| Ones trying to get picked up | 28 |
| ``The ___ Report'' | 28 |
| Seemed particularly relevant | 28 |
| "Start the music!" | 28 |
| One paid to take people out? | 28 |
| Field with frequent firings? | 28 |
| Blackjack player's words | 28 |
| "One more, please" | 28 |
| Attempt to score with, maybe | 28 |
| Singles or doubles at Fenway | 28 |
| Enjoying an outing, of sorts | 28 |
| One place to find your honey | 28 |
| It's abuzz with activity | 28 |
| Residence for a little queen | 28 |
| "__ Silver, away!" | 28 |
| "Let me think ..." | 28 |
| "I'm not sure" | 28 |
| "Let me see . . ." | 28 |
| 'Let me think, ....' | 28 |
| Coverage provider, for short | 28 |
| Plan for patients, for short | 28 |
| Medical care setup, in brief | 28 |
| Managed care plan, for short | 28 |
| Blue Cross offering, briefly | 28 |
| Humana and others, for short | 28 |
| Certain medical plans: Abbr. | 28 |
| Lord Nelson's __ Victory | 28 |
| Abbr. in a G. & S. title | 28 |
| "Pinafore" letters | 28 |
| Fireplace food-warming shelf | 28 |
| Schmooze, as with the A-list | 28 |
| Freddie the Freeloader, e.g. | 28 |
| Boxcar Willie dressed as one | 28 |
| "King of the road" | 28 |
| Vietnam War-era supply route | 28 |
| "Podge" attachment | 28 |
| Tool that helps break ground | 28 |
| Work in the community garden | 28 |
| "Green Acres" prop | 28 |
| Southern cornmeal concoction | 28 |
| Prepared ground for planting | 28 |
| Hannah Van Buren, née ___ | 28 |
| Ground-breaking garden tools | 28 |
| Makes a row in a garden, say | 28 |
| Memorable labor leader Jimmy | 28 |
| Take the lion's share of | 28 |
| Take more than your share of | 28 |
| Traditional Navajo dwellings | 28 |
| "___ Heroes" on TV | 28 |
| They think they own the road | 28 |
| Keeps more than a fair share | 28 |
| Render immobile, rodeo-style | 28 |
| ''Baloney!'' | 28 |
| A couple of words from Santa | 28 |
| Exclamation from Santa Claus | 28 |
| Santa's seasonal refrain | 28 |
| Exclamation denoting boredom | 28 |
| Use a block and tackle, e.g. | 28 |
| ___ Hamoed (Passover period) | 28 |
| South-of-the-border greeting | 28 |
| Obama's attorney general | 28 |
| Does another odd farm chore? | 28 |
| Order to a cue card handler? | 28 |
| ''Cool it!'' | 28 |
| Problem in the defense lines | 28 |
| Hid out, with "up" | 28 |
| There are 18 at Pebble Beach | 28 |
| Plant with poisonous berries | 28 |
| "Peggy Sue" singer | 28 |
| "The Hobbit" actor | 28 |
| A Study in Scarlet sleuth | 28 |
| Where some people pack heat? | 28 |
| Like the Bible and the Koran | 28 |
| Like some cats and mackerel? | 28 |
| There's no place like it | 28 |
| Where the heart is, they say | 28 |
| Motley Crue had a sweet one? | 28 |
| Baserunner's destination | 28 |
| "___ on the Range" | 28 |
| "___ of the brave" | 28 |
| Short course-creation course | 28 |
| Course with novice budgeters | 28 |
| Class after phys ed, perhaps | 28 |
| "The Simpsons" dad | 28 |
| These get the biggest cheers | 28 |
| Word with sapiens or erectus | 28 |
| Word with erectus or sapiens | 28 |
| Pilate's "man" | 28 |
| "___ sum": Terence | 28 |
| Shortened term of endearment | 28 |
| Neighbor of Guatemala: Abbr. | 28 |
| 1953 Louis L'Amour novel | 28 |
| Sharpen, as one's skills | 28 |
| Improve, as one's skills | 28 |
| Perfect, as one's skills | 28 |
| Work on, as one's skills | 28 |
| Sharpened, a la Sweeney Todd | 28 |
| Outer covering for some nuts | 28 |
| "Really and truly" | 28 |
| A predecessor of Tricky Dick | 28 |