| "--- Much" (Presley hit) | 34 |
| "___ Young" (Nat King Cole #1 song) | 45 |
| "___ Close" (1998 Next chart-topper) | 46 |
| "___ Close for Comfort" | 33 |
| ''Not a moment ___ soon!'' | 42 |
| Nickelback "Silver Side Up" single | 44 |
| "Better luck next time!" | 34 |
| "Aw, sorry about that ..." | 36 |
| ''What a shame'' | 32 |
| ''What a shame!'' | 33 |
| ''Aw, what a shame!'' | 37 |
| "Even a comb over won't do it!" | 45 |
| What fastidious people can't be | 35 |
| Hoisted with one's own petard | 33 |
| Alexander Graham Bell/Thomas Watson race... | 43 |
| ...a Cole Porter collaboration with Foreigner? | 46 |
| Before a winner can be determined | 33 |
| Like a Monday puzzle, to a Friday solver | 40 |
| Year of Florida's four-hurricane summer | 43 |
| Where distasteful humor often goes | 34 |
| Outside of walking distance, say | 32 |
| Not within walking distance, say | 32 |
| How cringe-making humor might go | 32 |
| How kids grow up, it's often said | 37 |
| Like a snake oil salesman's promise | 39 |
| "Laughed myself silly!" | 33 |
| "___ to Handle," 1938 film | 36 |
| One of Goldilocks' complaints | 33 |
| Not safe to handle, in the kitchen | 34 |
| Like some things you can't handle | 37 |
| Like Papa Bear's porridge, to Goldilocks | 44 |
| "___ Handle," 1938 Gable film | 39 |
| Like the dog days of summer, for a composer? | 44 |
| Didn't swing at Camden Yards | 32 |
| ___ chance (pressed one's luck) | 35 |
| __ chance (pressed one's luck) | 34 |
| Didn't walk or go by subway, say | 36 |
| Rolled the dice, as while playing Monopoly | 42 |
| Accepted criticism without complaint | 36 |
| Paid attention to, with "of" | 38 |
| Assumed responsibility for, as a bill | 37 |
| The Oysters did it for the Walrus | 33 |
| He was often wrong, for which he ___ | 36 |
| Pulled off a daring theft in the subway? | 40 |
| Word with "kit" or "belt" | 45 |
| Something used on "Bob the Builder" | 45 |
| Something used by Bob the Builder | 33 |
| Archaeological dig find, sometimes | 34 |
| "Home Improvement" prop | 33 |
| Early human's stone creation | 32 |
| Corners of concern to carpenters | 32 |
| What an XXXL jacket is, for many | 32 |
| Words from one closing a door, perhaps | 38 |
| When parents don't want a teen to be home? | 46 |
| What Def Leppard said "For Love" | 42 |
| What Carole King hummed as she missed her plane? | 48 |
| Def Leppard "___ for Love" | 36 |
| "You missed the deadline" | 35 |
| "You missed the boat!" | 32 |
| "You just missed her!" | 32 |
| "You had your chance . . ." | 37 |
| "We started without you" | 34 |
| "That ship has sailed" | 32 |
| "Sorry, you missed the deadline" | 42 |
| "Shoulda been here sooner" | 36 |
| "I've already moved on" | 37 |
| "I already made plans" | 32 |
| "Aw, I missed the boat..." | 36 |
| "___ the Phalarope": Paton | 36 |
| 9 A.M.: Ecology talk on winged life | 35 |
| Convenient strip of computer icons | 34 |
| Piece shaped for a particular cutting job | 41 |
| "Home Improvement" accessories | 40 |
| "A Confederacy of Dunces" author | 42 |
| "A Confederacy of Dunces" novelist | 44 |
| "The Neon Bible" novelist | 35 |
| "A Confederacy of Dunces" author (5) | 46 |
| 'A Confederacy of Dunces' author | 40 |
| Certain machinist's activity | 32 |
| "Home Improvement" nickname | 37 |
| Like pitches that head for the feet | 35 |
| "___ they build . . . "': Young | 45 |
| Carpenter's storage area, perhaps | 37 |
| They're sometimes found on belts | 36 |
| What a poor workman blames, in a saying | 39 |
| What a poor handyman blames, in a saying | 40 |
| "Give us the ___": Churchill | 38 |
| "Give us the ___ . . . ": Churchill | 45 |
| One might include a level and a vise | 36 |
| Hammer and screwdriver, to a carpenter | 38 |
| "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" character | 45 |
| This puzzle's honoree, for one | 34 |
| Animator's creation, informally | 35 |
| Wile E. Coyote or the Road Runner | 33 |
| Tom or Jerry of "Tom and Jerry" | 41 |
| Saturday morning fare for short | 32 |
| Any of the "South Park" characters | 44 |
| Any member of the TV band Dethklok, e.g. | 40 |
| Any Adult Swim character, for short | 35 |
| Any "Metalocalypse" character | 39 |