| Rudimentary principles | 22 |
| Lead and gold | 13 |
| Krypton and xenon | 17 |
| Ingredients | 11 |
| Wolfram and selenium | 20 |
| Wind, rain, cold, etc. | 22 |
| Weather, with "the" | 29 |
| Water and air, e.g. | 19 |
| Tungsten and tellurium | 22 |
| Tin and lead, e.g. | 18 |
| Things on a table | 17 |
| Thallium and mercury, e.g. | 26 |
| Strunk and White's "The _____ of Style" | 53 |
| Some metals | 11 |
| Rain, snow, sleet, etc., with "the" | 45 |
| Periodic-table listing | 22 |
| Periodic-table entries | 22 |
| Periodic table listings | 23 |
| Periodic table items | 20 |
| Neon and mercury, e.g. | 22 |
| Mercury and argon | 17 |
| Mendeleev's tabulation | 26 |
| Man against the ___ | 19 |
| Indium and osmium | 17 |
| Halogens, e.g. | 14 |
| Gold and silver, but not bronze | 31 |
| Fire, air, water and earth | 26 |
| Fire and water | 14 |
| Factors that make a band | 24 |
| Euclidean work | 14 |
| Euclid's grand work | 23 |
| Euclid work | 11 |
| Earth and air | 13 |
| Copper and carbon | 17 |
| Classic work of Euclid | 22 |
| Chemistry's basics | 22 |
| Astatine and vanadium | 21 |
| With "The," classic writing guide (and this puzzle's title) | 73 |
| Classic writer's manual, and an alternate title for this puzzle | 67 |
| Varnish ingredient | 18 |
| Resin | 5 |
| Varnish base | 12 |
| Tree resin | 10 |
| Lacquer ingredient | 18 |
| Perfume resin | 13 |
| Tropical resin | 14 |
| Resin used in varnishes | 23 |
| Resin used in varnish | 21 |
| Gum resin | 9 |
| Fragrant oleoresin | 18 |
| Fragrant gum | 12 |
| Perfumery resin | 15 |
| Oily resin | 10 |
| Lacquer resin | 13 |
| A resin | 7 |
| Resin used as incense | 21 |
| Incense ingredient | 18 |
| An oleoresin | 12 |
| Tropical tree resin | 19 |
| Resin used in ointments | 23 |
| Resin used in incense | 21 |
| Plastic resin | 13 |
| Kind of fig | 11 |
| FIG | 3 |
| Certain resin | 13 |
| Sweet-smelling resin | 20 |
| Source of incense | 17 |
| Resin used to make varnish | 26 |
| Resin used in printing ink | 26 |
| Resin used in making ink | 24 |
| Resin from tropical trees | 25 |
| Resin for varnishes | 19 |
| Resin for lacquer | 17 |
| Puzzler's resin | 19 |
| Printing ink ingredient | 23 |
| Perfumer's purchase | 23 |
| Oleoresin used in incense | 25 |
| Oleoresin used as incense | 25 |
| Natural resin | 13 |
| Medicinal resin | 15 |
| Ink resin | 9 |
| Ingredient in varnishes and inks | 32 |
| Incense resin | 13 |
| Base of printing inks | 21 |
| Anagram for Emile | 17 |
| Actress Verdugo | 15 |
| Justice Kagan | 13 |
| Turgenev heroine | 16 |
| Supreme Court Justice Kagan | 27 |
| Kagan of the Supreme Court | 26 |
| Form of Helen | 13 |
| "Maria ___," 1933 song | 32 |
| Verdugo of "Marcus Welby, M.D." | 41 |
| "Uncle Vanya" role | 28 |
| Contralto Nikolaidi | 19 |
| Tennis pro Dementieva | 21 |
| Dementieva of tennis | 20 |
| Daughter of King Juan Carlos | 28 |
| First name on the Supreme Court | 31 |
| Former queen of Italy | 21 |