| Time near the end of a time range | 33 |
| It's almost past the deadline | 33 |
| Follower of an extra-long workday | 33 |
| "Flight time has been delayed" | 40 |
| "Tardy at Eight" by George S. Kaufman | 47 |
| Sporting event that misses newspaper deadlines | 46 |
| They may have innings past midnight | 35 |
| Marquand novel, with "The" | 36 |
| J. Marquand novel, with "The" | 39 |
| Phrase used in mentioning a deceased star, after | 48 |
| Cheap shot on the football field | 32 |
| Paul Simon's "___ the Evening" | 44 |
| One may cause your dinner to be spoiled | 39 |
| Occasion to reserve a table for two? | 36 |
| They sometimes start around 2:00 | 32 |
| Ten-o'clock scholar's problem | 37 |
| Procrastination's result, sometimes | 39 |
| One reason for an employee write-up | 35 |
| Daily feature on some TV stations | 33 |
| What the pattern of this puzzle features | 40 |
| Heresy for diagonally oriented players? | 39 |
| Vacation spot that was built more recently? | 43 |
| Work period that stretches into the wee hours | 45 |
| College enrollment time, generally | 34 |
| Age range for most first-year college students | 46 |
| Â Â Age category of most college entrants | 47 |
| Start of a quip about sleep - or lack thereof | 45 |
| "Come on, woman, shape that wood!"? | 45 |
| They are clean when they come marching in? | 42 |
| Indian police officer's club | 32 |
| English religious reformer: 1485-1555 | 37 |
| Tribune Company holding, for short | 34 |
| Norman Chandler's paper, briefly | 36 |
| Longtime "Column One" printer, briefly | 48 |
| Like traditional Catholic Masses | 32 |
| Translated into Ovid's tongue | 33 |
| Devotee of a classical language? | 32 |
| 'Chinatown' director, to Roget? | 39 |
| "Amare" might be conjugated on it | 43 |
| Sardou play written for Sarah Bernhardt | 39 |
| Sardou drama that inspired a Puccini opera | 42 |
| Play on which a Puccini opera was based | 39 |
| 1887 play on which a 1900 opera is based | 40 |
| "Just Wanna Dance" singer | 35 |
| Interval between stimulation and response | 41 |
| Cheers for the bodybuilder's muscles? | 41 |
| Algonquian speakers' midback muscles? | 41 |
| Second of two pieces of fire truck equipment | 44 |
| Modern-day inhabitants of old Livonia | 37 |
| Famed batting instructor Charlie | 32 |
| Famed batting instructor Charley | 32 |
| County in Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee | 45 |
| Lewis-Young advice in a 1928 song | 33 |
| "Sock it to me!" TV show | 34 |
| Snake predators named for their calls | 37 |
| Seashore bird with a distinctive cry | 36 |
| Creature that seems easily amused? | 34 |
| Spotted animal with a distinct call | 35 |
| Most people don't think they're funny | 45 |
| Doesn't take something seriously | 36 |
| Trial run for a far-fetched argument, say | 41 |
| Starting point for a space traveler | 35 |
| Convert illegal funds into legal ones | 37 |
| Handled Mob finances, to a housekeeper? | 39 |
| Millie Helper's New Rochelle neighbor | 41 |
| Wife on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' | 40 |
| Comedic duo that includes a multiheaded monster? | 48 |
| Welty's "Optimist's Daughter" | 47 |
| "The Mirror Has Two Faces" actress | 44 |
| The end-all "The Big Sleep" star | 42 |
| Exclamation at a designer's show? | 37 |
| Fishburne of "The Matrix" | 35 |
| Oscar winner for "Henry V" | 36 |
| Dan of "The Wonder Years" | 35 |
| Vichy prime minister: 1942–44 | 36 |
| French politician: 1883–1945 | 35 |
| French politician executed for treason: 1945 | 44 |
| A French prime minister in the 30's | 39 |
| "Band of America" conductor | 37 |
| Duchesse for whom a pendant was named | 37 |
| Alec Guinness film (with ''The'') | 49 |
| 1951 Alec Guinness film, with "The" | 45 |
| Overwrought language left in the sun too long? | 46 |
| "Dilly dilly" followers in a song | 43 |
| Shotz Brewery worker of 70's TV | 35 |
| Shirley's friend in 1970s-'80s TV | 41 |
| Avril ____ (Juno Artist of 2005) | 32 |
| She sang the theme song for "Alice" | 45 |
| "Titus Andronicus" heroine | 36 |
| Mouthwash with the patented ingredient Zantrate | 47 |
| Bathrooms brimming with lawn clippings? | 39 |
| De ___, in "The Green Pastures" | 41 |
| De ___ ("Green Pastures" role) | 40 |
| Character in "The Green Pastures" | 43 |
| Noted criminologist with an apt-sounding name | 45 |
| English composer: 1596–1662 | 34 |
| Author of "20,000 Years in Sing Sing" | 47 |
| Partnerships dealing with jurisprudence | 39 |
| Academic who follows all the rules? | 35 |
| "The ___ a ass": Dickens | 34 |