| Fruit frequently dried | 22 |
| Fruit at Eden | 13 |
| Ficus tree | 10 |
| Edenic fruit | 12 |
| Eden fruit | 10 |
| Drummer Anton | 13 |
| Cookie filler | 13 |
| Contemptible amount | 19 |
| Christmas pudding flavor | 24 |
| Black Mission fruit | 19 |
| Biblical fruit | 14 |
| "The Thunder From Down Under" Anton | 45 |
| -- Newtons | 10 |
| -- Newton | 9 |
| -- leaves (Eden cover-ups) | 26 |
| _____ Newtons | 13 |
| ___ Newton (Nabisco treat) | 26 |
| ___ Newton (kind of snack) | 26 |
| ___ Newton (kind of cookie) | 27 |
| ___ Newmans (Paul's cookie brand) | 37 |
| ___ Newmans (fruit-filled cookie brand) | 39 |
| ___ leaf (nature's codpiece) | 32 |
| The barber of Seville | 21 |
| Barber of opera | 15 |
| Scheming operatic barber | 24 |
| Rossini character | 17 |
| Opera character who sings "Largo al factotum" | 55 |
| Mozart's "Le Nozze di ___" | 40 |
| Mozart title character | 22 |
| Mozart subject | 14 |
| The Marriage of ___ | 21 |
| The Barber of SevilleÂ’s name | 32 |
| The barber of Seville's name | 32 |
| Singer of the aria "Largo al factotum" | 48 |
| Singer of Rossini's "Largo al factotum" | 53 |
| Seville barber | 14 |
| Scheming barber | 15 |
| Schemer who aids Count Almaviva | 31 |
| Rossini's barber | 20 |
| Rossini barber | 14 |
| Paris daily, with "Le" | 32 |
| Operatic barber | 15 |
| Opera's "barbiere di qualità " | 46 |
| Mozart's "The Marriage of __" | 43 |
| Mozart's "The Marriage of ___" | 44 |
| Mozart's 'The Marriage of --' | 41 |
| Mozart opera, familiarly | 24 |
| Mozart hero | 11 |
| He's the Barber of Seville | 30 |
| French daily Le __ | 18 |
| Count Almaviva's valet, in opera | 36 |
| Count Almaviva's valet | 26 |
| Basso barber | 12 |
| Barber of Seville | 17 |
| "The Marriage of ___" (opera by today's birthday composer) | 72 |
| "The Marriage of ___" | 31 |
| "The Barber of Seville" barber | 40 |
| "Pinocchio" cat | 25 |
| ''Pinocchio'' kitten | 36 |
| Bout | 4 |
| Tussle | 6 |
| What a bully might provoke | 26 |
| Quote, part 6 | 13 |
| Don't go quietly | 20 |
| Yell at a brawl's beginning | 31 |
| Puncher's chance? | 21 |
| Perform on canvas in an arena | 29 |
| Option in Polk's slogan | 27 |
| One may break out | 17 |
| Mailer's "The ___": 1975 | 38 |
| It moves along via a series of belts | 36 |
| Hostile engagement | 18 |
| Compete in the boxing ring | 26 |
| Alternative of 54º 40' | 29 |
| Accused speeder's action | 28 |
| Ready to explode | 16 |
| Options in a primitive stress response | 38 |
| Choice of one who's threatened | 34 |
| Choice for one whose back is against the wall | 45 |
| Encounters | 10 |
| Doesn't give up | 19 |
| Competes in a Golden Gloves tournament | 38 |
| They might be picked | 20 |
| They may involve dukes | 22 |
| Kenny Loggins "Heaven helps the man who ___ his fear" | 63 |
| "He that ___ and runs . . . " | 39 |
| Bowl-game anthems | 17 |
| Genesis raiment | 15 |
| Eden apparel | 12 |
| Trifles | 7 |
| Fruits | 6 |
| Mediterranean fruits | 20 |
| Trifling amounts | 16 |
| Pear-shaped fruits | 18 |
| Often-dried fruit | 17 |
| Mediterranean fruit trees | 25 |
| Jam fruits | 10 |
| They may get into a jam | 23 |
| Newton fruits | 13 |
| Newton fillers | 14 |