| La Scala's N.Y. rival | 25 |
| José Reyes, for one | 22 |
| Johan Santana, for one | 22 |
| Injured 2009 athlete, likely | 28 |
| He earns his pay at Shea | 24 |
| Choo Choo Coleman, in 1962 | 26 |
| Choo Choo Coleman in 1962 | 25 |
| Certain New York athlete | 24 |
| Cellar player in '78 | 24 |
| Came face to face with | 22 |
| Became acquainted with | 22 |
| America's La Scala | 22 |
| 2000 World Series participant | 29 |
| "Have we __?" | 23 |
| It means "beyond" | 27 |
| Self-referential, informally | 28 |
| Carpal or tarsal starter | 24 |
| "Physics" preceder | 28 |
| Self-referential: Prefix | 24 |
| Puzzle-within-a-puzzle | 22 |
| Puzzle within a puzzle | 22 |
| Prefix with physics or thesis | 29 |
| Prefix with carpal or tarsal | 28 |
| Prefix for physics or thesis | 28 |
| Prefix for physics or phor | 26 |
| Prefix for phrase or physical | 29 |
| Physical introduction? | 22 |
| Occurring later: Prefix | 23 |
| Like, totally out there | 23 |
| Carpal or physical beginning | 28 |
| Like diets based on body type | 29 |
| Listing in the periodic table | 29 |
| It's found in a foundry | 27 |
| Microwave's nemesis | 23 |
| Gold, silver or bronze | 22 |
| Word with heavy or sheet | 24 |
| Judas Priest's genre | 24 |
| It may be forged or precious | 28 |
| It can be heavy or precious | 27 |
| Good conductor of electricity | 29 |
| "Heavy" music genre | 29 |
| "Heavy" music | 23 |
| What a detector may find | 24 |
| Type that has been set | 22 |
| Twisted Sister's music | 26 |
| Slayer's expertise | 22 |
| Silver or platinum, e.g. | 24 |
| Rocker's heavy ___ | 22 |
| Rock genre, informally | 22 |
| Potassium or sodium, e.g. | 25 |
| No-no in a microwave oven | 25 |
| Musically, it's heavy | 25 |
| Musically this can be heavy | 28 |
| Ministry's specialty | 24 |
| Manganese or magnesium | 22 |
| It may be picked up in a bar | 28 |
| In rock, it may be heavy | 24 |
| In music, it can be heavy | 25 |
| Heavy or precious follower | 26 |
| Gold, bronze, or silver | 23 |
| Gold silver or copper | 23 |
| Goblin Cock's genre | 23 |
| Def Leppard's genre | 23 |
| Bad stuff to microwave | 22 |
| Airport detector exciter | 24 |
| Airport detector activator | 26 |
| Like zirconium or zinc | 22 |
| Made of gold or silver, e.g. | 28 |
| Like bismuth or magnesium | 25 |
| They might be noble or base | 27 |
| They're great conductors | 28 |
| They may be noble or precious | 29 |
| Platinum and potassium | 22 |
| Most are good conductors | 24 |
| Gold, silver and bronze | 23 |
| Symbolic figure of speech | 25 |
| It's sometimes mixed | 24 |
| Ran into at the market, say | 27 |
| Parcel (with "out") | 29 |
| Dole (with "out") | 27 |
| Dole, with "out" | 26 |
| Ration, with "out" | 28 |
| Portion, with "out" | 29 |
| Measure, with "out" | 29 |
| Dole (out), as justice | 22 |
| Administer, as justice | 22 |
| Distributed proportionally | 26 |
| Distributed by measure | 22 |
| Alloted, with "out" | 29 |
| Part of a shower scene? | 23 |
| Luminous trail in the sky | 25 |
| Component of some showers | 25 |
| Telescopist's sighting | 26 |
| Streaker during a shower | 24 |
| Part of a shower scene | 22 |
| Part of a celestial shower | 26 |
| Hunk noted for streaking | 24 |
| Falling rock, of sorts | 22 |
| Cause of a crater, perhaps | 26 |
| It came from outer space | 24 |