| At bat, so to speak | 19 |
| "The ___ of the Screw": James | 39 |
| "The ___ of the Screw" | 32 |
| "One good ___ . . . " | 31 |
| "No Left ___" | 23 |
| ____ over: ponder | 17 |
| ___ tail (flee) | 15 |
| ___ over a new leaf | 19 |
| ___ and toss | 12 |
| ___ profit | 10 |
| Words with profit or deaf ear | 29 |
| ___ profit (make money) | 23 |
| Words with profit or phrase | 27 |
| Words before profit | 19 |
| Phrase with page or corner | 26 |
| Never ___ hair | 14 |
| ___ deaf ear to | 15 |
| ___ deaf ear | 12 |
| ___ corner (make progress) | 26 |
| __ profit | 9 |
| __ deaf ear | 11 |
| Situated on an axle, say | 24 |
| Open to being a mole | 20 |
| Like things you can spin | 24 |
| Be oblivious | 12 |
| It's fair play, they say | 28 |
| Fair play, in saying | 20 |
| "Fair play" | 21 |
| Fair-play ingredients | 21 |
| Extreme changes | 15 |
| Refuse advice | 13 |
| Decide not to, say | 18 |
| Be successful at retail | 23 |
| Emulate Daniel Webster | 22 |
| Recovery | 8 |
| How to make more or less a traffic circle | 41 |
| Wide places in the road, maybe | 30 |
| How long it takes to get something back (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) | 79 |
| Refuse admission to | 19 |
| Find the fountain of youth, so to speak | 39 |
| Part of a nostalgic plea | 24 |
| Show embarrassment about | 24 |
| How to make a belt catch a rod tightener | 40 |
| British mystery novelist Peter | 30 |
| Change one's views | 22 |
| Judas Iscariot | 14 |
| How to make a jacket for a traitor | 34 |
| Renegades | 9 |
| 2013 single from DJ Snake and Lil Jon | 37 |
| Housekeeper's home renovation advice about a cheap fourposter offer? | 72 |
| Deflected | 9 |
| Changed color in autumn | 23 |
| Took an intersecting road | 25 |
| Defected | 8 |
| Changed, as leaves | 18 |
| Brought around | 14 |
| ___ down (rejected) | 19 |
| Pretended not to see, with "to" | 41 |
| Feigned unawareness | 19 |
| Reacted to holding one's breath, perhaps | 44 |
| Lowered the volume on a specific note? | 38 |
| Like empty pockets on display | 29 |
| Converted | 9 |
| Became suddenly hostile to | 26 |
| Changed direction quickly | 25 |
| In his bedroom Mr. Ridder _____ | 31 |
| Inverted or pondered | 20 |
| Lost color in one's cheeks | 30 |
| Betrayed embarrassment | 22 |
| Fled in fear | 12 |
| Started a comeback | 18 |
| Passed a crisis safely | 22 |
| The clever busboy ... | 21 |
| Reversed circumstances | 22 |
| Reversed an unfavorable situation | 33 |
| Regained one's winning status ... or a hint to this puzzle's circled letters | 84 |
| Caused a reversal of a situation | 32 |
| Accomplished a reversal | 23 |
| Made a loser a winner | 21 |
| Sought help from | 16 |
| Compelled, in a way | 19 |
| Became more aggressively strict | 31 |
| Ted or Tina | 11 |
| Atlanta Braves field | 20 |
| CNN founder | 11 |
| Tina of song | 12 |
| Ted, Nat or Tina | 16 |
| Word with page or wood | 22 |
| Word with page or Ted | 21 |
| The "T" of TBS | 24 |
| Spatula, for example | 20 |
| Spatula, essentially | 20 |
| Slave rebellion leader | 22 |
| Slave leader: 1800-31 | 21 |
| Rebel of 1831, Nat | 18 |
| Pulitzer-winning historian Frederick Jackson ___ | 48 |
| Placekicker Jim who scored 10 points in the Jets' Super Bowl III victory | 76 |
| Nat ___, rebellious slave | 25 |
| Media mogul Ted | 15 |
| Liberal Prime Minister John | 27 |