| New Journalism practitioner | 27 |
| Gay in the world of letters | 27 |
| Opera premiere: Paris, 1881 | 27 |
| Offenbach's masterpiece | 27 |
| Ruling force in Afghanistan | 27 |
| It's cheap, so they say | 27 |
| Communicated with, in a way | 27 |
| Say something, in the Bible | 27 |
| Guidelines for a politician | 27 |
| Getting down to brass tacks | 27 |
| Like some pretentious films | 27 |
| Dark and handsome companion | 27 |
| Good thing to be in the NBA | 27 |
| Ready to be mowed, as grass | 27 |
| The ____ Men : Gable film | 27 |
| Six-foot-eight, for example | 27 |
| Like most pro basketballers | 27 |
| Hard to believe, as a story | 27 |
| Adjective for Robert Parish | 27 |
| Adjective for Ralph Sampson | 27 |
| Most exaggerated, as a tale | 27 |
| Closest to heaven, in a way | 27 |
| One way to sit on the range | 27 |
| They're hard to believe | 27 |
| "Yoicks" relative | 27 |
| Undealt portion of the deck | 27 |
| Leftover cards after a deal | 27 |
| Cards left over from a deal | 27 |
| Ex-chess champ records fibs | 27 |
| Slope formed by rock debris | 27 |
| Tim ___ (1958 Derby winner) | 27 |
| One may be worn with a kilt | 27 |
| Food wrapped in a corn husk | 27 |
| Treats wrapped in cornhusks | 27 |
| Lutelike instrument of Asia | 27 |
| Having fewer bright moments | 27 |
| Circus employee with a whip | 27 |
| They crack the whip at work | 27 |
| Tony-winning actress Grimes | 27 |
| Press down, as pipe tobacco | 27 |
| Drive down with light blows | 27 |
| Cigar-making center in Fla. | 27 |
| Home city of the Buccaneers | 27 |
| City known as the Big Guava | 27 |
| Chicken tick or a Floridian | 27 |
| Asian percussion instrument | 27 |
| It may be obtained in a bed | 27 |
| Basking on the beach result | 27 |
| Vacation acquisition, maybe | 27 |
| The Joy Luck Club author | 27 |
| Sunbather's acquisition | 27 |
| Salongoer's goal, maybe | 27 |
| Many a sunbather's goal | 27 |
| Many a beachgoer's hope | 27 |
| Grabbed post-tour, on beach | 27 |
| George Hamilton acquisition | 27 |
| George Hamilton acquirement | 27 |
| Erstwhile M&M's hue | 27 |
| Convert to leather, as hide | 27 |
| Chinese Olympic diver: 1984 | 27 |
| Lake ___ (Blue Nile source) | 27 |
| Ethiopia's largest lake | 27 |
| Honeycreeper's relative | 27 |
| Oxen may pull plows in this | 27 |
| U.S. Chief Justice, 1936-65 | 27 |
| U.S. chief justice 1836-64 | 27 |
| Dred Scott decision Justice | 27 |
| Surprise for the taste buds | 27 |
| File's projecting point | 27 |
| Mandarin orange derivatives | 27 |
| Orange-colored citrus fruit | 27 |
| Ad copy for a citrus drink? | 27 |
| Brando's Parisian dance | 27 |
| Long line of Latin dancers? | 27 |
| Does a Latin-American dance | 27 |
| Den centerpiece, to a pilot | 27 |
| Vehicle with a rotating top | 27 |
| What terrible album will do | 27 |
| Vehicle with a hatch on top | 27 |
| Rommel's deadly vehicle | 27 |
| "Patton" vehicles | 27 |
| Get ready for the long haul | 27 |
| Separator of light and dark | 27 |
| Surname of ALF's family | 27 |
| It gives red wine its color | 27 |
| Having some color, in a way | 27 |
| Anne Douglas Sedgwick novel | 27 |
| One of a Hindu weaver class | 27 |
| They're thrown in anger | 27 |
| "The ___ of Pooh" | 27 |
| Central religious principle | 27 |
| Philosopher's universal | 27 |
| Jade Emperor's doctrine | 27 |
| Cosmic reason, to Confucius | 27 |
| Chinese philosophical ideal | 27 |
| China's "way" | 27 |
| 1985 Rick Springfield album | 27 |
| "The --- of Pooh" | 27 |
| One who believes in the Way | 27 |
| "I Ching" readers | 27 |