| Mann's "___ in Venice" | 36 |
| John Donne's "___ Be Not Proud" | 45 |
| Its stroke is "as a lover's pinch, which hurts, and is desired," per Cleopatra | 92 |
| It's as sure as taxes, so they say | 38 |
| It's as sure as taxes | 25 |
| Hated anagram? | 14 |
| Done to __: repeated too often | 30 |
| Card in the major arcana | 24 |
| Browne's "cure of all diseases" | 45 |
| "The king of terrors," per Job 18 | 43 |
| "Murder by __": Neil Simon comedy | 43 |
| "--- of a Salesman" | 29 |
| "--- in Venice" | 25 |
| "_____ in Venice" | 27 |
| "___ in the Afternoon": Hemingway | 43 |
| "___ Becomes Her" (Hawn/Streep comedy) | 48 |
| "___ Becomes Her" | 27 |
| "___ Be Not Proud" | 28 |
| ''___ of a Salesman'' | 37 |
| ''___ in Venice'' | 33 |
| ___ by chocolate (popular dessert) | 34 |
| ___ and taxes | 13 |
| Southwestern certainties? | 25 |
| Insurable events | 16 |
| "At ___ door" (gravely ill) | 37 |
| Video game losses | 17 |
| Sudden ___ (tie-breakers) | 25 |
| Sudden ___ (overtimes) | 22 |
| Final acts? | 11 |
| Fatalities | 10 |
| Common events in whodunits | 26 |
| At _____ door | 13 |
| At ___ door | 11 |
| Aesop Rock "1000 ___" | 31 |
| "Six Feet Under" events | 33 |
| "I beg ___ pardon now": R. Wilbur | 43 |
| Positively perilous place | 25 |
| Perilous place | 14 |
| Ira Levin play | 14 |
| Edgar-winning Ira Levin play | 28 |
| Car without brakes, say | 23 |
| 1978 Tony-nominated play | 24 |
| Unconscious urge to go to heaven? | 33 |
| Desire in the offing? | 21 |
| Bronson film with four sequels | 30 |
| Society newcomer | 16 |
| Society newbie | 14 |
| Society girl | 12 |
| Belle of the ball | 17 |
| Young socialite | 15 |
| Ball belle | 10 |
| "Coming out" miss, briefly | 36 |
| Society gal | 11 |
| Cotillion girl | 14 |
| Coming-out girl | 15 |
| New socialite, for short | 24 |
| Coming-out party? | 17 |
| Partygoer | 9 |
| Newcomer to society | 19 |
| Social newcomer | 15 |
| Party girl | 10 |
| Miss out? | 9 |
| Cotillion V.I.P. | 16 |
| Society rookie | 14 |
| Rookie socialite | 16 |
| One who's coming out | 24 |
| Girl having a ball? | 19 |
| Cotillion celeb | 15 |
| Coming-out party honoree | 24 |
| Coming-out honoree, for short | 29 |
| Budding socialite | 17 |
| Ball girl, briefly | 18 |
| Alexander who claimed he was "in charge" after Reagan was shot | 72 |
| Society newcomer, for short | 27 |
| Society newcomer, briefly | 25 |
| Society girl, for short | 23 |
| Society bud | 11 |
| Socially-emerging young woman | 29 |
| Socialite, for short | 20 |
| One coming out | 14 |
| Girl in a gown | 14 |
| Cotillion attendee | 18 |
| Coming-out-party honoree | 24 |
| Coming-out party | 16 |
| Beneficiary of a thrown ball | 28 |
| Belle of a ball | 15 |
| Ballroom presentee | 18 |
| Young socialite, for short | 26 |
| Young socialite, briefly | 24 |
| Young fem. socialite | 20 |
| Society princess | 16 |
| Society inductee | 16 |
| Society girl, briefly | 21 |
| Socialite | 9 |
| She's coming out | 20 |
| She'll come out when the time is right | 42 |
| She has a ball, informally | 26 |
| She has a ball | 14 |
| Party girl? | 11 |
| Newcomer to society (Abbr.) | 27 |