| Ebenezer Scrooge, for one | 25 |
| Big spender's opposite | 26 |
| Silas Marner, for example | 25 |
| Silas Marner, early on | 22 |
| Scrooge McDuck, notably | 23 |
| Scrooge McDuck, for one | 23 |
| Molière's Harpagon | 25 |
| Harpagon, for instance | 22 |
| "Eagle-squeezer" | 26 |
| Diamond Jim's opposites | 27 |
| Kathy Bates' Oscar film | 27 |
| Good thing to be put out of | 27 |
| "___ loves company" | 29 |
| Square peg in a round hole | 26 |
| Hard-to-characterize type | 25 |
| Round peg in a square hole | 26 |
| One who can't adjust | 24 |
| One not suited for the job | 26 |
| Square pegs in round holes | 26 |
| Round pegs in square holes | 26 |
| People out of their element | 27 |
| Unfortunate occurrence | 22 |
| It wasn't meant to occur | 28 |
| It might be caused by a tort | 28 |
| Fender scratch, for one | 23 |
| Get the lyrics wrong, maybe | 27 |
| Experience a mondegreen, e.g. | 29 |
| Golfer's slice, say | 23 |
| Like a golf ball in the rough | 29 |
| Faulty shot, as in tennis | 25 |
| Place in the wrong place | 24 |
| Forget where one put, as keys | 29 |
| Sent on a wild goose chase | 26 |
| Planted a red herring, say | 26 |
| Gave false clues to, e.g. | 25 |
| Handle wrongly, as funds | 24 |
| Woods in modern golf, e.g. | 26 |
| "Koala bear," e.g. | 28 |
| Soy-based Japanese soup | 23 |
| Paste used in Japanese soups | 28 |
| Japanese soup ingredient | 24 |
| Paste for Japanese soups | 24 |
| Japanese soup flavorer | 22 |
| Where ramen is often found | 26 |
| Sushi restaurant freebie | 24 |
| Soup that often contains tofu | 29 |
| Soup served at a sushi bar | 26 |
| Sapporo soup ingredient | 23 |
| Paste of Japanese cuisine | 25 |
| Paste in Japanese soups | 23 |
| Paste in Asian cookery | 22 |
| Japanese soybean paste | 22 |
| Japanese soup flavoring | 23 |
| Japanese restaurant soup | 24 |
| Japanese flavoring paste | 24 |
| Japanese chef's paste | 25 |
| High-protein paste (hint #4) | 28 |
| Flavoring for Japanese soups | 28 |
| Enhancer of Japanese stock | 26 |
| ___ soup (sushi starter) | 24 |
| Japanese soup flavorings | 24 |
| Japanese cooking pastes | 23 |
| Lost, as one's eyeglasses | 29 |
| Think that might is right? | 26 |
| Interpret inaccurately | 22 |
| Get the wrong signals from | 26 |
| Get the wrong impression | 24 |
| Word on a pageant sash | 22 |
| Unmarried woman's title | 27 |
| Lonelyhearts' title | 23 |
| Fail to make contact with | 25 |
| "___ Congeniality" | 28 |
| Young woman's title | 23 |
| Swing without connecting | 24 |
| Shoot an air ball, say | 22 |
| She's not yet married | 25 |
| Pageant winner's address | 28 |
| Mile equivalent, proverbially | 29 |
| Master's counterpart | 24 |
| First word on a sash, often | 27 |
| Feel another's absence | 26 |
| Fall short of the mark | 22 |
| Debutante ball attendee | 23 |
| America or Universe preceder | 28 |
| "Little ___ Marker" | 29 |
| "___ Saigon" | 22 |
| '-- Congeniality' | 25 |
| __ America Competition | 22 |
| Â Â Air ball, e.g. | 24 |
| "___ Solemnis" | 24 |
| ___ cantata (sung Mass) | 23 |
| -- spot (shave imperfectly) | 27 |
| ____ cantata: sung mass | 23 |
| ___ cantata (church service) | 28 |
| ___ cantata (church ceremony) | 29 |
| Sunday morning reading | 22 |
| Book with a Mass audience | 25 |
| Embezzler's entrant? | 24 |
| Prosecutor's entrant? | 25 |
| Shot wide of the target | 23 |