| Sudden idea | 11 |
| Sudden enlightement | 19 |
| Head seizure of a sort | 22 |
| Bright notion | 13 |
| Knot | 4 |
| Riddle | 6 |
| Tricky puzzle | 13 |
| Mental challenge | 16 |
| Hard puzzle | 11 |
| Difficult puzzle | 16 |
| Lingerie shown during a preview? | 32 |
| "If three hens lay three eggs in three days ...," e.g. | 64 |
| Mensa material | 14 |
| Like eggheads | 13 |
| Opposite of dense | 17 |
| Like the valedictorian | 22 |
| Like an egghead | 15 |
| Like a whiz kid | 15 |
| Like a certain trust | 20 |
| Intellectually gifted | 21 |
| Fit for Mensa | 13 |
| One way to cook steak | 21 |
| Cookbook word | 13 |
| Cook slowly | 11 |
| Slow-cook, in a way | 19 |
| Cook, as Swiss steak | 20 |
| Sauté, then simmer | 21 |
| Sauté meat and cook slowly | 29 |
| Sauté in fat and then simmer in a small quantity of liquid | 61 |
| Prepare, as Swiss steak | 23 |
| Prepare Swiss steak | 19 |
| Prepare short ribs | 18 |
| European sea bream | 18 |
| Cook, in a way, as beef | 23 |
| Cook, as meat | 13 |
| Cook slowly in fat | 18 |
| Cook slowly in a covered pot | 28 |
| Cook in little liquid | 21 |
| Cook in fat | 11 |
| Cook in a tightly closed pot | 28 |
| Cook a tough cut, maybe | 23 |
| Cook a tough cut | 16 |
| Brown slowly | 12 |
| Brown in fat | 12 |
| Brown and simmer | 16 |
| Thicket | 7 |
| Stopper | 7 |
| Decelerate | 10 |
| Retard | 6 |
| Pad site | 8 |
| Clutch's neighbor | 21 |
| Auto pedal | 10 |
| Some do it for animals | 22 |
| React to a stoplight | 20 |
| Fern | 4 |
| Clutch neighbor | 15 |
| Car pedal | 9 |
| Bumper sticker verb | 19 |
| Accelerator's opposite | 26 |
| Accelerator neighbor | 20 |
| Unicycle's lack | 19 |
| Truck stopper | 13 |
| Stopper of sorts | 16 |
| Stop on red, e.g. | 17 |
| Stop on red | 11 |
| Start to stop | 13 |
| Slowdown cause | 14 |
| Slow a car down | 15 |
| Sedan stopper | 13 |
| Retard or stop | 14 |
| React to the cop with the radar gun | 35 |
| Pedal on the left | 17 |
| Pedal next to a clutch | 22 |
| Pedal adjacent to the accelerator | 33 |
| Item that may need alignment | 28 |
| Good thing to do for animals | 28 |
| Gas pedal neighbor | 18 |
| Gas neighbor | 12 |
| Deceleratrix (a la Mr. Burns) | 29 |
| Decelerate a car | 16 |
| ClutchÂ’s neighbor | 21 |
| Bus stopper | 11 |
| Accelerator's counterpart | 29 |
| A driver often hits it | 22 |
| "I ___ for animals" (bumper sticker) | 46 |
| "I ___ for animals" | 29 |
| Put one's foot down? | 24 |
| Slowed down | 11 |
| Slowed, in a car | 16 |
| Slowed things down | 18 |
| Put one's foot down, possibly | 33 |
| Railroad workers | 16 |
| Train stoppers | 14 |
| Some railroaders | 16 |
| Engineers' colleagues | 25 |
| Car-stopping part | 17 |
| Wheel rubber | 12 |
| Slow-down device on a car | 25 |
| Part of a car-slowing device | 28 |
| Car part that creates friction | 30 |