| Hole worlds to explore | 22 |
| Grottos | 7 |
| Gives up the fight | 18 |
| Gives in, so to speak | 21 |
| Gives in under pressure | 23 |
| Dark passages | 13 |
| Concedes, with "in" | 29 |
| Collapses, with "in" | 30 |
| Bats' homes | 15 |
| ___ in (collapses) | 18 |
| Television host Dick | 20 |
| TV host with three Emmys | 24 |
| TV host Dick | 12 |
| Three-time Emmy-winning host Dick | 33 |
| Three-time Emmy-winning host | 28 |
| Talk show host spanning five decades | 36 |
| Longtime talk show host Dick | 28 |
| King contemporary | 17 |
| Intellectual talk-show host | 27 |
| Gov. Lester Maddox walked off his show in 1970 | 46 |
| Dick on TV | 10 |
| Dick often shown on TV | 22 |
| Dick of talk show fame | 22 |
| Carson rival | 12 |
| Author of the 2010 book "Talk Show" | 45 |
| '70s PBS talk-show host | 27 |
| Roe | 3 |
| Beluga delicacy | 15 |
| Expensive spread | 16 |
| Pricey appetizer | 16 |
| Pricey spread | 13 |
| Expensive eggs | 14 |
| Ritzy cracker spread | 20 |
| Fish-egg appetizer | 18 |
| Champagne go-with | 17 |
| Triangular toast topping | 24 |
| Toast triangle topping | 22 |
| Toast triangle topper | 21 |
| Sturgeons supply it | 19 |
| Sturgeon's largesse | 23 |
| Salty buffet delicacy | 21 |
| Ritzy appetizer | 15 |
| Pricey cracker topping | 22 |
| Luxury spread | 13 |
| High-society hors d'oeuvre | 30 |
| High-priced appetizer | 21 |
| Fancy fish eggs | 15 |
| Expensive topping served with a tiny spoon | 42 |
| Eggs served on blini | 20 |
| Delicacy with Champagne | 23 |
| Delicacy from the deep | 22 |
| Costly eggs | 11 |
| Caspian Sea delicacy | 20 |
| Blini go-with | 13 |
| Blini accompanier | 17 |
| Beluga's gift to man | 24 |
| Beluga roe | 10 |
| Appetizer for an Astor | 22 |
| Carp | 4 |
| Split hairs | 11 |
| Trivial objection | 17 |
| Trivial complaint | 17 |
| Be petty | 8 |
| Be nitpicky | 11 |
| Object pettily | 14 |
| Make trivial objections | 23 |
| Bitch and moan | 14 |
| Trivial pursuit | 15 |
| Object trivially | 16 |
| Find fault with unnecessarily | 29 |
| Raise petty objections | 22 |
| Quibble (about) | 15 |
| Petty objection | 15 |
| Nitpick incessantly | 19 |
| Find fault needlessly | 21 |
| Engage in quibbling | 19 |
| Be a nitpicker | 14 |
| Yielding | 8 |
| Showing signs of weakness | 25 |
| Relenting after a standoff | 26 |
| Voids | 5 |
| Openings to fill | 16 |
| Openings to be filled? | 22 |
| Openings to be filled | 21 |
| Romp | 4 |
| Play boisterously | 17 |
| Be playful | 10 |
| Prance about | 12 |
| Engage in horseplay | 19 |
| Prance and dance about | 22 |
| Go on a gamboling spree | 23 |
| Cleveland cagers, briefly | 25 |
| Cleveland team, for short | 25 |
| LeBron James' team, in brief | 32 |
| Cleveland cagers | 16 |
| They lost the 2007 NBA Finals to the Spurs | 42 |
| Ohio NBAers, in headlines | 25 |
| Ohio hoopsters, in headlines | 28 |
| NBA five | 8 |
| LeBron James's team, for short | 34 |