| Most elegant | 12 |
| Of the best quality | 19 |
| Most exquisite | 14 |
| Most delicate | 13 |
| Word for New York's police | 30 |
| Traditional adjective for N.Y.P.D. | 34 |
| Tops in quality | 15 |
| The best there is to offer | 26 |
| Surpassing in quality | 21 |
| R.E.M.'s "Worksong" | 33 |
| R.E.M. "___ Worksong" | 31 |
| Police epithet, with "the" | 36 |
| Of highest grade | 16 |
| New York's police epithet | 29 |
| New York's ___ (police) | 27 |
| N.Y.P.D. descriptor | 19 |
| N.Y.P.D. description | 20 |
| Least ratty | 11 |
| Least coarse | 12 |
| Funk rockers Mother's ___ | 29 |
| Churchillian hour | 17 |
| Adjective for the NYPD | 22 |
| Adjective for the N.Y.P.D. | 26 |
| Adjective for N.Y.C. police | 27 |
| "Their ___ Hour": Churchill | 37 |
| "Their ___ Hour": Chuchill | 36 |
| "Their ___ Hour" | 26 |
| Symbolic instrument for a thorough investigation | 48 |
| Symbol of investigative thoroughness | 36 |
| Item for an exhaustive search, so to speak | 42 |
| Investigative tool? | 19 |
| Investigative tool | 18 |
| Instrument of minute examination | 32 |
| Metaphorical search tool | 24 |
| Make minor adjustments | 22 |
| Make just right | 15 |
| Edit slightly | 13 |
| Make purr, as an engine | 23 |
| Make minor changes to | 21 |
| Improve in small ways | 21 |
| Tweaked | 7 |
| Buffalo wings, e.g. | 19 |
| Party munchies, e.g. | 20 |
| Canapes, e.g. | 13 |
| Typical hors d'oeuvres | 26 |
| Canapes and tea sandwiches, e.g. | 32 |
| Canapes and buffalo wings, e.g. | 31 |
| Canapé, for example | 22 |
| Appetizer for the feast | 23 |
| Manicurist's target | 23 |
| What an onychophagist bites | 27 |
| Quick cover | 11 |
| Keratoid growth | 15 |
| Item bitten by an onychophagist | 31 |
| Itch reliever, sometimes | 24 |
| It may need polishing | 21 |
| Source of a digital coat? | 25 |
| Kindergarten art medium | 23 |
| Messy art medium for kids | 25 |
| Make art like a child | 21 |
| "Done!" | 17 |
| Done, in Dijon | 14 |
| Over, overseas | 14 |
| Done, in Verdun | 15 |
| Foreign film ender | 18 |
| Completed, in Caen | 18 |
| Over: Fr. | 9 |
| Done, in Dunkirk | 16 |
| Complete, in Cannes | 19 |
| Artiste's "Done!" | 31 |
| Over, to Odette | 15 |
| Over, in Paris | 14 |
| Over, in Metz | 13 |
| Over, in France | 15 |
| Over, in Aix | 12 |
| Monet's "Done!" | 29 |
| Kaputski | 8 |
| It's done in France all the time | 36 |
| Ended, to Tati | 14 |
| Ended, in France | 16 |
| End in Vercheres | 16 |
| Done: Fr. | 9 |
| Done, to Dumas | 14 |
| Done, in Dordogne | 17 |
| Done, in Deauville | 18 |
| Done in Dijon | 14 |
| Concluded, in Cannes | 20 |
| C'est ___ (done) | 20 |
| Artist's "Done!" | 30 |
| All done, in Verdun | 19 |
| Conclusion, at Cannes | 21 |
| The end, at Cannes | 18 |
| Relative of omega | 17 |
| Latin ending? | 13 |
| End, in France | 14 |
| End of story? | 13 |
| Done, on some movie screens | 27 |
| Cannes conclusion | 17 |
| That's all | 14 |
| Latin book ending? | 18 |