| Rumsfeld's gp. | 18 |
| Robert Gates's gp. (still) | 30 |
| Pentagon's govt. division | 29 |
| Pentagon org. | 13 |
| Pentagon initials | 17 |
| Pentagon group: Abbr. | 21 |
| Org. in charge of the US Armed Forces | 37 |
| Mold for clay | 13 |
| It's a big customer of Lockheed Corp. | 41 |
| Donald Rumsfeld's bailiwick: Abbr. | 38 |
| Chuck Hagel's gp. | 21 |
| Cabinet inits. since 1947 | 25 |
| ABM supporter | 13 |
| Longtime Connecticut senator | 28 |
| U.S. publisher | 14 |
| Connecticut Senator Christopher | 31 |
| Connecticut Senator Chris | 25 |
| Connecticut Senator | 19 |
| Longtime Connecticut Senator Christopher | 40 |
| "Mark Trail" cartoonist Ed | 36 |
| Senator of 1967 censure | 23 |
| Senator from Conn. | 18 |
| Senator Christopher from Connecticut | 36 |
| Sen. Weicker's colleague from Conn. | 39 |
| Romance novelist Christina | 26 |
| Mead's publishing partner | 29 |
| Longtime publisher __, Mead and Company | 39 |
| Legendary Georgia Tech coach Bobby | 34 |
| Georgia Tech football coaching great Bobby | 42 |
| Founder of "The Bookman" | 34 |
| Ex-senator Christopher of Connecticut | 37 |
| Connecticut politico Chris | 26 |
| Conn. senator | 13 |
| ___-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 2010 | 62 |
| ___-Frank (2010 act, for short) | 31 |
| Unsteady, as from old age | 25 |
| Desk-calendar shapes | 20 |
| Evade | 5 |
| Artifice | 8 |
| Escape from | 11 |
| Get out of the way | 18 |
| Sneaky trick | 12 |
| Evasive tactic | 14 |
| Get out of the way of | 21 |
| City for Miss Kitty | 19 |
| Shifty trick | 12 |
| Ram maker | 9 |
| Legendary Western city | 22 |
| Jump out of the way | 19 |
| Durango maker | 13 |
| Deceitful trick | 15 |
| Caravan maker | 13 |
| Bob and weave | 13 |
| Artful move | 11 |
| "Hans Brinker" author | 31 |
| "Gunsmoke" setting | 28 |
| Wyatt Earp's ___ City | 25 |
| Viper producer | 14 |
| Viper maker | 11 |
| Side-step | 9 |
| Shadow producer | 15 |
| Ram's parent? | 17 |
| Ram truck maker | 15 |
| Place to get out of? | 20 |
| Matt Dillon's ___ City | 26 |
| Jump out of the way of | 22 |
| Intrepid builder | 16 |
| Grand Caravan maker | 19 |
| Evade artfully | 14 |
| Dart maker ... or dart | 22 |
| DaimlerChrysler make | 20 |
| Clever ploy | 11 |
| City to get out of? | 19 |
| Charger maker | 13 |
| Challenger, for one | 19 |
| Caravan, e.g. | 13 |
| Avoid, as the draft | 19 |
| Avoid slyly | 11 |
| Avoid responsibility for | 24 |
| Act of avoidance | 16 |
| "Gunsmoke" setting, informally | 40 |
| ___ City, on the Santa Fe Trail | 31 |
| ___ City, oater locale | 22 |
| Kids' game | 14 |
| Frequently ruthless school gym sport | 36 |
| General Lee, in "The Dukes of Hazzard" | 48 |
| "Dukes of Hazzard" auto | 33 |
| ''The Dukes of Hazzard'' car | 44 |
| Avoided | 7 |
| Got out of | 10 |
| Evaded | 6 |
| Hemmed and hawed | 16 |
| Eluded | 6 |
| Didn't exactly answer, as a question | 40 |
| Elusive one | 11 |
| Jackie Robinson was one | 23 |
| Brave opponent | 14 |
| L.A. player | 11 |
| Sandy Koufax, once | 18 |
| Los Angeles player | 18 |