| Rimes of Mississippi | 20 |
| Rimes in music | 14 |
| Grammy-winner Rimes | 19 |
| Grammy winner for Best Female Country Vocal Performance the year before Trisha | 78 |
| First name in country singing | 29 |
| Country music singer Rimes | 26 |
| C&W singer Rimes | 20 |
| Best New Artist Grammy winner two years after Sheryl | 52 |
| 'How Do I Live' singer Rimes | 36 |
| 'Blue' singer Rimes | 27 |
| Rest against | 12 |
| Use as a crutch | 15 |
| Use for support | 15 |
| Get emotional support from | 26 |
| Draw support from | 17 |
| Pressure, in a way | 18 |
| Get support from | 16 |
| Express dependency | 18 |
| Try to intimidate | 17 |
| Rely for support | 16 |
| Pressure, loan shark-style | 26 |
| Pressure by threatening | 23 |
| Look to for support | 19 |
| "___ Me," Bill Withers hit song | 41 |
| 1972 Bill Withers hit | 21 |
| Bill Withers hit | 16 |
| 1989 Morgan Freeman film | 24 |
| Morgan Freeman film of '89 | 30 |
| Morgan Freeman film | 19 |
| Bill Withers' biggest hit | 29 |
| 1989 movie featuring principal Joe Clark | 40 |
| 1989 Morgan Freeman movie | 25 |
| 1989 high-school film based on a song title | 43 |
| 1989 film set in an inner-city high school | 42 |
| 1989 film set at Eastside High | 30 |
| 1989 feel-good film | 19 |
| 1987 Club Nouveau #1 hit | 24 |
| 1972 Bill Withers hit whose title precedes "when you're not strong" | 81 |
| 1972 #1 hit, and what can be found nine times in this grid | 58 |
| 1972 #1 hit with the lyric "I'm right up the road / I'll share your load" | 91 |
| #1 tune of 1972 and 1987 | 24 |
| Isn't upright | 17 |
| Is inclined | 11 |
| Tends | 5 |
| Isn't quite vertical | 24 |
| Relies on | 9 |
| Isn't straight | 18 |
| Counts (on) | 11 |
| Relies (on) | 11 |
| Relies | 6 |
| Isn't straight up | 21 |
| Isn't quite perpendicular | 29 |
| Gravitates | 10 |
| Tilts a little | 14 |
| Isn't quite erect | 21 |
| Is cockeyed | 11 |
| Has a list | 10 |
| Doesn't stand straight | 26 |
| Tilts or slants | 15 |
| Tilts a bit | 11 |
| Threatens to fall | 17 |
| Tends (toward) | 14 |
| Shows partiality | 16 |
| Lists in a regatta | 18 |
| Isn't vertical | 18 |
| Isn't straight? | 19 |
| Isn't quite neutral | 23 |
| Isn't plumb | 15 |
| Isn't perfectly perpendicular | 33 |
| Isn't on the fence | 22 |
| Is attracted | 12 |
| Has a bias | 10 |
| Favors, with "toward" | 31 |
| Emulates a famous structure | 27 |
| ___ on (pressures) | 18 |
| Uses for support | 16 |
| Applies pressure to | 19 |
| Pressures, thug-style | 21 |
| Pressures to do better, maybe | 29 |
| Gets support from | 17 |
| Applies pressure, in a way | 26 |
| Bent over | 9 |
| Was inclined | 12 |
| Rested (against) | 16 |
| Inclined, in England | 20 |
| Was biased | 10 |
| Tilted to one side | 18 |
| Inclined, to a Brit | 19 |
| Inclined, in London | 19 |
| Bent to one side, to a Brit | 27 |
| Wasn't upright (Var.) | 25 |
| Wasn't quite vertical | 25 |
| Listed in England? | 18 |
| Inclined, in Inverness | 22 |
| Inclined, British style | 23 |
| Inclined in England | 19 |
| Went off vertical, in Soho | 26 |
| Went off vertical, in London | 28 |
| Wasn't vertical | 19 |
| Wasn't erect | 16 |