| On edge, as nerves | 18 |
| Not neat at the ends | 20 |
| Like old lamp cords | 19 |
| Having split ends | 17 |
| Beginning to unravel | 20 |
| Began to unravel | 16 |
| Tatters | 7 |
| Brawls | 6 |
| Scuffles | 8 |
| Melees | 6 |
| Skirmishes | 10 |
| Battles | 7 |
| Starts to unravel | 17 |
| Doesn't wear well | 21 |
| Wears away by usage, as cloth | 29 |
| Wears at the edges | 18 |
| Unravels at the edges | 21 |
| Shows wear | 10 |
| Ravels | 6 |
| Phrase homonym | 14 |
| Gets frazzled | 13 |
| Begins to come undone | 21 |
| Go to pieces | 12 |
| One-in-a-million | 16 |
| Sideshow attraction | 19 |
| "Super ___" (Rick James hit) | 38 |
| Odd notion | 10 |
| Control ___ (obsessive type) | 28 |
| Control ___ | 11 |
| Carnival oddity | 15 |
| Sideshow star | 13 |
| Kind of accident | 16 |
| Flip (out) | 10 |
| Extremely unlikely | 18 |
| Extremely rare | 14 |
| Enthusiast, slangily | 20 |
| "Super ---" (Rick James hit) | 38 |
| Word in a Rick James song title | 31 |
| Word after control or neat | 26 |
| Sideshow figure | 15 |
| Rick James "Super ___" | 32 |
| Random, as an occurrence | 24 |
| P.T. Barnum exhibit | 19 |
| P. T. Barnum exhibit | 20 |
| Neat ___ (slob's opposite) | 30 |
| High school categorization | 26 |
| Have a conniption | 17 |
| Go ballistic, with "out" | 34 |
| Geek, e.g. | 10 |
| Fanatic fan | 11 |
| Control __: obsessive type | 26 |
| Carnival sideshow feature | 25 |
| Ardent fan, slangily | 20 |
| Ardent fan, informally | 22 |
| _____ out (lose it) | 19 |
| __ of nature: rare event | 24 |
| Loses it | 8 |
| Goes ape | 8 |
| Anomalies | 9 |
| Aberrations | 11 |
| Crotchets | 9 |
| Sideshow features | 17 |
| Side-show stars | 15 |
| Coins with overlooked flaws that are put into circulation | 57 |
| Goes berserk | 12 |
| Weird like Friday? | 18 |
| Mr. Rogers | 10 |
| Mr. Flintstone | 14 |
| Wilma's hubby | 17 |
| Mister Rogers | 13 |
| Ward of Hollywood | 17 |
| MacMurray | 9 |
| A Flintstone | 12 |
| Mr. Mertz | 9 |
| Ginger's partner | 20 |
| Flintstone of comics | 20 |
| Flintstone | 10 |
| Dino's master | 17 |
| Barney's friend and neighbor | 32 |
| Barney's buddy, in cartoondom | 33 |
| Barney's buddy | 18 |
| ___ Gailey of "Miracle on 34th Street" | 48 |
| Wilma's mate | 16 |
| Wilma's husband | 19 |
| Waring | 6 |
| Toon Flintstone | 15 |
| Stone or Flintstone | 19 |
| Pebbles's pop | 17 |
| Oscar-winning film director Zinnemann | 37 |
| Mr. Rogers' first name | 26 |
| Lynn of baseball | 16 |
| Lucy's landlord | 19 |
| Flintstone or Allen | 19 |
| Flintstone fellow | 17 |
| Bedrock fellow | 14 |
| Baretta's pet cockatoo | 26 |
| 1975 A.L. MVP Lynn | 18 |
| "Portlandia" funnyman Armisen | 39 |
| "High Noon" director Zinnemann | 40 |
| Wilma's toon mate | 21 |