| TV viewer's lament (Part 2) | 31 |
| Lewis Carroll game involving letter replacement | 47 |
| Way to change lead into gold in three steps? | 44 |
| Puzzle that may go from "hard" to "easy" | 60 |
| Puzzle invented by Lewis Carroll (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) | 72 |
| Spelling bee study guide | 24 |
| Warning, perhaps | 16 |
| Informal oral communication | 27 |
| The grapevine | 13 |
| Oral communication | 18 |
| How rumors spread | 17 |
| The very start | 14 |
| The slightest peep | 18 |
| What "they" have been saying | 38 |
| Syntax topic | 12 |
| Factor affecting Google search results | 38 |
| Etymology | 9 |
| Part 3 of definition | 20 |
| Like an actor who doesn't miss a line | 41 |
| Carroll specialty | 17 |
| 2006 film about puzzles | 23 |
| 2006 documentary directed by Patrick Creadon | 44 |
| Popular blogging platform | 25 |
| ORDW, RDWO, DWOR | 16 |
| Editor? | 7 |
| Things said | 11 |
| They fail the speechless | 24 |
| An argument | 11 |
| A quarrel | 9 |
| When two have them, it's not pleasant | 41 |
| They're often eaten when not weighed | 40 |
| They cross herein | 17 |
| They cross here | 15 |
| These sometimes fail us | 23 |
| Sheet-music credit | 18 |
| Partner of music | 16 |
| Noah Webster's forte | 24 |
| Lyrics on Tin Pan Alley | 23 |
| Lyricist's writings | 23 |
| Lyricist's stock in trade | 29 |
| Logophile's love | 20 |
| Lexicographer's stock in trade | 34 |
| Fillers of some grids | 21 |
| Features accompanying the comics, often | 39 |
| "Eating __ has never given me indigestion": Churchill | 63 |
| "... long __ bother me": Pooh | 39 |
| "___ have a longer life than deeds": Pindar | 53 |
| Incoherent speech | 17 |
| Common phrase on a song sheet | 29 |
| End of the couplet | 18 |
| Crossword puzzle constructor, for one | 37 |
| This puzzle's constructor, you'd think | 46 |
| The person who made this puzzle, e.g. | 37 |
| Novelist, e.g. | 14 |
| Dictionary writer, for example | 30 |
| Cruciverbalist, e.g. | 20 |
| Crossword creator | 17 |
| " . . . that worn-out ___ idly spoken": Lytton | 56 |
| "The ___ the wise are as goads . . . ": Eccl. 12:11 | 61 |
| "I wouldn't sit there if I were you," for example? | 64 |
| What WOW means to a sage? | 25 |
| Sage advice | 11 |
| Secretary's speed measurement | 33 |
| What THIS, HERE, IRON and SENT form | 35 |
| Old-fashioned puzzle | 20 |
| Bombastic talker or writer | 26 |
| Mendelssohn's dictionary? | 29 |
| What Hamlet may have called this puzzle | 39 |
| Hamlet's reply to "What do you read, my lord?" | 60 |
| Contemplator of daffodils | 25 |
| What are a candidate's ___? | 31 |
| Poet laureate: 1843–50 | 29 |
| Poet laureate, 1843-50 | 22 |
| "Tintern Abbey" poet | 30 |
| "A ___ the wise . . . " | 33 |
| Sorely in need of editing | 25 |
| Longwinded | 10 |
| Fond of using paragraphs when a sentence will do | 48 |
| Circumlocutory | 14 |
| Verbose writer-director? | 24 |
| Became threadbare | 17 |
| Became frayed | 13 |
| Was decked out in | 17 |
| Was clad in | 11 |
| Became tattered | 15 |
| Was dressed in | 14 |
| Had on one's back | 21 |
| Passed slowly, with "on" | 34 |
| Deteriorated, e.g. | 18 |
| "She ___ a Yellow Ribbon" | 35 |
| Went around in | 14 |
| Wasted gradually | 16 |
| Was covered by | 14 |
| Tediously went (on) | 19 |
| Sported, as a sports jacket | 27 |
| Put on, as a uniform | 20 |
| NOFX "___ Out the Soles of My Party Boots" | 52 |
| Modeled, as maxis | 17 |
| Modeled, as clothing | 20 |
| Irritated, with "on" | 30 |