| American author Bret | 20 |
| Ah Sin's originator | 23 |
| 1877 Twain collaborator | 23 |
| "The Stolen Cigar-Case" author Bret | 45 |
| "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" author Bret | 50 |
| "Tennessee's Partner" story writer | 48 |
| "Tales of Trail and Town" author | 42 |
| "Roaring Camp" writer | 31 |
| "Poker Flat" creator | 30 |
| "Plain Language From Truthful James" writer | 53 |
| "Outcasts of Poker Flat" writer | 41 |
| "Outcasts of Poker Flat" author | 41 |
| "Openings in the Old Trail" author | 44 |
| "M'Liss" author | 29 |
| "Ah Sin" co-dramatist | 31 |
| " . . . Poker Flat" writer | 36 |
| " . . . Poker Flat" creator | 37 |
| Stags | 5 |
| Does' mates | 15 |
| Deer sirs? | 10 |
| Hinds' mates | 16 |
| Deer sirs | 9 |
| Moss and Lorenz | 15 |
| Male deers | 10 |
| Mates for does | 14 |
| Lorenz and Moss | 15 |
| TV sleuths Jennifer and Jonathan | 32 |
| TV couple | 9 |
| Powers and Wagner TV couple | 27 |
| Moss and namesakes | 18 |
| Declaration signer and family | 29 |
| Certain male deer | 17 |
| 80's TV sleuths Jonathan and Jennifer | 41 |
| Cervine statuary? | 17 |
| Playwright Moss's orchestral section? | 41 |
| ___-scarum | 10 |
| Westcott's "David ___" | 36 |
| __-scarum | 9 |
| Rockers Procol --- | 18 |
| Rock group Procol ____ | 22 |
| Procol ___ | 10 |
| Horsetrader David | 17 |
| Elvis film "___ Scarum" | 33 |
| David or scarum | 15 |
| "David ___" (1934 Will Rogers film) | 45 |
| "David ___" | 21 |
| "David ___," Westcott novel | 37 |
| "A Whiter Shade of Pale" Procol ___ | 45 |
| "___ Scarum" (1965 Elvis romp) | 40 |
| --- -scarum | 11 |
| ___-scarum (scatterbrain) | 25 |
| _____-scarum | 12 |
| ___ scarum | 10 |
| Sean Penn portrayal | 19 |
| San Francisco's "Mayor of Castro Street" | 54 |
| San Francisco gay rights martyr played by Sean Penn in a 2008 film | 66 |
| Begets | 6 |
| KEEP | 4 |
| Is down with | 12 |
| Suffers from | 12 |
| Keeps | 5 |
| Retains | 7 |
| Contains | 8 |
| Controls | 8 |
| Holds title to | 14 |
| Gives birth to | 14 |
| Comprises | 9 |
| Is in possession of | 19 |
| Is composed of | 14 |
| Calls one's own | 19 |
| Isn't lacking | 17 |
| Is afflicted with | 17 |
| Harbors | 7 |
| Is suffering from | 17 |
| In possession of | 16 |
| Currently possesses | 19 |
| "Elvis ___ left the building" | 39 |
| Undergoes | 9 |
| Isn't out of | 16 |
| Is the owner of | 15 |
| Is sick with | 12 |
| Is laid up with | 15 |
| Eats or drinks | 14 |
| Doesn't lack | 16 |
| "Rumor ___ it ..." | 28 |
| Is stricken with | 16 |
| Is ill with | 11 |
| Experiences, as doubts | 22 |
| "The Eagle ___ landed" | 32 |
| "Every dog ___ its day" | 33 |
| ''Rumor ___ it . . .'' | 38 |
| ___ it good (is well-off) | 25 |
| Some exclamations | 17 |
| Gets hold of | 12 |
| ___-been | 8 |
| Is saddled with | 15 |
| Is inflicted with | 17 |
| Is afflicted by | 15 |
| Eats, as dinner | 15 |
| Eats or owns | 12 |