |
| Nightingale's accessory | 27 |
| Nightingale carried one | 23 |
| Miner's helmet attachment | 29 |
| Light on a bedside table | 24 |
| Kind of post or lighter | 23 |
| Item for Miss Nightingale | 25 |
| Harpsichordist's aid | 24 |
| Follower of bridge or street | 28 |
| Edison's incandescent ___ | 29 |
| Cave explorer's need | 24 |
| Aladdin's was magic | 23 |
| Aladdin's temporary loss | 28 |
| Aladdin's possession | 24 |
| Part of a street light | 22 |
| One of a secretive trio | 23 |
| Third party with you and me | 27 |
| They can brighten up a room | 27 |
| Miners' hat fixtures | 24 |
| They often have shades on | 25 |
| Sources of light or heat | 24 |
| Reading chair accompaniers | 26 |
| Furniture store features | 24 |
| End-table light sources | 23 |
| It conceals a light bulb | 24 |
| It fits over a light bulb | 25 |
| Covers on end-table items | 25 |
| Fugitives' flights | 22 |
| In-house data-sharing syst. | 27 |
| PC data-sharing system | 22 |
| Linked-computers acronym | 24 |
| Computer network acronym | 24 |
| Company PCs are likely on one | 29 |
| System of connected PCs | 23 |
| Resource-sharing PC network | 27 |
| Option for linking PCs | 22 |
| Office computer system | 22 |
| Computer-sharing setup | 22 |
| Computer system acronym | 23 |
| Acronym for linked computers | 28 |
| What Wi-Fi may facilitate | 25 |
| Telecommunications acronym | 26 |
| System for linking PCs | 22 |
| PC data-sharing acronym | 23 |
| Office PC linkup letters | 24 |
| Office computer linkup: Abbr. | 29 |
| Multi-PC hookup, for short | 26 |
| Linkup of several PC's | 26 |
| Linked computers acronym | 24 |
| IT department's purview | 27 |
| Intraoffice linkup: Abbr. | 25 |
| Iberia : Spain :: ___ : Chile | 29 |
| Data-sharing computer syst. | 27 |
| Computer-linking syst. | 22 |
| Computer-hookup letters | 23 |
| Computer network, for short | 27 |
| Computer linkage (abbr.) | 24 |
| Computer link, for short | 24 |