| P.O. sackful | 12 |
| P.O. boxful | 11 |
| P.O. box filler | 15 |
| Office corr., sometimes | 23 |
| Monogram units: Abbr. | 21 |
| Mail: Abbr. | 11 |
| What P.O.'s handle | 22 |
| Wd. components | 14 |
| U.S.P.S. cargo: Abbr. | 21 |
| There are 185 in this puzzle: Abbr. | 35 |
| Serious dating, in personal ads | 31 |
| Posted pieces: Abbr. | 20 |
| PO Box fillers | 14 |
| P.O. stack | 10 |
| P.O. pile | 9 |
| P.O. box inserts | 16 |
| P.O. box fillers | 16 |
| P and L, e.g.: Abbr. | 20 |
| Items in mailboxes: Abbr. | 25 |
| Items in a P.O. box | 19 |
| Harbor ships: Abbr. | 19 |
| Crossword fodder: Abbr. | 23 |
| Corp. communications | 20 |
| Contents of many files: Abbr. | 29 |
| Brief missives? | 15 |
| Athletic rewards: Abbr. | 23 |
| Alphabet: Abbr. | 15 |
| Alphabet components: Abbr. | 26 |
| A, b, etc.: Abbr. | 17 |
| A, B, and C (abbr.) | 19 |
| A, B and C: Abbr. | 17 |
| Sgt.'s superiors | 20 |
| Mil. ranks | 10 |
| OCS grads | 9 |
| Capt.'s inferiors | 21 |
| Capt. saluters | 14 |
| USMA grads | 10 |
| They rank below capts. | 22 |
| Some PD officers | 16 |
| Mil. titles | 11 |
| West Point grads | 16 |
| Sgts.' superiors | 20 |
| O.C.S. grads | 12 |
| Columbo and others: Abbr. | 25 |
| West Point grads: Abbr. | 23 |
| Underlings of a capt. | 21 |
| U.S.M.A. grads | 14 |
| They outrank sgts. | 18 |
| Superiors of sgts. | 18 |
| Some USN officers | 17 |
| Some U.S.N.A. grads | 19 |
| Some police dept. personnel | 27 |
| Some capts.-to-be | 17 |
| Shavetails: Abbr. | 17 |
| ROTC grads | 10 |
| Recent USMA grads | 17 |
| Platoon leaders: Abbr. | 22 |
| Platoon ldrs. | 13 |
| OCS grads, usually | 18 |
| NYPD ranks | 10 |
| Mil. figures | 12 |
| Many OCS grads | 14 |
| Inf. officers | 13 |
| Capts.' inferiors | 21 |
| "MASH" ranks | 22 |
| West Pt. grads | 14 |
| USN figures | 11 |
| U.S.A.F. officers | 17 |
| They oversee sgts. | 18 |
| Sulu and Uhura on "Star Trek": Abbr. | 46 |
| Some USMA grads | 15 |
| Some USAF commissioned officers | 31 |
| Some P.D. personnel | 19 |
| Some offensive line players, for short | 38 |
| Some O.C.S. grads | 17 |
| Some navy officers: Abbr. | 25 |
| Some naval officers (abbr.) | 27 |
| Some mil. grads | 15 |
| Some linemen in football: abbr. | 31 |
| Some commissioned offs. | 23 |
| Some blockers: Abbr. | 20 |
| Some "JAG" roles: Abbr. | 33 |
| Sgts.' bosses | 17 |
| Sgts. superiors | 15 |
| Ranks for Columbo and Kojak: Abbr. | 34 |
| Potential capts. | 16 |
| Police dept. officers | 21 |
| Officers over N.C.O.'s | 26 |
| O.T.S. grads | 12 |
| O.T.C. grads, perhaps | 21 |
| NFL greats Tomlinson and Taylor | 31 |
| NCO's superiors | 19 |
| NCO's bosses | 16 |
| Military ranks: Abbr. | 21 |
| Many USMA grads | 15 |
| LAPD VIPs | 9 |
| Kojak and Crocker: Abbr. | 24 |
| Grads of O.T.S. | 15 |
| Fuzz and Flap, in the comics: Abbr. | 35 |
| Future Capts. | 13 |