| With "Way," an ancient Roman road | 43 |
| With "Water," a flossing alternative | 46 |
| With "Waldorf," a famous hotel | 40 |
| With "up," about to cry | 33 |
| With "to," seasons, in a way | 38 |
| With "to," follow, as a law | 37 |
| With "to Mars," where some might like to send attorneys? | 66 |
| With "They," 1946 Irving Berlin song | 46 |
| With "The," TV series whose relationships were mapped by "The Chart" | 88 |
| With "The," Tom Clancy novel, after a pregnant pause? | 63 |
| With "the," this puzzle's eight teams' homes | 62 |
| With "The," Stravinsky ballet | 39 |
| With "The," song by The Who | 37 |
| With "The," sitcom that made Time's 10 Best TV Series of 2001 list | 80 |
| With "The," show about John Astin's river-blocking kids? | 70 |
| With "The," Sherlock Holmes story, and the puzzle's title | 71 |
| With "The," punk-pop band who sang "Bitchin' Camaro" | 76 |
| With "The," popular self-help book | 44 |
| With "The," part of V.B.O.B. | 38 |
| With "The," orchestral work whose movements share the names of the starred clue/entry pairs ... | 105 |
| With "The," no. 8 on the list (by Nathaniel Hawthorne) | 64 |
| With "The," no. 4 on the list (by Franz Kafka) | 56 |
| With "The," no. 17 on the list (by Herman Wouk) | 57 |
| With "The," nickname for Phil Rizzuto | 47 |
| With "The," NBC drama inspired by the film "The American President" | 87 |
| With "The," Mr. T series | 34 |
| With "The," magazine described as "the flagship of the left" | 80 |
| With "The," L.A. theater at which Neil Diamond recorded "Hot August Night" | 94 |
| With "The," Jean Auel novel | 37 |
| With "The," inspirational bestseller that made About.com's "Top 10 Books of 2008" | 105 |
| With "The," honoree's series | 42 |
| With "The," hit summer movie with Robert Downey, Jr. | 62 |
| With "The," hit song that begins "I am just a poor boy and my story's seldom told" | 106 |
| With "The," Gus Bailey's transportation in 1917? | 62 |
| With "The," groundbreaking Showtime TV series | 55 |
| With "The," George Peppard show | 41 |
| With "The," G. Peck movie | 35 |
| With "The," Frederick Forsyth thriller | 48 |
| With "The," former sketch comedy program on CBS ... fittingly enough | 78 |
| With "The," film from a biblical phrase | 49 |
| With "the," everything outside the U.S.? | 50 |
| With "The," Entertainment Weekly's pick for worst TV show of 2008 | 79 |
| With "The," country that's already a U.S. state by 2010, in the 1968 novel "Stand on Zanzibar" | 118 |
| With "The," classic writing guide (and this puzzle's title) | 73 |
| With "The," classic novel, each of whose major characters is hiding in a row of this puzzle | 101 |
| With "The," city with a lake called the Hofvijver at its center | 73 |
| With "The," Caesar's favorite comedy? | 51 |
| With "the," Boston skyscraper, informally | 51 |
| With "the," Boston skyscraper, familiarly | 51 |
| With "The," book after Ecclesiastes | 45 |
| With "The," Bette Midler's debut album | 52 |
| With "the," band with the 2006 remix album "Love" | 69 |
| With "The," band with a remastered box set of albums released 9/9/09 (the date referring to one of their songs) | 121 |
| With "The," backing band beloved by daredevil surfers? | 64 |
| With "The," another Broadway hit | 42 |
| With "The," animated Disney feline flick | 50 |
| With "The," a system for actors | 41 |
| With "The," a Stravinsky ballet | 41 |
| With "The," a mystery novel | 37 |
| With "The," a John Grisham book | 41 |
| With "The," 1996 movie family headed by Tom Arnold and Jessica Lundy | 78 |
| With "The," 1994 movie with Anthony Hopkins and Dana Carvey | 69 |
| With "The," 1989 Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner film that starts with a card game? | 93 |
| With "The," 1985 coming-of-age comedy-drama featuring the "Brat Pack" | 89 |
| With "The," 1980 Anthony Hopkins film | 47 |
| With "The," 1978 play that won a Pulitzer | 51 |
| With "The," 1978 horror mystery with John Huston--refilmed in 3-D? | 76 |
| With "The," 1978 Diana Ross musical | 45 |
| With "The," 1972 Frederick Forsyth novel | 50 |
| With "The," 1971 best-seller about an evil twin | 57 |
| With "The," 1967 gore film directed by Herschell Gordon Lewis | 71 |
| With "The," 1960s series set in the North African desert during WWII | 78 |
| With "The," 1958 Hudson/Stack movie about a former WWI ace | 68 |
| With "The," 1955 F.S. hit | 35 |
| With "The," 1948 Red Skelton movie about door-to-door sales | 69 |
| With "The," "Hair" song that changes during January and February? | 85 |
| With "the", past decade name, to secret agents with license to kill? | 78 |
| With "the", past decade name, to mischief-makers? | 59 |
| With "the", past decade name, to Arthur C. Clarke? | 60 |
| With "The", Nicholson/Freeman film | 44 |
| With "The", McQueen/Newman film | 41 |
| With "The", Dr. Seuss opus | 36 |
| With "tai," a rum drink | 33 |
| With "slug," a lazybones | 34 |
| With "show," get better | 33 |
| With "show," demonstrate skill | 40 |
| With "short," an unsympathetic rejection | 50 |
| With "short," a curt rejection | 40 |
| With "rotatory," counterclockwise | 43 |
| With "quiet," an oxymoron | 35 |
| With "potassium," it's a food preservative | 56 |
| With "play," it's easy as pie | 43 |
| With "phobia," fear of strangers | 42 |
| With "par," bogey | 27 |
| With "out," roll a bad seven | 38 |
| With "off," irate | 27 |
| With "off," British swearer's phrase | 50 |
| With "of," keep from having | 37 |
| With "of," in total agreement | 39 |
| With "not," firm disavowal | 36 |