| Castle's defensive wall | 27 |
| Beetle in comic strips | 22 |
| Beetle ____ (comics private) | 28 |
| Barnum's circus partner | 27 |
| Help for a troubled S.&L. | 29 |
| Large-scale financial rescues | 29 |
| Cowardly flees the scene | 24 |
| Fights to save a sinking boat | 29 |
| Leaves the groom at the altar | 29 |
| Tries to keep the boat afloat | 29 |
| Scoops up water in a boat | 25 |
| Rescues, with "out" | 29 |
| Leaves in a hurry, slangily | 27 |
| Gets water out of the boat | 26 |
| Dips water from a boat | 22 |
| Deals with a leak, maybe | 24 |
| Buccaneers' buckets | 23 |
| Abruptly calls off plans, say | 29 |
| Scott who plays Bob Loblaw | 26 |
| "Soap" actor Jimmy | 28 |
| Scott who played Chachi | 23 |
| Chris of Vampire Weekend | 24 |
| Children, in English dialect | 28 |
| Fisherman's bucketful | 25 |
| Fisherman's supply | 22 |
| Cheese in a mousetrap, e.g. | 27 |
| Angler's attachment | 23 |
| Worms, for a fisherman | 22 |
| Try to get a rise out of | 24 |
| Trout's temptation | 22 |
| Chum, on a fishing trip | 23 |
| Angler's bucketful | 22 |
| Wrigglers, to a fisherman | 25 |
| What a shark might take | 23 |
| Torment with nasty remarks | 26 |
| Sushi, to a outdoorsman? | 24 |
| It's stuck on a hook | 24 |
| Hooked night crawlers, e.g. | 27 |
| Fisherman's enticement | 26 |
| Can of worms, at times | 22 |
| "Fish or cut ___" | 27 |
| "Fish or cut ___!" | 28 |
| Underhanded commercial ploy | 27 |
| Tries to get a rise out of | 26 |
| Puts cheese in the mousetrap | 28 |
| Puts a worm on, as a fishhook | 29 |
| Prepares, as a fishhook | 23 |
| Prepares a fishing line | 23 |
| Fishermen's pailfuls | 24 |
| Entices using trickery | 22 |
| Feltlike game table fabric | 26 |
| Snooker table covering | 22 |
| It may seem to be felt | 22 |
| Cloth on certain tables | 23 |
| Billiard-ball's footing | 27 |
| Billiard table surface | 22 |
| Region south of San Diego | 25 |
| Mexicali's peninsula | 24 |
| Lower California, familiarly | 28 |
| Gulf of California peninsula | 28 |
| Tijuana's peninsula | 23 |
| Mexican peninsula, familiarly | 29 |
| Mexicali locale, for short | 26 |
| Cabo San Lucas' peninsula | 29 |
| Tijuana locale, familiarly | 26 |
| Tecate's peninsula | 22 |
| State along the Sea of Cortez | 29 |
| South of the border peninsula | 29 |
| Peninsula south of the border | 29 |
| Peninsula south of California | 29 |
| North American peninsula | 24 |
| Mexico's ___ California | 27 |
| Mexicali milieu, familiarly | 27 |
| Lower, south of the border | 26 |
| Lower California, informally | 28 |
| Lower California, for short | 27 |
| Lower California for short | 27 |
| It's south of San Diego | 27 |
| Hungarian city on the Danube | 28 |
| Home of Ensenada, informally | 28 |
| Ensenada's peninsula | 24 |
| Cabo San Lucas setting | 22 |
| --- California peninsula | 24 |
| ___ California, Mexico | 22 |
| ___ California peninsula | 24 |
| Enter a Pillsbury contest | 25 |
| Don't just get some sun | 27 |
| Suffer during the dog days | 26 |
| Sit through a hot spell | 23 |
| Set the oven at 350° | 23 |
| Make an English muffin | 22 |
| Half-___ (ill-conceived) | 24 |
| Word with Alaska or apple | 25 |
| Prepared potatoes, perhaps | 26 |
| Like some potato chips | 22 |
| Like cakes and some bricks | 26 |
| Half-___ (poorly developed) | 27 |
| Cooked à la coquille | 23 |
| ___ Alaska (creamy dessert) | 27 |
| Senate Majority Leader | 22 |