| Convenient strip of computer icons | 34 |
| Rows of buttons | 15 |
| Handy thing for a handyman | 26 |
| Organizer with two pockets | 26 |
| Carpenter's hammer-carrier | 30 |
| Piece shaped for a particular cutting job | 41 |
| Handyman's carryall | 23 |
| Where items in this puzzle's theme may be found | 51 |
| Plumber's chest | 19 |
| Handyman's tote | 19 |
| Carpenter's accessory | 25 |
| Auto-shop array | 15 |
| "Home Improvement" accessories | 40 |
| Handyman's storage unit | 27 |
| Handyman's gear | 19 |
| Where to find some nuts | 23 |
| Handyman's kit | 18 |
| Machinist's equipment | 25 |
| Where some washers are kept | 27 |
| "A Confederacy of Dunces" author | 42 |
| Pulitzer Prize novelist: 1981 | 29 |
| Peter O'___ | 15 |
| Mont. county | 12 |
| County in Mont. | 15 |
| County in Montana | 17 |
| "A Confederacy of Dunces" novelist | 44 |
| "A Confederacy of Dunces" author John Kennedy ___ | 59 |
| ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' author | 50 |
| Pulitzer Prize author: 1981 | 27 |
| Posthumous 1981 Pulitzer winner | 31 |
| Peter O' ____ | 17 |
| John Kennedy ___ ("A Confederacy of Dunces" author) | 61 |
| Actor Peter O'____ | 22 |
| Actor Peter O'___ | 21 |
| "The Neon Bible" novelist | 35 |
| "A Confederacy of Dunces" author (5) | 46 |
| 'A Confederacy of Dunces' author | 40 |
| ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' novelist | 52 |
| ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' author John Kennedy | 63 |
| Drove (around) | 14 |
| Traveled (along) | 16 |
| Hand-decorated | 14 |
| Drove, slangily | 15 |
| Drove (along) | 13 |
| Rode (around) | 13 |
| Moved along, as in a car | 24 |
| Machined | 8 |
| Like ornamental leather | 23 |
| Fitted out | 10 |
| Equipped with machinery | 23 |
| Drove along | 11 |
| Decorated, as leather | 21 |
| Shop worker | 11 |
| Stonemason's chisel (Var.) | 30 |
| Stonemason's chisel | 23 |
| Mechanic, say | 13 |
| Leatherworker, at times | 23 |
| Workmen's storage area | 26 |
| Short on severity | 17 |
| Out for a ride | 14 |
| Factory machinery | 17 |
| Providing with needed resources | 31 |
| "A secret is ___" (start of a Howell quote) | 53 |
| Like a tardy gesture | 20 |
| Nut case? | 9 |
| Handyman's purchase | 23 |
| Place for a cache of nuts | 25 |
| Mechanic's gear | 19 |
| It may contain nuts | 19 |
| Hammer holder | 13 |
| Collection for a handyman | 25 |
| Carpenter's collection | 26 |
| Certain machinist | 17 |
| Black & Decker is one | 25 |
| Certain machinist's activity | 32 |
| Activity for primitive man | 26 |
| Moniker for TV's Tim Taylor | 31 |
| "Home Improvement" nickname | 37 |
| Needing cutting | 15 |
| "The letter is ___ by half a mile": Shak. | 51 |
| Like pitches that head for the feet | 35 |
| How some bars may be set | 24 |
| "___ they build . . . "': Young | 45 |
| Machinists' supports | 24 |
| Machine shop area | 17 |
| Shop area | 9 |
| Machine-shop area | 17 |
| Carpenter's storage area, perhaps | 37 |
| Carpenter's cubicle | 23 |
| Hammer and sickle | 17 |
| Hand-operated implements | 24 |
| Do-it-yourself needs | 20 |
| Workshop array | 14 |
| They're sometimes found on belts | 36 |
| Shop collection | 15 |
| Handyman's collection | 25 |
| Workshop items | 14 |
| Workshop implements | 19 |
| Shed spread | 11 |
| Level and bevel | 15 |