| Take first steps? | 17 |
| Symbol is Pb | 12 |
| Star's role | 15 |
| Something to get out | 20 |
| Sleuth's clue | 17 |
| Sinker metal | 12 |
| Role for Hanks | 14 |
| Role for a star | 15 |
| Reporter's first paragraph | 30 |
| Promising clue, to a detective | 30 |
| Problem for Superman | 20 |
| Primary role | 12 |
| Plumbago | 8 |
| Plum role | 9 |
| Play the first card | 19 |
| Play first | 10 |
| Pewter component, sometimes | 27 |
| Pewter component, once | 22 |
| Period for preparation | 22 |
| Pencil's innards | 20 |
| Pencil power | 12 |
| Pb, in chemistry | 16 |
| Pb is its symbol | 16 |
| Part of a pencil | 16 |
| Part of a news story | 20 |
| One of two ballroom dancers | 27 |
| One lap, maybe, in a race | 25 |
| Not back up | 11 |
| News story opener | 17 |
| Mr. Shoemaker's goal | 24 |
| Movers get this out | 19 |
| Metal that Superman can't see through | 41 |
| Material for a failed balloon (Tribute #1) | 42 |
| Male ballroom dancer, traditionally | 35 |
| Makeup of a heavy balloon? | 26 |
| Make the first moves, in dancing | 32 |
| Major role | 10 |
| Major part | 10 |
| Main role | 9 |
| Like a -- balloon | 17 |
| Kind of pencil | 14 |
| It's between thallium and bismuth in the periodic table | 59 |
| It can be removed by chelation | 30 |
| Inspire, in a way | 17 |
| Hot clue | 8 |
| Hollow point bullet component | 29 |
| Heavy element | 13 |
| Head the pack | 13 |
| Guide on the dance floor | 24 |
| Gray element | 12 |
| Graphite, so to speak | 21 |
| Get the ____ out! | 17 |
| Get it out to go faster | 23 |
| Galena extract | 14 |
| Front-runner's edge | 23 |
| Front runner's position | 27 |
| First stone thrower? | 20 |
| Fat part | 8 |
| Extraction from galena ore | 26 |
| Essential for an investigator | 29 |
| Element with the symbol Pb | 26 |
| Element whose symbol is Pb | 26 |
| Element whose symbol comes from the Latin word "plumbum" | 66 |
| Element between thallium and bismuth on the periodic table | 58 |
| Dream of aspiring actors | 24 |
| DetectiveÂ’s need | 20 |
| Dangerous ingredient in paint | 29 |
| Conduct, as an orchestra | 24 |
| Clue in a case | 14 |
| Chair, say | 10 |
| Certain movie role | 18 |
| Buckshot's makeup | 21 |
| Bridge player's decision | 28 |
| Biggest role | 12 |
| Before foot or belly | 20 |
| Be winning | 10 |
| Be in front | 11 |
| Be atop the standings | 21 |
| Be a star | 9 |
| Base of some paints | 19 |
| Barrier for X-ray vision | 24 |
| Barrier for Superman's X-ray vision | 39 |
| Balloon material? | 17 |
| Alpha dog's place | 21 |
| Alchemy material | 16 |
| Aid for a detective | 19 |
| A winning team may sit on one | 29 |
| "___, Kindly Light" | 29 |
| "___ us not . . . " | 29 |
| ''Get the ___ out!'' | 36 |
| ___-pipe cinch | 14 |
| ___ off (begin) | 15 |
| __ poisoning | 12 |
| Utter failure, figuratively | 27 |
| Symbolic sinker | 15 |
| It won't go over well | 25 |
| Flop, figuratively | 18 |
| Figurative flop | 15 |
| Bad idea, so to speak | 21 |
| Oppressively heavy | 18 |