| Puzzle-within-a-puzzle | 22 |
| Puzzle within a puzzle | 22 |
| Prefix with stasis | 18 |
| Prefix with physics or thesis | 29 |
| Prefix with phase | 17 |
| Prefix with language | 20 |
| Prefix with fiction | 19 |
| Prefix with data | 16 |
| Prefix with carpal or tarsal | 28 |
| Prefix with carpal or "tarsal" or "physical" | 64 |
| Prefix with "carpal" or "tarsal" | 52 |
| Prefix with -morphous | 21 |
| Prefix for physics or thesis | 28 |
| Prefix for physics or phor | 26 |
| Prefix for phrase or physical | 29 |
| Prefix for fiction | 18 |
| Prefix for "physics" or "physical" | 54 |
| Physics leader? | 15 |
| Physician's start | 21 |
| Physician starter | 17 |
| Physical introduction? | 22 |
| Physical intro | 14 |
| Physical add-on | 15 |
| Philosophically deep, as it were | 32 |
| Philosophically complex, in slang | 33 |
| Occurring later: Prefix | 23 |
| Morphic lead-in | 15 |
| Like, totally out there | 23 |
| Like the movie "Adaptation" | 37 |
| Like some horror films, in modern lingo | 39 |
| Lead-in for physics ... and pieman? | 35 |
| Kind of physics | 15 |
| Having multiple layers of self-reference | 40 |
| Dialogue opener? | 16 |
| Data lead-in | 12 |
| Carpal or physical beginning | 28 |
| Beyond (Pref.) | 14 |
| Beginner for physics | 20 |
| Abstract, as it were | 20 |
| "Simple Simon ___ pieman ..." | 39 |
| "Physics" or "data" preceder | 48 |
| "I never --- man I didn't like" | 45 |
| "I --- man with seven wives" | 38 |
| "I --- man with seven wives..." | 41 |
| "I --- man who wasn't there" | 42 |
| "I ___ man with seven wives" | 38 |
| "I ___ man with seven ..." | 36 |
| "I ___ man who wasn't there" | 42 |
| "I ___ man who . . ." | 31 |
| "I ___ fool i' the forest": Shak. | 47 |
| "... Simon --- pieman ..." | 36 |
| "... Simon ___ pieman ..." | 36 |
| "... I ___ man with seven wives" | 42 |
| " . . . I ___ man with . . . " | 40 |
| ''I ___ man who wasn't there'' | 50 |
| Like diets based on body type | 29 |
| Kind of weight loss | 19 |
| Kind of rate | 12 |
| Mine product | 12 |
| Heavy music? | 12 |
| Listing in the periodic table | 29 |
| Bismuth, e.g. | 13 |
| It may be precious | 18 |
| Gold or copper | 14 |
| Silver or steel | 15 |
| No-no in a microwave | 20 |
| Get a lode of this! | 19 |
| Wire material | 13 |
| Lead, for one | 13 |
| It's found in a foundry | 27 |
| Heavy genre | 11 |
| Vanadium, for one | 17 |
| Platinum, for example | 21 |
| Palladium, for one | 18 |
| Microwave's nemesis | 23 |
| It may be forged | 16 |
| Gold, silver or bronze | 22 |
| Copper or cobalt | 16 |
| Bullion | 7 |
| Zinc or zirconium | 17 |
| Word with heavy or sheet | 24 |
| Word with "heavy" or "precious" | 51 |
| Type of detector | 16 |
| Titanium or tin | 15 |
| Something to keep out of a microwave | 36 |
| Smith's medium | 18 |
| Silver or platinum | 18 |
| Scrap yard material | 19 |
| Printing type | 13 |
| Lithium, e.g. | 13 |
| Lead, for example | 17 |
| Judas Priest's genre | 24 |
| It may be forged or precious | 28 |
| It can be heavy or precious | 27 |
| Good conductor of electricity | 29 |
| Gold or lead | 12 |
| Copper or chromium | 18 |
| Copper or aluminum | 18 |
| Conductive substance | 20 |
| Cobalt or copper | 16 |