| Opposite of gormandize | 22 |
| Observe Ramadan, say | 20 |
| Not muddy, as a track | 21 |
| No-food protest | 15 |
| Motley Crue "Too ___ for Love" | 40 |
| More than diet | 14 |
| Make a ___ buck | 15 |
| Like splitting hares | 20 |
| Like Spitz in water | 19 |
| Like some tracks and talkers | 28 |
| Like some company | 17 |
| Like Citation | 13 |
| Like A. J. Foyt's cars | 26 |
| Like a shot | 11 |
| Like a clock reading 5:05 at 5:00 | 33 |
| Like a Bullet Train | 19 |
| Like a 4-minute mile | 20 |
| Lenten observance | 17 |
| Lenten duty | 11 |
| Lent activity | 13 |
| Hypersonic | 10 |
| How a painkiller should act | 27 |
| He wrote "The Naked God" | 34 |
| He wrote "Citizen Tom Paine" | 38 |
| Have no input? | 14 |
| Gandhian ordeal | 15 |
| Forgo food | 10 |
| Foodless diet | 13 |
| Flash-y? | 8 |
| Fixed in place | 14 |
| Firmly loyal, as friends | 24 |
| Firm or quick | 13 |
| Extreme diet | 12 |
| Eschew one's food? | 22 |
| Eschew chewing | 14 |
| Eddie Felson description | 24 |
| Eddie Clarke adjective | 22 |
| Eat not | 7 |
| Eat nary a morsel | 17 |
| Diet to the max? | 16 |
| Description of Eddie Felson | 27 |
| Cut off all intake | 18 |
| Cut calories completely | 23 |
| Crash diet | 10 |
| Consume less, in a way | 22 |
| Completely dry, as a racetrack | 30 |
| Choose chowlessness | 19 |
| Certain form of protest | 23 |
| By express | 10 |
| At warp speed, say | 18 |
| At warp speed | 13 |
| "Spartacus" author Howard | 35 |
| "April Morning" author | 32 |
| ''Spartacus'' novelist | 38 |
| Exciting pair | 13 |
| Like a movie auto chase scene | 29 |
| "Bake me a cake . . . ___ you can" | 44 |
| "As ___ you can" | 26 |
| ". . . __ you can" (patty-cake line) | 46 |
| ___ a cheetah (speedy) | 22 |
| Ryan specialties | 16 |
| Pitcher's ''blazing'' pitches | 49 |
| Bullets, so to speak | 20 |
| Indy vehicle | 12 |
| It's built for speed | 24 |
| Racer | 5 |
| 1988 Tracy Chapman hit | 22 |
| Tracy Chapman hit | 17 |
| Tracy Chapman's first hit song | 34 |
| Tracy Chapman: "You've got a ___, I want a ticket to anywhere" | 76 |
| Stereotypical purchase of a guy in midlife crisis | 49 |
| Maserati, e.g. | 14 |
| Dragster, e.g. | 14 |
| Asset in a drag contest | 23 |
| Buckle up | 9 |
| Close, as seatbelts | 19 |
| Snap together | 13 |
| Zip up, maybe | 13 |
| Use a clasp | 11 |
| Tie or clasp | 12 |
| Snap or staple | 14 |
| Snap a snap on, say | 19 |
| Lock into place | 15 |
| Hook up, as a seat belt | 23 |
| Connect, as a seat belt | 23 |
| Click together | 14 |
| Buckle or button | 16 |
| "___ your seatbelts" | 30 |
| "__ your seatbelts" | 29 |
| ''__ your seat belts'' | 38 |
| "Step on it!" | 23 |
| More expeditious | 16 |
| 'Step on it!' | 21 |
| Speed demon's cry | 21 |
| More quickly | 12 |
| Word on a clock's back | 26 |
| When repeated, cry before "They're catching up!" | 62 |
| Ramadan observer | 16 |
| Rail bird's cry to his horse | 32 |
| Queen's exhortation to Alice | 32 |