| Target of some humor in The New Yorker | 38 |
| Target of many a New Yorker cartoon | 35 |
| Tarantula hawk, for one | 23 |
| Tarantula hawk, e.g. | 20 |
| Stinger in a nest | 17 |
| Source of some stings | 21 |
| Snappish person | 15 |
| Slender-waisted buzzer | 22 |
| Slender-bodied flier | 20 |
| Scary stinger | 13 |
| Republican voter, stereotypically | 33 |
| Pest control pest | 17 |
| Paper nest inhabitant | 21 |
| One of a traditional elite | 26 |
| Nesting insect | 14 |
| Nest resident | 13 |
| Mud-dauber, e.g. | 16 |
| Member of a traditional establishment | 37 |
| Marmon _____ (first auto to win the Indy 500) | 45 |
| Mandrake the Magician's nemesis | 35 |
| Insect that can control the sex of its offspring | 48 |
| Hymenopterous pest | 18 |
| Hornet's kin | 16 |
| Hornet, for one | 15 |
| Hornet kin | 10 |
| High-status American, stereotypically | 37 |
| Garden stinger | 14 |
| Fairyfly, for one | 17 |
| Ethnic acronym | 14 |
| Epithet for Pope | 16 |
| Epithet for poet Pope | 21 |
| Direct descendant of the Mayflower Pilgrims, e.g. | 49 |
| Country club member, stereotypically | 36 |
| Close relative of an ant | 24 |
| Carrier of W.W. II | 18 |
| Builder of paper houses | 23 |
| Attic nester | 12 |
| A kind of waist | 15 |
| "The Last Command" band | 33 |
| "Inside the Electric Circus" band | 43 |
| ___ waist | 9 |
| Something that may be better left alone | 39 |
| Slender stingers | 16 |
| Nasty stingers | 14 |
| Hornets' cousins | 20 |
| Winged stingers | 15 |
| Nest residents | 14 |
| Mud nest builders | 17 |
| Fig pollinators | 15 |
| Certain stingers | 16 |
| Bee's cousins | 17 |
| Workers with wings | 18 |
| Velvet ants, e.g. | 17 |
| Under-eave buzzers | 18 |
| They have narrow waists | 23 |
| Stinging fliers | 15 |
| Some nest builders | 18 |
| Snappish people | 15 |
| Small stingers | 14 |
| Scary nestful | 13 |
| Participants in sting operations? | 33 |
| Old money types, often | 22 |
| Nasties in nests | 16 |
| Narrow-waisted stingers | 23 |
| Narrow-waisted insects | 22 |
| Mud nesters | 11 |
| Mud daubers, e.g. | 17 |
| Mud daubers | 11 |
| Little stingers | 15 |
| Irritable ones | 14 |
| Insects with big stingers | 25 |
| Hornet relatives | 16 |
| Group in Gurney's plays | 27 |
| Garden stingers | 15 |
| Flying stingers | 15 |
| Fliers with narrow waists | 25 |
| Fairyflies and yellowjackets | 28 |
| Ethnic group portrayed in A. R. Gurney's plays | 50 |
| Cicada predators | 16 |
| Bees' nastier kin | 21 |
| Aristophanes' "The ___" | 37 |
| Aristophanes satire, with "The" | 41 |
| "The ___," play by Aristophanes | 41 |
| Target of peroxide, ice, and meat tenderizer | 44 |
| Painful insect toxin | 20 |
| Corset result, perhaps | 22 |
| Shaped like Barbie | 18 |
| Like an hourglass form | 22 |
| Tiny middles | 12 |
| Requisites for Gibson girls | 27 |
| Stereotypically upper-crust | 27 |
| Appeared in a publication | 25 |
| "Blossom" actor Ted | 29 |
| Toast for the holidays | 22 |
| Yuletide toast | 14 |
| Unbuttered toast at Christmas | 29 |
| Christmastime drink | 19 |
| Winter-holiday beverage | 23 |
| Traditional Yuletide quaff | 26 |
| Revelers' spree | 19 |