| Ghana, once | 11 |
| Ritzy area of a city | 20 |
| It became Ghana in 1957 | 23 |
| Ghana, formerly | 15 |
| Former area of Africa | 21 |
| Assured of success | 18 |
| Like some opportunities | 23 |
| Auric | 5 |
| Parachute color? | 16 |
| Like the girls of TV | 20 |
| Word with rod or rule | 21 |
| San Francisco's Gate | 24 |
| Like the mythical apple of discord | 34 |
| Like some parachutes | 20 |
| Like some autumn leaves | 23 |
| Like a certain rule | 19 |
| Kind of mean | 12 |
| Jason's fleece descriptor | 29 |
| Fleece or Bough | 15 |
| Flax-colored | 12 |
| Especially valuable | 19 |
| America "Sister ___ Hair" | 35 |
| "Enjoy, Enjoy!" author | 32 |
| -- Gate Bridge | 14 |
| _____, BC (sounds like Holden, Ontario | 38 |
| ___ retriever | 13 |
| __ Gate Bridge | 14 |
| Sprig of mistletoe that served Aeneas as a pass to the underworld | 65 |
| Mythological branch of mistletoe | 32 |
| Mythical pass to the underworld | 31 |
| Mistletoe branch that was Aeneas' pass to the underworld | 60 |
| Popular Apple | 13 |
| Certain Apple | 13 |
| Yellow-skinned apple | 20 |
| Expensive sheepskin? | 20 |
| Precious cargo of legend | 24 |
| Object of Jason's quest | 27 |
| Mythological prize from a winged ram | 36 |
| Jason's treasure | 20 |
| Jason's theft | 17 |
| San Francisco bridge | 20 |
| Strait at San Francisco | 23 |
| San Francisco Bay opening | 25 |
| Sir Francis Drake discovery of 1579 | 35 |
| Sausalito sight | 15 |
| Landmark bridge | 15 |
| Motion picture award | 20 |
| 2004 award for Sean Penn | 24 |
| Movie award since 1944 | 22 |
| Fort Knox guards' newspaper? | 32 |
| Award for which "The Godfather, Part III" was nominated seven times, but didn't win | 97 |
| Award Cillian Murphy was nominated for for the 2005 movie "Breakfast on Pluto" | 88 |
| Acting honor | 12 |
| Awards since 1944 | 17 |
| Executive perk | 14 |
| Postemployment package, sometimes | 33 |
| Sweet deal for a company executive | 34 |
| Suit protector? | 15 |
| Provision in some executives' contracts | 43 |
| Layoff payoff | 13 |
| It'll make the ax not feel so sharp | 39 |
| Generous severance package | 26 |
| Executive's parting gift | 28 |
| Executive's compensation, sometimes | 39 |
| Exec's severance pay of a sort | 34 |
| CEO's parting gift | 22 |
| C.E.O. protector | 16 |
| But before he can take off with his own "___" ... | 59 |
| Antitakeover protection for executives | 38 |
| Man's friend | 16 |
| Popular hunting dog | 19 |
| Guide on four legs | 18 |
| Fowler's helper | 19 |
| Five __ | 7 |
| State flower of Nebraska | 24 |
| Vivid yellow shade | 18 |
| Potent allergen | 15 |
| Neb.'s state flower | 23 |
| Lustrous length? | 16 |
| Kentucky's state flower | 27 |
| Auric wand in the garden? | 25 |
| Sermon on the Mount component | 29 |
| Many live by it | 15 |
| Harry and Janice | 16 |
| Good neighbor policy? | 21 |
| Good neighbor policy | 20 |
| Colorado bylaw | 14 |
| Behavior code | 13 |
| "Do unto others . . ." teaching | 41 |
| "Do unto others . . . " | 33 |
| 007 film | 8 |
| James Bond nemesis | 18 |
| An 007 adversary | 16 |
| Second 007 film | 15 |
| Precious digit of Fleming? | 26 |
| Onetime member of Forbes Fictional 15 richest people | 52 |
| Near-nemesis of 007 | 19 |
| Movie theme sung by Shirley Bassey | 34 |
| Gert Frobe: 1964 | 16 |
| Fleming's modern Midas | 26 |