| Swing players | 13 |
| Swing Era ensembles | 19 |
| Sinatra backers, sometimes | 26 |
| Pre-WWII musicmakers | 20 |
| Groups of swingers? | 19 |
| Truism about large financial institutions? | 42 |
| Hypothesis underlying the Swiss economy? | 40 |
| Hypothesis about major financial institutions? | 46 |
| Being too large to fail? | 24 |
| High-stakes wager | 17 |
| Typical high-roller action | 26 |
| High-stakes maneuver | 20 |
| High roller's venture | 25 |
| Staples, e.g. | 13 |
| Suburban shopping site, often | 29 |
| Walmart, e.g. | 13 |
| Target, e.g. | 12 |
| Oppressive boss | 15 |
| CBS reality series | 18 |
| He may be watching you | 22 |
| Dark presence in ''1984'' | 41 |
| "Relative" who may be watching you | 44 |
| TV show or Orwell character | 27 |
| Orwellian relative | 18 |
| Orwellian overseer | 18 |
| Orwell's villain | 20 |
| Orwell prediction for 1984 | 26 |
| Nosy Orwellian sib | 18 |
| Julie Chen's show | 21 |
| Intrusive government | 20 |
| Frat pledge's sponsor | 25 |
| ''Relative'' who may be watching you | 52 |
| Midler/Tomlin film | 18 |
| Midler/Tomlin ''B'' film? | 41 |
| Economic group with political power | 35 |
| Corporate doings | 16 |
| 1988 Midler/Tomlin farce | 24 |
| 1988 comedy with Bette Midler and Lily Tomlin | 45 |
| 1988 Bette Midler/Lily Tomlin comedy | 36 |
| Lion or leopard | 15 |
| Jaguar, for one | 15 |
| Lion or tiger, e.g. | 19 |
| Tiger or lion | 13 |
| Lion, for one | 13 |
| Tiger or cheetah | 16 |
| Nickname of baseball player Andres Galarraga | 44 |
| Head honcho | 11 |
| High-muck-a-muck | 16 |
| High muck-a-muck | 16 |
| Nabob | 5 |
| Important person | 16 |
| The boss | 8 |
| Muck-a-muck | 11 |
| Wheel | 5 |
| Influential person, slangily | 28 |
| Boss on a dairy farm? | 21 |
| Head honcho in slang | 21 |
| Gargantuan gorgonzola? | 22 |
| Dallas, familiarly | 18 |
| Nickname for the Cowboys' hometown | 38 |
| Texas city, familiarly | 22 |
| Nickname for Dallas | 19 |
| Dallas nickname | 15 |
| Cowboys' home, informally | 29 |
| Cowboys' home, familiarly | 29 |
| The Cowboys' city, familiarly | 33 |
| Texas metropolis, familiarly | 28 |
| Texas metropolis nickname | 25 |
| Texas city's nickname | 25 |
| Stars' city, informally | 27 |
| Space City rival | 16 |
| Song from "The Most Happy Fella" | 42 |
| SMU's city, familiarly | 26 |
| SMU home | 8 |
| Nickname of a Texas city | 24 |
| Nickname for a Texas city | 25 |
| Name for Dallas | 15 |
| Mavs' city | 14 |
| J.R.'s home town | 20 |
| Home of the Cowboys, informally | 31 |
| Home of the Cowboys, familiarly | 31 |
| Fort Worth's neighbor, informally | 37 |
| Fort Worth neighbor, familiarly | 31 |
| Dallas's nickname | 21 |
| Cowboys' city, familiarly | 29 |
| Cowboy's home, informally | 29 |
| Cowboy's home, familiarly | 29 |
| City near TV's Southfork, familiarly | 40 |
| "The Most Happy Fella" song | 37 |
| "Who cares?" | 22 |
| 'Who cares?' | 20 |
| "So what?!" | 21 |
| "I'm not impressed" | 33 |
| 'So what?' | 18 |
| Remark of the unimpressed | 25 |
| "So what!" | 20 |
| Something worth making a fuss over | 34 |
| Something impressive, or not at all impressive | 46 |
| So what? | 8 |
| Matter of great importance | 26 |