| E-bay action | 12 |
| Didn't pass, in bridge | 26 |
| Crack at a contract | 19 |
| Contractor's proposal | 25 |
| Club opening? | 13 |
| Christie's cry | 18 |
| Broker's action | 19 |
| Bridge takeout | 14 |
| Bridge support, maybe | 21 |
| Bridge proposal | 15 |
| Bridge input | 12 |
| Auctioneer's quest | 22 |
| Auction nod | 11 |
| Auction input | 13 |
| Auction entry | 13 |
| Attempt, in headlines | 21 |
| Action appropriate for this puzzle | 34 |
| A spade, e.g. | 13 |
| A club, e.g. | 12 |
| "Two clubs," e.g., in bridge | 38 |
| "One spade," e.g. | 27 |
| Â Â Nod, maybe | 20 |
| eBay customer | 13 |
| Auction participant | 19 |
| Goren, at times | 15 |
| eBay user | 9 |
| Bridge player, at times | 23 |
| Sotheby's visitor | 21 |
| North, perhaps | 14 |
| Nodding one, sometimes | 22 |
| eBay user, perhaps | 18 |
| Auction attendee | 16 |
| Competitors on eBay? | 20 |
| "Brideshead Revisited" author at an auction? | 54 |
| Linger | 6 |
| Pass, as time | 13 |
| Stick around | 12 |
| Sojourn | 7 |
| ___ one's time | 18 |
| Await | 5 |
| ___ one's time (wait) | 25 |
| Sit tight | 9 |
| __ one's time: wait | 23 |
| __ one's time (wait) | 24 |
| Wait awhile | 11 |
| Patiently wait | 14 |
| It may be before one's time? | 32 |
| ___ one's time (wait for an opportunity) | 44 |
| Wait a while | 12 |
| --- one's time (wait) | 25 |
| ____ one's time | 19 |
| ___ one's time (pass the hours) | 35 |
| __ one's time (be patient) | 30 |
| What to do with one's time? | 31 |
| Linger awhile | 13 |
| It may be before one's time | 31 |
| Endure: arch. | 13 |
| Be in no hurry to go | 20 |
| --- one's time (wait for a favorable opportunity) | 53 |
| -- one's time | 17 |
| ___ one's time (wait for the right moment) | 46 |
| __ one's time | 17 |
| Obama's veep | 16 |
| Cheney's successor | 22 |
| Longtime Delaware senator | 25 |
| Obama's running mate | 24 |
| Delaware senator | 16 |
| Obama's right-hand man | 26 |
| Cheney successor | 16 |
| Veep after Cheney | 17 |
| US Vice President born in Scranton | 34 |
| The other half of a winning team in 2012 | 40 |
| Senator/campaigner Joe from Delaware | 36 |
| Senator from Del. | 17 |
| President of the U.S. Senate starting January 2009 | 50 |
| Obama's vice president | 26 |
| Name on 2008 and 2012 campaign posters | 38 |
| Joseph of the Senate | 20 |
| Head of the Senate's Foreign Relations Committee | 52 |
| First Catholic vice president of the U.S. | 41 |
| Ex-senator known as "Amtrak Joe" | 42 |
| End of the letter: "Thanks for the laugh. I'm voting for Obama/__." | 82 |
| Delaware's senior senator | 29 |
| Delaware senator since 1973 | 27 |
| Cheney's successor as vice president | 40 |
| Cheney's follower | 21 |
| Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee | 50 |
| Author of the memoir "Promises to Keep" | 49 |
| 2008 Palin counterpart | 22 |
| 1987-95 Senate Judiciary Committee head | 39 |
| "Promises to Keep "memoirist | 38 |
| "Amtrak Joe" | 22 |
| Waits | 5 |
| Waits awhile | 12 |
| Tarries | 7 |
| Sits tight | 10 |
| Is patient | 10 |
| ___ one's time (waits patiently) | 36 |
| __ one's time: waits for a good chance | 42 |
| __ one's time (waits) | 25 |