| "No ___" ("Beats me") | 41 |
| What's on your mind, perhaps | 32 |
| What a light bulb sometimes signifies | 37 |
| What a light bulb might symbolize | 33 |
| Thought hidden in eight long puzzle answers | 43 |
| The very beginning of an invention | 34 |
| Stars : pain :: light bulb : _____ | 34 |
| Something that can't be patented | 36 |
| Result of brainstorming, at times | 33 |
| Possible outcome of a brown study | 33 |
| People see it when the lights turn on | 37 |
| Overhead exclamation point, in comics | 37 |
| One could eventually lead to a patent | 37 |
| Mount ___ (Crete's highest peak) | 36 |
| Light bulb's symbolic meaning | 33 |
| Light bulb's signification, in cartoons | 43 |
| Kickstarter project's genesis | 33 |
| Inventor's or author's quest | 36 |
| Inventor's "lightbulb" | 36 |
| Inventor's "light bulb" | 37 |
| Entrepreneur's starting point | 33 |
| Crossword constructor's germ | 32 |
| Cause of an ''aha'' moment | 42 |
| Brainstorm found in the long answers | 36 |
| Big Time Rush "No ___" | 32 |
| A finger in the air might connote one | 37 |
| "You got a better ___?" | 33 |
| "What's the bright ___?" | 38 |
| "What's the big ___?!" | 36 |
| "What's the big __ ?" | 35 |
| "What's the ___?!" | 32 |
| "The very ___!" (hmmph!) | 34 |
| "That's a great ___!" | 35 |
| "Now there's an ___!' | 34 |
| "No ___" ("Don't ask me") | 49 |
| "Hey, what's the big ---?" | 40 |
| "Here's an ___ ..." | 33 |
| "Bad ___ Jeans" (classic SNL skit) | 44 |
| 'What's the big --?' | 32 |
| ''You have no ___!'' | 36 |
| ''The very'' item | 33 |
| "In an ___ world . . ." | 33 |
| Wilde's "An __ Husband" | 37 |
| Toy company that launched Rubik's Cube | 42 |
| Toy company that introduced Rubik's Cube | 44 |
| Original producer of the game Mouse Trap | 40 |
| Old toy company that made Rubik's Cube | 42 |
| Like the man of one's dreams | 32 |
| Like a score of 10 of a possible 10 | 35 |
| First publisher of the game Mouse Trap | 38 |
| A band with the perfect chemistry, e.g. | 39 |
| "Nonpareil" toy company | 33 |
| "If everything goes our way ..." | 42 |
| In the best of all possible worlds | 34 |
| "Pass the cards," said Tom ___ | 40 |
| "In a best-case scenario ..." | 39 |
| "If everything works out ..." | 39 |
| Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness | 42 |
| Worthy principles Christian rockers have | 40 |
| Guiding stars, to use a metaphor | 32 |
| Best possible scenario situations | 33 |
| Bases of a candidate's platform | 35 |
| Valuable Madison Avenue employees | 33 |
| Professional light bulb producers? | 34 |
| "Don't get any funny ___!" | 40 |
| ''Don't get any funny ___!'' | 48 |
| They might be bounced off others | 32 |
| "I Get ___," 1951 song | 32 |
| "Got any more brilliant ___?" | 39 |
| "Don't get any ___" | 33 |
| What Dorcas Cochran gets in a 1951 song | 39 |
| "I Get ___" (pop song) | 32 |
| "Don't get any funny ---!" | 40 |
| "Don't get any __" | 32 |
| Checked for proof of age, for short | 35 |
| Pointed at from behind one-way glass | 36 |
| What will the French think of next? | 35 |
| Thing that might sprout from a French bean? | 43 |
| Light bulb over one's tête? | 34 |
| It popped into Descartes's head | 35 |
| Brilliant thoughts for the French | 33 |
| The same as before, in footnotes | 32 |
| More of the same, in research papers | 36 |
| Bibliographer's "same" | 36 |
| As previously mentioned, in footnotes | 37 |
| "The same as previously mentioned" | 44 |
| Footnoter's "same" | 32 |
| As previously mentioned, in bibliographies | 42 |
| Alter ___ (another exactly the same) | 36 |
| "The same as mentioned," in footnotes | 47 |
| Driver's license, for one (Abbr.) | 37 |
| One's name on a bracelet, for short | 39 |
| Prefix with "gram" or "graph" | 49 |
| Prefix meaning "notion" | 33 |
| Prefix meaning ''concept'' | 42 |
| Lead-in for "gram" or "graph" | 49 |
| Word form for ''thought'' | 41 |
| Prefix meaning ''thought'' | 42 |
| Hieroglyphic symbol, for instance | 33 |
| "No smoking" symbol, e.g. | 35 |