| Letters on a tinkerer's kit | 31 |
| Kit letters | 11 |
| Inits. for Lowe's or Home Depot shoppers | 44 |
| Inits. for a handyman | 21 |
| Initials for punks as well as suburban dads | 43 |
| Initials for an amateur handyman | 32 |
| Initialism for a handyman | 25 |
| Homemade, casually | 18 |
| Home-projects cable channel | 27 |
| Home-project cable channel | 26 |
| Home improvement inits. | 23 |
| Handyman's inits. | 21 |
| Handyman's initials | 23 |
| Handyman's abbr. | 20 |
| Handy-andy's letters | 24 |
| Crafty initialism | 17 |
| Abbr. for a handyman | 20 |
| Abbr. for a handy-andy | 22 |
| "Sweat Equity" network | 32 |
| "House Crashers" home improvement TV network | 54 |
| "Home work" letters that appear at both ends of this puzzle's theme answers | 89 |
| One of the Deans | 16 |
| Jazzman Gillespie, to fans | 26 |
| Jazzman Gillespie, familiarly | 29 |
| Jazz trumpeter's nickname | 29 |
| Gillespie, to fans | 18 |
| Nickname in classic jazz | 24 |
| Jazzman Gillespie, to friends | 29 |
| Jazzman Gillespie, for short | 28 |
| Jazzman Gillespie or pitcher Dean, familiarly | 45 |
| Gillespie, to friends | 21 |
| Gillespie, for short | 20 |
| A famous Dean, for short | 24 |
| One of a pair of Deans | 22 |
| Like one trying to hit a piñata, often | 41 |
| Kind of blond, once | 19 |
| Jazzman Gillespie | 17 |
| Auditor: You look relaxed. How are you? Taxpayer: __ (Tommy Roe) | 64 |
| Spun | 4 |
| Spun wax | 8 |
| Worked a dance, for short | 25 |
| Played records at a party | 25 |
| Kept the dance floor busy, briefly | 34 |
| Worked the wedding reception | 28 |
| Worked at a wedding | 19 |
| Worked a wedding, perhaps | 25 |
| Spun some LPs | 13 |
| Spun records, as at a party | 27 |
| Spun records at a wedding | 25 |
| Spun records at a party, say | 28 |
| Spun records at a party | 23 |
| Spun records | 12 |
| Spun platters, for short | 24 |
| Spun CDs at a party | 19 |
| Spun 45s, say | 13 |
| Scratched, perhaps | 18 |
| Provided the music for a party, informally | 42 |
| Provided party music | 20 |
| Played records at a party, say | 30 |
| Played platters at a party | 26 |
| Played music at a party, say | 28 |
| Kept the party hopping, in a way | 32 |
| Handled the music at a rave | 27 |
| Entertained at a reception, maybe | 33 |
| Entertained at a party, in a way | 32 |
| Did some radio work | 19 |
| Horn of Africa country | 22 |
| Neighbor of Somalia | 19 |
| Neighbor of Eritrea | 19 |
| Spinning records | 16 |
| Spinning platters | 17 |
| Receiving rave reviews, maybe | 29 |
| Islamic spirit | 14 |
| Spirit of Islamic myth | 22 |
| Islamic folklore figure | 23 |
| Supernatural being, in Arab folklore | 36 |
| Mythical Islamic spirit (var.) | 30 |
| Mythical Islamic spirit | 23 |
| Mythical Islamic folklore figure | 32 |
| Muslim spirits (Var.) | 21 |
| Muslim spirit | 13 |
| Magic lamp figure | 17 |
| Invisible Islamic lamp spirit | 29 |
| Aladdin's servant: Var. | 27 |
| Islamic spirits | 15 |
| Islamic genies | 14 |
| Spinners | 8 |
| Party VIPs | 10 |
| Vinyl spinners | 14 |
| CD players | 10 |
| Some wedding music providers | 28 |
| Singles players | 15 |
| Dance club VIPs | 15 |
| Station workers | 15 |
| Radio VIPs | 10 |
| CD players? | 11 |
| 45 spinners | 11 |
| They drop the bass | 18 |
| Spinners' spinners | 22 |
| Spinmeisters? | 13 |