| Politician Paul and others | 26 |
| Novelist Ayn and others | 23 |
| Leather strips, in shoemaking | 29 |
| Cobblers' leather strips | 28 |
| Change in South Africa | 22 |
| Took off at full speed | 22 |
| Roamed without restriction | 26 |
| Roamed without restraint | 24 |
| ___ bell (was familiar) | 23 |
| ___ bell (sounded familiar) | 27 |
| ___ bell (seemed familiar) | 26 |
| Called up an antibody maker? | 28 |
| Start of a cowboy romance? | 26 |
| New York congressman Charles | 28 |
| Grazing land supervision? | 25 |
| Pride of Kilgore, Tex. | 22 |
| Big name in luxury SUVs | 23 |
| Welcomed, as the New Year | 25 |
| Hung up the receiver: Brit. | 27 |
| Ended a call in London | 22 |
| Site of the Shwe Dagon Pagoda | 29 |
| Burma's capital, then | 25 |
| Burma's capital, once | 25 |
| Mounted a fierce campaign | 25 |
| Gaucho's workplace | 22 |
| Was a family characteristic | 27 |
| Faced overwhelming opposition | 29 |
| Job for a statistician? | 23 |
| Zookeeper's hierarchy? | 26 |
| Seeded players' concerns | 28 |
| Worked out at the track | 23 |
| Didn't outrace anyone | 25 |
| Was almost out of stock | 23 |
| Was nearly out of stock | 23 |
| Was almost out of inventory | 27 |
| Used most of the supply | 23 |
| Needed to reorder, maybe | 24 |
| Almost had no stock left | 24 |
| Back at work Mr. Ridder _____ | 29 |
| ___ on (talked endlessly) | 25 |
| Went long, as a meeting | 23 |
| Hurried next door, e.g. | 23 |
| Exceeded, as a time limit | 25 |
| Broke up late, as a meeting | 27 |
| Went over the time limit | 24 |
| Try to clean out the house? | 27 |
| Had some inventory problems | 27 |
| One kidnapping negotiator | 25 |
| Charles Lindbergh, once | 23 |
| Kidnapper's missive | 23 |
| A kidnapper may write it | 24 |
| Kidnappers' mailings | 24 |
| Highly opinionated sorts | 24 |
| Vents frustration toward | 24 |
| Approached surreptitiously | 26 |
| Went off the leash, say | 23 |
| Went for on a gut feeling | 25 |
| Implemented, as an idea | 23 |
| Accompanied on a ticket | 23 |
| Odd Future release, e.g. | 24 |
| CD from Eminem or Jay-Z, say | 28 |
| Easter Island, to natives | 25 |
| Native name of Easter Island | 28 |
| Megaliths site in the Pacific | 29 |
| Home of the Moai statues | 24 |
| Criticize creative types? | 25 |
| Freestyle competitions | 22 |
| "___ of the Lock" | 27 |
| World bridge champion George | 28 |
| Black Eyed Peas, for one | 24 |
| Public Enemy and others | 23 |
| Closet accessories for Jay-Z? | 29 |
| Seamlike joining, in anatomy | 28 |
| Done in quick succession | 24 |
| Italian river of 1944 strife | 28 |
| Urgent questions come in this | 29 |
| Dubious diet ad promise | 23 |
| Weapons decorated to the hilt | 29 |
| Broccoli-like vegetable | 23 |
| Focus of The Source magazine | 28 |
| ____ the knuckles: reprimand | 28 |
| "Rent" star Anthony | 29 |
| Famed Napoleonic general | 24 |
| Talked volubly, in the 60s | 26 |
| Went down quickly, in a way | 27 |
| Rope-aided cliff descents | 25 |
| Descends using a double rope | 28 |
| Climber's descents | 22 |
| Quality of Yeezy's voice? | 29 |
| Account-making official | 23 |
| Answer from LL Cool J? | 22 |
| Offspring of hip-hop stars? | 27 |
| Lists of cons' jobs | 23 |
| Certain Grammy nominee | 22 |
| Eminem and Dr. Dre, for two | 27 |
| Emulate Ice-T or Jay-Z | 22 |
| ___ thought (engrossed) | 23 |
| With riveted attention | 22 |
| In a wholly absorbed way | 24 |
| Attentive way to listen | 23 |