| Mariana ___ (deepest part of the ocean) | 39 |
| Long, narrow ditch | 18 |
| GI's ditch | 14 |
| Front lines shelter | 19 |
| French ___: abri? | 17 |
| Dug-out area | 12 |
| Doughboys' ditch | 20 |
| Detective's coat, informally | 32 |
| Coat type | 9 |
| Battleground excavation | 23 |
| Battlefield furrow | 18 |
| Bathysphere's destination | 29 |
| A.E.F. excavation | 17 |
| Penetrating insect? | 19 |
| "I'm in a rut," said the ditchdigger ___ | 54 |
| Attire popular with private eyes | 32 |
| Private eye's garment | 25 |
| Many a detective film cover-up | 30 |
| Dick Tracy's wear | 21 |
| Carmen Sandiego cover-up? | 25 |
| Bogart's "Casablanca" garb | 40 |
| Attire for Columbo | 18 |
| Attire for private eyes, maybe | 30 |
| Rainy-day garments | 18 |
| Garb for Columbo and Clouseau | 29 |
| Impinged | 8 |
| Wood platter | 12 |
| Meat carver's board | 23 |
| Ditchdigger | 11 |
| Guy with a huge appetite | 24 |
| Gormandizers | 12 |
| Waterproof overcoats | 20 |
| Ditchdiggers | 12 |
| Diggers or serving trays | 24 |
| W.W. I defences | 15 |
| W.W. I battlegrounds | 20 |
| W.W. I battle sites | 19 |
| W. W. I lines | 13 |
| Infantry lines | 14 |
| Foxholes | 8 |
| Battlefield ditches | 19 |
| Kid in a ditch? | 15 |
| Weapon used in hand-to-hand combat | 34 |
| Double-edged blade for hand-to-hand fighting | 44 |
| Ditch outlet, in a way | 22 |
| Line from "All Quiet on the Western Front"? | 53 |
| Pollster's find | 19 |
| The way things are going | 24 |
| Poll revelation | 15 |
| General direction | 17 |
| Current style | 13 |
| Pollster's discovery | 24 |
| Prevailing tendency | 19 |
| Market direction | 16 |
| General tendency | 16 |
| Way the wind blows | 18 |
| Gallup concern | 14 |
| Upswing on a chart | 18 |
| That's the way it goes | 26 |
| Market analysis discovery | 25 |
| A graph may reveal one | 22 |
| Pollster's study | 20 |
| Polling news | 12 |
| Poll finding | 12 |
| Market analyst's concern | 28 |
| Hot concept | 11 |
| General heading | 15 |
| Exit poll indication | 20 |
| Everybody's doing it | 24 |
| Become notable, like a hashtag | 30 |
| With 40A, a fad | 15 |
| Where things are headed | 23 |
| Where opinion is headed | 23 |
| What's in vogue | 19 |
| What polling may reveal | 23 |
| What a line on a chart may show | 31 |
| What a graph may show | 21 |
| What a graph may illustrate | 27 |
| Way things are going | 20 |
| Way the wind is blowing | 23 |
| Urbanization, e.g. | 18 |
| Tide of events | 14 |
| The way things go | 17 |
| The way the wind blows | 22 |
| Stockbroker's detection | 27 |
| Statistician's discovery | 28 |
| Sales manager's concern | 27 |
| Roper dope | 10 |
| Pollsters' concern | 22 |
| Pollster's prediction | 25 |
| Pollster's finding | 22 |
| Pollster's determination | 28 |
| Poll-taker's concern | 24 |
| Political analyst's topic | 29 |
| One may be indicated by a line on a chart | 41 |
| Nu metal, e.g. | 14 |
| Not late-breaking news | 22 |
| News that may be illustrated by a graph | 39 |
| Music that's hot now | 24 |
| Market movement | 15 |