| Point trivially picked | 22 |
| Piddling point to pick | 22 |
| Picayune point to pick | 22 |
| Parasite's egg or young | 27 |
| Oldest U.S. hoops contest | 25 |
| It's picked by the picky | 28 |
| It's hardly worth picking | 29 |
| It's a little louse | 23 |
| It may be picked by the picky | 29 |
| Hoops competition, briefly | 26 |
| Garden event each spring | 24 |
| Fussy picker's target | 25 |
| College hoops tournament | 24 |
| Coll. cagers' contest | 25 |
| Coll. basketball contest | 24 |
| Basketball tournament at MSG | 28 |
| Basketball tourn. letters | 25 |
| Annual sports event: Abbr. | 26 |
| Annual NYC basketball tourney | 29 |
| Annual hoops event, for short | 29 |
| Annual hoops contest: Abbr. | 27 |
| Annual college hoops contest | 28 |
| Annual coll. hoops contest | 26 |
| Annual basketball tourney | 25 |
| Annual b-ball shootout | 22 |
| Annual B-ball championship | 26 |
| A picky person may pick one | 27 |
| __ relude to "pick" | 29 |
| Actress Talbot or Naldi | 23 |
| Naldi of the Ziegfeld Follies | 29 |
| Silent screen star Naldi | 24 |
| New York congresswoman Lowey | 28 |
| Congresswoman ___ Lowey | 23 |
| Actress Naldi of the silents | 28 |
| Talbot or Naldi of films | 24 |
| Talbot or Naldi of acting | 25 |
| Silent-film star Naldi | 22 |
| Nickname for a Spanish girl | 27 |
| Actress Naldi of silents | 24 |
| 1920s leading lady ___ Naldi | 28 |
| "Rock On" author | 26 |
| "Nick at ___" | 23 |
| Prime time, informally | 22 |
| Period after dark, in ads | 25 |
| Commercial time of day | 22 |
| When p.j.'s are worn | 24 |
| Strokes "Last ___" | 28 |
| Prime-time time, informally | 27 |
| Nick's time, in TV lingo | 28 |
| Nick's time of day | 22 |
| Late hours, informally | 22 |
| Late hours, commercially | 24 |
| Evening, in advertising | 23 |
| Evening, in 'Variety' | 29 |
| Dark time on Madison Avenue? | 28 |
| Dark time for advertisers | 25 |
| Brief period of darkness? | 25 |
| Compound used in fertilizers | 28 |
| Fertilizer and explosive | 24 |
| Material for gunpowder | 22 |
| Compound in some explosives | 27 |
| Compound found in fertilizers | 29 |
| Dark times, informally | 22 |
| Times on theater marquees | 25 |
| Post-dusk periods, in ad copy | 29 |
| Evenings, promotionally | 23 |
| Evenings, on some signs | 23 |
| Evenings in the classifieds | 27 |
| Not be satisfied, perhaps | 25 |
| Go after little things | 22 |
| Overdoes the criticism | 22 |
| Has little to complain about? | 29 |
| Has little to complain about | 28 |
| Potassium ___ (saltpeter) | 25 |
| Chemical used in fertilizer | 27 |
| Fertilizer ingredients | 22 |
| Additives to some hot dogs | 26 |
| Water-soluble minerals | 22 |
| British import from Chile | 25 |
| Saltpeter, to Englishmen | 24 |
| Saltpeter, in Southampton | 25 |
| Saltpeter, British style | 24 |
| Londoner's saltpeter | 24 |
| Chile-to-England shipment | 25 |
| ___ acid (aqua fortis) | 22 |
| Rocketeer's ___ acid | 24 |
| -- acid (fuming liquid) | 23 |
| -- acid (corrosive liquid) | 26 |
| ___ acid (corrosive agent) | 26 |
| __ acid: explosive compound | 27 |
| Sodium ___ (meat additive) | 26 |
| Food preservation compound | 26 |
| Explosive liquid, briefly | 25 |
| Demolitionist's supply | 26 |
| Explosive liquid, familiarly | 28 |
| Explosive liquid, for short | 27 |
| "Glycerine" opener | 28 |
| Volatile liquid, for short | 26 |
| Peteman's purchase | 22 |
| Peteman's material | 22 |