| "'I've been doing exercises to strengthen my core muscles,' Brendan said obliquely," e.g. | 111 |
| Singer ____ Hall | 16 |
| Barnum midget | 13 |
| "Harper Valley P.T.A." writer Hall | 44 |
| "Harper Valley P.T.A." songwriter ___ Hall | 52 |
| ___ Hall of country music fame | 30 |
| Unsuccessful candidate for governor of Colorado in 2010 | 55 |
| Alternate nickname to "The Franchise" | 47 |
| Seaver's nickname | 21 |
| Nickname of Hall of Famer Seaver | 32 |
| Hall of Fame pitcher Seaver's nickname | 42 |
| "The Jack Pine" Canadian painter with an echoic name | 62 |
| Barnum star | 11 |
| Tiny fairy tale hero | 20 |
| Teeny folk tale hero | 20 |
| Short story character? | 22 |
| First American steam locomotive | 31 |
| Famed circus "General" | 32 |
| Diminutive hero of folklore | 27 |
| Diminutive hero of folk tales | 29 |
| Charles Sherwood Stratton, familiarly | 37 |
| Yellow-tailed thornbill | 23 |
| Small English bird | 18 |
| Chickadee's British cousin | 30 |
| Small birds, in British lingo | 29 |
| Snare drum neighbor | 19 |
| Powwow percussion | 17 |
| Oft-beaten object | 17 |
| It's beaten by hand | 23 |
| Drum with a small head | 22 |
| Drum set component | 18 |
| Western drum | 12 |
| War dance percussion | 20 |
| War dance accompaniment | 23 |
| War dance accompanier | 21 |
| Tenor drum | 10 |
| Source of oater drumming | 24 |
| Source of an oater long-distance call? | 38 |
| Snare's drum-kit neighbor | 29 |
| Percussion at a powwow | 22 |
| Native American drum | 20 |
| Monotonous drumbeat | 19 |
| Monotonous beating sound | 24 |
| Long, narrow drum | 17 |
| Jungle drum | 11 |
| Indian percussion instrument | 28 |
| Indian percussion | 17 |
| Hand-beaten drum | 16 |
| Echoing drum | 12 |
| Drum heard in Westerns | 22 |
| African drum | 12 |
| "Club" with "Genius of Love" | 48 |
| Jazz player with a drum? | 24 |
| Repetitive new-wave duo with "Genius of Love" | 55 |
| Drum effect? | 12 |
| "This Modern World" cartoonist | 40 |
| Tribal drums | 12 |
| Jazz drums | 10 |
| They're beaten hands-down | 29 |
| These are beaten on the warpath | 31 |
| Rain dance accompaniment | 24 |
| Powwow communication source | 27 |
| Native American drums | 21 |
| Monotonous drumbeats | 20 |
| Hand-beaten drums | 17 |
| Drums heard in westerns | 23 |
| Drums along the Mohawk, once | 28 |
| One who halves drums? | 21 |
| Drummer's affliction? | 25 |
| Gobbler in a powwow musical group? | 34 |
| Reply to "Were any people left after Dick and Harry departed?" | 72 |
| The Prince of Tides | 19 |
| "The Right Stuff" author | 34 |
| "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" author | 50 |
| "The Bonfire of the Vanities" author | 46 |
| Popular toy company | 19 |
| Popular handheld game company | 29 |
| Poe's "___ Mother" | 32 |
| "Welcome ___ world" | 29 |
| "Skip ___ Lou" | 24 |
| "Skip ___ Lou..." | 27 |
| "Skip __ Lou": kids' song | 39 |
| "Come --- Window" | 27 |
| "___ Mother," Poe poem | 32 |
| "__ knowledge ..." | 28 |
| 'Much -- surprise ...' | 30 |
| "I outs . . . an' ___ sez I:" | 43 |
| Hauler's unit | 17 |
| Big weight | 10 |
| Proverbial brickload | 20 |
| Cargo measure | 13 |
| Won ___ (Chinese dumpling) | 26 |
| Weigh station unit | 18 |
| Truck scale unit | 16 |
| Bridge capacity unit | 20 |
| Quantity of bricks | 18 |
| Coal measure | 12 |
| Cargo weight | 12 |
| Won ___ soup | 12 |
| Weighty weight | 14 |