| Not just brush | 14 |
| It's sometimes between your teeth | 37 |
| It may get food away from a canine | 34 |
| Handout after a checkup | 23 |
| Dental stuff | 12 |
| Dental string | 13 |
| Dental hygienist's advice | 29 |
| Waste fibers of silk | 20 |
| Vegetable silk | 14 |
| Untwisted silk fibers | 21 |
| Thread recommended by dentists | 30 |
| Take care of one's canines? | 31 |
| Take a dentist's advice | 27 |
| Strand in the bathroom | 22 |
| Soft silk thread | 16 |
| Site of George Eliot's mill | 31 |
| Periodontist's recommendation | 33 |
| One way to dislodge some particles | 34 |
| Obey the dental hygienist | 25 |
| Locale of a mill | 16 |
| Line at the dentist's office? | 33 |
| Knife of TV?ad fame | 19 |
| It's often waxed | 20 |
| It may be waxed | 15 |
| Hygienist's advice | 22 |
| Heed the dentist's order | 28 |
| Follow-up on a good brushing | 28 |
| End of a G. Eliot title | 23 |
| Embroidery thread | 17 |
| Embroidery filaments | 20 |
| Do some dental hygiene | 22 |
| Do a dental job | 15 |
| Dislodge some particles | 23 |
| Dislodge particles | 18 |
| Dentist's reminder | 22 |
| Dentist's orders | 20 |
| Dentist's instruction, perhaps | 34 |
| Dental hygienist's thread | 29 |
| Dental cord | 11 |
| Dental care item | 16 |
| Dental advice | 13 |
| Dental __ (tooth-cleaning thread) | 33 |
| Clean with string | 17 |
| Clean up after a meal? | 22 |
| Clean up after a meal | 21 |
| Clean the hard-to-get-at areas, say | 35 |
| Another dentist's order | 27 |
| "The Mill on the ---" (George Eliot) | 46 |
| Heeds the dentist's advice | 30 |
| Heeds the dentist | 17 |
| Heeds a dentist's advice | 28 |
| Practices good dental hygiene | 29 |
| Gets ready to brush, maybe | 26 |
| Follows dentists' orders | 28 |
| Embroidery materials | 20 |
| Cleans between teeth | 20 |
| Overly ornamented | 17 |
| Naval unit | 10 |
| Naval formation | 15 |
| A fleet of small craft | 22 |
| Small fleet | 11 |
| Group moving together | 21 |
| Move in a lively way | 20 |
| Wide, ornamental ruffle | 23 |
| Wide ruffle | 11 |
| Walk with jerky motions | 23 |
| Move in an attention-getting way | 32 |
| Ground grain | 12 |
| Kitchen staple | 14 |
| Bakery need | 11 |
| Bread ingredient | 16 |
| Bread baker's need | 22 |
| Cooking staple | 14 |
| Pumpernickel ingredient | 23 |
| Baking staple | 13 |
| Baker's ingredient | 22 |
| Miller's product | 20 |
| Ground meal | 11 |
| Farina | 6 |
| Baker's staple | 18 |
| Tart start? | 11 |
| Tart start | 10 |
| Pantry staple | 13 |
| Milled stuff | 12 |
| It's been through the mill | 30 |
| It may come with a Gold Medal | 29 |
| It makes a lot of dough | 23 |
| Gold Medal product | 18 |
| Fine meal | 9 |
| Bread base | 10 |
| Bakery bagful | 13 |
| Baker's necessity | 21 |
| Baker's bagful | 18 |
| "All-purpose" ingredient | 34 |
| End of the baker's quip | 27 |
| Farinaceous | 11 |
| Like a baker's hands, maybe | 31 |
| Like many bakers' hands | 27 |
| Like bakers' hands | 22 |
| Like a breadmaker's hands, maybe | 36 |