| Haus wife? | 10 |
| Haus follower | 13 |
| Hans's spouse | 17 |
| Hamburger's title, perhaps | 30 |
| German lady | 11 |
| German housewife | 16 |
| German honey | 12 |
| Fritz's missus | 18 |
| Farbissina's "Austin Powers" title | 48 |
| Deutschland dame | 16 |
| Bonn wife | 9 |
| Blücher's title in "Young Frankenstein" | 56 |
| Berlin housewife | 16 |
| Bavarian title | 14 |
| Angela Merkel's title | 25 |
| "Haus" wife? | 22 |
| "Die ___ ohne Schatten," Strauss opera | 48 |
| "___ Sorge," Sudermann novel | 38 |
| ___ Farbissina of the "Austin Powers" films | 53 |
| ___ Blücher (forbidding "Young Frankenstein" character) | 68 |
| Criminal trickery | 17 |
| Con job | 7 |
| Imposture | 9 |
| Deceit | 6 |
| Whistle-blower's exposure | 29 |
| Con artist's crime | 22 |
| Better Business Bureau subject | 30 |
| Great pretender | 15 |
| Dupery | 6 |
| Businessman's crime | 23 |
| Swindler's crime | 20 |
| Subject of an S.E.C. inquiry | 28 |
| Poseur | 6 |
| One skilled at taking in | 24 |
| Illegal trickery | 16 |
| Illegal activity | 16 |
| Identity theft, e.g. | 20 |
| Flimflammer's felony | 24 |
| Deceptive crime | 15 |
| Consumer affairs topic | 22 |
| Bunco-squad concern | 19 |
| Many a con game? | 16 |
| Filled (with) | 13 |
| Uneasy (with tension) | 21 |
| Loaded (with) | 13 |
| Full of, with "with" | 30 |
| German miss | 11 |
| Bremen miss | 11 |
| Haus wives? | 11 |
| Wives, informally | 17 |
| Weimar wives | 12 |
| Some spouses, slangily | 22 |
| Munich matrons | 14 |
| Lady of the Haus: pl. | 21 |
| Ladies of the haus | 18 |
| Housewives, somewhere abroad | 28 |
| Housewives, abroad | 18 |
| Housewives | 10 |
| German women | 12 |
| German wives | 12 |
| Tatter | 6 |
| Unravel | 7 |
| Imbroglio | 9 |
| Noisy quarrel | 13 |
| Come apart at the seams | 23 |
| Become threadbare | 17 |
| Become ragged at the edges | 26 |
| Wear at the edges | 17 |
| Unravel at the edges | 20 |
| Noisy brawl | 11 |
| Become ragged | 13 |
| Wear, as a sweater? | 19 |
| Start to unravel | 16 |
| Become raveled | 14 |
| Wear on, as nerves | 18 |
| Unravel, as a cord | 18 |
| Frazzle | 7 |
| Wear, in a way | 14 |
| Wear out by rubbing | 19 |
| Wear out at the edges | 21 |
| Wear on, as the nerves | 22 |
| Wear off by rubbing | 19 |
| Unravel, as rope fiber | 22 |
| Unravel at the ends | 19 |
| Unravel at the edge, as threads | 31 |
| Start unraveling, as a towel | 28 |
| Start to wear | 13 |
| Piano-driven Denver band | 24 |
| Come a bit undone | 17 |
| Cause to ravel | 14 |
| Begin to unravel | 16 |
| Begin to show wear | 18 |
| Become unraveled | 16 |
| Above the ___ | 13 |
| "How to Save a Life" band (with "The") | 58 |
| Worn at the edges | 17 |
| Worn, maybe | 11 |
| Starting to unravel | 19 |
| Started to wear | 15 |
| Started to unravel | 18 |