| Negotiator's outrageous demand, e.g. | 40 |
| Maryland town on the Chesapeake Bay | 35 |
| Game show hosted by Howie Mandel | 32 |
| Do business like a St. Louis team owner? | 40 |
| "Just handle the problem!" | 36 |
| "Strawberry Wine" singer Carter | 41 |
| "We Danced Anyway" singer Carter | 42 |
| "Strawberry Wine" country singer Carter | 49 |
| Devotee of the politician Howard | 32 |
| Certain 2004 Democratic enthusiast | 34 |
| Title girl in a 1977 Shaun Cassidy hit | 38 |
| College administrator's cocktail? | 37 |
| Rat Packer and Col. Mustard of "Clue" | 47 |
| Movie river's senior member gets better? | 44 |
| Edward Sheffield portrayer in "JAG" | 45 |
| Onetime giant among stock brokerages | 36 |
| Michigan city shelter contains shaded alcove (8) | 48 |
| Barrie title from "Julius Caesar" | 43 |
| Milk-lover's letter opening? | 32 |
| Opening words in a daily journal | 32 |
| Salutation to an out-of-shape friend? | 37 |
| 1964 Glenn Ford/Geraldine Page romantic comedy | 46 |
| "Oh heavens!," quaintly | 33 |
| Beginning of the end of a relationship? | 39 |
| Letter announcing a switch to Toro? | 35 |
| Harry E. Fosdick's "___ Brown" | 44 |
| Salutation to a first-time father? | 34 |
| Start of a columnist's reply | 32 |
| Opening of a letter to a Baltic capital | 39 |
| Line that goes to the North Pole? | 33 |
| Grandma's sweetie or honeybunch | 35 |
| "___ not proud . . . ": Donne | 39 |
| "Till ___" (a long time) | 34 |
| Literary classic featuring the teen Tadzio | 42 |
| HESS/DELTA merger that will last forever | 40 |
| Music genre of Possessed and Deicide | 36 |
| Popular radio series: 1930–45 | 36 |
| Exchange of vows again for the Grim Reaper? | 43 |
| Carafe ___ (French restaurant order) | 36 |
| Prohibited from buying cosmetics? | 33 |
| Election strategy for a former linebacker? | 42 |
| Confronted issues in a public forum | 35 |
| "Tool-Time Girl" Dunning waned? | 41 |
| "A diamond is forever" sloganeer | 42 |
| Usual Valentine's Day advertiser | 36 |
| Source of the Rhodes Scholarship endowment | 42 |
| "A diamond is forever" company | 40 |
| Multi-award-winning role for Ferrer | 35 |
| 1986 world champion American figure skater | 42 |
| NYC mayor who sought to ban horse-drawn carriages | 49 |
| Name for Louis I, with "le" | 37 |
| "Black Narcissus" actress | 35 |
| "Leap of Faith" actress | 33 |
| It may be raised in a Congressional meeting | 43 |
| Possible result of a costly Italian vacation? | 45 |
| Tom Clancy title (with "Honor") | 41 |
| Indicator of a company's financial health | 45 |
| Assistance provided while doing your business? | 46 |
| Summer worker who's been caught in a lie? | 45 |
| Discredited summer recreation provider? | 39 |
| The Who's "My Generation," e.g. | 45 |
| Release that's often self-titled | 36 |
| It's chocolatey, without all the kick | 41 |
| Shape whose internal angles are all 144° | 43 |
| Having all angles equal to 144 degrees | 38 |
| Boccaccio's "The ___" | 35 |
| Boccaccio work, with "The" | 36 |
| Put out the fire and pack up the tent | 37 |
| Poured wine into another container | 34 |
| Vessel that might be going to port | 34 |
| Transfers to another vessel, maybe | 34 |
| Area equaling 1,000 square meters | 33 |
| Museum guide who's doing OK? | 32 |
| Epithet for President Bush, with "the" | 48 |
| Numbers might be rounded to only a few of them | 46 |
| Fractions usually indicated by a dot | 36 |
| Nine of these equal about a yard | 32 |
| Knock out a pier-dwelling mallard? | 34 |
| Irregular edge, as for a book page | 34 |
| Having a ragged border, as paper | 32 |
| It begins: "When in the Course . . . " | 48 |
| Dec. 10, 1948, adoption, Universal ___ | 38 |
| Make life less fun for, as a cat | 32 |
| Like one who can't scratch the surface | 42 |
| Decides not to talk to the media | 32 |
| Extract the essence of by boiling | 33 |
| Unscrambles a secret transmission | 33 |
| Body that busted a Brooklyn gangster | 36 |
| Radioactivity cleanup process, for short | 40 |
| Honored soldier's collection | 32 |
| Technique of decorating with lacquered cut-outs | 47 |
| Converts code into ordinary language | 36 |
| Secretary General Javier Pérez ___ | 37 |
| "Ulysses" hero Stephen | 32 |
| Pfeiffer of TV's "Cybill" | 40 |
| Michelle Pfeiffer's actress sister | 38 |
| Means of one-to-one communication | 33 |
| Sets apart for a special purpose | 32 |
| Avec l'aide ___ (God willing) | 33 |
| Payment before the insurance kicks in | 37 |