| Head table's locale | 23 |
| Conference-room platform | 24 |
| Comic-Con panel's place | 27 |
| Banquet speaker's spot | 26 |
| Awards-night structure | 22 |
| Parts of meeting rooms | 22 |
| Part of a simple bouquet | 24 |
| Link in a floral chain | 22 |
| Donald Duck's ladylove | 26 |
| White-and-yellow flower | 23 |
| The Bumsteads' dog | 22 |
| Part of a certain chain | 23 |
| Kindergarten-age Girl Scout | 27 |
| Kind of wheel or chain | 22 |
| Henry James's Miss Miller | 29 |
| Girl with a song cycle | 22 |
| Flowery Switchfoot song? | 24 |
| Donald's girlfriend | 23 |
| Donald Duck's love | 22 |
| Donald Duck's girlfriend | 28 |
| Donald Duck's beloved | 25 |
| Dog in "Blondie" | 26 |
| Dagwood and Blondie's dog | 29 |
| Chain component, perhaps | 24 |
| Black-eyed Susan e.g. | 22 |
| "Fresh" flower | 24 |
| "Blondie" canine | 26 |
| "___ Miller" | 22 |
| Bumstead dog and namesakes | 26 |
| Trio of comic strip canines | 27 |
| North or South state, briefly | 29 |
| State abbr. following N or S | 28 |
| U.S. terr., 1861-'89 | 24 |
| S. ___ (Pierre's st.) | 25 |
| S. ___ (Neb. neighbor) | 22 |
| Pt. of two state names | 22 |
| Part of two state abbrs. | 24 |
| Old territory of West: Abbr. | 28 |
| Old terr. west of Minnesota | 27 |
| Either of two states: Abbr. | 27 |
| Abbr. in two state names | 24 |
| Africa's westernmost port | 29 |
| Westernmost African city | 24 |
| Westernmost African capital | 27 |
| Capital NW of Monrovia | 22 |
| Africa's western port | 25 |
| Word with North or South | 24 |
| Territory divided in 1889 | 25 |
| Word in two states' names | 29 |
| It was divided in 1889 | 22 |
| Word seen twice on a U.S. map | 29 |
| Word in two state names | 23 |
| U.S. territory until 1889 | 25 |
| End of two state names | 22 |
| Word following North or South | 29 |
| Part of two state names | 23 |
| John Wayne film of 1945 | 23 |
| John Lennon's last home | 27 |
| Famed NYC apartment building | 28 |
| Discontinued Dodge pickup | 25 |
| Aptly, Pierre's state | 25 |
| 1945 John Wayne western | 23 |
| 1861-'89 territory | 22 |
| ___ Territory: 1861-89 | 22 |
| Native of Bismarck or Pierre | 28 |
| States north of Nebraska | 24 |
| ___ segno (musical direction) | 29 |
| The Mavericks, on scoreboards | 29 |
| Lentil dish on an Indian menu | 29 |
| Western half of a Texas city | 28 |
| The Cowboys, on scoreboards | 27 |
| The Cowboys, on a scoreboard | 28 |
| East Indian lentil sauce | 24 |
| -- segno (sheet-music term) | 27 |
| Part of a religious title | 25 |
| Start of a religious title | 26 |
| Part of a Buddhist title | 24 |
| Religious title starter | 23 |
| Part of a monk's title | 26 |
| Start of an Eastern title | 25 |
| Mongolian for 'ocean' | 29 |
| Literally "ocean" | 27 |
| Buddhism's -- Lama | 22 |
| 1989 Peace Prize recipient | 26 |
| Peripatetic religious leader | 28 |
| 1989 Peace Prize winner | 23 |
| 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner | 29 |
| Buttermilk's rider | 22 |
| NASCAR legend Earnhardt | 23 |
| Chip's chipmunk chum | 24 |
| Chip's cartoon companion | 28 |
| Chip's cartoon chum | 23 |
| Racing legend Earnhardt | 23 |
| Hill's counterpart | 22 |
| Chip's chum, in cartoons | 28 |
| Chip's cartoon buddy | 24 |
| Open river valley, e.g. | 23 |
| NASCAR driver Earnhardt | 23 |
| Motivational guru Carnegie | 26 |
| Chip's cartoon friend | 25 |