| B.E.Q. e.g.: Abbr. | 18 |
| "I" and "M" in I.M. Pei (Abbr.) | 51 |
| "I" and "M" in I. M. Pei: Abbr. | 51 |
| "Everything ___ place" | 32 |
| For laughs | 10 |
| How quips are delivered | 23 |
| Teasingly | 9 |
| Humorously | 10 |
| Only a few get them | 19 |
| Laughs for the knowing | 22 |
| ___ Joe (Twain character) | 25 |
| Twain's ___ Joe | 19 |
| ___ Joe ("Tom Sawyer" character) | 42 |
| Twain's __ Joe | 18 |
| _____ Joe, of "Tom Sawyer" | 36 |
| ___ Joe, killer exposed by Tom Sawyer | 37 |
| ___ Joe, "Tom Sawyer" character | 41 |
| ___ Joe ("Huckleberry Finn" character) | 48 |
| Twain villain | 13 |
| "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" villain | 48 |
| Do harm to | 10 |
| Put the hurt on | 15 |
| Do harm | 7 |
| Batter or bruise | 16 |
| Pulled hamstring, e.g. | 22 |
| Insult preceder? | 16 |
| Sprained ankle, e.g. | 20 |
| Player's sideliner | 22 |
| Bodily harm | 11 |
| Kind of pad | 11 |
| Squid squirt | 12 |
| Part of a squid's arsenal | 29 |
| Autograph | 9 |
| Printer's need | 18 |
| Printer need | 12 |
| Squid's squirt | 18 |
| It looks good on paper | 22 |
| Press coverage | 14 |
| Cartoonist's supply | 23 |
| Squid's defense | 19 |
| Calligrapher's supply | 25 |
| Tattoo parlor supply | 20 |
| Publicity, so to speak | 22 |
| Printer's supply | 20 |
| Publicity, slangily | 19 |
| Tattoos, slangily | 17 |
| Printer's purchase | 22 |
| Calligrapher's need | 23 |
| Pen fluid | 9 |
| Fingerprinting need | 19 |
| Calligrapher's buy | 22 |
| Cuttlefish excretion | 20 |
| Well contents | 13 |
| Tats | 4 |
| Put this down on paper | 22 |
| Put one's John Hancock on | 29 |
| Needlework? | 11 |
| India ___ | 9 |
| Contents of some wells | 22 |
| Writing fluid | 13 |
| What a squid squirts | 20 |
| Use the dotted line | 19 |
| Tattoo fluid | 12 |
| Sign, as a deal | 15 |
| Publicity, informally | 21 |
| Octopus defense | 15 |
| It's kept in a pen | 22 |
| It goes on the dotted line | 26 |
| It comes out of a pen | 21 |
| HP product | 10 |
| Calligraphy supply | 18 |
| Calligraphy need | 16 |
| Calligrapher's purchase | 27 |
| Big expense for newspapers | 26 |
| Substance of a newspaper article? | 33 |
| Squirt from an octopus | 22 |
| Squid secretion | 15 |
| Squid juice? | 12 |
| Squid defense | 13 |
| Scribe's need | 17 |
| Rorschach material | 18 |
| Red __ | 6 |
| Printer-cartridge filler | 24 |
| Pen partner | 11 |
| Octopus's defense | 21 |
| Newspaper supply | 16 |
| Fountain pen filler | 19 |
| Dip for a quill | 15 |
| Contents of a well | 18 |
| Word with ''jet'' or ''stand'' | 62 |
| What a quill may be dipped in | 29 |
| Well liquid | 11 |
| Well fluid | 10 |
| Voter's finger stainer | 26 |
| The write stuff? | 16 |
| Tattoo stuff | 12 |
| Tattoo parlor expense | 21 |
| Tattoo artist's need | 24 |
| Stubborn laundry stain | 22 |
| Stamp-pad fluid | 15 |