| Product of mental labor | 23 |
| Product of creative thinking | 28 |
| One's own creation | 22 |
| Unable to think at all | 22 |
| Loss through emigration | 23 |
| Mass exodus of expertise | 24 |
| Loss of skilled personnel | 25 |
| High-level personnel loss | 25 |
| No-_____ (easy decision) | 24 |
| "Fargo" setting | 25 |
| They may result in amnesia | 26 |
| Brilliant ship's captain? | 29 |
| Solving crossword puzzles? | 26 |
| Neurologist's report | 24 |
| Medulla oblongata structure | 27 |
| Medulla oblongata locale | 24 |
| It adjoins the spinal cord | 26 |
| Cruciverbalist's Step 1 | 27 |
| Egghead-muscleman showdown | 26 |
| School bus, in CB parlance | 26 |
| Mental acuity development | 25 |
| High-level advisory group | 25 |
| Faith in one's smartness | 28 |
| Gag gift for a fuzzy thinker? | 29 |
| Subject to mind control | 23 |
| Psychologically manipulated | 27 |
| Cooked, as Swiss steak | 22 |
| Cooked slowly in a closed pot | 29 |
| Cooked meat in a covered pan | 28 |
| Cooked in a closed pot | 22 |
| "Plate of ___ ..." | 28 |
| Like a heavenly pot roast? | 26 |
| Prepares, as pot roast | 22 |
| Browning and simmering | 22 |
| Plate used in stopping | 22 |
| A shoe presses against it | 25 |
| Conductor's assistant | 25 |
| Important railroad employee | 27 |
| They have shoes and drums | 25 |
| Having trouble slowing down? | 28 |
| Publisher Henry slowing down? | 29 |
| Directives to slow down? | 24 |
| Cause of prickly heat? | 22 |
| One tending a brush fire? | 25 |
| Author of "Dracula" | 29 |
| Bobby Thomson's victim | 26 |
| Some lending institutions | 25 |
| Separated, as a stream | 22 |
| Spreads, as a business | 22 |
| Robin's residence? | 22 |
| It's up in the air? | 23 |
| University in Massachusetts | 27 |
| U.S. jurist: 1856–1941 | 29 |
| Boston-area university | 22 |
| Cattleman's employee | 24 |
| Wield; breakfast item? | 22 |
| Wave around threateningly | 25 |
| Having no identification | 24 |
| Tattoo an anonymous source? | 27 |
| Marlon's trademark? | 23 |
| 1980s TV exec Tartikoff | 23 |
| Sears one's steers | 22 |
| Ex-Chancellor and family | 24 |
| Unnamed competitor, in ads | 26 |
| Unnamed commercial product | 26 |
| Secret taste-test label | 23 |
| St. Bernard's supply | 24 |
| Snifter's contents, maybe | 29 |
| Saint Bernard's largesse | 28 |
| Eggnog ingredient, maybe | 24 |
| Cognac or applejack, e.g. | 25 |
| Howe won here: 9/11/77 | 22 |
| Battle of Sept. 11, 1777 | 24 |
| Husky breakfast option | 22 |
| Took along, ungrammatically | 27 |
| Fetched, to a hillbilly | 23 |
| Celeb couple in tabloids | 24 |
| Portmanteau in the tabloids | 27 |
| Frequent celebrity mag topic | 28 |
| Cup-shaped breakfast fare | 25 |
| Cereal aisle ingredients | 24 |
| Miller's leftovers | 22 |
| Husks of certain grains | 23 |
| Virgin founder Richard | 22 |
| Missouri tourist mecca | 22 |
| Cubism pioneer Georges | 22 |
| Comparatively headstrong | 24 |
| Corleone enforcer Luca | 22 |
| Word on São Paulo stamps | 27 |
| South American stamp word | 25 |
| Capital of Pele's land | 26 |
| Capital on the Paraná | 24 |
| It's measured in cups | 25 |
| They have numbers and letters | 29 |
| Historic period in metallurgy | 29 |
| They toot their own horns | 25 |
| Western belt feature, often | 27 |
| Relaxed, upscale restaurant | 27 |
| Place to order une bière | 27 |
| High-ranking military officer | 29 |