| Make silent | 11 |
| Lack of noise | 13 |
| Kind of puppy | 13 |
| Kind of puppies | 15 |
| Keep concealed, with "up" | 35 |
| It may fall over a crowd | 24 |
| Deep Purple classic | 19 |
| Call for silence | 16 |
| Awed crowd response | 19 |
| Awed crowd reaction | 19 |
| "Stop your gabbin'!" | 34 |
| "Shut yo' mouth!" | 31 |
| "Quit your crying" | 28 |
| "Quit your crying!" | 29 |
| "Quiet now" | 21 |
| "___, little baby . . . " | 35 |
| 'Not another word!' | 27 |
| ''Keep quiet!'' | 31 |
| ... a mother with noisy kids | 28 |
| Librarians, at times | 20 |
| Covert | 6 |
| Top secret | 10 |
| Top-secret | 10 |
| Super-secret | 12 |
| Advice to Sweet Charlotte | 25 |
| Secret get-together, or what occurs literally in each of this puzzle's circled squares | 90 |
| Bribe of a sort | 15 |
| Bribery of sorts | 16 |
| LibrarianÂ’s income? | 23 |
| Counterpart of a speaking fee? | 30 |
| Cornmeal cakes, in the South | 28 |
| Southern cornmeal cakes | 23 |
| Shoes with a basset hound logo | 30 |
| Fried corn cakes | 16 |
| Corn covering | 13 |
| Ear covering | 12 |
| Coat for corn | 13 |
| Tamale wrapper | 14 |
| Prepare corn | 12 |
| Ear protection? | 15 |
| Corn feature | 12 |
| Corn cover | 10 |
| Prepare for cooking, as corn | 28 |
| Prepare corn for eating | 23 |
| Part of an ear of corn | 22 |
| Outer coconut layer, e.g. | 25 |
| Maize covering | 14 |
| Kernal covering | 15 |
| Ear flaps? | 10 |
| Ear flap? | 9 |
| Dry covering | 12 |
| Corny outfit? | 13 |
| Corn residue | 12 |
| Corn peel | 9 |
| Corn coating | 12 |
| Like corn in the kettle | 23 |
| Prepared to cook, as corn | 25 |
| Prepared corn on the cob | 24 |
| Prepared corn | 13 |
| Peeled rice | 11 |
| Corn shucker | 12 |
| Early alt-punk band ___ Du | 26 |
| Bob Mould band ___ Du | 21 |
| ___ Du | 6 |
| Corn covers | 11 |
| Tamale wrappers | 15 |
| Prepares corn on the cob | 24 |
| Natural corn-holders | 20 |
| Ear protectors | 14 |
| Discards at a barbecue | 22 |
| Corn shucks | 11 |
| Burly | 5 |
| Solidly built | 13 |
| Sled dog, often | 15 |
| Iditarod dog | 12 |
| A dog, or a little hoarse | 25 |
| Yukon dog | 9 |
| University of Washington mascot | 31 |
| Motive power in Alaska | 22 |
| Eskimo's best friend | 24 |
| Marlene Dietrich had one | 24 |
| Canine laryngitis? | 18 |
| Marlene Dietrich trademark | 26 |
| Hoarse speaker's sound | 26 |
| Canine's articulation? | 26 |
| Arctic newspaper? | 17 |
| Obama's middle name | 23 |
| Noted capture of 2003 | 21 |
| Late Jordanian king | 19 |
| King of Jordan, 1952-99 | 23 |
| Gulf War figure | 15 |
| Former king of Jordan | 21 |
| Big catch of 2003 | 17 |
| Minx | 4 |
| Strumpet | 8 |
| Impudent girl | 13 |
| Brazen woman | 12 |
| Shameless woman | 15 |
| Saucy sort | 10 |
| Brazen type | 11 |