| Highway department concern | 26 |
| Wizard's concoction | 23 |
| "Love" concoction | 27 |
| "The Chosen" author | 29 |
| Chaim who created Asher Lev | 27 |
| Asher Lev's creator | 23 |
| "The Chosen" writer | 29 |
| Washington's river | 22 |
| The Key Bridge spans it | 23 |
| River to the Chesapeake Bay | 27 |
| River through Washington | 24 |
| River of the Great Falls | 24 |
| Part of D.C.'s border | 25 |
| Kind of fever in Washington | 27 |
| Foggy Bottom's river | 24 |
| Border river of Maryland | 24 |
| Comfort food in a deep dish | 27 |
| Use for turkey leftovers | 24 |
| Potato, meat and sauce dish | 27 |
| Popular casserole dish | 22 |
| Early frozen dinner staple | 26 |
| Deep-dish comfort food | 22 |
| Baked entree with a crust | 25 |
| Square meals that are round | 27 |
| Slow-cooked entrées | 22 |
| Brisket-of-beef entrees | 23 |
| Big Sunday dinners, maybe | 25 |
| Crate & Barrel buys | 23 |
| Array in a busy kitchen | 23 |
| "Top Chef" tools | 26 |
| Utensils for Emeril Lagasse | 27 |
| Pressure cookers, e.g. | 22 |
| Planters' purchases | 23 |
| Kitties that don't purr | 27 |
| Kitchen and garden vessels | 26 |
| Horticulturalist's supply | 29 |
| Big hands often take them | 25 |
| "Iron Chef" vessels | 29 |
| Friend to Richie and Fonzie | 27 |
| "Happy Days" boy | 26 |
| Kids' jumping game | 22 |
| Child's hopping game | 24 |
| Old name for hopscotch | 22 |
| Hopscotch by another name | 25 |
| Another name for hopscotch | 26 |
| Alternative name of hopscotch | 29 |
| Like most greenhouse plants | 27 |
| Like many indoor plants | 23 |
| Peter Rabbit's creator | 26 |
| Literary wizard-in-training | 27 |
| Famed Hogwarts student | 22 |
| Creator of Peter Rabbit | 23 |
| High style of the 1700s | 23 |
| Bouffant part of a garment | 26 |
| Amy Winehouse's haircut | 27 |
| Anti-inflammatory dressings | 27 |
| Where a stray may stay | 22 |
| Kilogram's predecessor | 26 |
| Fruit-store weight unit | 23 |
| Fruit-store weight measure | 26 |
| Egyptian monetary unit | 22 |
| Ounce of protection worth | 25 |
| Places strays cannot stray | 26 |
| Come down hard, as rain | 23 |
| Do the honors at teatime | 24 |
| Come down like cats and dogs | 28 |
| Do a mixologist's job | 25 |
| Preside over the tea ceremony | 29 |
| Preside at a tea table | 22 |
| Mixologist's instruction | 28 |
| Do a sommelier's job | 24 |
| Express with no restraint | 25 |
| Does a sommelier's job | 26 |
| Officiates at the tea table | 27 |
| Does a bartender's job | 26 |
| Be a sore loser, in a way | 25 |
| Displease Santa, in a way | 25 |
| Passive-aggressive expression | 29 |
| Keep a stiff lower lip? | 23 |
| Curled-lower-lip expression | 27 |
| Try to look sexy, maybe | 23 |
| Protruded-lip expression | 24 |
| Extend one's lower lip | 26 |
| Demonstrate displeasure | 23 |
| Thrusts out a lip or two | 24 |
| Lip-protruding expressions | 26 |
| Risks Santa's disapproval | 29 |
| Jeopardizes Santa's visit | 29 |
| Feels sorry for oneself | 23 |
| Comic-book punch sound | 22 |
| Comic book punch sound | 22 |
| Yellow ribbon honoree: Abbr. | 28 |
| Sound of a comics punch | 23 |
| Prisoner of war, for short | 26 |
| Hanoi Hilton resident (Abbr.) | 29 |
| Comic-strip punch sound | 23 |
| "Batman" fight word | 29 |
| After-bath application | 22 |
| Worker on old warships | 22 |
| Rice's predecessor | 22 |