| Akeelah's spelling contest | 30 |
| Akeelah's event | 19 |
| Worker, for one | 15 |
| Worker in a cell | 16 |
| Spelling bug | 12 |
| Sewing gathering | 16 |
| Quilting get-together | 21 |
| Quilting follower | 17 |
| Opie's aunt | 15 |
| One that serves the queen | 25 |
| Old-fashioned social | 20 |
| Maker of tiny combs | 19 |
| Hum bug? | 8 |
| Honey handler | 13 |
| Flower fertilizer | 17 |
| Domesticated insect | 19 |
| Comb user | 9 |
| Cell occupant | 13 |
| Bud drinker? | 12 |
| Blossom buzzer | 14 |
| Baltimore starter? | 18 |
| Aunt of Andy | 12 |
| Aunt of 1960s TV | 16 |
| Apiary occupant | 15 |
| Anther visitor | 14 |
| Where to go for a spell? | 24 |
| Wax worker | 10 |
| Venomous insect | 15 |
| This may sting | 14 |
| The Bird and the ___ | 20 |
| Speller's agon | 18 |
| Sewing circle | 13 |
| Scripps competition | 19 |
| School contest | 14 |
| School competition | 18 |
| Sacramento newspaper | 20 |
| Royal jelly maker | 17 |
| Quilting klatsch | 16 |
| Quilting klatch | 15 |
| Quilting ___ | 12 |
| Quilters' convocation | 25 |
| Quilter's gathering | 23 |
| Quaint get-together | 19 |
| Propolis collector | 18 |
| Pollen carrier | 14 |
| One who's always buzzing off? | 33 |
| One causing a buzz | 18 |
| Neighborly gathering | 20 |
| Mockingbird prey | 16 |
| Line of a sort | 14 |
| Letter-perfect contest? | 23 |
| Kind of competition | 19 |
| Killer in a classic "SNL" sketch series | 49 |
| Honeycomb maker | 15 |
| Fuzzy flier | 11 |
| Fresno newspaper | 16 |
| Flower pollinator | 17 |
| Event where one stands for a spell | 34 |
| Contest where you'd hear "chiaroscurist" | 54 |
| Competitive social gathering | 28 |
| Competition of sorts | 20 |
| Community undertaking | 21 |
| Community effort | 16 |
| Comb filler | 11 |
| Certain line | 12 |
| Buzzer in a hive | 16 |
| Busy type | 9 |
| Busy creature | 13 |
| Bonnet visitor | 14 |
| Bonnet occupant? | 16 |
| Bonnet dweller? | 15 |
| Band leader? | 12 |
| Apiary dweller | 14 |
| ''Akeelah and the ___'' | 39 |
| ___ Gees | 8 |
| You wouldn't sit for a spell in this | 40 |
| You have to be letter-perfect to win one | 40 |
| Worker with wings | 17 |
| Worker or queen | 15 |
| Worker in the wild | 18 |
| Worker in the fields | 20 |
| Word with queen or quilting | 27 |
| Word with honey or spelling | 27 |
| Word with honey or Sea | 22 |
| Word with "spelling" or "quilting" | 54 |
| Word after quilting or spelling | 31 |
| Where one usually doesn't sit for a spell? | 46 |
| Wax production expert? | 22 |
| Waggle dancer | 13 |
| Utah's insect | 17 |
| Type of event that recently had co-champions | 44 |
| Type of contest | 15 |
| TV aunt | 7 |
| This puzzle's fairly obvious theme word | 43 |
| The Sacramento ___ | 18 |
| The ___ Gees, popular trio | 26 |
| The ___ Gees | 12 |
| Test for Akeelah | 16 |
| Sweet stinger? | 14 |
| Stinging buzzer | 15 |