| Cable channel with the slogan "Characters welcome" | 60 |
| “Burn Notice” network | 29 |
| Birthplace in a 1984 hit | 24 |
| Basic-cable network | 19 |
| Amer. or part of it | 19 |
| Amer. | 5 |
| Am. nation | 10 |
| Alternative to TNT or TBS | 25 |
| All-time top medal winner at the Summer Olympics | 48 |
| About one-third of it is forested | 33 |
| About 6.5% of the Earth's land | 34 |
| Abbr. on pen-pal envelopes | 26 |
| Abbr. on a stamp | 16 |
| Abbr. on a spacecraft | 21 |
| Abbr. in a Springsteen album title | 34 |
| 33-time Walker Cup winner | 25 |
| 32-time Davis Cup champ | 23 |
| 24-time Ryder Cup winner | 24 |
| 232-yr.-old land | 16 |
| 2014 FIBA World Cup winners | 27 |
| 2013 America's Cup winner | 29 |
| 2 Live Crew "Banned in the ___" | 41 |
| 1999 Women's World Cup host | 31 |
| 1994 World Cup host, familiarly | 31 |
| 1994 World Cup country | 22 |
| 1984 Summer Olympics host | 25 |
| 1980 Olympics boycotter | 23 |
| "WWE Raw" airer | 25 |
| "Touching Evil" network | 33 |
| "The Nifty Fifty" | 27 |
| "The Good Old ___" (song classic) | 43 |
| "The good old ___" | 28 |
| "The good ol'" place | 34 |
| "The Dead Zone" cable network | 39 |
| "Surfin' ___" (1963 hit) | 38 |
| "Psych" cable network | 31 |
| "Monk" airer | 22 |
| "Miss Teen ___" Best Kissers in the World | 51 |
| "Miracle" team | 24 |
| "Made in the __" | 26 |
| "Living in the ___" (Steve Miller Band song) | 54 |
| "Land of the free": Abbr. | 35 |
| "House Wars" airer | 28 |
| "Graceland" network | 29 |
| "Good old ___" | 24 |
| "God Bless the ___" | 29 |
| "For unto ___ child is born" | 38 |
| "Eco-Challenge" network | 33 |
| "Eco-Challenge" airer | 31 |
| "Covert Affairs" network | 34 |
| "Covert Affairs" airer | 32 |
| "Born in the ___": Springsteen | 40 |
| "Born in the ___," Springsteen hit | 44 |
| "Born in the ___," 1984 song | 38 |
| "Birthplace" of songdom | 33 |
| "___ Today" (newsstand buy) | 37 |
| "___ Today" (newspaper) | 33 |
| 'Suits' airer | 21 |
| 'Made in the --' | 24 |
| 'Good old --' | 21 |
| 'Born in the ' | 22 |
| ''Surfin'___'' (1963 hit) | 45 |
| ''God Bless the ___'' (Lee Greenwood hit) | 57 |
| ''Give ___ break!'' | 35 |
| ''Born in the ___'' | 35 |
| ... and its country | 19 |
| -- for Africa | 13 |
| _____ Today | 11 |
| ____ Today | 10 |
| ____ Today | 13 |
| ___ Weekend (Gannett publication) | 33 |
| ___ Today (newspaper since 1982) | 32 |
| ___ PATRIOT Act (3) | 19 |
| ___ for Africa | 14 |
| Of service | 10 |
| Still in decent shape | 21 |
| In functioning condition | 24 |
| Not for the scrap heap | 22 |
| Worth saving, maybe | 19 |
| Working fine | 12 |
| Suited for the purpose | 22 |
| Practical, as a gadget | 22 |
| Possible to implement | 21 |
| Of some service | 15 |
| Not totally worthless | 21 |
| Not to be trashed | 17 |
| Fit; convenient | 15 |
| Aidful | 6 |
| With convenience | 16 |
| In a convenient way | 19 |
| Midget car-racing org. | 22 |
| Threadbare, in Toledo | 21 |
| Thunderbirds' org. | 22 |
| Mil. fliers | 11 |
| Amer. flying group | 18 |
| Abbr. on a B-52 | 15 |
| "Wild blue yonder" org. | 33 |
| Thunderbirds gp. | 16 |
| Mil. branch since 1947 | 22 |
| Letters on an F-16 | 18 |