| Word each theme entry ends with a synonym for | 45 |
| Word dropped by hot dog chain Wienerschnitzel in 1977 | 53 |
| Word divs. | 10 |
| Word division: Abbr. | 20 |
| Word division | 13 |
| Word divided in this puzzle's nine longest answers | 54 |
| Word div. | 9 |
| Word directly above the eagle's head on a quarter back | 58 |
| Word differently | 16 |
| Word dieters may look for | 25 |
| Word describing some instruments | 32 |
| Word describing Abner | 21 |
| Word describing Abby? | 21 |
| Word describing a yellow polkadot bikini | 40 |
| Word describing a yellow polka dot bikini | 41 |
| Word derived from the Latin "uncia," meaning "one-twelfth" | 78 |
| Word derived from Malay for "jungle man" | 50 |
| Word derived from Japanese for "empty orchestra" | 58 |
| Word derived from Finnish | 25 |
| Word derived from a name | 24 |
| Word derived from "Caesar" | 36 |
| Word denoting one | 17 |
| Word denoting excess | 20 |
| Word denoting Chinese | 21 |
| Word defined by the definition | 30 |
| Word creators | 13 |
| Word connector | 14 |
| Word comprising 60% of itself | 29 |
| Word companion | 14 |
| Word commonly translated into pig Latin | 39 |
| Word commanding attention | 25 |
| Word command | 12 |
| Word combined with while | 24 |
| Word combined with "therapy" | 38 |
| Word coiner? | 12 |
| Word coined to describe an unnamed Hulk Hogan maneuver? | 55 |
| Word coined in the States? | 26 |
| Word coined in PC magazine in 1990 | 34 |
| Word coined in 1941 | 19 |
| Word coined by Herb Caen in 1958 | 32 |
| Word coined by F.B. Burgess | 27 |
| Word coined by Asimov | 21 |
| Word coinage | 12 |
| Word Clemens likes to hear | 26 |
| Word classification | 19 |
| Word class | 10 |
| Word chunk | 10 |
| Word choice | 11 |
| Word chanted in "Animal House" | 40 |
| Word chanted at an awards ceremony | 34 |
| Word chanted at a celebratory party | 35 |
| Word changer | 12 |
| Word chain #2 (7 wds., coming full circle) | 42 |
| Word chain #1 (12 wds., coming full circle) | 43 |
| Word Casper seldom uses | 23 |
| Word canceling a deletion | 25 |
| Word by C. F. Alexander | 23 |
| Word by a door handle, often | 28 |
| Word blindness | 14 |
| Word bk. | 8 |
| Word beyond beyond | 18 |
| Word beyond ''beyond'' | 38 |
| Word between up and down | 24 |
| Word between two words? | 23 |
| Word between two surnames, for women | 36 |
| Word between two surnames | 25 |
| Word between two names | 22 |
| Word between two last names | 27 |
| Word between two dogs? | 22 |
| Word between two dogs | 21 |
| Word between tic and toe | 24 |
| Word between surnames | 21 |
| Word between stop and listen | 28 |
| Word between speak and mind | 27 |
| Word between some last names | 28 |
| Word between signs and delivers | 31 |
| Word between red and reindeer | 29 |
| Word between ready and go | 25 |
| Word between ready and fire | 27 |
| Word between praying and eating | 31 |
| Word between now and this | 25 |
| Word between looks and everything | 33 |
| Word between Lincoln and Todd | 29 |
| Word between last names | 23 |
| Word between in and of | 22 |
| Word between I's in a palindrome | 36 |
| Word between I's in a noted palindrome | 42 |
| Word between I's in a famous palindrome | 43 |
| Word between honey and melon | 28 |
| Word between here and there | 27 |
| Word between handles? | 21 |
| Word between grace and eating | 29 |
| Word between goo and pan | 24 |
| Word between game and match | 27 |
| Word between Friends | 20 |
| Word between fish and fowl | 26 |
| Word between butcher and candlestick maker | 42 |
| Word between an old and new name | 32 |
| Word between All and Day | 24 |
| Word between "never" and "seen" | 51 |