| Abruptly | 8 |
| Abrupt way to quit | 18 |
| 1969 Plastic Ono Band hit | 25 |
| "Like-it-is" talk | 27 |
| It causes the sniffles | 22 |
| Cause of coughs and sniffles | 28 |
| Card game in a walk-in freezer? | 31 |
| Term used to describe tension between U.S. and Russia | 53 |
| James Bond backdrop | 19 |
| It began after 1945 | 19 |
| US/USSR tension | 15 |
| The West was part of it | 23 |
| Problem between Sam and Ivan | 28 |
| Post-1945 phenomenon | 20 |
| It was satirized in "Dr. Strangelove" | 47 |
| Ideological conflict | 20 |
| Former political rivalry | 24 |
| Diplomatic conflict | 19 |
| Conflict partly logomachical | 28 |
| Conflict at the North Pole? | 27 |
| Bygone CIA concern | 18 |
| Bloodless international hostility | 33 |
| '60s world worry | 20 |
| Pre-1991 U.S.-U.S.S.R. strategies | 33 |
| Nat or Natalie | 14 |
| Composer Porter | 15 |
| Cabbagelike plant | 17 |
| "Unforgettable" singer | 32 |
| Singer Natalie | 14 |
| Old king of rhyme | 17 |
| ___ slaw | 8 |
| Merry king | 10 |
| 'Unforgettable' singer | 30 |
| Songwriter Porter | 17 |
| Mustard family plant | 20 |
| Nursery rhyme king | 18 |
| King of rhyme | 13 |
| Forage crop | 11 |
| "Old King ___" | 24 |
| Songsmith Porter | 16 |
| Singer Nat King ___ | 19 |
| Nursery-rhyme king | 18 |
| Nat King ___ | 12 |
| Designer Kenneth | 16 |
| "Mona Lisa" singer | 28 |
| Tunesmith Porter | 16 |
| Singing King | 12 |
| Porter or slaw | 14 |
| Porter of song | 14 |
| Porter of note | 14 |
| Old king | 8 |
| Nursery king | 12 |
| Nat King or Old King | 20 |
| Michael of ''The Mod Squad'' | 44 |
| Merry old king of rhyme | 23 |
| Merry old king | 14 |
| King who was a merry old soul | 29 |
| King or Porter | 14 |
| King of nursery rhyme | 21 |
| Either "Unforgettable" singer | 39 |
| ______man, Alberta | 18 |
| ___ Hamels, 2008 World Series M.V.P. | 36 |
| Younger brother? | 16 |
| Word before slaw or after Old King | 34 |
| U.S.S. ___, ship in 2000 news | 29 |
| U. S. painter Thomas | 20 |
| Thomas ___, artist of the Hudson River School | 45 |
| Slaw lead-in | 12 |
| Rhyme guy with three fiddlers | 29 |
| Porter who wrote "Night and Day" | 42 |
| Porter who wrote "Begin the Beguine" | 46 |
| Porter who put on airs | 22 |
| Porter who could carry a tune | 29 |
| Porter who carried tunes in his head | 36 |
| Porter or King | 14 |
| Porter of Tin Pan Alley | 23 |
| Porter depicted in "De-Lovely" | 40 |
| Plant of the crucifer family | 28 |
| Plant chopped up in salads | 26 |
| Pitcher Hamels | 14 |
| Paula or Natalie | 16 |
| One of the Youngers | 19 |
| Olive Oyl's dad | 19 |
| Old king of song | 16 |
| Old king of nursery rhymes | 26 |
| Old King ____ | 13 |
| Old King ___ | 12 |
| Nursery-rhyme monarch | 21 |
| National Post columnist, Cam | 28 |
| Natalie, daughter of Nat | 24 |
| Nat or Old King | 15 |
| Nat King or Natalie | 19 |
| Nat King ____ | 13 |
| Mustard cousin | 14 |
| Musical Porter | 14 |
| Michael of "The Mod Squad" | 36 |
| Merry monarch | 13 |
| Legendary Celtic king | 21 |
| King or Natalie | 15 |
| King of verse | 13 |