| Occasion for reading the Haggadah | 33 |
| Occasion for rolling out the red carpet | 39 |
| Occasion for sandwiches and scones | 34 |
| Occasion for sending an ecard, maybe | 36 |
| Occasion for some extra primping | 32 |
| Occasion for some initial casting | 33 |
| Occasion for strewing clothes on the lawn | 41 |
| Occasion for the Vietnamese holiday Tet | 39 |
| Occasion of the chase (11/17/90, e.g.) | 38 |
| Occasion pertinent to this puzzle | 33 |
| Occasion to cry "O, poi!" | 35 |
| Occasion to do a late shift?: Abbr. | 35 |
| Occasion to reserve a table for two? | 36 |
| Occasion to say 'King me' | 33 |
| Occasion to say "mazel tov" | 37 |
| Occasion to say "Whew!" | 33 |
| Occasion to serve light refreshments | 36 |
| Occasion to sing "Dayenu" | 35 |
| Occasion when everyone holds hands, maybe | 41 |
| Occasional "Wheel of Fortune" purchase | 48 |
| Occasional baby deliverer, for short | 36 |
| Occasional crossword clue tag: Abbr. | 36 |
| Occasional ingredient in turkey dressing | 40 |
| Occasional medicine dropper?: Abbr. | 35 |
| Occasional position of the colors | 33 |
| Occasional puzzle solver's action | 37 |
| Occasional soap opera plot feature | 34 |
| Occasional suffix on political titles | 37 |
| Occasional White House cover-ups | 32 |
| Occasionally awkward show of affection | 38 |
| Occasionally punted comics canine | 33 |
| Occasions for calling people back? | 34 |
| Occasions for many Facebook greetings, briefly | 46 |
| Occasions that begin with misses? | 33 |
| Occasions to cry "Eureka!" | 36 |
| Occasions to raise one's hand | 33 |
| Occasions when the arms are raised | 34 |
| Occipital ___ (part of the brain) | 33 |
| Occupants of abandoned buildings, e.g. | 38 |
| Occupation in a Eugene O'Neill title | 40 |
| Occupation involving many workers | 33 |
| Occupation made obsolete by print | 33 |
| Occupation not much seen nowadays? | 34 |
| Occupation symbolized by the Star of Life | 41 |
| Occupation with an unsavory reputation | 38 |
| Occupation with its own category of jokes | 41 |
| Occupational hazards for apiarists | 34 |
| Occupational hazards for short-order cooks | 42 |
| Occupational Outlook Handbook issuer: Abbr. | 43 |
| Occupied-nation officials: Abbr. | 32 |
| Occupiers of Britain and Spain in pre-Roman times | 49 |
| Occupy ___ (West Coast tuition hike protests) | 45 |
| Occupying a very wide part of a road? | 37 |
| Occurred to (with ''on'') | 41 |
| Occurred to (with "on") | 33 |
| Occurred to, with "on" | 32 |
| Occurrence at the moon's first quarter | 42 |
| Occurrence before the chute opens | 33 |
| Occurrence in the moon's first quarter | 42 |
| Occurring 40 to 55 million years ago | 36 |
| Occurring after surgery, briefly | 32 |
| Occurring around the 30th, as store sales: abbr. | 48 |
| Occurring as an isolated instance | 33 |
| Occurring before surgery, informally | 36 |
| Occurring before the Renaissance, e.g. | 38 |
| Occurring every nine weeks, roughly | 35 |
| Occurring every other leap year, say | 36 |
| Occurring shortly after civil twilight begins | 45 |
| Occurring within Ohio's borders e.g. | 41 |
| Ocean explorer who weighs next to nothing? | 42 |
| Ocean floor dweller that vomits in self-defense | 47 |
| Ocean freezer in "Cat's Cradle" | 45 |
| Ocean liner destination, sometimes | 34 |
| Ocean phenomenon affecting the weather | 38 |
| Ocean Spray's ___-Apple juice | 33 |
| Ocean that the Amazon Riv. ends up in | 37 |
| Ocean trip with a skeleton crew? | 32 |
| Oceanic phenomenon that affects weather | 39 |
| Oceanside town north of San Diego | 33 |
| Ochoa who won the 2007 Women's British Open | 47 |
| Ochs of "Der Rosenkavalier" | 37 |
| Ochs, in "Der Rosenkavalier" | 38 |
| Oct. start of a new Supreme Court session | 41 |
| Octave's counterpart in a sonnet | 36 |
| Octaves' followers in sonnets | 33 |
| Octet "a-milking" in a Christmas song | 47 |
| Octet followers, in Italian sonnets | 35 |
| Octet member with the shortest name | 35 |
| October 1914's Battle of the ___ | 36 |
| October 2008 bailout provider: Abbr. | 36 |
| October baseball letters since 1969 | 35 |
| October event, informally, with "the" | 47 |
| October suffix meaning "celebration" | 46 |
| Octogenarian on the Gulf of Guinea? | 35 |
| Octogenarian's goal in life? | 32 |
| Octogenarian's next milestone | 33 |
| Ocular affliction for an iced dessert lover? | 44 |
| Ocular inflammation also known as conjunctivitis | 48 |
| Oda ___ Brown (Oscar-winning role) | 34 |
| Oda ___ Brown, Whoopi in "Ghost" | 42 |