| Bit of mail | 11 |
| Bit of a monogram | 17 |
| Word with cover or love | 23 |
| Varsity award | 13 |
| Uncommon writing of late | 24 |
| Thorn, once | 11 |
| Stepquote source: 1900 | 22 |
| Steno's work | 16 |
| Red ____ day | 12 |
| R, F or D | 9 |
| Prynne's was scarlet | 24 |
| Poe's was "purloined" | 35 |
| Play varsity ball | 17 |
| Opposite of "spirit" | 30 |
| Item to be posted | 17 |
| Handwritten rarity, these days | 30 |
| Epistle | 7 |
| Envelope's contents, often | 30 |
| Envelope insert | 15 |
| Ef, e.g. | 8 |
| Do calligraphy | 14 |
| College athlete's award | 27 |
| Buffalo Tom "Big Red ___ Day" | 39 |
| Box Tops classic "The ___" | 36 |
| Bit of comic strip text | 23 |
| Beth, for one | 13 |
| Athletic reward | 15 |
| Athletic honor | 14 |
| Athlete's reward | 20 |
| Any monogram initial | 20 |
| An initial, e.g. | 16 |
| Alternative to legal | 20 |
| Alphabet soup bit | 17 |
| "Wheel of Fortune" guess | 34 |
| Film-to-video transfer technique | 32 |
| Received a varsity award | 24 |
| Was on the varsity | 18 |
| Made varsity | 12 |
| Like a Ph.D. | 12 |
| Very educated | 13 |
| Starred in high school sports | 29 |
| Possessing learning | 19 |
| Possessed of learning | 21 |
| Played on the varsity, e.g. | 27 |
| Made it big, as in school athletics | 35 |
| Literate | 8 |
| Describing scholars | 19 |
| Achieved in school athletics | 28 |
| ORDER FORM ___ LINE DANCE | 25 |
| ID on stationery | 16 |
| Corporate stationery | 20 |
| Company stationery | 18 |
| "Small Town News" presenter | 37 |
| Star seen late at night | 23 |
| Student acheiver | 16 |
| Worldwide Pants Incorporated owner | 34 |
| Longest-serving late-night TV host in the US | 44 |
| Leno's late-night rival | 27 |
| Ed Sullivan Theater host | 24 |
| David ___, late-show host | 25 |
| College sports stand-out | 24 |
| Carson-Sajak alternative | 24 |
| Admired athlete | 15 |
| Oprah's symbol | 18 |
| Symbol on a University of Oregon football helmet | 48 |
| Like an outstanding mail carrier? | 33 |
| The mail carrier is __ | 22 |
| Correct in every detail | 23 |
| Challenge for parents | 21 |
| Baltic people | 13 |
| Eastern Europeans | 17 |
| Latvians | 8 |
| Baltic natives | 14 |
| Riga residents | 14 |
| Riga natives | 12 |
| Some Baltic natives | 19 |
| Natives of Riga | 15 |
| Native Latvians | 15 |
| Some Balts | 10 |
| People who sound inviting | 25 |
| People of Riga | 14 |
| Baltic group | 12 |
| "August: Osage County" playwright Tracy | 49 |
| Some Baltic residents | 21 |
| Rigans, e.g. | 12 |
| Riga people | 11 |
| Riga denizens | 13 |
| People of Daugavpils | 20 |
| North Europeans | 15 |
| Neighbors of Belarusians | 24 |
| Lithuanians' kin | 20 |
| Latvians who sound willing | 26 |
| Latvian natives | 15 |
| Dwellers near the Baltic Sea | 28 |
| Citizens of Ventspils | 21 |
| Baltic dwellers | 15 |
| Club sandwich layer | 19 |
| BLT ingredient | 14 |
| Romaine, e.g. | 13 |
| Money for a rabbit? | 19 |