| "A Study in Scarlet" author | 37 |
| One way to miss a class or meeting | 34 |
| What you might do after retiring | 32 |
| "The decent docent doesn't ___" | 45 |
| Shenandoah "Two ___ Roses" | 36 |
| Number of drummers drumming, in song | 36 |
| "Dirty" or baker's | 32 |
| "Cheaper by the _____" | 32 |
| Playing the ___ (improvised verbal contest) | 43 |
| Contractor's equipment for short | 37 |
| Measure of printing resolution, for short | 41 |
| Measure of printing resolution (abbr.) | 38 |
| Passing grade that won't please parents | 43 |
| Grade that describes this puzzle's theme | 44 |
| Twin killings, on a diamond: Abbr. | 34 |
| Twin killings, in baseball: Abbr. | 33 |
| They often involve three infielders: Abbr. | 42 |
| Inning-ending plays, often: Abbr. | 33 |
| Infielders' stats, for short | 32 |
| Batted balls resulting in two putouts (abbr.) | 45 |
| Baseball "twin killings," for short | 45 |
| Dull-colored, or just plain dull | 32 |
| Harry Potter's nemesis Malfoy | 33 |
| Dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way | 35 |
| Constellation next to Ursa Major and Ursa Minor | 47 |
| Athenian lawgiver remembered for his severity | 45 |
| ___ Malfoy, Harry Potter antagonist | 35 |
| ___ Malfoy, bully in Harry Potter books | 39 |
| ___ Malfoy (Harry Potter villain) | 33 |
| One choosing Canada over Vietnam | 32 |
| One avoiding the service entrance? | 34 |
| 1960s émigré to Canada, maybe (MLB) | 41 |
| One who likes his beer from the tap? | 36 |
| Factor in determining terminal velocity | 39 |
| What some performers lip-sync in | 32 |
| Queen attire in "I Want To Break Free" | 48 |
| "RuPaul's ___ Race" | 33 |
| 'Some Like It Hot' costuming | 36 |
| 'La Cage aux Folles' costuming | 38 |
| Use a mouse to move a file between folders, say | 47 |
| Bring home, as a cat with its prey | 34 |
| "The facts, ma'am" series | 39 |
| Where Friday was once seen on Thursday | 38 |
| Smaug in "The Hobbit," for one | 40 |
| Where all the guys in dresses hang out? | 39 |
| Progresses at a slow, boring pace | 33 |
| Item used in basement waterproofing | 35 |
| Sir Francis who circumnavigated the globe | 41 |
| Perry Mason's regular private eye Paul | 42 |
| One who can get down off his back? | 34 |
| Circumnavigator on the Golden Hind | 34 |
| Bruce Tinsley's Mallard Fillmore is one | 43 |
| "Five Leaves Left" Nick | 33 |
| "Best I Ever Had" rapper | 34 |
| Zola's "The ___ Shop" | 35 |
| Armenia's basic monetary unit | 33 |
| "Law & Order," e.g. | 33 |
| You can expect some from a prima donna | 38 |
| "Masterpiece Theatre" fare | 36 |
| Beaumont and Fletcher's forte | 33 |
| A work by Samuel Nathaniel Behrman | 34 |
| A lot of Shakespeare's writing | 34 |
| "Toys in the Attic," e.g. | 35 |
| "Save the ___ for your momma" | 39 |
| "Antony and Cleopatra," e.g. | 38 |
| "A View from the Bridge" is one | 41 |
| ''Masterpiece Theatre'' fare | 44 |
| Everything's always about her | 33 |
| One making a mountain out of a mole hill | 40 |
| "Histrionics? These rockers!"? | 40 |
| "ER" and "C.S.I.," for two | 46 |
| Like a pause that gets one's attention | 42 |
| Present in a vivid, striking way | 32 |
| Newfoundlander's narrow lane | 32 |
| Klinger's "Sturm und ___" | 39 |
| Anti-Flag "Drink ___ Punk" | 36 |
| Proprietor of the Clog Talk blog | 32 |
| Product with a Clog Talk webpage | 32 |
| Brand with "churning power" | 37 |
| Hamm's "Mad Men" role | 35 |
| ''Fiddlesticks!'' | 33 |
| Opposite of ''yippee!'' | 39 |
| ''Darn it all!'' | 32 |
| Expletive exhibiting exasperation | 33 |
| ''Curses, foiled again!'' | 41 |
| ''Blast the luck!'' | 35 |
| Exclamations like "Phooey!" | 37 |
| Language family that includes Tamil | 35 |
| Command uttered in many a Western | 33 |
| Things you can __ (theme of the puzzle) | 39 |
| Start of a tournament ... or the end of a match? | 48 |
| Select a winner in a sweepstakes | 32 |
| Quick ___ McGraw (old cartoon horse) | 36 |
| Command shouted in many Westerns | 32 |
| Place to go back to when starting over | 38 |
| Ink-lined plane used by lottery commission? | 43 |
| Administrative group that oversees caricatures? | 47 |
| "Back to square one" place | 36 |
| Start of a quote by Robert Benchley | 35 |
| Feature of some American accents | 32 |