| Lens type | 9 |
| Touch, in a way | 15 |
| Tony-winning musical of 2000 | 28 |
| Secret agent's need | 23 |
| Sagan novel | 11 |
| Influential acquaintance | 24 |
| Help for a spy | 14 |
| Help for a secret agent | 23 |
| Cornea covering, perhaps | 24 |
| Vision aid | 10 |
| It can help you see about me | 28 |
| Football and hockey, for two | 28 |
| Football and hockey, e.g. | 25 |
| Hold in check | 13 |
| Have or hold | 12 |
| Not let get widespread | 22 |
| Have inside | 11 |
| Tale | 4 |
| Actor Richard | 13 |
| Medieval tale | 13 |
| Adventure tale | 14 |
| Fable | 5 |
| Short adventure tale | 20 |
| Richard of "The Godfather" | 36 |
| Italian noble | 13 |
| Adventurous tale | 16 |
| Short narrative or tale | 23 |
| Tale or crayon | 14 |
| Richard who played Don Barzini in "The Godfather" | 59 |
| Novelette | 9 |
| Italian nobleman | 16 |
| Barone's superior | 21 |
| Actor Richard of "The Godfather" | 42 |
| Short tale of adventure | 23 |
| Short novel | 11 |
| Richard of "Ocean's Eleven" | 41 |
| Richard of ''The Godfather'' | 44 |
| Memorable actor Richard | 23 |
| Medieval narrative | 18 |
| Maupassant creation | 19 |
| Marchese's inferior | 23 |
| Kind of crayon | 14 |
| Imaginative tale | 16 |
| French tale | 11 |
| Flaubert story | 14 |
| Brief story | 11 |
| Actor in "Tony Rome" | 30 |
| A short story, in Sept-Isles | 29 |
| "Thieves' Highway" star | 37 |
| Grapple | 7 |
| Make it to the playoffs | 23 |
| Dispute strongly | 16 |
| Battle it out | 13 |
| Allege or vie | 13 |
| Happy | 5 |
| Satisfied | 9 |
| Makeup | 6 |
| Significance | 12 |
| Purring, say | 12 |
| Liner notes, e.g. | 17 |
| Roster of quarrelsome types? | 28 |
| Prize seeker | 12 |
| Quizzee, maybe | 14 |
| Potential winner | 16 |
| Herb Stempel, notably | 21 |
| Opposes | 7 |
| Bouts | 5 |
| Argues against | 14 |
| Miss America pageants | 21 |
| Events for puzzle solvers | 25 |
| Bake-offs, e.g. | 15 |
| Asks for a recount | 18 |
| Argues an outcome | 17 |
| Agons | 5 |
| "Rocky" composer Bill | 31 |
| Tony winner Tom | 15 |
| Tony award-winning actor Tom | 28 |
| Tom of "Saving Grace" | 31 |
| Italian philosopher: 1822–1905 | 37 |
| Family name of Pope Innocent XIII | 33 |
| Bill who composed "Gonna Fly Now" | 43 |
| Actor Tom, 1979 Tony winner for "Whose Life Is It Anyway?" | 68 |
| Accounts, in Rome | 17 |
| "Rocky" score composer | 32 |
| "Reuben, Reuben" actor Tom | 36 |
| "Gonna Fly Now" composer Bill | 39 |
| "Gonna Fly Now" composer | 34 |
| Revolutionary War force | 23 |
| Washington-led military group | 29 |
| Troops led by George Washington | 31 |
| Patriots of 1776 | 16 |
| Colonial force headed by Washington | 35 |
| Personal-injury litigator's compensation | 44 |
| Twists out of shape | 19 |
| Gets all bent out of shape | 26 |
| Twists wryly | 12 |
| Sandinista foe | 14 |
| Nicaraguan rebel | 16 |
| Iran-___ affair | 15 |
| Word in a 1980s scandal | 23 |