| Person not to mess with | 23 |
| Martial-arts award | 18 |
| Karate expert's wear | 24 |
| Dojo designation | 16 |
| Kind of pie | 11 |
| Kind of chocolate pie | 21 |
| Flapper's dance | 19 |
| "Harold and Maude," for one | 37 |
| Film featuring dark humor | 25 |
| "Let's Get It Started" group | 42 |
| Traditional 12/31 Southern side dish | 36 |
| Fergie's group | 18 |
| "With ___ on the side ..." | 36 |
| Dessert choice | 14 |
| Chocolaty dessert | 17 |
| Cherried German dessert | 23 |
| German dessert, American-style | 30 |
| Dessert with cherries | 21 |
| Dessert made with chocolate, cherries and whipped cream | 55 |
| Cherried dessert | 16 |
| Pitch | 5 |
| Blemish | 7 |
| Facial blemish | 14 |
| Eric Clapton's favorite guitar | 34 |
| Chief Sitting Bull's horse | 30 |
| Boston ___ (early film detective) | 33 |
| Vegas card game | 15 |
| It's a great deal in Vegas | 30 |
| Great deal? | 11 |
| Gambler's game, perhaps | 27 |
| Something to play at a casino | 29 |
| John J. Pershing | 16 |
| General Pershing | 16 |
| Game with hitting and busting | 29 |
| Game that is this puzzle's theme | 36 |
| 21 in two cards | 15 |
| 21 in cards | 12 |
| "Bringing Down the House" game | 40 |
| Sorcery | 7 |
| Witchcraft | 10 |
| Occult art | 10 |
| Bad spelling? | 13 |
| Necromancy | 10 |
| Art that uses curse words? | 26 |
| It's painted and receives letters | 37 |
| Extorts money from | 18 |
| Bootleg | 7 |
| Where you might see an underground movie | 40 |
| Concomitant of scarcity | 23 |
| Arena for illegal trading | 25 |
| Some crooked salespeople | 24 |
| They sell stuff on the sly | 26 |
| Parodic ceremony | 16 |
| Wayward one | 11 |
| Misfit | 6 |
| Prodigal son, e.g. | 18 |
| Wool owner of rhyme | 19 |
| Undesirable family member | 25 |
| Smears tar on a Dickens character? | 34 |
| Prodigal son | 12 |
| Outcast of the family | 21 |
| Family pariah | 13 |
| Family disgrace | 15 |
| Deviant in a group | 18 |
| Formal wear | 11 |
| Formal attire | 13 |
| Kind of affair | 14 |
| Like some formal events | 23 |
| Semiformal | 10 |
| Phrase on some invitations | 26 |
| Gala garb, often | 16 |
| Fund-raiser wear, perhaps | 25 |
| Formal, but not too | 19 |
| Formal-affair wear | 18 |
| Fairly formal | 13 |
| SWORD | 5 |
| Little shaver | 13 |
| Leaf | 4 |
| Runner | 6 |
| Oar | 3 |
| Piece of grass | 14 |
| Windmill part | 13 |
| Switch attachment? | 18 |
| Bit of grass | 12 |
| Swordsman | 9 |
| Grass unit | 10 |
| Wesley Snipes flick | 19 |
| Propeller part | 14 |
| Oar part | 8 |
| Ice skate part | 14 |
| Dashing fellow | 14 |
| Skate part | 10 |
| Plow part | 9 |
| Lawnmower part | 14 |
| It may make the cut | 19 |
| Grass shoot | 11 |
| Grass leaf | 10 |
| Duelist's weapon | 20 |
| Wesley Snipes title role | 24 |
| Sword or swordsman | 18 |