| Result of some sandbagging | 26 |
| Quay for the Robert E. Lee | 26 |
| Protective river embankment | 27 |
| Presidential reception | 22 |
| President's reception | 25 |
| Monarch's reception | 23 |
| Mississippi River sight | 23 |
| If it breaks, things get wet | 28 |
| Flood prevention barrier | 24 |
| Embankment to ward off floods | 29 |
| Coastal safety measure | 22 |
| Bank that may get in trouble? | 29 |
| Bad thing to be breached | 24 |
| Like a pool table, ideally | 26 |
| One of 256 for Pac-Man | 22 |
| Either way, it's flat | 25 |
| Word with top (first-rate) | 26 |
| Parking-garage division | 23 |
| Equal in importance or rank | 27 |
| "Be honest . . ." | 27 |
| Part of a voting machine | 24 |
| Piano key, essentially | 22 |
| Voting machine part, perhaps | 28 |
| Certain simple machine | 22 |
| Bar pivoted about a fulcrum | 27 |
| Voting machine component | 24 |
| This will give you a lift | 25 |
| Subject for Archimedes | 22 |
| One-armed bandit's arm | 26 |
| Old voting machine feature | 26 |
| Obsolescent vote finalizer | 26 |
| Item used with a fulcrum | 24 |
| Item in some voting machines | 28 |
| It's about a fulcrum | 24 |
| Instrument for lifting | 22 |
| Emergency brake control | 23 |
| Carnival-ride activator | 23 |
| Bottle opener, essentially | 26 |
| Bar at the polling place? | 25 |
| Archimedean world-mover | 23 |
| Archimedean world mover | 23 |
| Jeans purveyor Strauss | 22 |
| Stubbs of the Four Tops | 23 |
| Third son of Jacob and Leah | 27 |
| Name on your behind, perhaps | 28 |
| A son of Jacob and Leah | 23 |
| Name on your waist, perhaps | 27 |
| First name among clothiers | 26 |
| Tribe founder, in the Bible | 27 |
| Strauss the jeans maker | 23 |
| Name just above many cheeks? | 28 |
| Matthew's original name | 27 |
| Jacob and Leah's son | 24 |
| Denim popularizer Strauss | 25 |
| Clothing pioneer Strauss | 24 |
| A son of Leah and Jacob | 23 |
| 1890's veep ___ P. Morton | 29 |
| "Chuck" star Zach | 27 |
| Zachary of "Chuck" | 28 |
| Vandergelder's Dolly | 24 |
| V.P. Morton: 1889–93 | 27 |
| Strauss, the trousers maker | 27 |
| Strauss, the jeans maker | 24 |
| Strauss on a jeans label | 24 |
| Strauss of dungaree fame | 24 |
| Pants designer Strauss | 22 |
| One of the twelve patriarchs | 28 |
| One of Dinah's avengers | 27 |
| Mr. Strauss of pants fame | 25 |
| Johnston in 2008-09 news | 24 |
| Jeans popularizer Strauss | 25 |
| Jeans maker ___ Strauss | 23 |
| Israeli statesman ___ Eshkol | 28 |
| Israeli P.M. Eshkol: 1963-69 | 28 |
| Four Tops frontman Stubbs | 25 |
| First name in leisure wear | 26 |
| Early clothier Strauss | 22 |
| Champion cyclist Leipheimer | 27 |
| Brother of Simeon and Zebulun | 29 |
| ___ Strauss jeans and Co. | 25 |
| ___ Strauss (jeans maker) | 25 |
| Ted of "Monk" | 23 |
| Longtime Met leader James | 25 |
| Popular pants since 1850 | 24 |
| Casual Friday wear, maybe | 25 |
| Get a lift from a spell, say | 28 |
| Serious discussion's lack | 29 |
| Authoritative imposition | 24 |
| ___ en masse (instant army) | 27 |
| Alcindor before he was Kareem | 29 |
| Fictional sleuth Archer | 23 |
| Basketball's Alcindor | 25 |
| Ayres who played Dr. Kildare | 28 |
| 'Holiday' actor Ayres | 29 |
| Treasury Secretary Jack | 23 |
| MacDonald's Archer | 22 |
| MacDonald private eye Archer | 28 |
| Kareem, formerly __ Alcindor | 28 |
| Kareem, as a young hoopster | 27 |
| Kareem, as a very young man | 27 |