| Sign of a blocked victory | 25 |
| Noughts-and-crosses loser | 25 |
| Near miss in tic-tac-toe | 24 |
| Fall through the cracks? | 24 |
| Slip through the cracks? | 24 |
| Slip between the cracks? | 24 |
| Toxic waste, in some B movies | 29 |
| Thickly flowing liquid | 22 |
| Overflow with, as charm | 23 |
| Move like lava lamp contents | 28 |
| It comes out of a tube | 22 |
| Flow like mud or molasses | 25 |
| Exhibit, as with smarminess | 27 |
| Got around like the Blob | 24 |
| Fell through the cracks? | 24 |
| Slips through the cracks | 24 |
| Radiates, as confidence | 23 |
| Moves like thick eggnog | 23 |
| Moves like maple syrup | 22 |
| Falls through the cracks? | 25 |
| Displays in annoying quantity | 29 |
| ___-Locka, city in Fla. | 23 |
| ___-Locka (suburb of Miami) | 27 |
| ___-locka (Miami suburb) | 24 |
| WWII rent-regulating agcy. | 26 |
| WWII price-rationing agency | 27 |
| WWII price-control agency | 25 |
| WWII cost-stabilizing agcy. | 27 |
| WWII cost-regulating agency | 27 |
| W.W. II rationing org. | 22 |
| W.W. II ration board agcy. | 26 |
| U. S. agency of '40's | 29 |
| Ration-book agency of W.W. II | 29 |
| Govt. agency in W.W. II | 23 |
| Former regulatory agcy. | 23 |
| Fed. regulatory agency | 22 |
| '40s cost-control agcy. | 27 |
| -- -Locka (town near Miami) | 27 |
| ___-Locka, city near Miami | 26 |
| Brilliantly colored fish | 24 |
| Brightly colored food fish | 26 |
| Brilliantly colored food fish | 29 |
| Bright oceanic food fish | 24 |
| Fish with scarlet fins | 22 |
| Brilliantly-colored food fish | 29 |
| Shimmering aquarium fish | 24 |
| Large, brightly colored fish | 28 |
| Great white shark prey | 22 |
| Fish with rich, oily flesh | 26 |
| Fish of brilliant colors | 24 |
| Colorful deepwater fish | 23 |
| Birthstone after sapphire | 25 |
| Birthstone for some Scorpios | 28 |
| Gem mined in Australia | 22 |
| October's birthstone | 24 |
| Gemstone from Down Under | 24 |
| Birthstone before topaz | 23 |
| Memorable 1995 hurricane | 24 |
| Friend of Pearl and Ruby? | 25 |
| Birthstone of many Libras | 25 |
| Birthstone for some Libras | 26 |
| Word with black or fire | 23 |
| Scorpio's stone, perhaps | 28 |
| Gem with a play of colors | 25 |
| Gem with a play of color | 24 |
| Birthstone of some Scorpios | 27 |
| Birthstone of some Libras | 25 |
| Australia's national gem | 28 |
| Stone with color flashes | 24 |
| Stone for many a Libra | 22 |
| Play-of-color gemstone | 22 |
| Picasso's birthstone | 24 |
| Notorious '95 hurricane | 27 |
| Libra's birthstone | 22 |
| It's softer than quartz | 27 |
| Good name for a gemologist? | 27 |
| Good name for a gemologist | 26 |
| Gem of the oldest continent | 27 |
| Destructive 1995 hurricane | 26 |
| Birthstone for most Libras | 26 |
| Australia's gemstone | 24 |
| Apt name for a gemologist? | 26 |
| Another October birthstone | 26 |
| A stone for Jimmy Carter | 24 |
| "Fiery" gemstone | 26 |
| Word after fire or harlequin | 28 |
| Virgin Valley valuable | 22 |
| Translucent precious stone | 26 |
| Translucent birthstone | 22 |
| The Olympic Australis, e.g. | 27 |
| Stone made of hydrated silica | 29 |
| Stone for Jimmy Carter | 22 |
| Relative of a cat's-eye | 27 |
| Prized Australian export | 24 |
| Precious girl's name? | 25 |
| Precious Australian export | 26 |
| October's gemstone | 22 |
| Mid-Mohs scale mineral | 22 |
| Libra's birthstone, maybe | 29 |
| Libra's birth stone | 23 |