| Important concern of a firm | 27 |
| Advertising's cousin | 24 |
| Mandate for US Congress | 23 |
| Disappearing convenience | 24 |
| Professor's choice | 22 |
| Issue for Dad the professor? | 28 |
| Admonition to a professor | 25 |
| Academic survival phrase | 24 |
| Trivial event at the bar? | 25 |
| Competition for crawlers? | 25 |
| Famed fashion designer | 22 |
| A growler for Giacomo? | 22 |
| Awaited a kiss, in a way | 24 |
| Preparing for a kiss, say | 25 |
| Hierarchy, Bard-style? | 22 |
| British dessert, for short | 26 |
| -- jumper (light plane) | 23 |
| Local connection vehicle | 24 |
| "Wet" light plane | 27 |
| Forming into small pools | 24 |
| Sand painting creators | 22 |
| Historic multistory dwellings | 29 |
| SAN JUAN IS ITS CAPITAL | 23 |
| Landfall for Ponce de León | 29 |
| Island near Hispaniola | 22 |
| Inflatable ocean denizen | 24 |
| Singer Al after a jog? | 22 |
| Illusionist's effect | 24 |
| Pepperidge Farm offering | 24 |
| Beef Wellington wrapper | 23 |
| Smoke a funny cigarette? | 24 |
| Inflate, like one's chest | 29 |
| Girl pursued by Agent 00-420? | 29 |
| Golden Gloves contender | 23 |
| Doglike facial feature | 22 |
| Like some dogs or eels | 22 |
| Having a turned-up snoot | 24 |
| "Oh, gawd ..." | 24 |
| Using a certain abrasive on | 27 |
| First-rate, to Kipling | 22 |
| Pouring out the whines | 22 |
| Woolly-coated sheepdogs | 23 |
| How to handle Nolan Ryan? | 25 |
| Find a sudden solution | 22 |
| Tug on, like heartstrings | 25 |
| Take a commanding lead | 22 |
| Barbeque sandwich option | 24 |
| Tug-of-war participant | 22 |
| One of the simple machines | 26 |
| Kind of simple machine | 22 |
| Giving in to the sirens? | 24 |
| Withdrawing one's support | 29 |
| Luxurious passenger cars | 24 |
| His sleepers are vanishing | 26 |
| ___ punches (be blunt) | 22 |
| Achieve against expectations | 28 |
| Deliberately soften criticism | 29 |
| Exert one's superiority | 27 |
| Fills in for an actor? | 22 |
| Gets noticed, as an acrobat? | 28 |
| Use one's influence | 23 |
| Wield one's influence | 25 |
| Cancels without warning | 23 |
| Exert one's influence | 25 |
| One way to turn off an alarm | 28 |
| One way to kill an alarm | 24 |
| Start making an effort | 22 |
| Knuckle down to a task | 22 |
| Park your car, perhaps | 22 |
| 1994 John Travolta film | 23 |
| Platform that faces the pews | 28 |
| Minister's platform | 23 |
| Sermons originate from them | 27 |
| Preacher's platform | 23 |
| Place for a certain Jack | 24 |
| Novel set in a church? | 22 |
| Falsehoods from the preacher? | 29 |
| Preachers' perches | 22 |
| Number often taken by a nurse | 29 |
| Used a polishing material | 25 |
| Beats with one's fists | 26 |
| Infused with enthusiasm | 23 |
| Did some heavy lifting? | 23 |
| Built oneself up, in a way | 26 |
| They're squeezed for fuel | 29 |
| Question cads in their cups? | 28 |
| Body-builder's routine | 26 |
| Gym trainer's catchphrase | 29 |
| Jack-o'-lantern base | 24 |
| Peter, Peter's diet | 23 |
| Jack-o'-lantern makings | 27 |
| It's carved in October | 26 |
| Site of Halloween justice? | 26 |
| Traditional Thanksgiving dish | 29 |
| Traditional fall dessert | 24 |
| Some Thanksgiving fare | 22 |
| Traditional Thanksgiving fare | 29 |
| Bellows-powered parlor player | 29 |
| Fills up the tank, maybe | 24 |
| Works out with weights | 22 |