| Number of times this puzzle's theme word appears diagonally in the grid (to complete the puzzle, shade those words plus the Down answers that begin where they meet) | 168 |
| Number of times the letter 'U' appears in each of this puzzle's eight longest answers | 97 |
| Number of sequels to the original "Planet of the Apes" | 64 |
| Number of Ring operas | 21 |
| Number of quarts in a gallon | 28 |
| Number of operas in the Ring Cycle | 34 |
| Number of fingers per hand | 26 |
| Number for bridge | 17 |
| Number before H? | 16 |
| Minimum number of times each letter of the alphabet appears in this puzzle's solution | 89 |
| Lightfoot hit "____Strong Winds" | 43 |
| IV, sometimes | 13 |
| Horsemen or seasons | 19 |
| Horsemen count | 14 |
| Hard-to-make point in craps | 27 |
| Grand slam run count | 20 |
| Gehrig's number | 19 |
| Final complement, perhaps | 25 |
| F or H preceder | 15 |
| Eliot's "___ Quartets" | 36 |
| Double date complement | 22 |
| Curling team, e.g. | 18 |
| Crowd plus one | 14 |
| Count in a march | 16 |
| Chrysler 300, e.g. | 18 |
| China, our #_____ trader | 25 |
| Bridge-game complement | 22 |
| Bridge table quorum | 19 |
| Bridge quorum | 13 |
| Bridge group | 12 |
| Brett Favre's number | 24 |
| "The Fantastic ___" | 29 |
| "Fab" total | 21 |
| ... of a 1954 Lincoln stamp | 27 |
| _____calling birds | 18 |
| ___ Loko | 8 |
| __ Corners | 10 |
| Very good poker hand | 20 |
| Group with the 1951 hit "Tell Me Why," with "the" | 69 |
| A wee hour | 10 |
| Wee hr. | 7 |
| Graveyard shift time | 20 |
| Early morning hr. | 17 |
| Early morning time | 18 |
| When the middle watch ends | 26 |
| When Tabitha woke up today | 26 |
| When some newspapers are delivered | 34 |
| Last call, for some | 19 |
| End of a middle watch | 21 |
| Early time to arise | 19 |
| Early feeding time | 18 |
| Closing hour for most N.Y.C. bars | 33 |
| Homer | 5 |
| Modest grocery purchase? | 24 |
| Full shopping cart? | 19 |
| Diamond clout | 13 |
| Domino's delivery | 21 |
| Western tourist attraction | 26 |
| Western meeting place? | 22 |
| Small fishing vessel? | 21 |
| Club for rural youth | 20 |
| Rural youth organization | 24 |
| Rural club | 10 |
| Kind of club that's a hint to this puzzle's theme | 57 |
| Kind of club appropriate for this puzzle? | 41 |
| County fair organizer | 21 |
| Club with the motto "To Make the Best Better" | 55 |
| Club for rural kids | 19 |
| Club for future ag majors | 25 |
| Club for country kids | 21 |
| Feature of a clumsy dancing couple? | 35 |
| Numbers | 7 |
| Low poker pair | 14 |
| Pieces of eight? | 16 |
| Petits ___ | 10 |
| Small pair | 10 |
| Quartets | 8 |
| Trey beaters | 12 |
| Rare trick takers | 17 |
| Polo teams, usually | 19 |
| Plus ___ (theme of this puzzle) | 31 |
| Petits -- (small cakes) | 23 |
| On all --- (crawling) | 21 |
| On all -- (crawling) | 20 |
| On all ___ (crawling, say) | 26 |
| Low pairs | 9 |
| Crawling on all ___ | 19 |
| Bridge teams | 12 |
| All ___ (card game) | 19 |
| All __ | 6 |
| Eighty | 6 |
| Start of an address | 19 |
| 80 | 2 |
| Start of a Lincoln address | 26 |
| Memorable opening | 17 |
| Lincoln's "eighty" | 32 |
| Gettysburg Address opener | 25 |
| Eighty, to Lincoln | 18 |
| Eighty, to Abe | 14 |
| 80, to Lincoln | 14 |