| Be too cowardly (contraction) | 29 |
| Parcel with challenges? | 23 |
| Think it could possibly be | 26 |
| Lacks the nerve, for short | 26 |
| Biblical anagram for trades | 27 |
| Singer Bobby and others | 23 |
| Singer Bobby and family | 23 |
| Italian playwright ___ Fo | 25 |
| Modernismo's Rubén ___ | 29 |
| Literature Nobelist Fo | 22 |
| Indy winner Franchitti | 22 |
| Indy 500 winner Franchitti | 26 |
| Horror director Argento | 23 |
| 1997 Literature Nobelist Fo | 27 |
| Persian king, 522-486 B.C. | 26 |
| Time of little advancement | 26 |
| Period of human benightedness | 29 |
| Grimly satiric entertainment | 28 |
| Black, as compared to gray | 26 |
| Word for pre-dawn time | 22 |
| Lighting director's woe? | 28 |
| 1990 Liam Neeson movie | 22 |
| Turkey preference for some | 26 |
| DrumstickÂ’s makeup | 22 |
| 1951 Sidney Kingsley drama | 26 |
| 1947 Humphrey Bogart movie | 26 |
| Potential reputation ruiner | 27 |
| Evil aspect of The Force | 24 |
| 1974 John Carpenter movie | 25 |
| Relatives of black holes | 24 |
| Beach bum's acquisition | 27 |
| 1939 Bette Davis drama | 22 |
| Type of things kids say? | 24 |
| One who's on the mend? | 26 |
| One fixing holes, maybe | 23 |
| People who get rid of holes | 27 |
| Needle-and-thread users | 23 |
| Much better than so-so | 22 |
| Sock mender's tool | 22 |
| Tool used in embroidery | 23 |
| Long-eyed stitching tool | 24 |
| Angry mender's cry? | 23 |
| "Gidget" star James | 29 |
| Criss of "Glee" | 25 |
| Actor McGavin's namesakes | 29 |
| Maison ___ (French jail) | 24 |
| "Bewitched" husband | 29 |
| 1995-99 Yankees player | 22 |
| Bengalese timber trees | 22 |
| Rush to get on the train? | 25 |
| Discerning pub competitor? | 26 |
| Snail ___ (threatened fish) | 27 |
| Snail ___ (endangered fish) | 27 |
| Sand ___ (perchlike fish) | 25 |
| Fishes of the perch family | 26 |
| Moving like hummingbirds | 24 |
| Shoot forth repeatedly | 22 |
| Moves quickly to and fro | 24 |
| English prison of note | 22 |
| Ivy League rooters in green | 27 |
| Gallery for a pub game? | 23 |
| Moves quickly from hiding | 25 |
| Participants in a pub pastime | 29 |
| Debut Franz Ferdinand EP | 24 |
| Competitive missile hurlers | 27 |
| Galapagos Islands visitor | 25 |
| Natural selection theorist | 26 |
| Writer aboard the Beagle | 24 |
| Traveler on the Beagle | 22 |
| Noted naturalist Charles | 24 |
| His theory was evolutionary? | 28 |
| City of northern Australia | 26 |
| Capital of Northern Territory | 29 |
| Beagle specimen-gatherer | 24 |
| Intelligent design opponent | 27 |
| Asia's Amu ___ River | 24 |
| Amu ___, Aral Sea feeder | 24 |
| John Oates' partner | 23 |
| Actress in "Splash" | 29 |
| Pop singer Hall and others | 26 |
| ___ Granth: Hindu writings | 26 |
| Coca-Cola bottled water brand | 29 |
| Some bottled water purchases | 28 |
| Automotive interior features | 28 |
| Feature of many Russian cars | 28 |
| They bring on disappointment | 28 |
| A pair of sleigh pullers | 24 |
| 100-meter runners, e.g. | 23 |
| Says a discouraging word | 24 |
| The Thin Man's creator | 26 |
| Author who created Sam Spade | 28 |
| "The Glass Key" | 25 |
| Loose-fitting African shirt | 27 |
| African robe at the U.N. | 24 |
| Colorful shirts for men | 23 |
| Errol Flynn role usually | 25 |
| Pungent condiment quantity | 26 |
| Sign-up book for races? | 23 |
| Race for, as the finish line | 28 |
| Book by a Marx brother | 22 |