| Ontario's ___ Locks | 23 |
| Welland's counterpart | 25 |
| Upper Midwest's -- Canals | 29 |
| U.S.–Ont. canals | 23 |
| U.S. railroad, for short | 24 |
| Superior–Huron canals | 28 |
| Sault, to a Michigander | 23 |
| Ontario's ____ locks | 24 |
| Michigan's --- Canals | 25 |
| Michigan's ____ Locks | 25 |
| Michigan's __ Canals | 24 |
| Mich. locks, for short | 22 |
| Great Lakes' -- Locks | 25 |
| Great Lakes' -- Canals | 26 |
| Canals in U.S. and Canada | 25 |
| Barney Miller regular | 24 |
| "Wellll...?" | 22 |
| "Annnnnnyway ..." | 27 |
| "An-n-n-n-n-nd?" | 26 |
| ___ Canals, St. Marys River | 27 |
| ___ Canals (Great Lakes) | 24 |
| Great Lakes passageways | 23 |
| "Here, piggies!" | 26 |
| Message for a pen pal? | 22 |
| Cry at the county fair | 22 |
| In the next couple minutes | 26 |
| In the next few minutes | 23 |
| "Not much longer" | 27 |
| "Any day now ..." | 27 |
| "Any day now . . ." | 29 |
| "Almost finished" | 27 |
| It's better than later | 26 |
| Cornhusker's rival | 22 |
| Person from Ponca City | 22 |
| Later's alternative | 23 |
| Jayhawker's neighbor | 24 |
| It's better, in a phrase | 28 |
| Certain Big 12 athlete | 22 |
| Better, to an impatient boss | 28 |
| Some students in Oklahoma | 25 |
| University of Oklahoma team | 27 |
| Citizens of Pauls Valley | 24 |
| Children of Norman and Enid | 27 |
| 11-time Orange Bowl champs | 26 |
| At the earliest opportunity | 27 |
| At the first opportunity | 24 |
| As quickly as possible | 22 |
| Mme. Chiang's maiden name | 29 |
| Famous Chinese sisters | 22 |
| Distinguished Chinese family | 28 |
| She gives Woody a woody | 23 |
| One of Mia's daughters | 26 |
| André and Mia adopted her | 28 |
| Chimney sweep's target | 26 |
| Chimney sweep's grime | 25 |
| Santa's laundry problem | 27 |
| Chimney sweep's concern | 27 |
| Sweep's collection | 22 |
| Something sweeps sweep | 22 |
| It's found in stacks | 24 |
| Blackener of Santa's suit | 29 |
| What chimney sweeps sweep | 25 |
| What a chimneysweep sweeps | 26 |
| Sweep's target, perhaps | 27 |
| Sweep ... coal ... Santa | 24 |
| Stain on Santa's suit | 25 |
| Schmutz on Santa's coat | 27 |
| Sartorial concern for Santa | 27 |
| Santa's washday problem | 27 |
| Santa's suit stainer | 24 |
| Santa's laundry woe | 23 |
| Santa's bootblack? | 22 |
| Pollution on some bricks | 24 |
| North Pole laundry problem | 26 |
| Lampblack, essentially | 22 |
| Kringle's anathema | 22 |
| It's found in a stack | 25 |
| It's black in a stack | 25 |
| Dirt on Santa's suit | 24 |
| Coat on Santa's coat | 24 |
| Chimney-sweep's target | 26 |
| Chimney sweep's sweepings | 29 |
| Chimney sweep's removal | 27 |
| Chimney sweep's coating | 27 |
| Chimney sweep's coat? | 25 |
| Chimney sweep's bane | 24 |
| Carbonaceous substance | 22 |
| Coated with black, maybe | 24 |
| Like an active chimney sweep | 28 |
| Word with "sayer" | 27 |
| Starter for fast or sayer | 25 |
| Start for "sayer" | 27 |
| Word before "sayer" | 29 |
| True words, in days gone by | 27 |
| Starter for "sayer" | 29 |
| Most like a chimney sweep | 25 |
| Most like a chimney flue | 24 |
| Covers with black grime | 23 |
| Soils with chimney grime | 24 |
| Covers with coal dust, e.g. | 27 |