| Unpenned | 8 |
| Unhampered | 10 |
| Type of change | 14 |
| Tooth that puts the tooth fairy on alert? | 41 |
| Tight's opposite | 20 |
| Springsteen's "Change" | 36 |
| Rough, as a translation | 23 |
| Ready to fall out, as pages from a book | 39 |
| Ready to fall out, as pages | 27 |
| Ready to come off | 17 |
| Out of the yard | 15 |
| On the ___ (like a perp who hasn't been nabbed) | 51 |
| Of doubtful morals | 18 |
| Not restrictive | 15 |
| Not quite ready for the tooth fairy | 35 |
| Not at all snug | 15 |
| No longer confined | 18 |
| Nelly Furtado album | 19 |
| Like some slot machines | 23 |
| Like some screws | 16 |
| Like nightshirts, often | 23 |
| Like cash, at times | 19 |
| Like a tooth with a string tied to it | 37 |
| Like a little kid's tooth, maybe | 36 |
| Like a caftan | 13 |
| Lacking precision | 17 |
| Kiss "All Hell's Breakin' ___" | 48 |
| Kind of translation | 19 |
| Kind of talk or change | 22 |
| Kind of ends or change | 22 |
| Kind of end? | 12 |
| Kind of cannon | 14 |
| Insecure? | 9 |
| In danger of falling off | 24 |
| Hardly word-for-word | 20 |
| Gooselike? | 10 |
| Fast's companion | 20 |
| Fast and ___ | 12 |
| Far from snug | 13 |
| A partner of fast | 17 |
| "Come on baby, shake somethin' __" SRV | 52 |
| Out of chains | 13 |
| "He hath ___ the fateful lightning . . . " | 52 |
| Detail to tie up | 16 |
| Detail to "tie up" | 28 |
| Unresolved detail | 17 |
| Something to tie up | 19 |
| Open-and-shut case spoiler | 26 |
| It's meant to be tied up | 28 |
| Unfinished business | 19 |
| Unfinished details | 18 |
| They're often tied up | 25 |
| Unsettled details | 17 |
| Things to tie up | 16 |
| Things that should be tied up by the curtain? | 45 |
| Things left undone | 18 |
| They may need to be tied up before you move on | 46 |
| Fraying result | 14 |
| At ___ (without direction) | 26 |
| Kind of notebook | 16 |
| Not bound in | 12 |
| Binder with rings | 17 |
| Detach | 6 |
| Untie | 5 |
| Uncinch | 7 |
| Ease up on | 10 |
| Unknot | 6 |
| Undo, as laces | 14 |
| Let out a bit, as a belt | 24 |
| Add slack | 9 |
| Untie, perhaps | 14 |
| Untie, as shoelaces | 19 |
| Unlace, perhaps | 15 |
| Unknot, as a tie | 16 |
| Unbuckle | 8 |
| Turn counterclockwise, maybe | 28 |
| Start to untie | 14 |
| Render removable, perhaps | 25 |
| Relax, as regulations | 21 |
| Make less tight | 15 |
| Let out a few notches in | 24 |
| Let go a bit | 12 |
| Become less strict, with "up" | 39 |
| Relaxed a bit | 13 |
| Not as tight as before | 22 |
| Became less severe | 18 |
| Get ready to play | 17 |
| Less binding | 12 |
| Not as rigid | 12 |
| Like clothes after a diet | 25 |
| Not so tight | 12 |
| Not so taut | 11 |
| Not so snug | 11 |
| Not as tight | 12 |
| More likely to fall out, like a tooth | 37 |
| Less uptight | 12 |
| Less tight | 10 |
| Less stringent | 14 |
| Less prudish | 12 |
| Less constraining | 17 |