| Tend to some p's and q's | 32 |
| Reduce one's sentence, perhaps | 34 |
| Make spelling corrections to, e.g. | 34 |
| Make changes to, as a manuscript | 32 |
| Look for grammatical errors, say | 32 |
| Do some "Money" changing? | 35 |
| Deal with one's period, perhaps? | 36 |
| Contribute to a Cricket team, perhaps? | 38 |
| Change someone's words around? | 34 |
| Bowdlerize, with "out" | 32 |
| Better Better Homes and Gardens, say | 36 |
| Shortened, as a law review article | 34 |
| "All in the Family" character | 39 |
| "The Age of Innocence" writer Wharton | 47 |
| Archie's "dingbat" | 32 |
| First name among classic TV wives | 33 |
| "Dingbat," to Archie Bunker | 37 |
| Matriarch in "All in the Family" | 42 |
| Funny "Those Were the Days" singer | 44 |
| "Dombey and Son" woman | 32 |
| Teddy Roosevelt's second wife | 33 |
| She was told to "stifle" by Archie | 44 |
| She sang "Those Were the Days" | 40 |
| Name on the cover of "Age of Innocence" | 49 |
| Middle daughter on "Downton Abbey" | 44 |
| Martyred Carmelite nun ___ Stein | 32 |
| Marion's "La Vie en Rose" role | 44 |
| Marion's "La Vie en Rose" character | 49 |
| Head of Hollywood costume design? | 33 |
| Hamilton who wrote "Mythology" | 40 |
| Dingbat in "All in the Family" | 40 |
| "The Greek Way" author Hamilton | 41 |
| "The Age of Innocence" novelist Wharton | 49 |
| "The Age of Innocence" author Wharton | 47 |
| "Mythology" author Hamilton | 37 |
| "Ethan Frome" novelist Wharton | 40 |
| "Dingbat" of '70s TV | 34 |
| "All in the Family" mother | 36 |
| "All in the Family "wife | 34 |
| ''All in the Family'' character | 47 |
| Philosophizing Lily Tomlin character | 36 |
| Irene Lorenzo's Queens neighbor | 35 |
| Sitcom wife with a grating voice | 32 |
| She won an Oscar for "The Sting" | 42 |
| She won a record eight Oscars for costume design | 48 |
| Costume designer with eight Oscars | 34 |
| Costume designer who led from behind? | 37 |
| Formats for presentations of literary works | 43 |
| Writer's best friend, you'd think | 41 |
| Writer's best friend, one would think | 41 |
| White, in fiction, or Brown, in real life | 41 |
| She's committed to better writing | 37 |
| Person who's authorized to shorten a sentence | 49 |
| One of Willie Morris's roles | 32 |
| Maxwell Perkins, for a famous example | 37 |
| Daniel Meade on "Ugly Betty," e.g. | 44 |
| The first people to try crosswords | 34 |
| The first people to play crosswords | 35 |
| Uses a blue pencil, traditionally | 33 |
| Gets to work on "Time" | 32 |
| Changes comodity to commodity, e.g. | 35 |
| Additions and subtractions, of a sort | 37 |
| ''Mayor'' author | 32 |
| Mayor who wrote ''Politics'' | 44 |
| '80s Gracie Mansion resident | 32 |
| Subject of the musical "Mayor" | 40 |
| Former mayor who wrote "Mayor" | 40 |
| Congressman who went on to be mayor of New York | 47 |
| 1970's-80's New York City mayor | 39 |
| "Mayor at the Movies" host | 36 |
| "I'm Not Done Yet!" author | 40 |
| "How'm I doing?" mayor | 36 |
| "Giuliani: Nasty Man" author | 38 |
| Late entertainer who was known for his laugh | 44 |
| Attorney general under Ronald Reagan | 36 |
| Attorney general before Dick Thornburgh | 39 |
| Issuer of a 1986 report on pornography | 38 |
| First Honorary Reagan Fellow of Eureka College | 46 |
| Dick Thornburgh's predecessor in the cabinet | 48 |
| Attorney General involved in Iran-Contra | 40 |
| "With Reagan" memoir writer | 37 |
| O'Brien of "The Barefoot Contessa" | 48 |
| O'Brien of "The Killers" | 38 |
| O'Brien of "D.O.A." | 33 |
| Hoyle of "Hoyle's Rules of Games" | 47 |
| Controversial one-act play by Mamet | 35 |
| "Cyrano de Bergerac" playwright Rostand | 49 |
| ___ Dantès, the Count of Monte Cristo | 40 |
| __ Dantès, the Count of Monte Cristo | 39 |
| Sir Hillary, of mountain-climbing fame | 38 |
| Sir Hillary of mountain-climbing fame | 37 |
| Sir ___ Hillary, of mountain-climbing fame | 42 |
| Treacherous character in "King Lear" | 46 |
| “The Faerie Queene” author Spenser | 42 |
| Onetime Secretary of State Muskie | 33 |
| Name on the cover of "East of Everest" | 48 |
| Name in the news 55 years ago today | 35 |
| Tracy's mom in "Hairspray" | 40 |
| Novelist Ferber who wrote "So Big" | 44 |
| "Show Boat" author Ferber | 35 |