| Makes things interesting, in a way | 34 |
| Lays odds | 9 |
| Lays it on the line? | 20 |
| Las Vegas action | 16 |
| Handicappers' actions | 25 |
| Goes into a pool? | 17 |
| Gets into the pool? | 19 |
| Gets in the pool, say | 21 |
| Gamblers place them | 19 |
| Gambler's obsession | 23 |
| Expressions of confidence | 25 |
| Exactas or perfectas | 20 |
| Enters the pool | 15 |
| Decisions for "Big A" patrons | 39 |
| Decisions at the "Big A" | 34 |
| Daily doubles, e.g. | 19 |
| Croupier's collection | 25 |
| Concern of O.T.B. | 17 |
| Casino's business | 21 |
| Bookies' entries | 20 |
| Book deals? | 11 |
| Book business? | 14 |
| Balancing acts? | 15 |
| Antes or raises | 15 |
| Amount of rain | 14 |
| All of these may be off | 23 |
| All of them may be off | 22 |
| Actions at chuck-a-luck | 23 |
| "Rouge" and "noir" | 38 |
| "Action" at Belmont | 29 |
| Help category for gamblers? | 27 |
| Flag maker Ross | 15 |
| Famous Ross | 11 |
| Colonial seamstress | 19 |
| "Heavens to ___!" | 27 |
| Seamstress Ross | 15 |
| Flagmaker | 9 |
| American flag-maker Ross | 24 |
| Ross or Palmer | 14 |
| Ross of flag fame | 17 |
| Ross of fame | 12 |
| Name in a Harold Robbins title | 30 |
| Heavenly woman? | 15 |
| Heavenly girl? | 14 |
| Harold Robbins novel (with "The") | 43 |
| Harold Robbins novel (with "The") | 44 |
| Flagmaker Ross | 14 |
| First name in sewing | 20 |
| First name in flags | 19 |
| First name in flag makers | 25 |
| ''Heavens to'' woman | 36 |
| ___ Wetsy (old doll) | 20 |
| Urinating doll of the 1950s-60s ___ Wetsy | 41 |
| Title auto in a Harold Robbins novel | 36 |
| Title auto in a 1978 Harold Robbins film | 40 |
| Sweet girl of old song | 22 |
| Ross the flagmaker | 18 |
| Ross | 4 |
| Palmer or Ross | 14 |
| Old __: Crockett's rifle | 28 |
| Old ___ (Davy Crockett's rifle) | 35 |
| Noted sewer (m) | 15 |
| Musket's name, often | 24 |
| Miss Palmer | 11 |
| LPGA great Rawls | 16 |
| King of the LPGA | 16 |
| Harold Robbin novel, with "The" | 41 |
| Girl from Pike | 14 |
| Flagmaker Ross (and, starting on the T, an 11-word quote that "runs" diagonally through the grid) | 107 |
| Flag sewer Ross | 15 |
| First name in flag making | 25 |
| Diminutive Elizabeth | 20 |
| Destructive 1965 Atlantic hurricane | 35 |
| Davy Crockett's rifle | 25 |
| Blair of "Marty" | 26 |
| Actress Blair | 13 |
| "Old ___" (Davy Crockett's rifle) | 47 |
| "Heavens" girl | 24 |
| "Heavens to" woman | 28 |
| "Heavens to __!" | 26 |
| "Heavens to ____!" | 28 |
| "___'s Wedding" (1990 Molly Ringwald movie) | 57 |
| ___ Ross Bridge (Delaware crosser) | 34 |
| ___ Bobbin of the Oz books | 26 |
| Colonial sewer | 14 |
| Famous flag fashioner | 21 |
| Famous seamstress | 17 |
| Old Glory's seamstress, in legend | 37 |
| Her creation became a national emblem: June 14, 1777 | 52 |
| Famous standard maker | 21 |
| Bridge from Philadelphia | 24 |
| A 1952 3-cent stamp honored her 200th birthday | 46 |
| Delaware span | 13 |
| Crosser of the Delaware | 23 |
| Tropical fish | 13 |
| Popular aquarium fish | 21 |
| Brightly colored aquarium fish | 30 |
| Siamese fighting fish | 21 |
| Colorful tropical fish | 22 |
| Fighting fish | 13 |