| Business inheritor, perhaps | 27 |
| Ampersand follower, perhaps | 27 |
| "Sanford and ___" | 27 |
| "Favorite" person | 27 |
| Aid in finding sunken ships | 27 |
| Underwater detection device | 27 |
| Underwater detection system | 27 |
| The British call this asdic | 27 |
| Submarine detection systems | 27 |
| Classical music composition | 27 |
| "Moonlight," e.g. | 27 |
| Some classical compositions | 27 |
| "Moonlight," etc. | 27 |
| Short, light piece of music | 27 |
| Cliff Huxtable's oldest | 27 |
| Cliff Huxtable's eldest | 27 |
| Actress in a dressing room? | 27 |
| Psychoacoustics measurement | 27 |
| A 14-line poem, in Pamplona | 27 |
| Broadway "couple" | 27 |
| Troubadour's repertoire | 27 |
| Courtmate of Elena and Ruth | 27 |
| Drive-in chain with carhops | 27 |
| Western hoopster, for short | 27 |
| Seattle hoopster, for short | 27 |
| Washington team, informally | 27 |
| NBA's Thunder, formerly | 27 |
| "Kool Thing" band | 27 |
| Jason Bateman, to Paul Anka | 27 |
| It concludes with a couplet | 27 |
| One-round loser to Muhammad | 27 |
| Cher's longtime partner | 27 |
| Start of many sequel titles | 27 |
| Seventh ___ a seventh . . . | 27 |
| "Bob, ___ Battle" | 27 |
| First baby picture, perhaps | 27 |
| Desert bordering the Mojave | 27 |
| Producing a deep rich sound | 27 |
| Princes, but not princesses | 27 |
| Daughters' counterparts | 27 |
| Primogeniture beneficiaries | 27 |
| Word in some business names | 27 |
| Three on TV: 1960–72 | 27 |
| Mike Brady's kids, e.g. | 27 |
| Hoss, Adam, and Joe, to Ben | 27 |
| Business partners, at times | 27 |
| Branches on the family tree | 27 |
| "Jeopardy!" owner | 27 |
| U.S./Canada's __ Canals | 27 |
| "Annnnnnyway ..." | 27 |
| ___ Canals, St. Marys River | 27 |
| "Not much longer" | 27 |
| "Any day now ..." | 27 |
| "Almost finished" | 27 |
| University of Oklahoma team | 27 |
| Children of Norman and Enid | 27 |
| At the earliest opportunity | 27 |
| Santa's laundry problem | 27 |
| Chimney sweep's concern | 27 |
| Sweep's target, perhaps | 27 |
| Schmutz on Santa's coat | 27 |
| Sartorial concern for Santa | 27 |
| Santa's washday problem | 27 |
| Chimney sweep's removal | 27 |
| Chimney sweep's coating | 27 |
| Word with "sayer" | 27 |
| Start for "sayer" | 27 |
| True words, in days gone by | 27 |
| Covers with coal dust, e.g. | 27 |
| Blackens with chimney grime | 27 |
| Like Santa after a delivery | 27 |
| Absorb, with "up" | 27 |
| What a frosh studies to be? | 27 |
| One who attends school hops | 27 |
| Loren of "Lady L" | 27 |
| They're no longer frosh | 27 |
| ___ up (absorbed, as gravy) | 27 |
| Member of a 2000s TV family | 27 |
| Noted aircraft manufacturer | 27 |
| Acid used as a preservative | 27 |
| Noted site of foreign study | 27 |
| University of Paris edifice | 27 |
| Merlin's stock-in-trade | 27 |
| Word following cold or open | 27 |
| Ready for a hot bath, maybe | 27 |
| Not taking a loss well, say | 27 |
| Marathoner's woe, maybe | 27 |
| French historian: 1842-1906 | 27 |
| Kierkegaard the philosopher | 27 |
| Pain after initial exercise | 27 |
| More sensitive to the touch | 27 |
| Having more aches and pains | 27 |
| A source of sugar and syrup | 27 |
| Open Society founder George | 27 |
| "Not my problem!" | 27 |
| "Beg your pardon" | 27 |
| Put into pigeonholes, maybe | 27 |
| Common computer instruction | 27 |
| After a fashion, informally | 27 |
| Fighter pilot's mission | 27 |