| Hang around unobserved | 22 |
| Watch from the sidelines | 24 |
| Watch from a hidden position | 28 |
| Emulate a newsgroup newbie | 26 |
| Prepares for an ambush | 22 |
| Luxuriant, as vegetation | 24 |
| With lots of vegetation | 23 |
| Overrun with vegetation | 23 |
| Overflowing with foliage | 24 |
| Like an unspoiled paradise | 26 |
| Having abundant vegetation | 26 |
| Libertine's feeling | 23 |
| "___ for Life" | 24 |
| Some people have it for life | 28 |
| Able to resist sexual desire? | 29 |
| Glossy shine, to a Brit | 23 |
| Brilliance, in Bristol | 22 |
| Has a powerful desire (for) | 27 |
| Craves (with "for") | 29 |
| Like Rabelaisian writing | 24 |
| Characterized by heathy vigor | 29 |
| Powerful, as a singing voice | 28 |
| Like Mae West's persona | 27 |
| Pear-shaped instrument | 22 |
| Minstrel's instrument | 25 |
| Renaissance instrument | 22 |
| Old stringed instrument | 23 |
| Troubadour's instrument | 27 |
| Mandolin's ancestor | 23 |
| Long-necked instrument | 22 |
| Minstrel's strings | 22 |
| Minstrel's companion | 24 |
| Relative of a mandolin | 22 |
| Elizabethan instrument | 22 |
| Renaissance music staple | 24 |
| Pear-shaped instrument of old | 29 |
| Mandolin's forerunner | 25 |
| Mandolin cousin of old | 22 |
| Madrigal accompaniment | 22 |
| Instrument that's plucked | 29 |
| Balladeer's instrument | 26 |
| Balladeer's accessory | 25 |
| Troubadour accompanier | 22 |
| Strings for a minstrel | 22 |
| Stringed instrument of old | 27 |
| Shakespearean instrument | 24 |
| Serenade accompaniment | 22 |
| Renaissance musicmaker | 22 |
| Plumber's sealing agent | 27 |
| Julian Bream's instrument | 29 |
| John Dowland's instrument | 29 |
| Instrument for Julian Bream | 27 |
| Instrument for a minstrel | 25 |
| Guitar's predecessor | 24 |
| Guitar's older relative | 27 |
| Guitar's cousin of yore | 27 |
| Balalaika's relative | 24 |
| Accompaniment for a pavane | 26 |
| Accompaniment for a madrigal | 28 |
| Strummed, as a minstrel | 23 |
| Sealed, as a pipe joint | 23 |
| Played some dulcet tones | 24 |
| Played an old instrument | 24 |
| Pilfered a string instrument? | 29 |
| Accompanied a madrigal, maybe | 29 |
| Renaissance instruments | 23 |
| Troubadours' instruments | 28 |
| Pear-shaped instruments | 23 |
| Minstrels' instruments | 26 |
| Troubadour's instruments | 28 |
| Old stringed instruments | 24 |
| Minstrels' companions | 25 |
| Medieval stringed instruments | 29 |
| Guitars' ancestors | 22 |
| Guitar's ancestors | 22 |
| What troubadours played | 23 |
| Vivaldi wrote for them | 22 |
| Troubadours carried them | 24 |
| Renaissance-fair instruments | 28 |
| Renaissance Fair props | 22 |
| Relatives of balalaikas | 23 |
| Music makers for minstrels | 26 |
| Minstrels' strings | 22 |
| Mandolin's cousins | 22 |
| Bards' instruments | 22 |
| Writer of the 95 theses | 23 |
| King's middle name | 22 |
| German theologian Martin | 24 |
| Protestant Reformation figure | 29 |
| Excommunicant of Leo X | 22 |
| Followers of Martin Luther | 26 |
| Superman archvillain Lex | 24 |
| Three-time Hackman role | 23 |
| Superman enemy Lex ___ | 22 |
| Lex of "Superman" | 27 |
| Lex of "Smallville" | 29 |
| Eponymous skater Alois __ | 25 |
| Leap with one full rotation | 27 |
| Leap for Michelle Kwan | 22 |
| 1964 Murray Schisgal play | 25 |