| Guiding doctrine | 16 |
| Former CIA director George | 26 |
| Firm belief, either way you look at it | 38 |
| Doctrinal holding | 17 |
| Creedal statement | 17 |
| Creed element | 13 |
| CIA director under Clinton and Bush | 35 |
| Unit of orthodoxy | 17 |
| Two-way principle | 17 |
| True believer's belief | 26 |
| Transubstantiation, say, in Catholicism | 39 |
| Something you can believe | 25 |
| Rule to live by | 15 |
| Rigid doctrine | 14 |
| Religious teaching | 18 |
| Professional principle | 22 |
| Professional doctrine | 21 |
| Principle that reads the same forward and backward | 50 |
| Principle for Erasmus | 21 |
| Platform component | 18 |
| Party line part | 15 |
| Part of Aquinas's credo | 27 |
| Part of a party line | 20 |
| Opinion, forward or backward | 28 |
| It may be held in a church | 26 |
| Ideology element | 16 |
| Group's belief | 18 |
| George who once led the C.I.A. | 30 |
| George of the CIA | 17 |
| First of 13 palindromes herein | 30 |
| Element of a doctrine | 21 |
| Deeply held belief | 18 |
| Creedal holding | 15 |
| Creed seed | 10 |
| Creed part | 10 |
| Credal conviction | 17 |
| Common belief | 13 |
| CIA director for two presidents | 31 |
| Church holding | 14 |
| Believe it, coming or going | 27 |
| Believe it either way | 21 |
| Believe it coming or going | 26 |
| Believe in it | 13 |
| Basis of a creed | 16 |
| Article (of faith) | 18 |
| Adoxy | 5 |
| Accepted dogma | 14 |
| 1990s CIA director | 18 |
| Church or synagogue? | 20 |
| Dogmas | 6 |
| Group doctrines | 15 |
| What a creed is composed of | 27 |
| Religious principles | 20 |
| Basic doctrines | 15 |
| Cherished beliefs | 17 |
| Rules of faith | 14 |
| Professional principles | 23 |
| Principles of faith | 19 |
| Parts of a party line | 21 |
| Missionary positions | 20 |
| M.'s lessees | 16 |
| Guideposts | 10 |
| Canon parts | 11 |
| Canon components | 16 |
| Grange lacrosse team? | 21 |
| Regulation rim elevation | 24 |
| Pole length? | 12 |
| Height of a proverbial pole | 27 |
| Deep-end depth, perhaps | 23 |
| Basketball basket height | 24 |
| Basket elevation | 16 |
| "A Boy ___ Tall," 1963 film | 37 |
| Kin of two-fisted | 17 |
| Times ten | 9 |
| Lucrative way for a handicapper's bet to pay off | 52 |
| Like an increase from two to twenty | 35 |
| Like a 1000% profit | 19 |
| Like a 1000 percent profit | 26 |
| Decuple | 7 |
| Kind of proverbial pole | 23 |
| Proverbial distancer | 20 |
| ''I wouldn't touch that with a . . .'' | 58 |
| What not to touch something with | 32 |
| Something not to touch with, according to a saying | 50 |
| Went ___ twenty (batted .500) | 29 |
| Certain form numbers | 20 |
| Police radio affirmative | 24 |
| Trucker's approval | 22 |
| O.K., to a CBer | 15 |
| Cop's signoff | 17 |
| CBer's affirmative | 22 |
| CB sign-off | 11 |
| CB O.K. | 7 |
| "That's a roger ..." | 34 |
| Vehicle that can sleep nearly a dozen college students? | 55 |
| 100 C-notes | 11 |
| Burmese measure | 15 |
| 1% of a cool mil | 16 |
| Singer/songwriter Vienna ___ | 28 |
| One-hundredth of a mil, to a hood | 33 |