| Engaging parts | 14 |
| Don't give me the _____ | 27 |
| Cogwheels | 9 |
| Clockwork, mostly | 17 |
| Car-transmission settings | 25 |
| Car transmission selections | 27 |
| Automotive mechanisms | 21 |
| Adapts for special use | 22 |
| A shift lever changes them | 26 |
| ___ up (accelerates production) | 31 |
| RAGE? | 5 |
| Transmission lever | 18 |
| Engaging device | 15 |
| Automotive part ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 57 |
| Customize for | 13 |
| Fine-tune for | 13 |
| Make an adjustment | 18 |
| Customize specifically for | 26 |
| Customize for, in a way | 23 |
| Customize for, as an audience | 29 |
| Adjust for | 10 |
| Get ready | 9 |
| Prepare for action | 18 |
| Get set | 7 |
| Prepare (for) | 13 |
| Get ready for action | 20 |
| Get ready to do something | 25 |
| Get prepared | 12 |
| Tropical lizard | 15 |
| Lizard | 6 |
| British-accented spokescritter | 30 |
| Lizard with clingy toe pads | 27 |
| Lizard that pitches insurance | 29 |
| Insurance spokeslizard | 22 |
| Insurance ad lizard | 19 |
| GEICO mascot | 12 |
| Creature with sticky toe pads | 29 |
| TV spokeslizard | 15 |
| Sticky-footed lizard | 20 |
| Lizard with sticky feet | 23 |
| Lizard that chirps | 18 |
| Lizard that can regenerate its tail | 35 |
| Lizard that can make chirping noises | 36 |
| Lizard named for its sound | 26 |
| Insurance lizard | 16 |
| Insurance "spokeslizard" | 34 |
| GEICO spokeslizard | 18 |
| Creature with padded toes | 25 |
| Chirping reptile | 16 |
| Chirping lizard | 15 |
| Alternative for a H.S. dropout | 30 |
| H.S. proficiency test | 21 |
| Diploma alternative | 19 |
| H.S. dropout's goal | 23 |
| Goal for a H.S. dropout | 23 |
| Dropout's goal, perhaps: Abbr. | 34 |
| Scottish pike | 13 |
| Option for a H.S. dropout | 25 |
| H.S. dropout's option | 25 |
| H.S. dropout's alternative | 30 |
| Dropout's doc. | 18 |
| It's like finishing H.S. | 28 |
| HS equivalency test | 19 |
| H.S. equivalency exam | 21 |
| H.S. dropout's document | 27 |
| Diploma alt. | 12 |
| What a H.S. dropout may get | 27 |
| Test with a writing section | 27 |
| Test with a social studies section | 34 |
| Substitute acquired by about half a million people a year: Abbr. | 64 |
| Program created for returning WWII vets | 39 |
| Low degree? | 11 |
| It may be obtained before going to coll. | 40 |
| HS sheepskin alternative | 24 |
| HS proficiency test | 19 |
| Highschooler's option: abbr. | 32 |
| High school degree equiv. | 25 |
| High school deg. equivalent | 27 |
| High sch. dropout's option | 30 |
| H.S. equivalency test | 21 |
| H.S. dropout's test | 23 |
| H.S. dropout's goal, maybe | 30 |
| H.S. dropout's exam | 23 |
| H.S. degree alternative | 23 |
| Goal for some H.S. dropouts | 27 |
| Dropout's pursuit, briefly | 30 |
| Dropout's degree: Abbr. | 27 |
| Dropout's deg. | 18 |
| Dropout's certification | 27 |
| Dropout's alternative | 25 |
| Dropout's academic quest | 28 |
| Document used in coll. admissions | 33 |
| Diploma that Mr. Hooper earned on a 1976 episode of "Sesame Street" | 77 |
| Community college prereq, maybe | 31 |
| Community coll. prerequisite, maybe | 35 |
| Coll. prereq, perhaps | 21 |
| Certificate earned by Peter Jennings | 36 |
| Certificate earned by both Paris Hilton and Jessica Simpson | 59 |
| An H.S. dropout may earn one | 28 |
| A high school dropout might get it | 34 |