| Washington-area airport | 23 |
| Big airport | 11 |
| Time's 1954 Man of the Year | 31 |
| Terminal in Virginia | 20 |
| Site of some Washington touchdowns | 34 |
| Reagan alternative | 18 |
| One way to get to Washington | 28 |
| He advocated "brinkmanship" | 37 |
| Eisenhower cabinet member | 25 |
| Eastern airport | 15 |
| DC hub | 6 |
| D.C. airport | 12 |
| Airport whose symbol is IAD | 27 |
| Airport near Washington, D.C. | 29 |
| Airport named for a statesman | 29 |
| Tedious ending? | 15 |
| Matte, e.g. | 11 |
| Utensil needing sharpening | 26 |
| A Cheyenne chief | 16 |
| Numbs | 5 |
| Takes the edge off | 18 |
| Washes out | 10 |
| Makes less sharp, as a blade | 28 |
| Blunts | 6 |
| With ville, a complete bore | 27 |
| Without enthusiasm | 18 |
| In a boring manner | 18 |
| In a listless way | 17 |
| In a boring way | 15 |
| Without verve | 13 |
| Without sparkle | 15 |
| Without much intelligence | 25 |
| Sans spirit | 11 |
| In a listless manner | 20 |
| In a blah manner | 16 |
| Russian parliament | 18 |
| Russian legislature | 19 |
| Russian assembly | 16 |
| Defunct Russian parliament | 26 |
| Russian council | 15 |
| Russian legislative assembly | 28 |
| Russian governing house | 23 |
| Old Russian assembly | 20 |
| Lower house of Russia's legislature | 39 |
| Former Russian parliament | 25 |
| Defunct Russian assembly | 24 |
| Russian parliamentary body | 26 |
| Russian parliament before 1917 | 30 |
| Russian diet? | 13 |
| Russian diet | 12 |
| One-time Russian council | 24 |
| Lower house of the Russian parliament | 37 |
| Lower chamber of Russia's parliament | 40 |
| Doomed Russian council | 22 |
| Czarist state council | 21 |
| Czarist parliament: 1905–17 | 34 |
| Czarist parliament | 18 |
| Czar's parliament | 21 |
| "___ Key" (King novel) | 32 |
| Creator of "The Count of Monte Cristo" | 48 |
| Creator of d'Artagnan | 25 |
| "The Count of Monte Cristo" author | 44 |
| D'Artagnan's creator | 28 |
| Novelist Alexandre | 18 |
| Aramis' creator | 19 |
| Three Musketeers creator | 24 |
| Edmond Dantès's creator | 30 |
| D'Artagnan's chronicler | 31 |
| Creator of the count of Monte Cristo | 36 |
| Creator of Edmond Dantès | 27 |
| Creator of a count | 18 |
| "The Three Musketeers" author | 39 |
| Le Demi-Monde byline | 23 |
| Hugo contemporary | 17 |
| His last novel was published in 2005 | 36 |
| He wrote "The Black Tulip" | 36 |
| French writer, Alexander | 26 |
| Dantès's creator | 23 |
| Creator of the Three Musketeers | 31 |
| Creator of Porthos | 18 |
| Creator of Athos, Porthos, and Aramis | 37 |
| Creator of Aramis | 17 |
| Author exhumed and reburied in the Panthéon of Paris for his 2002 bicentennial | 81 |
| Aramis creator | 14 |
| Alexandre, père ou fils | 26 |
| Alexandre, père or fils | 26 |
| "Twenty Years After" author | 37 |
| "La Reine Margot" novelist | 36 |
| "La Reine Margot" author | 34 |
| "La Dame aux camélias" playwright | 46 |
| "D'Artagnan Romances" author | 42 |
| ''The Count of Monte Cristo'' author | 52 |
| ___ père ou fils | 19 |
| Silent | 6 |
| Asinine | 7 |
| Unthinking | 10 |
| Kind of luck | 12 |
| Boneheaded | 10 |
| Like some errors | 16 |
| Type of waiter or bell | 22 |