| You cross it often | 18 |
| Where a bell ringer may stand | 29 |
| Welcome mat spot (our puzzle title hints at the theme revealed by the pattern of circled squares) | 97 |
| Spot for a welcome mat | 22 |
| Archetypal abandonment site | 27 |
| Wall protector | 14 |
| Slam preventer | 14 |
| It'll prevent a closing | 27 |
| It prevents slamming | 20 |
| Wedge for an entrance | 21 |
| It prevents closings | 20 |
| It can make something ajar? | 27 |
| Enormous book, so to speak | 26 |
| One way to sell | 15 |
| Tough way to sell | 17 |
| Like some canvassing | 20 |
| Kind of salesman | 16 |
| Type of salesman | 16 |
| How some selling is done | 24 |
| Salesman's route | 20 |
| Salesman's beat | 19 |
| Pitching technique? | 19 |
| Hyperlocal way to campaign | 26 |
| Avon Lady's way of selling, once | 36 |
| A way to sell | 13 |
| Take from | 9 |
| 1950s singing style | 19 |
| Singing genre of the '50s | 29 |
| The Platters' platters, stylistically | 41 |
| The Drifters' musical style | 31 |
| Style of Randy and the Rainbows | 31 |
| Style of group singing | 22 |
| Style of Billy Joel's "The Longest Time" | 54 |
| Street-singing genre | 20 |
| Street corner genre | 19 |
| Singing style popular in the 1950s | 34 |
| Singing style of the 1950s | 26 |
| Singing style of the '50s | 29 |
| Pop music style | 15 |
| It was sung in Rocky Balboa's neighborhood | 46 |
| It used to be sung on street corners | 36 |
| Harmonic singing style | 22 |
| Genre of "Under the Boardwalk" | 40 |
| Genre of "Only You" | 29 |
| Genre characterized by nonsense syllables | 41 |
| 1950s music style | 17 |
| 1950's music style | 22 |
| "Grease" music genre | 30 |
| "Duke of Earl" or "Get a Job," stylistically | 64 |
| '50s singing style | 22 |
| ''Duke of Earl,'' stylistically | 47 |
| Special somethings | 18 |
| Narcotic | 8 |
| Inside info | 11 |
| Figure (out) | 12 |
| No-brainer? | 11 |
| Marijuana | 9 |
| Kind of sheet | 13 |
| Inside stuff | 12 |
| Grass | 5 |
| Latest news | 11 |
| Inside information | 18 |
| Narc's seizure | 18 |
| Damfool | 7 |
| ___ sheet | 9 |
| Slip a Mickey | 13 |
| Schnook | 7 |
| Opiate | 6 |
| Know-nothing | 12 |
| Information, informally | 23 |
| Hardly a Mensa candidate | 24 |
| Do a Tour de France no-no | 25 |
| Solve, with "out" | 27 |
| Joint stock? | 12 |
| Inside information, in slang | 28 |
| Information, slangily | 21 |
| Informal information | 20 |
| Do an athletic taboo | 20 |
| "The Gentleman Is a ___," 1947 song | 45 |
| Word in Cecil Adams's column | 32 |
| White house occupant? | 21 |
| Weezer: "___ Nose" | 28 |
| Unlikely quiz bowl winner | 25 |
| They're high-minded | 23 |
| Take steroids, say | 18 |
| Slangy drugs | 12 |
| Poop or scoop | 13 |
| Not the brightest bulb in the lamp | 34 |
| No genius he | 12 |
| No brainiac | 11 |
| Narc's quest | 16 |
| Latest news, slangily | 21 |
| Ignorant or foolish person, in slang | 36 |
| Feedbox info | 12 |
| Extraordinary, in slang | 23 |
| Drugs, generally | 16 |
| Buddha, e.g. | 12 |
| Awesome, in '80s slang | 26 |
| Advance info | 12 |
| "Why do you think they call it ___?" | 46 |