| Puncher's cry | 17 |
| Words while delivering a blow | 29 |
| Words of aggression | 19 |
| Words accompanying a punch | 26 |
| Cry during a duel | 17 |
| "___ 'A' Train" | 33 |
| "___ ?A' Train": 1941 song | 40 |
| Monday: 6:25 P.M. | 17 |
| Duke Ellington standard written by Billy Strayhorn | 50 |
| DO go underground! | 18 |
| Yield to temptation | 19 |
| Fall for it | 11 |
| Be victorious | 13 |
| Be outrageous | 13 |
| Surpass all others | 18 |
| Top everything else | 19 |
| Surpass all, undesirably | 24 |
| Succeed like a baker | 20 |
| Rob a bakery? | 13 |
| Caterer's mandate? | 22 |
| Beat all, so to speak | 21 |
| Be infamously unusual | 21 |
| Be a lulu | 9 |
| Rise the easy way | 17 |
| What skydivers do? | 18 |
| What a skydiver does? | 21 |
| Be a patsy | 10 |
| Refuse to answer | 16 |
| Begin lecturing | 15 |
| Address, as with a speech | 25 |
| Rise to make a speech | 21 |
| Begin lecturing, perhaps | 24 |
| Handle pressure | 15 |
| Let things ___ (leave alone) | 28 |
| Suddenly surge forward | 22 |
| Agree to appear on "Larry King Live"? | 47 |
| Politician's job? | 21 |
| 5 P.M. | 6 |
| What the bankrupt organ grinder decided to do? | 46 |
| Give up alcohol | 15 |
| ... like a scuba diver? | 23 |
| Record store's ad? | 22 |
| Be a whipping boy | 17 |
| Be a fall guy | 13 |
| Assume blame | 12 |
| "Please visit our record store" | 41 |
| Kidnap Confucius? | 17 |
| "___," said Tom dolefully | 35 |
| Pick up a coat? | 15 |
| Don't rush | 14 |
| Stop and smell the roses | 24 |
| More than just pause | 20 |
| Chillax for a while | 19 |
| "___ by the forelock": Thales | 39 |
| "Of and the River" | 28 |
| Begin to like | 13 |
| Like instantly | 14 |
| Develop a liking for | 20 |
| Begin liking | 12 |
| Start enjoying | 14 |
| Like almost immediately | 23 |
| Become attracted by | 19 |
| Start going for | 15 |
| Learn easily | 12 |
| Immediately like | 16 |
| Hit it off with | 15 |
| Have a fancy for | 16 |
| Feel fondness for | 17 |
| Fancy from the start | 20 |
| Become friends with | 19 |
| Acquire a liking for | 20 |
| "Consider seriously, Bret" | 36 |
| Interpret as | 12 |
| Head for skid row? | 18 |
| Second shot, on a movie set | 27 |
| Second film shot | 16 |
| Begin, as a hobby | 17 |
| Words before "arms" or "space" | 50 |
| Start, as a hobby | 17 |
| Shorten, as a hem | 17 |
| Learn, as a hobby | 17 |
| Begin, as hobbies | 17 |
| Words with arms or space | 24 |
| Words with "arms" or "space" | 48 |
| Words before arms or space | 26 |
| Start, as a new hobby | 21 |
| Start to learn | 14 |
| Start to discuss | 16 |
| Pursue or resume | 16 |
| Kind of reel | 12 |
| Consider, as part of an agenda | 30 |
| Accept the responsibility | 25 |
| Adoptions | 9 |
| Be completely useless | 21 |
| Join the high school wrestling team? | 36 |
| Begin to use wrestling feats? | 29 |
| Request for a tailor? | 21 |
| Make a maxi a mini | 18 |
| Assume responsibility | 21 |
| Park in Biden's spot? | 25 |