| Scarlet or crimson, e.g. | 24 |
| Santa's favorite color | 26 |
| Ruffing of baseball fame | 24 |
| River through Fargo or Hanoi | 28 |
| River known for its valley | 26 |
| Ripe loganberry's hue | 25 |
| One-seventh of a rainbow | 24 |
| One color in the French flag | 28 |
| Not the color of money? | 23 |
| Non-white, in a cellar? | 23 |
| Netflix mail identifier | 23 |
| Memorable sportswriter Smith | 28 |
| Matador's cape color | 24 |
| Manitoba's _____ River | 26 |
| Main color of a Santa suit | 26 |
| Little wagon's color | 24 |
| Like Twizzlers, usually | 23 |
| Like Time's border | 22 |
| Like the Phillies' caps | 27 |
| Like SpongeBob's tie | 24 |
| Like some penalty cards | 23 |
| Like some eyes and skies | 24 |
| Like second-place ribbons | 25 |
| Like most of the Swiss flag | 27 |
| Like most of China's flag | 29 |
| Like cherry-flavored things | 27 |
| Like a matador's cape | 25 |
| Like a debtor's ink | 23 |
| Kind of salmon or herring | 25 |
| Kind of Baron or Cross | 22 |
| It'll make you stop | 23 |
| Green or Deer preceder | 22 |
| GOP electoral map color | 23 |
| Gabriel: "___ Rain" | 29 |
| Fire engine's color | 23 |
| Embarrassed, so to speak | 24 |
| Cornell's Big _____ | 23 |
| Colourful Newfoundland Island | 29 |
| Color of Superman's cape | 28 |
| Color of Crane's badge | 26 |
| Color of a certain badge | 24 |
| Carrot-top's nickname | 25 |
| Cardinal, for instance | 22 |
| Candy apple or fire engine | 26 |
| Cabernet or Beaujolais | 22 |
| Buttons on the big screen | 25 |
| Bolshevik's color? | 22 |
| Barolo or Barbera, e.g. | 23 |
| Barber or Schoendienst | 22 |
| Bad color for business | 22 |
| Auerbach of N.B.A. fame | 23 |
| Adjective with meat or pepper | 29 |
| "Was my face ---!" | 28 |
| "The Lady in ___" | 27 |
| ____ River Settlement+ | 22 |
| ____ Oak (PEI's tree) | 25 |
| ___ Chief (O. Henry brat) | 25 |
| Hester Prynne's stigma | 26 |
| Unwanted letter of fiction | 26 |
| Stigma borne by Hester Prynne | 29 |
| Mark of Prynne's sin | 24 |
| Hester Prynne's emblem | 26 |
| Hawthorne novel stigma | 22 |
| Adapts for publication | 22 |
| Prepares, as a proclamation | 27 |
| Makes ready to publish | 22 |
| Imminent-danger warning | 23 |
| Imminent danger warning | 23 |
| Warning on the Enterprise | 25 |
| Time for crisis management | 26 |
| Signal of imminent attack | 25 |
| Ready-for-the-worst status | 26 |
| Pre-meltdown signal, maybe | 26 |
| Period of imminent danger | 25 |
| Maximum vigilance warning | 25 |
| Klaxon-sounding occasion | 24 |
| "Battle stations!" | 28 |
| Tense times for troops | 22 |
| Scrambling Russian team | 23 |
| V-shaped fortification | 22 |
| V-shaped fortification work | 27 |
| Two-walled fortification | 24 |
| Tooth-shaped fortification | 26 |
| Fieldwork with two faces | 24 |
| Angular military structure | 26 |
| Angular military construction | 29 |
| Angular military building | 25 |
| Sanguinary hill dweller | 23 |
| Still-life item, perhaps | 24 |
| Repeats a carbon-14 test, say | 29 |
| Snoopy's archenemy | 22 |
| Top ace of the Great War | 24 |
| Strip's bête noire | 25 |
| Colorful, healthy vegetable | 27 |
| Worker who handles your case? | 29 |
| Railroad station porter | 23 |
| One with a lot of baggage? | 26 |
| Spot for shooting stars | 23 |
| Special kind of treatment | 25 |
| Part of the royal treatment | 27 |