| Milquetoastish | 14 |
| Like Walter Mitty | 17 |
| Like a doormat | 14 |
| It is said they will inherit the Earth, with "the" | 60 |
| Humble in spirit | 16 |
| Hardly warlike | 14 |
| Hardly pushy | 12 |
| Hardly heroic | 13 |
| Far from gutsy | 14 |
| Far from forceful | 17 |
| Easily intimidated | 18 |
| Easily imposed on | 17 |
| Easily cowed | 12 |
| Earth inheritors? | 17 |
| Blessed ones | 12 |
| Biblical inheritors, with "the" | 41 |
| Anything but bold | 17 |
| Adjective for Clark Kent | 24 |
| Actor Donald: 1880–1946 | 30 |
| "The ___ Shall Inherit" ("Little Shop of Horrors" song) | 75 |
| "The ___ shall inherit ..." | 37 |
| In a mousy way | 14 |
| In a timid way | 14 |
| Humbly | 6 |
| In a submissive way | 19 |
| In a humble way | 15 |
| With acquiescence | 17 |
| In a mild manner | 16 |
| Timidity | 8 |
| Humble quality | 14 |
| Timid nature | 12 |
| Kid's picking word | 22 |
| Kid's choice word | 21 |
| Sea: Ger. | 9 |
| Harlem ___ (Central Park lake) | 30 |
| Seemann's milieu | 20 |
| Pitcher of two consecutive no-hitters Johnny Vander ___ | 55 |
| Painter Jan van der ___ | 23 |
| Dutch artist Jan van der ___ | 28 |
| "Schaum" or "kat" start | 43 |
| Van der ___, Dutch painter | 26 |
| U-boat's sea | 16 |
| The Mediterranean, to Hans | 26 |
| Sea, in Saxony | 14 |
| Sea, in Berlin | 14 |
| Prefix for schaum or kat | 24 |
| Physics Nobelist Simon van der -- | 33 |
| Physics Nobelist Simon van der ___ | 34 |
| Only pitcher of two consecutive no-hitters Johnny Vander ___ | 60 |
| Mare: Scot. | 11 |
| Lake, to Hans | 13 |
| Lake, in Netherlands | 20 |
| Lake, in Leiden | 15 |
| Jan van der ___, Dutch painter | 30 |
| Jan van der ___ van Delft, Dutch painter | 40 |
| Dutch physics Nobelist Simon van der __ | 39 |
| Dutch painter Jan van der ___ | 29 |
| Dutch artist Johannes van der ___ | 33 |
| Dutch artist Jan van der ___, who painted landscapeS | 52 |
| Dutch artist Jan van der __ van Delft | 37 |
| Double no-hit pitcher Johnny Vander ___ | 39 |
| 1984 Physics co-Nobelist Simon van der ___ | 42 |
| ___ van Delft, Dutch painter | 28 |
| ___ van Delft | 13 |
| Animal show set in the Kalahari | 31 |
| Timon and Uncle Max, in "The Lion King" | 49 |
| Some mongooses | 14 |
| Members of the mongoose family | 30 |
| African mongooses | 17 |
| Reagan attorney general | 23 |
| Former Attorney General | 23 |
| Reagan's second Attorney General | 36 |
| Reagan's attorney general | 29 |
| Reagan attorney general Edwin | 29 |
| Former Attorney General Edwin | 29 |
| Ed of the Reagan cabinet | 24 |
| Attorney general before Thornburgh | 34 |
| Reagan's attorney general Edwin | 35 |
| Thornburgh's predecessor as attorney general | 48 |
| Reagan lawman | 13 |
| Reagan cabinet member Edwin | 27 |
| Reagan Cabinet member Ed | 24 |
| Reagan adviser | 14 |
| Governor Reagan's chief of staff | 36 |
| Attorney General of the '80s | 32 |
| Attorney General between Smith and Thornburgh | 45 |
| 1980s Attorney General Edwin | 28 |
| 1980s Attorney General Ed | 25 |
| White House resignee of 1988 | 28 |
| U.S. Attorney General, 1985-88 | 30 |
| Thornburgh's predecessor | 28 |
| Reagan's Ed | 15 |
| Reagan cabinet member and confidante | 36 |
| Reagan attorney general Ed | 26 |
| Reagan aide | 11 |
| Reagan advisor Ed | 17 |
| Reagan advisor | 14 |
| Reagan adviser Edwin | 20 |
| Presidential adviser | 20 |
| Predecessor of Thornburgh in the cabinet | 40 |