| Country singer Ritter | 21 |
| A Ritter | 8 |
| __-Mex | 6 |
| S.E. Hinton classic | 19 |
| Ritter or Avery | 15 |
| Ritter | 6 |
| Ranch nickname | 14 |
| Nickname on the range | 21 |
| Man from Big D | 14 |
| Lone Star Stater | 16 |
| Gore-___ (fabric) | 17 |
| Cowhand's nickname | 22 |
| Cowboy singer Ritter | 20 |
| Common nickname for a cowboy | 28 |
| Woodward Maurice Ritter's nickname | 38 |
| Where to find Paris and Odessa: Abbr. | 37 |
| Where Odessa is: Abbr. | 22 |
| Where George W. Bush was gov. | 29 |
| Western nickname | 16 |
| Waco nickname | 13 |
| U.S. state with its own elec. power grid | 40 |
| U.S. state with a secessionist movement | 39 |
| TV's Antoine | 16 |
| Title parent in a TLC reality series | 36 |
| Stereotypical oater nickname | 28 |
| Stereotypical cowboy's nickname | 35 |
| Stereotypical cowboy | 20 |
| Singing Ritter | 14 |
| Singer/songwriter Joe from the south, obviously | 47 |
| Singer-actor Ritter | 19 |
| SE Hinton novel | 15 |
| Sax player Beneke | 17 |
| San Antone sobriquet | 20 |
| S.E. Hinton novel set on a ranch | 32 |
| S.E. Hinton book | 16 |
| Rodeo nickname | 14 |
| Ritter or Antoine | 17 |
| Ritter of Westerns | 18 |
| Ritter for one | 14 |
| Rangers, on a sports ticker | 27 |
| Range moniker | 13 |
| Ranch tag | 9 |
| Ranch sobriquet | 15 |
| Puncher's nickname | 22 |
| Puncher's handle | 20 |
| Poke, probably | 14 |
| Paris's setting: Abbr. | 26 |
| One of the Ritters | 18 |
| Old talk-show host McCrary | 26 |
| Oater moniker | 13 |
| Nickname of B-western actor Robert Allen | 40 |
| Music's Ritter | 18 |
| Moniker for a Lone Star cowboy | 30 |
| Moniker for a cowboy | 20 |
| MGM animator Avery | 18 |
| Matt Dillon title role of 1982 | 30 |
| Many a cowpoke's handle | 27 |
| Looney Tunes animator Avery | 27 |
| Lone-Star nickname | 18 |
| Lone Star State nickname | 24 |
| Lone Star State handle | 22 |
| Lone Star State cowboy | 22 |
| Laredo nickname | 15 |
| Jazzman Beneke | 14 |
| It's between La. and N.M. | 29 |
| Houstonian's nickname | 25 |
| Handle on a ranch | 17 |
| Half a southwestern cuisine | 27 |
| Gore-___ | 8 |
| Gore follower | 13 |
| Geographical nickname | 21 |
| Football Hall of Famer Schramm | 30 |
| Follower of Gore? | 17 |
| DFW's state | 15 |
| DFW airport home | 16 |
| DDE's birthplace | 20 |
| Dallas's state: Abbr. | 25 |
| Cowpuncher's moniker, perhaps | 33 |
| Cowpuncher's moniker | 24 |
| Cowpunch's sobriquet | 24 |
| Cowpoke moniker | 15 |
| Cowhand's nickname, perhaps | 31 |
| Cowhand's moniker | 21 |
| Cowhand handle | 14 |
| Cowboy's sobriquet | 22 |
| Cowboy's nickname, often | 28 |
| Cowboy star Ritter | 18 |
| Cowboy sobriquet | 16 |
| Country music's Ritter | 26 |
| Classic cowboy name | 19 |
| Cartoonist Avery | 16 |
| Bunkhouse nickname | 18 |
| Bugs Bunny creator Avery | 24 |
| Bugs Bunny cartoonist Avery | 27 |
| Bugs Bunny cartoonist ___ Avery | 31 |
| Buck's buddy, maybe | 23 |
| Big D resident | 14 |
| Big ___ (State Fair icon displayed in Dallas) | 45 |
| Big ___ (Dallas fair icon) | 26 |
| Basketball coach Winter who pioneered the triangle offense | 58 |