| Influence pedlar, perhaps | 25 |
| Bill's friend or foe? | 25 |
| Influential Washington group | 28 |
| Capitol Hill wheeler-dealers | 28 |
| One seeking political favors | 28 |
| Bellflower family member | 24 |
| Psychosurgical operation | 24 |
| Seafood restaurant cover | 24 |
| Bright-red unglazed china? | 26 |
| It's done in Maine waters | 29 |
| Traps off the coast of Maine | 28 |
| Newsman's night stint | 25 |
| It's not a total knockout | 29 |
| They're usually toll-free | 29 |
| Mayor and council, e.g. | 23 |
| Farm stand merchandise | 22 |
| 1983 Burt Lancaster film | 24 |
| Neighborhood gathering place | 28 |
| Small-town paper, informally | 28 |
| Some trains may pass them by | 28 |
| They don't go express | 25 |
| Rube in the neighborhood | 24 |
| Amy of "Cry-Baby" | 27 |
| Type of grammatical case | 24 |
| The "L" in URL | 24 |
| G.P.S. device, at times | 23 |
| Those following a strict diet | 29 |
| It makes livestock go crazy | 27 |
| Island in a Scottish bay? | 25 |
| One who earnestly pitches woo | 29 |
| Cryptozoologist's subject | 29 |
| Pair for a certain smith | 24 |
| Under ___ (securely shut in) | 28 |
| Prepare to use a rifle | 22 |
| Everything but the goods | 24 |
| Portable security device | 24 |
| Prison security measure | 23 |
| It's opened with a key | 26 |
| Like strikers, sometimes | 24 |
| Athlete's assignment | 24 |
| Post-game banter perhaps | 25 |
| High school assignments | 23 |
| Fable of philosopher John? | 26 |
| Jeweler's ultimatum? | 24 |
| Necklace adornments, often | 26 |
| Guarantee, as a mortgage rate | 29 |
| Guarantee, as a loan rate | 25 |
| Fix, as an interest rate | 24 |
| Tetanus, more familiarly | 24 |
| Heather, Daisy and hyacinth | 27 |
| Labor dispute strategy | 22 |
| Stores for safekeeping | 22 |
| Laughingstocks for love | 23 |
| Helpers when keys are lost | 26 |
| ___ barrel (the whole works) | 28 |
| Movement from place to place | 28 |
| Madmen, south of the border | 27 |
| Crazies south of the border | 27 |
| Western weeds, for short | 24 |
| Crazy people, in Mexico | 23 |
| Crazies, south of the border | 28 |
| This drives bossy crazy | 23 |
| Plant that poisons livestock | 28 |
| It can make horses nuts | 23 |
| Plants that make cattle crazy | 29 |
| Small cavity, in botany | 23 |
| ___ tenens (substitute) | 23 |
| Certain deputies, for short | 27 |
| Short-horned grasshopper | 24 |
| Part of a biblical plague | 25 |
| Ontario's _____ Hill | 24 |
| Common pesticide target | 23 |
| Insects in a biblical plague | 28 |
| The eighth plague of Egypt | 26 |
| Short-horned grasshoppers | 25 |
| Seventeen-year visitors | 23 |
| Hordes of strippers in Exodus | 29 |
| Egypt's eighth plague | 25 |
| Longtime MTV newsman Kurt | 25 |
| That which serves to guide | 26 |
| Astronomical reference point | 28 |
| Navigational reference points | 29 |
| They have a strong attraction | 29 |
| Rooming-house resident | 22 |
| Boarding-house resident | 23 |
| Tenants of Lords, e.g. | 22 |
| Rooming-house residents | 23 |
| Accommodations for travelers | 28 |
| Affection, in Scotland | 22 |
| Trompe _____ (optical trick) | 28 |
| Trompe ___ (visual deception) | 29 |
| Brooklyn Dodger pitcher | 23 |
| '50s Dodger pitcher Billy | 29 |
| Side view of a composer? | 24 |
| 1936 Medicine Nobelist Otto | 27 |
| Like the earliest recordings | 28 |
| Flawed recording (hyph.) | 24 |
| Demo tape quality, often | 24 |
| Propelled in a high arc | 23 |
| Enviable vantage point | 22 |