| School's second team, and this puzzle's title | 53 |
| Frosh players | 13 |
| Minor traffic violation | 23 |
| Letter out for a stroll? | 24 |
| "The Jungle Book" python | 34 |
| Kipling character | 17 |
| "The Jungle Book" snake | 33 |
| Python in "The Jungle Book" | 37 |
| Kipling python | 14 |
| Kipling snake | 13 |
| 'The Jungle Book' snake | 31 |
| Snake in "The Jungle Book" | 36 |
| Rock python of "The Jungle Book" | 42 |
| Rescuer of Mowgli in "The Jungle Book" | 48 |
| Old mentor in an 1893 story | 27 |
| Mowgli's python | 19 |
| Jungle Book snake | 17 |
| Jungle Book hisser | 21 |
| "The Jungle Book" snake who sings "Trust in Me" | 67 |
| Barbecue fare | 13 |
| Barbecue offering | 17 |
| Skewered entrée | 18 |
| Skewered fare | 13 |
| Barbecue entree | 15 |
| Shish ___ | 9 |
| Skewered dish | 13 |
| Skewered meat | 13 |
| Skewered meal | 13 |
| Meal on a skewer | 16 |
| Skewered food | 13 |
| Skewered fare (Var.) | 20 |
| Cookout offering | 16 |
| "Shish" dish | 22 |
| Skewered barbecue dish | 22 |
| Skewer tidbit (Var.) | 20 |
| Serving on a spit | 17 |
| Serving on a skewer | 19 |
| Meat on a stick (Var.) | 22 |
| Meat on a stick | 15 |
| Meal on a stick | 15 |
| Food on a stick (Var.) | 22 |
| Cubed barbecue dish | 19 |
| Stick on the barbecue? | 22 |
| Spit food? | 10 |
| Skewered-meat dish | 18 |
| Skewered treat | 14 |
| Skewered meat treat | 19 |
| Skewered meat cubes | 19 |
| Skewered lamb, e.g. | 19 |
| Skewer-ed entree | 16 |
| Skewer tidbit | 13 |
| Shish follower | 14 |
| Shish __ | 8 |
| Serving from a grill | 20 |
| Roast meat serving | 18 |
| One stuck in the kitchen | 24 |
| Meat on a skewer | 16 |
| Meal on a skewer (var.) | 23 |
| Item purchased at many a food cart | 34 |
| Griller's preparation | 25 |
| Entrée cooked on a skewer | 28 |
| Dish on a skewer | 16 |
| Cube of meat on a skewer | 24 |
| Cookout favorite | 16 |
| Cookout dish | 12 |
| Barbecue cube | 13 |
| "Shish" dish (var.) | 29 |
| Sound of a blast | 16 |
| Sound of someone having a blast? | 32 |
| Not just a bang | 15 |
| Major report | 12 |
| Former circus-themed breakfast cereal from General Mills | 56 |
| Comics explosion | 16 |
| Comic book blast | 16 |
| Bomb sound | 10 |
| Japanese drama | 14 |
| No alternative | 14 |
| No alternative? | 15 |
| Japanese drama form | 19 |
| Japanese dance-drama | 20 |
| Yokohama drama | 14 |
| Theatrical genre with heavy makeup | 34 |
| Elaborate Japanese drama | 24 |
| Tokyo theater performance | 25 |
| Theatrical genre with no actresses, historically | 48 |
| Stylized Japanese drama | 23 |
| Noh alternative | 15 |
| No relative | 11 |
| Eastern dance-drama | 19 |
| Drama in which male actors play both male and female parts | 58 |
| All-male drama form | 19 |
| Afghanistan's capital | 25 |
| Afghan capital | 14 |
| Capital of Afghanistan | 22 |
| Mile-high Asian capital | 23 |
| Khyber Pass city | 16 |
| Capital in the news in 2002 | 27 |
| World capital on a river of the same name | 41 |
| War-torn capital of the 1980's-90's | 43 |
| Site of a presidential palace called the Arg | 44 |