| Muddy Waters's music | 24 |
| Muddy Waters's genre | 24 |
| Mose Allison's genre | 24 |
| Howlin' Wolf's music | 28 |
| Big Mama Thornton's genre | 29 |
| Big Mama Thornton's bag? | 28 |
| Bessie Smith's genre | 24 |
| Bessie Smith's forte | 24 |
| Forecast: clearing trend | 24 |
| Crosby film of '46 | 22 |
| 1929 Irving Berlin classic | 26 |
| It may be clouded over | 22 |
| Feature of a clear day | 22 |
| Part of a U.S. election map | 27 |
| Some talkers' output | 24 |
| Chatterbox's utterance | 26 |
| Chatterbox's output | 23 |
| Wireless networking protocol | 28 |
| Wireless linking protocol | 25 |
| Somewhat like the Danube | 24 |
| Resembling some sapphires | 25 |
| Like aquamarine or teal | 23 |
| Close to the color of the sky | 29 |
| Muzzle-loading firearm | 22 |
| Not pulling any punches | 23 |
| To the point, ironically | 24 |
| Not sharp, as a pencil | 22 |
| Not for the thin-skinned | 24 |
| The Road Runner, when running | 29 |
| "Parklife" group | 26 |
| Fast runner on slow film | 24 |
| Photoshop special effect | 24 |
| "Song 2" band | 23 |
| The world, to Mr. Magoo | 23 |
| The Road Runner, often | 22 |
| Slow shutter speed risk | 23 |
| Out-of-focus picture, e.g. | 26 |
| Mr. Magoo's world? | 22 |
| Mr. Magoo's vision | 22 |
| Long-exposure shot, often | 25 |
| Damon Albarn British band | 25 |
| Short publicity notice | 22 |
| Words on a book jacket | 22 |
| This may be found on a jacket | 29 |
| Word coined by F.B. Burgess | 27 |
| Standard jacket feature | 23 |
| Squib on a book jacket | 22 |
| Short, laudatory notice | 23 |
| Praise on a book jacket | 23 |
| Paragraph on a dust jacket | 26 |
| Paragraph on a book jacket | 26 |
| Message on a dust jacket | 24 |
| Dust jacket description | 23 |
| Brief promotional prose | 23 |
| Some dust jacket paragraphs | 27 |
| Dust jacket comments, e.g. | 26 |
| Extinguishes distinguishers | 27 |
| Speak without thinking | 22 |
| Divulge, with "out" | 29 |
| Spill, with "out" | 27 |
| Speak (out) impulsively | 23 |
| Divulge without thinking | 24 |
| ___ out (spill the beans) | 25 |
| ___ out (be indiscreet) | 23 |
| Be visibly embarrassed | 22 |
| Turn red from embarrassment | 27 |
| Show one's embarrassment | 28 |
| React to a compliment, maybe | 28 |
| Look embarrassed, maybe | 23 |
| Some vintner offerings | 22 |
| Whites' close relatives | 27 |
| White zinfandels, e.g. | 22 |
| White zinfandel and others | 26 |
| Vintner's offering | 22 |
| Wolves full of themselves? | 26 |
| Popeye's burly foe | 22 |
| Frequent kidnapper of Olive | 27 |
| Popeye's punching bag | 25 |
| Popeye's archenemy | 22 |
| Popeye's antagonist | 23 |
| Popeye's adversary | 22 |
| Bearded comic strip bully | 25 |
| Bearded bully of cartoons | 25 |
| Tree-lined st., perhaps | 23 |
| L.A.'s Sunset, e.g. | 23 |
| L.A.'s La Cienega, e.g. | 27 |
| Hollywood or Sunset: Abbr. | 26 |
| Around-the-world journalist | 27 |
| Global traveler Nellie | 22 |
| Robert ___, modern poet | 23 |
| Nellie who circled the world | 28 |
| Iron John creator Robert | 24 |
| Crusading reporter Nellie | 25 |
| Crusading journalist Nellie | 27 |
| World traveler of note | 22 |
| Stephen Foster's Nelly | 26 |
| Nellie of social reform | 23 |
| Meeter of Verne in 1889 | 23 |
| Journalist-reformer Nellie | 26 |
| Globetrotting reporter Nellie | 29 |