| Cruise or Hanks | 15 |
| Cruise around Hollywood? | 24 |
| Alley yowler | 12 |
| Actor Cruise | 12 |
| Welcome guest at Thanksgiving? | 30 |
| Rocker Petty | 12 |
| Pitcher Seaver | 14 |
| Piper's son of rhyme | 24 |
| Pig thief of rhyme | 18 |
| Pig stealer of rhyme | 20 |
| One of the Smothers Brothers | 28 |
| Mix of oaters | 13 |
| Mix of genre films | 18 |
| Member of an average trio | 25 |
| Male gobbler | 12 |
| Jerry's tormentor | 21 |
| Half a drum | 11 |
| Fun-loving Rover Boy | 20 |
| Dick and Harry's leader? | 28 |
| Cat's paw? | 14 |
| Author Clancy | 13 |
| A Smothers brother | 18 |
| Writer Wolfe | 12 |
| Swift or Seaver | 15 |
| Super Bowl XXXVI and XXXVIII MVP Brady | 38 |
| Smothers with jokes? | 20 |
| Sawyer of literature | 20 |
| Quarterback Brady of the Patriots | 33 |
| Patriots quarterback Brady | 26 |
| Nicole's ex | 15 |
| NFL MVP between LaDainian and Peyton | 36 |
| Mr. Thumb | 9 |
| Mister turkey | 13 |
| Male tabby | 10 |
| Kitten's father | 19 |
| Kite on the links | 17 |
| Jones or Sawyer | 15 |
| Jerry's nemesis | 19 |
| He's welcome at Thanksgiving? | 33 |
| He's a real turkey | 22 |
| Hanks or Cruise | 15 |
| Half a drum? | 12 |
| Fictional Sawyer | 16 |
| Dick and Harry's partner | 28 |
| Cruise or Selleck | 17 |
| Certain cat | 11 |
| Cartoon feline | 14 |
| Arnold of "True Lies" | 31 |
| Alley serenader | 15 |
| Adventure hero Swift | 20 |
| "Ziggy" cartoonist Wilson | 35 |
| ___ Thumb | 9 |
| ___ Sawyer | 10 |
| Word for turkey hidden in 11 answers of this puzzle | 51 |
| Word before cat or boy | 22 |
| Wolfe in sheep-colored clothing? | 32 |
| When repeated, a drum played with the hands | 43 |
| Watson or Weiskopf | 18 |
| Watson of the P.G.A. | 20 |
| Waits in the recording studio | 29 |
| Waits in music | 14 |
| Uncle with a cabin | 18 |
| Twain's Canty | 17 |
| Twain character Sawyer | 22 |
| TV's newscaster Snyder | 26 |
| TV's Brokaw | 15 |
| Turkey's name? | 18 |
| Turkey's name | 17 |
| Traveling Wilbury Petty | 23 |
| Tough turkey? | 13 |
| Thumb or turkey | 15 |
| Thumb or Sawyer | 15 |
| Thumb or Paine | 14 |
| Thumb or Mix | 12 |
| Thumb of folklore | 17 |
| Thumb in folklore | 17 |
| This puzzle's theme word | 28 |
| Thief of rhyme | 14 |
| The piper's son, in rhyme | 29 |
| “The Lord of the Rings” character ___ Bombadil | 54 |
| Tennessee Williams, to family | 29 |
| Tabby's suitor | 18 |
| Swift of sci-fi | 15 |
| Suri's daddy | 16 |
| Suri's dad | 14 |
| Stompin' _____ Connors | 26 |
| Star Cruise | 11 |
| Springsteen "Ghost of ___ Joad" | 41 |
| Sowed one's wild oats | 25 |
| Smothers with humor? | 20 |
| Small Thumb | 11 |
| Singer Petty | 12 |
| Singer Lehrer | 13 |
| Singer Cochrane | 15 |
| Senator Coburn | 14 |
| Selleck or Hanks | 16 |
| Selleck or Cruise | 17 |
| Seaver or Swift | 15 |
| Seaver or Selleck | 17 |
| Seaver or Lasorda | 17 |