| Double deuce dismissal? | 23 |
| Closet cleaner's lament | 27 |
| Parent's admonishment | 25 |
| Start of a strange philosophy | 29 |
| Red Skelton musical comedy | 26 |
| Red Skelton catchphrase | 23 |
| Red Skelton catch phrase | 24 |
| Nostalgic quip (Part 1) | 23 |
| Recess teasing defense | 22 |
| Military manual: Abbr. | 22 |
| Start of an Edna Millay verse | 29 |
| Rodgers-Hart musical: 1937 | 26 |
| Musical starring Cohan: 1937 | 28 |
| "___ of Jeannie" | 26 |
| Barbara Eden TV series | 22 |
| King of Libya: 1951-69 | 22 |
| Elba on "The Wire" | 28 |
| "Luther" star Elba | 28 |
| "___ thee knight" | 27 |
| Charlie Weaver's Mt. ___ | 28 |
| Charley Weaver's Mt._____ | 29 |
| Charley Weaver's Mt. ___ | 28 |
| Talk about Tennyson poems? | 26 |
| Really, really beautiful | 24 |
| Tennyson's Arthur cycle | 27 |
| Tennyson's 12-poem series | 29 |
| Roadside bomb, for short | 24 |
| Roadside bomb, briefly | 22 |
| Iraq war danger, for short | 26 |
| War-zone danger, briefly | 24 |
| Roadside weapon (Abbr.) | 23 |
| Modern war hazard, briefly | 26 |
| Iraq war hazard, briefly | 24 |
| Homemade bomb, for short | 24 |
| Deadly wartime hazard: Abbr. | 28 |
| Flemish name for Ypres | 22 |
| Pietro's yesterday | 22 |
| Ireland's ancient name | 26 |
| Great-grandchild, in Glasgow | 28 |
| Suffixes for cash and cloth | 27 |
| Suffixes with cloth and cash | 28 |
| Suffixes for cloth or cash | 26 |
| Suffixes for cash and bombard | 29 |
| Persons engaged in: Suffix | 26 |
| People engaged in: Suffix | 25 |
| Followers of cash and cloth | 27 |
| Endings with court and front | 28 |
| Cash and cloth finishers | 24 |
| Italian town near Ancona | 24 |
| Birthplace of Frederick II | 26 |
| Start of a trivia question | 26 |
| When to expect good results | 27 |
| Start of a profound question | 28 |
| Start of a question to ponder | 29 |
| Start of some sage advice | 25 |
| Start of a diehard motto | 24 |
| Start of a common-sense quip | 28 |
| Start of a Kin Hubbard quip | 27 |
| Start of a hazy reminiscence | 28 |
| Start of an Andy Rooney quip | 28 |
| Nigerian university town | 24 |
| Start to a bit of bad news | 26 |
| Start of a bit of bad news | 26 |
| "___ the worst ..." | 29 |
| Flu sufferer's complaint | 28 |
| Rueful Presley song: 1961 | 25 |
| Classic Bill Clinton phrase | 27 |
| Varieties of African hemp | 25 |
| Assuming, hypothetically | 24 |
| Part III of the lament | 22 |
| Petrol plan, part 1 of 3 | 24 |
| Hopeful Presley song: 1968 | 26 |
| 50 Cent single from 2003 | 24 |
| Unpublished O.J. Simpson book | 29 |
| "___ a Hammer" | 24 |
| LP collector's lament? | 26 |
| "Allow me..." | 23 |
| "Allow me ..." | 24 |
| "... __ matters" | 26 |
| "___ Die": Gide | 25 |
| "___ bleeds..." | 25 |
| End of today's quote | 24 |
| "So what ___?!" | 25 |
| Start of a Woody Allen quip | 27 |
| San Diego-to-Seattle rte. | 25 |
| Start of a honest question | 26 |
| Start of a cosmetic question | 28 |
| Hopeful plunger's song? | 27 |
| "___ memory serves" | 29 |
| In the event of an emergency | 28 |
| Territory in SW Morocco | 23 |
| Province ceded to Morocco | 25 |
| Part of Morocco since 1969 | 26 |
| Start of an evolutionary quip | 29 |
| Soon to get / Trying to get | 27 |
| "___ one..." | 22 |
| "___ one ..." | 23 |
| Head scratcher's words | 26 |
| "Slips my mind" | 25 |
| ''Um . . .'' | 28 |