| Lesson #1: For early risers only | 32 |
| Hit lightly, as glass | 21 |
| Strike lightly and repeatedly | 29 |
| Knock at gently | 15 |
| Keep time to the music, in a way | 32 |
| Send by wire | 12 |
| Throw in the towel, as in a MMA match | 37 |
| Send, as a telegraph message | 28 |
| Send, as a telegram | 19 |
| Lose all one's money in gambling | 36 |
| Have no gambling money left | 27 |
| Beat, as a rhythm | 17 |
| Thin, fibrous bark | 18 |
| Thin bark | 9 |
| Thin fibrous bark | 17 |
| Paperlike cloth (Var.) | 22 |
| Mulberry bark: Var. | 19 |
| New York's __ Zee Bridge | 28 |
| Alternative to Maytag or KitchenAid | 35 |
| ___ Zee | 7 |
| Hudson's Zee | 16 |
| Appliance maker that produced the first microwave oven for household use (1955) | 79 |
| Amana rival | 11 |
| Amana competitor | 16 |
| Amana alternative | 17 |
| ____ Zee: Hudson bridge | 23 |
| ___ Zee, Hudson River bridge | 28 |
| ___ Zee Bridge, N.Y. | 20 |
| ___ Zee Bridge | 14 |
| ___ Zee (Hudson area) | 21 |
| __ Zee: area where the Hudson River widens | 42 |
| __ Zee Bridge | 13 |
| Bridge across the Hudson | 24 |
| Span since 1955 | 15 |
| It connects New York's Rockland and Westchester Counties | 60 |
| Opened, as a keg | 16 |
| Danced like Bojangles Robinson | 30 |
| Accessed (with "into") | 32 |
| Started, as a keg | 17 |
| Kept time | 9 |
| Got tree sap | 12 |
| Drew upon | 9 |
| Drew on as a resource | 21 |
| Drew from | 9 |
| Broke, slangily | 15 |
| Began to use | 12 |
| Accessed, with "into" | 31 |
| Accessed (with ''into'') | 40 |
| Sank, as a short putt | 21 |
| Sank with minimal effort | 24 |
| Knocked at gently | 17 |
| Short on dough | 14 |
| Like most PRISM-monitored cellphone calls? | 42 |
| Telegraph key | 13 |
| He bugs you | 11 |
| Valve-moving part | 17 |
| Valve mover | 11 |
| Sliding rod in an engine | 24 |
| Machine rod | 11 |
| Lever in a steam engine | 23 |
| Engine rod | 10 |
| Engine lever | 12 |
| Click and Clack, the ___ Brothers | 33 |
| Cam-activated lever | 19 |
| Motor levers | 12 |
| Machine rods | 12 |
| Cams move them | 14 |
| Emulating a happy foot | 22 |
| "The Raven" sound effect | 34 |
| Indicating impatience | 21 |
| Keg accessory | 13 |
| Hotel bar | 9 |
| Pub area | 8 |
| Place where beer is served | 26 |
| Place for pitchers | 18 |
| Origin of many drafts | 21 |
| Oasis in the city | 17 |
| Brew servers | 12 |
| Watering holes, so to speak | 27 |
| Plant's principal feeder | 28 |
| Plant's main nourisher | 26 |
| Carrot's principal feeder | 29 |
| Plant's main feeder | 23 |
| It grows downward | 17 |
| Certain plant anchor | 20 |
| Carrot feature | 14 |
| They grow down | 14 |
| Reveille's opposite | 23 |
| Lights-out tune | 15 |
| Bugler's evening call | 25 |
| Touches on the shoulder | 23 |
| "Lights out" tune | 27 |
| Base melody | 11 |
| Lights-out signal | 17 |
| Ceremonial bugle rendition | 26 |
| Soldier's lullaby | 21 |
| Last call? | 10 |
| "Lights out" music | 28 |
| Military base tune | 18 |
| Memorial Day solo | 17 |