| Most unsolicited manuscripts | 28 |
| Most slush pile responses | 25 |
| Lottery selections, briefly | 27 |
| Lottery selections briefly | 27 |
| Items to crunch: abbr. | 22 |
| Heartbreaks for freelancers | 27 |
| Hardly shows of support | 23 |
| Five and 9, e.g.: Abbr. | 23 |
| Dog trainers' cries | 23 |
| Directory info (Abbr.) | 22 |
| Crunched things: Abbr. | 22 |
| Crossword diag. markers | 23 |
| Calculator buttons: abbr. | 25 |
| Business card info: Abbr. | 25 |
| "Libera ___ a malo" | 29 |
| Cash-register recording | 23 |
| Old cash register reading | 25 |
| The key for making change? | 26 |
| The key for making change | 25 |
| Shopper's problem? | 22 |
| Result of a bad pitch? | 22 |
| Old cash-register button | 24 |
| Key used to make change | 23 |
| Key on an old register | 22 |
| Key on an old cash register | 27 |
| Deal-killing declaration | 24 |
| Button that makes change | 24 |
| Button on old cash registers | 28 |
| Button on a cash register | 25 |
| "Deal's off" | 26 |
| "Deal's off!" | 27 |
| Dietary restriction for some | 28 |
| Part of a margarita order | 25 |
| Certain diet restriction | 24 |
| Rudolph's red feature | 25 |
| Bloodhound's asset | 22 |
| Standout facial feature | 23 |
| Natural smoke detector | 22 |
| Narrow margin of victory | 24 |
| Winning margin, sometimes | 25 |
| Pinocchio's polygraph | 25 |
| It usually smells great | 23 |
| Frequent victory margin | 23 |
| Jimmy Durante trademark | 23 |
| Something that smells? | 22 |
| Nail-biting margin of victory | 29 |
| Word with ring or dive | 22 |
| Victory margin, at times | 24 |
| Thin margin of victory | 22 |
| Sniffer dog's asset | 23 |
| Rhinologist's study | 23 |
| Pinocchio's protuberance | 28 |
| Pinocchio's lie detector | 28 |
| Oenophile's interest | 24 |
| News reporter's asset | 25 |
| Margin of victory, sometimes | 28 |
| Cyrano's famous feature | 27 |
| Word with dive or drops | 23 |
| Word with cone or dive | 22 |
| Winning margin, at times | 24 |
| Wine tasting criterion | 22 |
| What rocker may have pierced | 28 |
| Victory measure, maybe | 22 |
| Traditional news spotter | 24 |
| The scenter of things? | 22 |
| Symbol of inquisitiveness | 25 |
| Support for spectacles | 22 |
| Smallest margin of victory? | 27 |
| Scent detection device | 22 |
| Rudolph's salient feature | 29 |
| Rudolph's high beam | 23 |
| Rudolph's claim to fame | 27 |
| Roman or blue follower | 22 |
| Prominent part of Pinocchio | 27 |
| Predilection for detection | 26 |
| Plastic surgery target | 22 |
| Pinocchio's giveaway | 24 |
| Photo finish focus, maybe | 25 |
| Outstanding feature of Cyrano | 29 |
| On the ____ (precisely) | 23 |
| Oenophile's criterion | 25 |
| Oenophile's bouquet | 23 |
| Newshound's faculty | 23 |
| Margin of victory, maybe | 24 |
| Margin of victory, at times | 27 |
| Lie detector on Pinocchio | 25 |
| Item in a quorum count | 22 |
| It's plainly on your face | 29 |
| It supports spectacles | 22 |
| It may be held underwater | 25 |
| It gave Pinocchio away | 22 |
| It can be hooked or pierced | 27 |
| Groucho glasses feature | 23 |
| Frosty's button, e.g. | 25 |
| Find, with "out" | 26 |
| Durante's schnozzola | 24 |
| Durante's famous feature | 28 |
| Drooping part of a Concorde | 27 |
| Difference in a close race | 26 |
| Derby victory margin, perhaps | 29 |