| Soft, light fabric | 18 |
| Recently retired Jay | 20 |
| Primetime host starting in Fall 2009 | 36 |
| Prime-time host starting in fall 2009 | 37 |
| Predecessor and successor of O'Brien | 40 |
| Portrayer of "Iron Jay" and "Evil Jay" | 58 |
| One who follows the news? | 25 |
| One side of a famous NBC feud | 29 |
| O'Brien's successor | 27 |
| O'Brien's late-night predecessor and successor | 54 |
| O'Brien predecessor | 23 |
| O'Brien is slated to succeed him in 2009 | 44 |
| O'Brien is replacing him | 28 |
| O'Brien is on after him | 27 |
| Noted reader of headlines | 25 |
| Nightly TV star beginning 5/25/92 | 33 |
| Nightly TV presence beginning 5/25/92 | 37 |
| Nightly monologue deliverer | 27 |
| Nightly comic | 13 |
| Night show host | 15 |
| Night line deliverer | 20 |
| News follower? | 14 |
| Network comedian Jay | 20 |
| NBC stalwart | 12 |
| NBC retiree of 2014 | 19 |
| NBC prime time comedian | 23 |
| Monologist on weeknights | 24 |
| Monologist of note | 18 |
| Monologist Jay | 14 |
| Mesh weave | 10 |
| Member of a long-running TV duel | 32 |
| Marquisette's weave | 23 |
| Major NBC star | 14 |
| Longtime NBC star | 17 |
| Longtime NBC host Jay | 21 |
| Longtime NBC host | 17 |
| Longtime "Headlines" reader | 37 |
| Light, gauzy fabric | 19 |
| Letterman's friendly rival | 30 |
| Letterman foe | 13 |
| Letterman competitor | 20 |
| Lesson #5: O'Brien's predecessor | 40 |
| “Leading With My Chin” autobiographer | 45 |
| Late-night wars participant | 27 |
| Late-night TV returnee | 22 |
| Late-night TV "jaywalker" | 35 |
| Late-night show host | 20 |
| Late-night regular | 18 |
| Late-night jokester | 19 |
| Late-night host who testified in the Michael Jackson trial | 58 |
| Late-night host moving to prime time | 36 |
| Late-night headliner | 20 |
| Late-night funnyman | 19 |
| Late-night delivery man? | 24 |
| Late-night comic | 16 |
| Late-night comedian | 19 |
| Late night TV's Jay | 23 |
| Late night TV name | 18 |
| Late night TV host Jay | 22 |
| Late night TV host | 18 |
| Late night television star | 26 |
| Late night name | 15 |
| Late great? | 11 |
| Last name in TV talk | 20 |
| Last name in late night TV | 26 |
| Lantern-jawed TV host | 21 |
| Lantern-jawed comic | 19 |
| Jokey Jay | 9 |
| Jokester Jay | 12 |
| Joker Jay | 9 |
| Joke-telling Jay | 16 |
| Jay with a role in "Ice Age: The Meltdown" | 52 |
| Jay with a jaw | 14 |
| Jay with a column in Popular Mechanics | 38 |
| Jay who said "You're not famous until my mother has heard of you" | 79 |
| Jay who hosted "The Tonight Show" | 43 |
| Jay who has Monday night "Headlines" | 46 |
| Jay who follows the news | 24 |
| Jay who chins with guests | 25 |
| Jay watched by owls | 19 |
| Jay the jester | 14 |
| Jay that chatters | 17 |
| Jay sighted at end of the day | 29 |
| Jay seen after dark | 19 |
| Jay replaced by Jimmy Fallon | 28 |
| Jay often seen at night | 23 |
| Jay of TV talk | 14 |
| Jay of TV | 9 |
| Jay of late-night television | 28 |
| Jay of late-night | 17 |
| Jay of jest | 11 |
| Jay from New Rochelle | 21 |
| Jay ___, Carson's substitute host | 37 |
| James Douglas Muir ___ (TV host's birth name) | 49 |
| Host of a nightly TV show taped in Burbank | 42 |
| Host after the news | 19 |
| His tenure was set to end in 2009, to the delight of many, though he's reported to be reconsidering | 103 |
| His show has a "Jaywalking" segment | 45 |
| His last day is 5/29/09 | 23 |
| Head of Big Dog Productions | 27 |