| Brief announcement medium? | 26 |
| Announcer's medium | 22 |
| Frisk, with "down" | 28 |
| Search, with "down" | 29 |
| Congratulations, of a sort | 26 |
| Best way to get it down | 23 |
| Square in a breadbasket | 23 |
| One way to get things down | 26 |
| Lady Bird's successor | 25 |
| Butter unit, in a restaurant | 28 |
| Billy the Kid slayer Garrett | 28 |
| Best way to get it down? | 24 |
| Unconvincing, as an alibi | 25 |
| Tricky Dick's wife | 22 |
| Sportscaster Summerall | 22 |
| Single serving of butter | 24 |
| Reward for a good horse | 23 |
| Poker player's stand | 24 |
| One way to get something down | 29 |
| New England athlete, to fans | 28 |
| Memorized to the letter | 23 |
| MacKenzie King's dog | 24 |
| Julia Sweeney character | 23 |
| Good way to get it down | 23 |
| Frisk (with "down") | 29 |
| First Lady after Lady Bird | 26 |
| Congratulations indicator | 25 |
| Congratulate nonverbally | 24 |
| Bit of congratulations | 22 |
| A daughter of Rose Kennedy | 26 |
| "Best Shot" Benatar | 29 |
| ___-cake (child's game) | 27 |
| ___-cake (baby's game) | 26 |
| "__-Pan": carol | 25 |
| __-cake: baby's game | 24 |
| __-cake (kids' game) | 24 |
| ___-cake (tots' game) | 25 |
| Handy children's game | 25 |
| Start of a Mother Goose rhyme | 29 |
| Three-term New York governor | 28 |
| Spitzer's predecessor | 25 |
| Governor Spitzer predecessor | 28 |
| Giuliani adversary, once | 24 |
| Word with eye, arm, or elbow | 28 |
| Where watermelons grow | 22 |
| Temporary phone hookup | 22 |
| Soul ___ (facial hair) | 22 |
| Software update of a sort | 25 |
| Place to find pumpkins | 22 |
| Pirate's eye cover | 22 |
| Nicotine gum alternative | 24 |
| Hole covering, perhaps | 22 |
| Eye or cabbage follower | 23 |
| Army shoulder insignia | 22 |
| "--- Adams" (1998) | 28 |
| Pirates' eyepieces | 22 |
| New parts of old jeans | 22 |
| Mends old jeans, maybe | 22 |
| Certain software downloads | 26 |
| Coverlets using odds and ends | 29 |
| Of inconsistent quality | 23 |
| Hors d'oeuvre spread | 24 |
| Chopped hors d'oeuvre | 25 |
| Prominent Yul Brynner feature | 29 |
| Hors d'oeuvre selection | 27 |
| Gross-looking delicacy | 22 |
| Cocktail party preparation | 26 |
| Canape topper, perhaps | 22 |
| U.S. Open winner: 1976 | 22 |
| This can be hairy or hairless | 29 |
| Spread out at a party? | 22 |
| Spread for liver lovers | 23 |
| It's chopped liver | 22 |
| It may have a bald spot | 23 |
| Hors-d'oeuvre item | 22 |
| Hors d'oeuvre paste | 23 |
| Frenchified chopped liver | 25 |
| Fancy topping for crackers | 26 |
| Fancy hors d'oeuvre | 23 |
| Cracker topping, perhaps | 24 |
| Cracker topper, sometimes | 25 |
| Comb-over's locale | 22 |
| Cocktail party topping | 22 |
| Boulanger's creation | 24 |
| __ Philippe (watch brand) | 25 |
| Communion bread holder | 22 |
| Plate for John Paul II | 22 |
| It's under the Host | 23 |
| Eucharistic service plate | 25 |
| Inventor's protection | 25 |
| Inventor's document | 23 |
| Inventor's possession | 25 |
| Inventor's milestone | 24 |
| Inventor's legal document | 29 |
| Inventor's insurance | 24 |
| Inventor's concern | 22 |
| Gadgeteer's acquisition | 27 |
| Copyright's cousin | 22 |
| ___ leather (shoe material) | 27 |
| Inventor's safeguards | 25 |