| Country that gained independence in 1960 | 40 |
| Country once called Belgian Congo | 33 |
| Central African Empire neighbor, on old maps | 44 |
| Bygone country name or its currency | 35 |
| African nation's former name | 32 |
| African nation that practiced Mobutism | 38 |
| '70s-'90s Angola neighbor | 33 |
| "Planet of the Apes" role Dr. ___ | 43 |
| Drummer Starkey, Ringo's son | 32 |
| __ Starkey, longtime drummer for The Who | 40 |
| '40s middleweight champ Tony | 32 |
| ___ Corporation (jewelry retail giant) | 38 |
| Where Romans routed Hannibal: 202 B.C. | 38 |
| Site of Hannibal's defeat: 202 B.C. | 39 |
| River along the Zambia-Zimbabwe border | 38 |
| African river featuring Victoria Falls | 38 |
| Africa's fourth-longest river | 33 |
| Africa's fourth longest river | 33 |
| Thing wheeled out when Senators go on breaks | 44 |
| It's driven over the ice between periods | 44 |
| 2009 US Hockey Hall of Fame inductee | 36 |
| Floridian plant having a crown of palmlike leaves | 49 |
| Musician/radio host Steven Van ___ | 34 |
| Actor Billy of "Titanic" | 34 |
| "Riders of the Purple Sage" author Grey | 49 |
| Grey who wrote about the Old West | 33 |
| "The Phantom" star Billy | 34 |
| ''Titanic'' actor Billy | 39 |
| Pearl __ Gray, Western author's birth name | 46 |
| Hockley's portrayer in "Titanic" | 46 |
| Grey of the "Purple Sage" | 35 |
| Billy of "The Phantom" | 32 |
| Actor Billy of "Tombstone" | 36 |
| "Titanic" co-star, 1997 | 33 |
| "Code of the West" author Grey | 40 |
| Author of "Forlorn River" | 35 |
| "The Lone Star Ranger" author | 39 |
| "Riders of the Purple Sage" author | 44 |
| "The Vanishing American" novelist, 1925 | 49 |
| "Code of the West" author | 35 |
| ". . . Purple Sage" author | 36 |
| Superlative for an unsubtle comic | 33 |
| Acid blocker sold over the counter | 34 |
| "Heartburn? Attack it" drug | 37 |
| Legendary Hollywood producer Darryl F. ___ | 42 |
| Like the Marx Brothers' comedies | 36 |
| What a wacky quiz show host might ask? | 38 |
| "Delete slapstick sketch"? | 36 |
| It merged with Tanganyika in 1964 | 33 |
| It joined with Tanganyika in 1964 | 33 |
| Sound of an electronic bug lure in action | 41 |
| Sound of a mosquito biting the dust | 35 |
| Kill mosquitos outdoors, perhaps | 32 |
| Sound of an anti-mosquito device working | 40 |
| Sound of a mosquito meeting its Maker? | 38 |
| Sound from a Buck Rogers XZ-31 Rocket Pistol | 44 |
| Exclamation coined for "Buck Rogers" | 46 |
| Comic book first published in 1968 | 34 |
| "Viva ___!" (1952 Marlon Brando movie) | 48 |
| Oil company founded by George H.W. Bush | 39 |
| Mexican revolutionary: 1877–1919 | 39 |
| Mexican revolutionary played by Brando | 38 |
| "Viva ___" (Brando film) | 34 |
| "Viva ___!" (1952 Brando movie) | 41 |
| Pioneering underground publication of the 1960s | 47 |
| ___ Dingbats (pictographic computer font) | 41 |
| Frank of the Mothers of Invention | 33 |
| The Mothers of Invention musician | 33 |
| "Apostrophe (')" album maker | 42 |
| The Mothers of Invention rocker Frank | 37 |
| The Mothers of Invention bandleader | 35 |
| Rocker with the album "Sheik Yerbouti" | 48 |
| Musician Frank with the Mothers of Invention | 44 |
| Mothers of Invention rocker Frank | 33 |
| Leader of the Mothers of Invention | 34 |
| Inventor of the Mothers of Invention | 36 |
| Guitarist Frank of the Mothers of Invention | 43 |
| Frank with the album "Sheik Yerbouti" | 47 |
| Frank of rockÂ’s Mothers of Invention | 40 |
| Frank in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | 39 |
| Frank ___, leader of the Mothers of Invention | 45 |
| Frank ___, father of the Mothers of Invention | 45 |
| Father of "The Mothers of Invention" | 46 |
| Director of "Two Hundred Motels" | 42 |
| Composer–film maker Frank ___ | 36 |
| Composer of Burnt Weeny Sandwich | 35 |
| "You Are What You Is" singer | 38 |
| "Weasels Ripped My Flesh" composer | 44 |
| "Valley Girl" singer-songwriter | 41 |
| "Sheik Yerbouti" musician | 35 |
| "Mothers of Invention" member Frank | 45 |
| "Jazz From Hell" Grammy winner | 40 |
| "Freak Out!" guitarist | 32 |
| "Don't Eat the Yellow Snow" rocker | 48 |
| "Burnt Weeny Sandwich" composer Frank | 47 |
| "Apostrophe (')" rocker | 37 |
| His home movie is in the National Film Registry | 47 |
| Takes out in an arcade, as bad guys | 35 |
| Holder for a handleless coffee cup | 34 |
| Dr. Hans ___ ("Flash Gordon" scientist) | 49 |