| Ernie's puppet roommate | 27 |
| Ernie's Muppet-mate | 23 |
| Cowardly Lion player Lahr | 25 |
| Cockney pal of Mary Poppins | 27 |
| Place to crash on a train? | 26 |
| Where one sleeps on a train | 27 |
| Wharf space for a liner | 23 |
| Train's sleeping space | 26 |
| Train's crashing place | 26 |
| Sleeping place on a train | 25 |
| Ship's resting place | 24 |
| Ship's parking space | 24 |
| Ship's parking place | 24 |
| Emerald is a variety of it | 26 |
| New Hampshire state mineral | 27 |
| Emerald or aquamarine, e.g. | 27 |
| A gem of a girl's name | 26 |
| Egyptian god of pleasure | 24 |
| Wanna-___ (pretenders) | 22 |
| Would-___ (pretenders) | 22 |
| Egyptian deity of pleasure | 26 |
| Request to an interviewee | 25 |
| Opposite of a standing order? | 29 |
| "Take your chairs" | 28 |
| Get down on bended knee | 23 |
| Came at from all sides | 22 |
| Attack from every angle | 23 |
| Decorate lavishly with gems | 27 |
| Come at from all sides | 22 |
| Burdened with problems | 22 |
| Attack and completely hem in | 28 |
| Attacks from all sides | 22 |
| Comes at from all sides | 23 |
| Attacks from every angle | 24 |
| Caused trouble for Broadway? | 28 |
| __ the point: not relevant | 26 |
| How this answer is situated | 27 |
| Surround, as in battle | 22 |
| Press with, as questions | 24 |
| Overwhelm, as with requests | 27 |
| Harass, as with questions | 25 |
| Emulate Grant at Vicksburg | 26 |
| Kiss south of the border? | 25 |
| Kiss from a señorita | 23 |
| Spanish for "kiss" | 28 |
| Señorita's kiss | 22 |
| Kiss, in a Paul Anka song | 25 |
| Anka's "Eso __" | 29 |
| "I should __ lucky" | 29 |
| Render addlepated, in a way | 27 |
| Mamie's predecessor | 23 |
| Eleanor's successor | 23 |
| Harry's First Lady | 22 |
| Gershwin title character | 24 |
| First lady before Mamie | 23 |
| She was wild about Harry | 24 |
| "Porgy and ___" | 25 |
| Harry S. Truman's wife | 26 |
| First lady after Eleanor | 24 |
| She's after Eleanor | 23 |
| Role for Leontyne Price | 23 |
| Porgy's girlfriend | 22 |
| Harry Truman's wife | 23 |
| First name in first ladies | 26 |
| First Lady of the 1940s | 23 |
| "Good Queen ___" | 26 |
| Tudor queen, informally | 23 |
| Truman's true woman | 23 |
| She seldom harried Harry | 24 |
| Role in a Gershwin opus | 23 |
| Oldest living First Lady | 24 |
| Nickname for Elizabeth I | 24 |
| Name for an English queen | 25 |
| Margaret Truman's mom | 25 |
| Longest-lived first lady | 24 |
| Heroine of a Gershwin opera | 27 |
| Harry S Truman's missus | 27 |
| Gershwin opera heroine | 22 |
| Gershwin folk-opera role | 24 |
| Former Miss America Myerson | 27 |
| Former first lady's name | 28 |
| First Lady's first name | 27 |
| First Lady of the 40's | 26 |
| England's Good Queen ___ | 28 |
| Elizabeth diminutively | 23 |
| Eleanor's follower | 22 |
| Catfish Row opera heroine | 25 |
| Brown ___ (old musket) | 22 |
| A First Lady of the 50's | 28 |
| 20th-century first lady | 23 |
| 1953 Jean Simmons title role | 28 |
| "Summertime" singer | 29 |
| "Porgy and __" | 24 |
| Big name in steelmaking | 23 |
| Steel-refining process | 22 |
| Steel industry pioneer | 22 |
| Lady from Independence | 22 |
| Informal letter signoff | 23 |
| Brightest's cohort | 22 |
| "Father Knows ___" | 28 |