| Up for the job | 14 |
| Ready and willing companion | 27 |
| Like some seamen | 16 |
| Having the necessary skill | 26 |
| Good at one's job | 21 |
| Fit to perform the task | 23 |
| Equal to | 8 |
| Doughty | 7 |
| Baker's predecessor | 23 |
| ". . . ___ to leap tall buildings" | 44 |
| ___ seaman | 10 |
| Talented enough | 15 |
| Start of a well-known palindrome | 32 |
| Start of a popular palindrome | 29 |
| Start of a famed palindrome | 27 |
| Seaman's description | 24 |
| Ready, willing, and ___ | 23 |
| Ready and willing's partner | 31 |
| Quite capable | 13 |
| Possessing the know-how | 23 |
| Partner of ready and willing | 28 |
| Off the injured list | 20 |
| Not all thumbs | 14 |
| In a position to help | 21 |
| Having the wherewithal | 22 |
| Having the power | 16 |
| Having the necessary power | 26 |
| Hardly helpless | 15 |
| Habile | 6 |
| Fit to perform | 14 |
| Dextrous | 8 |
| Accomplished musician | 21 |
| ___, Baker, Charlie | 19 |
| With the power | 14 |
| Willing's partner | 21 |
| Willing follower | 16 |
| Type of seaman | 14 |
| Thor ___, U.S. rocket | 21 |
| Sure-handed | 11 |
| Suitably qualified | 18 |
| Suit tail? | 10 |
| Strong of body and mind | 23 |
| Simian space traveler: 1959 | 27 |
| Senator's adjective for a colleague | 39 |
| Ready's partner | 19 |
| Ready to perform | 16 |
| Ready for work | 14 |
| Possessed of the requisite skills | 33 |
| Partner of "ready" and "willing" | 52 |
| Palindrome start | 16 |
| Palindrome opener | 17 |
| OK (to) | 7 |
| Not impotent | 12 |
| Kind of seamen | 14 |
| Highly adroit | 13 |
| Having the resources | 20 |
| Having the knack | 16 |
| Having skills | 13 |
| Having skill | 12 |
| Goes w/Prince's "Willing" | 39 |
| Fully functional | 16 |
| Fit to cut the mustard | 22 |
| Equal to it | 11 |
| Can-do | 6 |
| Can do | 6 |
| "... ___ to leap tall buildings" | 42 |
| "... ___ to leap tall buildings ..." | 46 |
| "___ to leap tall buildings ..." | 42 |
| ___-bodied seaman | 17 |
| ___-bodied (fit for the armed forces) | 37 |
| Word that keeps the same meaning if "cap-" is added at the front | 74 |
| Word before Baker | 17 |
| Willing pursuer | 15 |
| Willing cohort? | 15 |
| Up to speed | 11 |
| Totally proficient | 18 |
| This trails ready and willing | 29 |
| This precedes Baker | 19 |
| Suffix with pay or tax | 22 |
| Suffix with drink, sink and think | 33 |
| Start of a palindrome whose center word is "ere" | 58 |
| Showing talent | 14 |
| Showing skill | 13 |
| Seaman descriptor | 17 |
| Sal's last name? | 20 |
| Ready, willing and___ | 21 |
| Ready trio member | 17 |
| Precursor of Baker and Charlie | 30 |
| Port attachment | 15 |
| Petra "Ready, Willing and ___" | 40 |
| Partner of willing | 18 |
| Part of A.B. | 12 |
| Palindrome starter | 18 |
| One-time pal of Baker and Charlie? | 34 |
| One of Charlie's companions | 31 |
| Not just ready and willing | 26 |
| Napoleon's palindromic word | 31 |
| Napoleon, before seeing Elba? | 29 |
| Napoleon, before Elba | 21 |
| Like Napoleon, before Elba? | 27 |