| Brief and brusque | 17 |
| Abruptly to the point | 21 |
| Abridge | 7 |
| Make shorter | 12 |
| Bow-taking occasion | 19 |
| Result of interior decorator/telemarketer union? | 48 |
| Result of an interior decorator/telemarketer union? | 51 |
| Response to audience applause at the end of a performance | 57 |
| Post-performance acknowledgment | 31 |
| Play follower, usually | 22 |
| Performer's acknowledgment | 30 |
| Occasion for bows and whistles? | 31 |
| Bow-taking time | 15 |
| Bow-making time | 15 |
| Applause response | 17 |
| Actor's acknowledgment | 26 |
| Acknowledgment of applause | 26 |
| Responses to audience applause | 30 |
| Extra bows | 10 |
| Window treatment support | 24 |
| It may be over a window | 23 |
| Drape holder | 12 |
| Original "SNL" cast member | 36 |
| Mrs. Loopner player | 19 |
| Jane of "Coneheads" | 29 |
| "Third Rock From the Sun" co-star | 43 |
| Lemmon's "Some Like It Hot" co-star | 49 |
| "Some Like it Hot" co-star | 36 |
| Tony of "Some Like It Hot" | 36 |
| R&B singer Mayfield | 23 |
| Hoover's vice president | 27 |
| General LeMAY | 13 |
| "Superfly" singer Mayfield | 36 |
| Respectful gesture | 18 |
| Respectful bow | 14 |
| Formal greeting | 15 |
| Polite bow | 10 |
| Bow's cousin | 16 |
| Bend respectfully | 17 |
| Woman's polite bow | 22 |
| Woman's bow of respect | 26 |
| Woman's bow | 15 |
| Type of bow | 11 |
| Girl's show of respect | 26 |
| Girl's bent-kneed gesture | 29 |
| Gesture of respect | 18 |
| Female's bow | 16 |
| A woman's bow | 17 |
| Road sign | 9 |
| Tricky pitch | 12 |
| Type of pitch | 13 |
| Reason for slowing down | 23 |
| Road bend | 9 |
| Sneaky pitch | 12 |
| Pinup feature | 13 |
| Hard-to-hit pitch | 17 |
| Dipsy doodle | 12 |
| Tough pitch to hit | 18 |
| Pitch choice | 12 |
| One reason for slowing down | 27 |
| Laffer ___ (economics principle) | 32 |
| It might prevent failures | 25 |
| Flexure | 7 |
| Ess, for one | 12 |
| Continuous bending line | 23 |
| Bend in a road | 14 |
| Batter's challenge | 22 |
| Ball that breaks? | 17 |
| Ball that breaks | 16 |
| Ahead of the ___ (trendy) | 25 |
| Like a winding road | 19 |
| Like an arc | 11 |
| Figure features | 15 |
| These may be dangerous | 22 |
| Road bends | 10 |
| Makes a bow out of | 18 |
| Graphs | 6 |
| Grading systems | 15 |
| Fitness franchise primarily for women | 37 |
| John or Joan of filmdom | 23 |
| Two-time Oscar nominee Joan | 27 |
| John who played Nixon in "The Butler" | 47 |
| John of filmdom | 15 |
| John of "High Fidelity" | 33 |
| Actress Joan of "Ice Harvest" | 39 |
| "High Fidelity" star John | 35 |
| "Eight Men Out" star | 30 |
| Less demanding | 14 |
| Even less taxing | 16 |
| Easy money provider, in slang | 29 |
| Like some jobs | 14 |
| Undemanding | 11 |
| Undemanding, as a job | 21 |
| Hardly hard | 11 |
| Comfortably profitable | 22 |
| Like the job you've always wanted | 37 |
| Easy and profitable, as a job | 29 |
| Well-paid and easy | 18 |
| Very easy, as a job | 19 |
| Like an easy, high-paying job | 29 |