| Shih ___ (diminutive dogs) | 26 |
| Young birds misinterpreted glint in Scottish loch (9) | 53 |
| Two seconds of Edgar Bergen during screen test (5) | 50 |
| Probable race losers low in wheel rods (9) | 42 |
| Might love spread at lunch? (4) | 31 |
| Listen to beloved plow inventor (5) | 35 |
| Halvah need | 11 |
| Got out of the top bed and exposed a falsehood (8) | 50 |
| Camera attachment left in zoo bathroom (4,4) | 44 |
| Abu Dhabi, Dubai, et al. | 24 |
| Abu Dhabi's fed. | 20 |
| Mideast fed. | 12 |
| Its cap. is Abu Dhabi | 21 |
| Persian Gulf fed. | 17 |
| OPEC member: Abbr. | 18 |
| Neighbor of Oman: Abbr. | 23 |
| Abu Dhabi is its cap. | 21 |
| Oil-rich fed. | 13 |
| Dubai is part of it: Abbr. | 26 |
| Abu Dhabi's land (Abbr.) | 28 |
| Abu Dhabi's federation (Abbr.) | 34 |
| Abu Dhabi's country, for short | 34 |
| Trucial States, today: Abbr. | 28 |
| Seven-member OPEC member | 24 |
| Seven-member Mideast fed. | 25 |
| Seven-member Middle Eastern fed. | 32 |
| OPEC mem. | 9 |
| Fed. of sheikdoms | 17 |
| Dubai's federation: Abbr. | 29 |
| Abu Dhabi's loc. | 20 |
| Well-to-do Middle East nation, for short | 40 |
| Trucial states, today (Abbr.) | 29 |
| Sharjah's locale: Abbr. | 27 |
| Sharjah's fed. | 18 |
| Seven-state fed. | 16 |
| Seven-in-one Mideast fed. | 25 |
| Seven sheikdoms fed. | 20 |
| Persian Gulf federation: Abbr. | 30 |
| OPEC member, for short | 22 |
| OPEC member, briefly | 20 |
| OPEC member since 1967 | 22 |
| Oil-rich nat. | 13 |
| Oil-rich land: Abbr. | 20 |
| Mideast land, for short | 23 |
| Mideast federation: Abbr. | 25 |
| Middle Eastern federation, briefly | 34 |
| Its currency is the dirham: Abbr. | 33 |
| It's served by Gulf Air: Abbr. | 34 |
| Home of the tallest bldg. in the world | 38 |
| Fujairah's locale: Abbr. | 28 |
| Federation whose capital is Abu Dhabi (abbr.) | 45 |
| Federation in OPEC | 18 |
| Fed. with oil | 13 |
| Fed. whose 18-letter full name alternates vowels and consonants | 63 |
| Fed. of seven sheikdoms | 23 |
| Fed. of sheikhdoms | 19 |
| DubaiÂ’s federation: Abbr. | 29 |
| Dubai's loc. | 16 |
| Dubai's land: Abbr. | 23 |
| Dubai's grp. | 16 |
| Dubai and Abu Dhabi are part of it: Abbr. | 41 |
| Country that incl. Sharjah | 26 |
| Assn. of Persian Gulf states | 28 |
| Ajman's home: Abbr. | 23 |
| Abu Dhabi's nation: Abbr. | 29 |
| Abu Dhabi's nation, initially | 33 |
| Abu Dhabi's federation: Abbr. | 33 |
| Abu Dhabi setting: Abbr. | 24 |
| Abu Dhabi locale | 16 |
| Tony winner for "The Country Girl" | 44 |
| S. A. monkey: Var. | 18 |
| "Friendly skies" co. | 30 |
| American rival: Abbr. | 21 |
| Delta rival: Abbr. | 18 |
| Chi.-based flier | 16 |
| Carrier with an LAX hub | 23 |
| Carrier with a hub at LAX | 25 |
| "Friendly skies" flier: Abbr. | 39 |
| Sex suffix | 10 |
| Sex completer? | 14 |
| Flier with Chicago H.Q. | 23 |
| Ending for sex or text | 22 |
| Delta competitor: Abbr. | 23 |
| Co. whose largest hub is at O'Hare | 38 |
| Three-letter designator code for the largest carrier out of Denver Intl. | 72 |
| Suffix with effect | 18 |
| Stock symbol for the world's largest airline | 48 |
| Rival of Delta and American: Abbr. | 34 |
| It merged with Continental in 2010: Abbr. | 41 |
| It has a hub at ORD | 19 |
| Inits. at J.F.K. | 16 |
| Founding member of the Star Alliance, for short | 47 |
| Corp. that once owned Hertz and Hilton International | 52 |
| Corp. that once owned Hertz and Hilton | 38 |
| Continental merger partner (abbr.) | 34 |
| Continental merger partner | 26 |
| Co. whose inflight magazine is Hemispheres | 42 |
| Co. that bought Continental in 2010 | 35 |
| Carrier with a hub at DEN | 25 |
| Carrier with a Houston hub: Abbr. | 33 |