| Item in a KFC bucket | 20 |
| Item in a Kentucky Fried bucket | 31 |
| Fried-chicken part | 18 |
| "Seat of consciousness" | 33 |
| Genesis chicken serving? | 24 |
| Piece of armor | 14 |
| Torso protector for Lancelot | 28 |
| Protection up front | 19 |
| It was worn in war, once | 24 |
| Chicken choices | 15 |
| Chicken servings | 16 |
| Chicken parts | 13 |
| Chicken orders | 14 |
| Some chicken parts | 18 |
| Fowl options | 12 |
| Chicken pieces that aren't legs, thighs or wings | 52 |
| Fortification about four feet high | 34 |
| Kind of mint | 12 |
| Light breeze | 12 |
| Slightest hint | 14 |
| Bit of fresh air? | 17 |
| A mint may freshen it | 21 |
| It may be held | 14 |
| Inhalation | 10 |
| Something to catch or save | 26 |
| Slight wind | 11 |
| Slight breeze | 13 |
| Respiration | 11 |
| Life; vitality | 14 |
| A mint may improve it | 21 |
| "Every ___ You Take" (hit tune for the Police) | 56 |
| Pearl Jam "Singles" song | 34 |
| Mint's target | 17 |
| It's visible on cold days | 29 |
| It's held underwater | 24 |
| A little fresh air? | 19 |
| Murmur | 6 |
| Inhale and exhale | 17 |
| Get some air | 12 |
| Whisper | 7 |
| Respire | 7 |
| Live partner | 12 |
| Midwife's exhortation | 25 |
| Inhale | 6 |
| Have an inspiration? | 20 |
| Use your lungs | 14 |
| Take in air | 11 |
| Word with freely or one's last | 34 |
| Whisper, as a secret | 20 |
| Instruction to a woman in labor | 31 |
| Fresh-air fiend's advice | 28 |
| As I live and ____! | 19 |
| "Just be calm ..." | 28 |
| "Don't ___ a word of this" | 40 |
| "As I live and ___" | 29 |
| Whispers | 8 |
| Takes in air | 12 |
| Pauses to rest | 14 |
| Pants, e.g. | 11 |
| Inhales and exhales | 19 |
| Inspirations | 12 |
| They're taken to sustain life | 33 |
| They're often bated | 23 |
| Respirations | 12 |
| Might take deep ones before taking stage | 40 |
| Inhalations and exhalations | 27 |
| Weill collaborator | 18 |
| "The Threepenny Opera" dramatist | 42 |
| "Life of Galileo" playwright Bertolt | 46 |
| Playwright Bertolt | 18 |
| Bertolt, the playwright-poet | 28 |
| "Threepenny Opera" playwright | 39 |
| "The Threepenny Opera" creator | 40 |
| "Mother Courage and Her Children" playwright | 54 |
| "Mahagonny" dramatist | 31 |
| Begot | 5 |
| Begat | 5 |
| Cultivated | 10 |
| Reared | 6 |
| Educated | 8 |
| Spawned | 7 |
| Propagated | 10 |
| Nurtured | 8 |
| Born's partner | 18 |
| Raised, as cattle | 17 |
| Gave rise to | 12 |
| Born and ___ | 12 |
| Raised, in a way | 16 |
| Mated | 5 |
| Like racehorses | 15 |
| Pure finish | 11 |
| Produced offspring | 18 |
| Fostered | 8 |
| Raised, as racehorses | 21 |
| Multiplied | 10 |
| ___-in-the-bone (deeply ingrained) | 34 |
| Reproduced | 10 |
| Raised, as dogs | 15 |
| Like champion racehorses | 24 |
| Hatched | 7 |