| Heckler or lapel grabber | 24 |
| Gardening column subject | 24 |
| Exterminator's concern | 26 |
| Annoying person or bug | 22 |
| "Shoo!" addressee | 27 |
| Ask too many questions | 22 |
| Annoy by upsetting Streep? | 26 |
| Bothers à la baby brother | 28 |
| Mortar's companion | 22 |
| Apothecary's implement | 26 |
| Apothecaries' tools | 23 |
| Sauce made with pine nuts | 25 |
| Green basil-based sauce | 23 |
| Basil and pine-nuts sauce | 25 |
| Topping made with pine nuts | 27 |
| Topping made in a mortar | 24 |
| Topping for fish or meat | 24 |
| Sauce prepared in a mortar | 26 |
| Sauce made with pignoli | 23 |
| Sauce in un ristorante | 22 |
| Sauce devised in Genoa | 22 |
| Pasta sauce with basil | 22 |
| Green spaghetti sauce? | 22 |
| Green covering for shells | 25 |
| Garlicky rigatoni sauce | 23 |
| Certain spaghetti sauce | 23 |
| Basil-garlic-olive oil sauce | 28 |
| Basil-based spaghetti topper | 28 |
| Basil-and-pine-nuts sauce | 25 |
| Basil and pine nut topping | 26 |
| Basil and pine nut sauce | 24 |
| Basil and garlic sauce | 22 |
| Alternative to marinara | 23 |
| ___ alla genovese (sauce) | 25 |
| Sauces made with basil | 22 |
| They're made in mortars | 27 |
| They're a nuisance | 22 |
| Baby brothers, typically | 24 |
| They're exterminated | 24 |
| They're bothersome | 22 |
| Mosquitoes, gnats, etc. | 23 |
| Little brothers, often | 22 |
| Cockroaches, for example | 24 |
| Annoying people or things | 25 |
| They might be smoked out | 24 |
| They may really bug you | 23 |
| Mosquitoes, fleas, etc. | 23 |
| Flies around the world? | 23 |
| Exterminators' victims | 26 |
| Earwigs, mites and such | 23 |
| Dennis the Menace et al. | 24 |
| Bad news for a crop farmer | 26 |
| Annoying, like a kid brother | 28 |
| Teacher's favorite | 22 |
| Humane Society adoptee | 22 |
| Cat or dog, for example | 23 |
| Dino, for the Flintstones | 25 |
| Your dog or cat, for example | 28 |
| Veterinarian's visitor | 26 |
| Parrot or parakeet, perhaps | 27 |
| Obedience school attendee | 25 |
| Member of the household | 23 |
| Iguana or Chihuahua, e.g. | 25 |
| Dino, Astro or Scooby-Doo | 25 |
| Concern for Ace Ventura | 23 |
| Animal kept for companionship | 29 |
| Word with name or project | 25 |
| Word before project or peeve | 28 |
| Word before name or project | 27 |
| Toy in the living room? | 23 |
| The Bushes' Millie, e.g. | 28 |
| Spirit-lifter, perhaps | 22 |
| Socks for Clinton, e.g. | 23 |
| Sitter's charge, maybe | 26 |
| Sandy, to Little Orphan Annie | 29 |
| R.W.R.'s Lucky, e.g. | 24 |
| Perfect Circle song you feed? | 29 |
| One that eats from bowls | 24 |
| One is in each theme entry | 26 |
| Man's best friend e.g. | 27 |
| Like a faddist's rock | 25 |
| Lab in one's home, e.g. | 27 |
| Kitten or parakeet, often | 25 |
| Furry or feathered friend | 25 |
| Friend needing feeding | 22 |
| Four-footed family member | 25 |
| Feistiest PM's monogram | 27 |
| Favorite, as a project | 22 |
| Famous Canadian monogram | 24 |
| Dora Spenlow's Jip | 22 |
| Dog or gerbil, perhaps | 22 |
| Dino, to Fred and Wilma | 23 |
| Clinton's Socks, e.g. | 25 |
| Bushes' Millie, e.g. | 24 |
| Bo, for the First Family | 24 |
| Astro, Scooby-Doo or Dino | 25 |
| Apple of one's eye | 22 |
| Animal shelter acquisition | 26 |
| Animal kept in the house | 24 |
| A cat, but rarely a rat | 23 |