| Certain Judean | 14 |
| Cenobite of ancient Palestine | 29 |
| Ascetic sect of yore | 20 |
| Ancient Qumran inhabitant | 25 |
| Ancient Qumran dweller | 22 |
| Ancient Palestinian ascetic | 27 |
| Ancient native of Qumran | 24 |
| Ancient monk | 12 |
| Ancient monastic Palestinian | 28 |
| Ancient monastic | 16 |
| Ancient Jewish mystic | 21 |
| Ancient Jewish monastic | 23 |
| Ancient follower of Mosaic law | 30 |
| Ancient abstainer | 17 |
| Ancient ascetics | 16 |
| Early ascetics | 14 |
| Ascetics of yore | 16 |
| Sect linked to the Dead Sea Scrolls | 35 |
| Early monastics | 15 |
| Ancient Semites | 15 |
| Ancient Jewish sect | 19 |
| Reputed Dead Sea Scrolls transcribers | 37 |
| Dead Sea Scrolls preservers | 27 |
| Dead Sea Scrolls people | 23 |
| Ancient monastics | 17 |
| Sect in ancient Judea | 21 |
| Secreters of Dead Sea Scrolls | 29 |
| Scroll scribes | 14 |
| Qumran inhabitants | 18 |
| Presumed authors of the Dead Sea Scrolls | 40 |
| People described by Josephus | 28 |
| Old Judaic sect | 15 |
| Monastics of yore | 17 |
| Keepers of a famous ancient library | 35 |
| Group in biblical history | 25 |
| Early mystics | 13 |
| Early Jewish sect members | 25 |
| Early Hebrew ascetics | 21 |
| Dead Sea Scrolls sect | 21 |
| Dead Sea Scrolls makers | 23 |
| Dead Sea scroll guardians | 25 |
| Dead Sea monastics | 18 |
| Dead Sea ascetics | 17 |
| Ascetics of the second century B.C. | 35 |
| Ascetics of old | 15 |
| Ascetic Jewish sect | 19 |
| Ancient mystics | 15 |
| Ancient Jewish sect of Qumran | 29 |
| Ancient Jewish brotherhood | 26 |
| Ancient Jewish ascetics | 23 |
| Ancient group of mystics | 24 |
| Ancient Dead Sea sect | 21 |
| Ancient celibates | 17 |
| Not optional | 12 |
| Necessary | 9 |
| Must-have | 9 |
| Needed | 6 |
| Intrinsic | 9 |
| Like many nutrients | 19 |
| Indispensible | 13 |
| Hardly necessary | 16 |
| Hardly extraneous | 17 |
| Chief point | 11 |
| Double curves | 13 |
| Curvy letters | 13 |
| Letters before tees | 19 |
| Wavy lines | 10 |
| Slalom curves | 13 |
| Double-curve letters | 20 |
| Twisty turns | 12 |
| Fussy couple? | 13 |
| Mississippi quartet | 19 |
| Slalom paths | 12 |
| Pressure center? | 16 |
| Pluralizers | 11 |
| Certain curves | 14 |
| SSS | 3 |
| Road hazards | 12 |
| Mountain curves | 15 |
| Highway curves | 14 |
| Abbreviations for weekend days | 30 |
| Tricky curves | 13 |
| Some hooks | 10 |
| Snaky shapes | 12 |
| Much of Mississippi? | 20 |
| Massachusetts quartet? | 22 |
| Blissful couple? | 16 |
| Twisty letters | 14 |
| Snake shapes | 12 |
| Slalom's makeup | 19 |
| Lisper's hurdles | 20 |
| Winding road features | 21 |
| Winding road curves | 19 |
| What makes a bloom blossom? | 27 |
| Tough curves | 12 |
| They're common in Mississippi | 33 |
| Test track features | 19 |
| Switchback features | 19 |
| Swiss trio? | 11 |
| Steven Spielberg openings? | 26 |