| ___ Liberty | 11 |
| Unmarried woman's title | 27 |
| Unmarried woman | 15 |
| Not understand | 14 |
| Muffet or America | 17 |
| Mile equivalent? | 16 |
| Marple or Havisham | 18 |
| Liberty or America | 18 |
| Feel longing for | 16 |
| Failed attempt | 14 |
| Word on a sash | 14 |
| Peach or Piggy | 14 |
| Pageant contestant | 18 |
| Overshoot, say | 14 |
| Ole ___ | 7 |
| Near or Ole | 11 |
| Muffet, for one | 15 |
| Lonelyhearts' title | 23 |
| Junior ___ | 10 |
| It's not a hit | 18 |
| Go off target | 13 |
| Feel the absence of | 19 |
| Feel nostalgia for | 18 |
| Fall short of | 13 |
| Fail to see | 11 |
| Fail to make contact with | 25 |
| Daisy, for one | 14 |
| Bad shot | 8 |
| "Little ___ Sunshine" | 31 |
| "___ Congeniality" | 28 |
| Young woman's title | 23 |
| Yearn to see again | 18 |
| Wish were here | 14 |
| Universe or America | 19 |
| TV's ___ Piggy | 18 |
| Title that can precede the starts of the four longest Across answers | 68 |
| Title for America? | 18 |
| The Rolling Stones' "___ You" | 43 |
| Swing without connecting | 24 |
| Strindberg's "_____ Julie" | 40 |
| Strindberg's "___ Julie" | 38 |
| Start of a pageant winner's title | 37 |
| Show bad aim | 12 |
| Shoot past, e.g. | 16 |
| Shoot an air ball, say | 22 |
| She's not yet married | 25 |
| Sash word | 9 |
| Regret the loss of | 18 |
| Pre-marital title | 17 |
| Pageant winner's address | 28 |
| One way to waste ammo | 21 |
| Not notice | 10 |
| Not hit | 7 |
| Not even get close | 18 |
| Not catch | 9 |
| Not a hit | 9 |
| Muffet or Brooks | 16 |
| Mile equivalent, proverbially | 29 |
| Master's counterpart | 24 |
| Marriageable one | 16 |
| Long to see | 11 |
| Long to be with | 15 |
| Liberty preceder | 16 |
| Kegler's error | 18 |
| It's as good as a mile, they say | 36 |
| Howard Stern's ____ America | 34 |
| Hit's alternative | 21 |
| Hit-or- -- | 10 |
| Hit or _____ | 12 |
| Go wide of, say | 15 |
| Girl's title | 16 |
| Flower girl's courtesy title | 32 |
| First word on a sash, often | 27 |
| Feel another's absence | 26 |
| Far from a hit | 14 |
| Fall short of the mark | 22 |
| Fail to make | 12 |
| Fail to hit a target | 20 |
| Fail to get | 11 |
| Fail to connect with | 20 |
| Fail to connect | 15 |
| Debutante ball attendee | 23 |
| Daisy for one | 14 |
| Be wide | 7 |
| Be nostalgiac | 13 |
| Be lonely for | 13 |
| Be errant, say | 14 |
| America or Universe preceder | 28 |
| America or Muffet | 17 |
| America or Liberty | 18 |
| Air ball, for example | 21 |
| Air ball, e.g. | 14 |
| "Our ___ Brooks" (TV oldie) | 37 |
| "Little ___ Marker" | 29 |
| "Driving ___ Daisy," Uhry play | 40 |
| "Bye, bye, ___ American Pie ..." | 42 |
| "Bye-bye, ___ American Pie ..." | 41 |
| "Bye bye, ___ American Pie ..." | 41 |
| "___ Saigon" | 22 |
| '-- Congeniality' | 25 |