| Word with cooker or point | 25 |
| What some groups apply | 22 |
| Use strong-arm tactics on | 25 |
| Deep-sea diver's worry | 26 |
| Constraint of circumstance | 26 |
| Pot for quick preparation | 25 |
| Workaholics' offices? | 25 |
| Reflexologists touch them | 25 |
| Part of a water heater | 22 |
| Lobbyist's activity | 23 |
| Putting the squeeze on | 22 |
| Old game show with Whammies | 27 |
| Money advance, old style | 24 |
| Levi's Sta-___ pants | 24 |
| ___ John, legendary monk-king | 29 |
| ___ John, legendary monk | 24 |
| Sleight-of-hand artist | 22 |
| What's my line: #1 | 22 |
| Thaumaturgist's cousin | 26 |
| Shell-game operator, for one | 28 |
| Succès d'estime | 22 |
| Sets aside for future use | 25 |
| Undertakes without permission | 29 |
| Done before an operation | 24 |
| Ghost in Hindu mythology | 24 |
| Get the beer keg ready early | 28 |
| Record for future broadcast | 27 |
| Record before showtime | 22 |
| Ready-to-wear clothing | 22 |
| Like gross wages, e.g. | 22 |
| Before Uncle Sam's cut | 26 |
| Before one's return? | 24 |
| Before government cuts | 22 |
| Little Leaguer, typically | 25 |
| Middle school entrant, e.g. | 27 |
| Many a Nickelodeon watcher | 26 |
| Adjective for a 12-year-old | 27 |
| Years of innocence, perhaps | 27 |
| Years before adolescence | 24 |
| Prospective adolescents | 23 |
| Elementary school pupils | 24 |
| Role of son of James II | 23 |
| Illegal claimant to a throne | 28 |
| Aspirant, as to a throne | 24 |
| Sails under false colors | 24 |
| Engages in role-playing | 23 |
| So-called, in Provence | 22 |
| Claim or title to something | 27 |
| Before conflicts begin? | 23 |
| Surpassing: Comb. form | 22 |
| Diagnostic assessments | 22 |
| Checks before marketing | 23 |
| Stain looseners on washday | 26 |
| When depositions are taken | 26 |
| Like some legal motions | 23 |
| Conference before a hearing | 27 |
| Do some editing in advance | 26 |
| Just out of the salon, say | 26 |
| Candidate for male modeling | 27 |
| Baby Face Nelson contemporary | 29 |
| 1986 teen romance film | 22 |
| Molly Ringwald film: 1986 | 25 |
| 1986 Molly Ringwald movie | 25 |
| 1986 Molly Ringwald film | 24 |
| Not all that different | 22 |
| "Sleep, my ___" | 25 |
| Awkward situation, slangily | 27 |
| Parrot in a nursery rhyme | 25 |
| Attractively repulsive? | 23 |
| Oxymoron for a homely person | 28 |
| Vitamin C for colds, e.g. | 25 |
| Noted peripatetic conductor | 27 |
| Noted jazz pianist-conductor | 28 |
| Noted conductor-composer | 24 |
| Conductor knighted in 1996 | 26 |
| Casts an absentee ballot | 24 |
| Advance look, informally | 24 |
| Sneak peek, modern-style | 24 |
| Sneak peek, informally | 22 |
| Movie sneak peek (Var.) | 23 |
| Theatrical sneak peeks (Var.) | 29 |
| Emulating a movie critic | 24 |
| The Netherlands before 1939? | 28 |
| Heat in advance, as an oven | 27 |
| Effort before the effort | 24 |
| College head, for short | 23 |
| University heads, in slang | 26 |
| Fox in a henhouse e.g. | 23 |
| Hunts, catches, and eats | 24 |
| Journalistic highlights? | 24 |
| Preliminary vote: Abbr. | 23 |
| Longtime Mex. ruling party | 26 |
| Vincent and Baby Snooks | 23 |
| Form of economic regulation | 27 |
| Measure against inflation | 25 |
| Lure for bargain hunters | 24 |
| Precipitous drop in cost | 24 |
| Anti-inflationary move | 22 |
| Higher number on a tag | 22 |
| Economist's average | 23 |