| Bronze animal in New York's Financial District | 50 |
| Bear's opposite | 19 |
| Bear's counterpart | 22 |
| "Pfft.Yeah, right" | 28 |
| "I don't buy that for a second" | 45 |
| Herd minority | 13 |
| Heifer's counterpart | 24 |
| Cow's young offspring | 25 |
| Leveler | 7 |
| Groundbreaking construction tool? | 33 |
| Agenda item | 11 |
| Highlighted agenda item | 23 |
| Superfast ride | 14 |
| Rapid rail transport | 20 |
| High-speed transporter | 22 |
| Chunnel conveyance | 18 |
| Waver of a red cape | 19 |
| "Suit of lights" wearer | 33 |
| Teddy Roosevelt's party | 27 |
| Theodore Roosevelt follower, 1912 | 33 |
| Teddy Roosevelt, in 1912 | 24 |
| 1912 follower of Teddy Roosevelt | 32 |
| Closers' corrals? | 21 |
| Warmup places for pitchers | 26 |
| These provide relief | 20 |
| Ball teams have two | 19 |
| Informal discussion | 19 |
| Informal group discussion | 25 |
| Team meeting? | 13 |
| Occasion to shoot the breeze | 28 |
| Informal chat, and based on the starts of the starred answers, this puzzle's title | 86 |
| Impromptu, wide-ranging conversation | 36 |
| Things to shoot for | 19 |
| Things to aim for | 17 |
| You aim for them | 16 |
| Shots that are hard to come by in some bars | 43 |
| Perfect hits | 12 |
| Best shots | 10 |
| Tough | 5 |
| Browbeat | 8 |
| Big man on campus? | 18 |
| Type of pulpit | 14 |
| T.R.'s "Good!" | 28 |
| Schoolyard menace | 17 |
| Habitual intimidator | 20 |
| Cowing sort | 11 |
| Browbeater | 10 |
| Position of authority | 21 |
| Very high soapbox, so to speak | 30 |
| Where to pontificate | 20 |
| Powerful position for a proponent | 33 |
| Advocate's visible position | 31 |
| Advocate's place | 20 |
| Advantageous place for rallying support | 39 |
| "The White House is a ___": T.R. | 42 |
| Defensive wall | 14 |
| Rampart where el toro ambles? | 29 |
| Vagrant | 7 |
| Tramp | 5 |
| Sponge | 6 |
| Loafer | 6 |
| Do-nothing | 10 |
| Bindlestiff | 11 |
| Injured | 7 |
| Hobo | 4 |
| Derelict | 8 |
| Idler | 5 |
| No-good | 7 |
| Moocher | 7 |
| Lazy sort | 9 |
| Lazy fellow | 11 |
| Beggar | 6 |
| Borrow, as a cigarette | 22 |
| Kind of steer | 13 |
| Kind of rap | 11 |
| Bleacher creature? | 18 |
| Work shirker | 12 |
| Word with steer or rap | 22 |
| Thumb, as a ride | 16 |
| Thumb a ride | 12 |
| Of inferior quality | 19 |
| Depress, with "out" | 29 |
| Schlub | 6 |
| Request, as a cigarette | 23 |
| Mooch, as a ride | 16 |
| Mooch, as a cigarette | 21 |
| Kind of rap or steer | 20 |
| Ask for, as a cigarette | 23 |
| ___ a ride (hitchhike) | 22 |
| Word before steer or rap | 24 |
| Take, as a cigarette | 20 |
| Take without recompense, as a cigarette | 39 |
| Steer's head? | 17 |
| Sponge, as a smoke | 18 |
| Spare change seeker | 19 |
| Rear in Liverpool | 17 |
| One pursuing change, pejoratively | 33 |
| Old-timey insult from the grandstands | 37 |
| Mooch, as a smoke | 17 |
| Lousy ballplayer, to an old-timey fan | 37 |