| Topic for Dr. Ruth | 18 |
| Topic for Freud | 15 |
| Topic for Latin lovers | 22 |
| Topic for Madame de Pompadour and Louis XV | 42 |
| Topic for Maeterlinck | 21 |
| Topic for Ovid | 14 |
| Topic for Peter Jennings | 24 |
| Topic for Portia | 16 |
| Topic for Strunk and White | 26 |
| Topic for Susan Sontag, notably | 31 |
| Topic for the agenda | 20 |
| Topic for the marriage counselor | 32 |
| Topic for Vogue | 15 |
| Topic in "Inherit the Wind" | 37 |
| Topic in "The Underground Empire . . . " | 50 |
| Topic in a confessional | 23 |
| Topic in a dorm | 15 |
| Topic in a golf lesson | 22 |
| Topic in a Platonic symposium | 29 |
| Topic in a world religions course | 33 |
| Topic in an introductory psychology class | 41 |
| Topic in artificial intelligence | 32 |
| Topic in basic life-support training | 36 |
| Topic in couples therapy | 24 |
| Topic in first-aid training | 27 |
| Topic in grammar class | 22 |
| Topic in oil exploration | 24 |
| Topic in psych 101 | 18 |
| Topic in question | 17 |
| Topic in Seymour Hersh's "Chain of Command" | 57 |
| Topic in speech therapy | 23 |
| Topic in tax law | 16 |
| Topic in the hot stove league | 29 |
| Topic in the tropics | 20 |
| Topic in transcendentalism | 26 |
| Topic lead-in | 13 |
| Topic of "The Hite Report" | 36 |
| Topic of a classic 1940s comedy routine, and the inspiration of this puzzle | 75 |
| Topic of a Dean Martin hit | 26 |
| Topic of a St. Augustine treatise, with "the" | 55 |
| Topic of an Emerson essay | 25 |
| Topic of bargaining | 19 |
| Topic of corn-versation? | 24 |
| Topic of debate | 15 |
| Topic of discourse | 18 |
| Topic of discourse (var.) | 25 |
| Topic of discussion | 19 |
| Topic of dispute | 16 |
| Topic of gossip | 15 |
| Topic of gossip, sometimes | 26 |
| Topic of household debate, commonly | 35 |
| Topic of many a best seller | 27 |
| Topic of many a lie | 19 |
| Topic of many a New Year's resolution | 41 |
| Topic of many a resolution | 26 |
| Topic of many a tale | 20 |
| Topic of many comedies | 22 |
| Topic of many songs | 19 |
| Topic of mechanics | 18 |
| Topic of Objectivism | 20 |
| Topic of Plato's "Symposium" | 42 |
| Topic of political debate | 25 |
| Topic of quotation below | 24 |
| Topic of reproductive technology | 32 |
| Topic of some announcements | 27 |
| Topic of some tales | 19 |
| Topic of study in Starfleet Academy | 35 |
| Topic of talks | 14 |
| Topic of the USAF's Project Blue Book | 41 |
| Topic of TV's "This Old House" | 44 |
| Topic of Weird Al Yankovic's "The White Stuff" | 60 |
| Topic on the HGTV channel | 25 |
| Topic preceder | 14 |
| Topic precursor | 15 |
| Topic related to all four theme entries | 39 |
| Topic sentences? | 16 |
| Topic that makes some blush | 27 |
| Topic that may be best avoided | 30 |
| Topic that's over and done with | 35 |
| Topic to broach with a tax advisor | 34 |
| Topic, Magi gift, intone, range part, you and me | 48 |
| Topic: Abbr. | 12 |
| Topic: Sp. | 10 |
| Topic: The Maine (5) | 20 |
| Topical | 7 |
| Topical analgesic from Palindromic Products, Inc.? | 50 |
| Topical antiseptic | 18 |
| Topical application | 19 |
| Topical application for teens | 29 |
| Topical basketball big man? | 27 |
| Topical medication | 18 |
| Topical speech | 14 |
| Topical treatment | 17 |
| Topical treatments | 18 |
| Topics | 6 |
| Topics at hand | 14 |
| Topics at some religious retreats | 33 |
| Topics for comic Martin? | 24 |
| Topics for history courses | 26 |
| Topics for probate courts | 25 |