| Pen name of etiquette doyenne Judith Martin | 43 |
| Judith Martin's alter ego | 29 |
| Etiquette columnist | 19 |
| Marriage broker? | 16 |
| Returnee's question | 23 |
| Question in a long-distance relationship | 40 |
| Question after a separation | 27 |
| "Are you glad I'm back?" | 38 |
| ''Did you notice I was gone?'' | 46 |
| Returning lover's question | 30 |
| Returnee's query | 20 |
| Question often asked long-distance | 34 |
| Question from far away, perhaps | 31 |
| Question from a long-distance lover | 35 |
| Post-business trip query | 24 |
| Lover's question on a long-distance call | 44 |
| Lover's query on a Skype call | 33 |
| Lovebird's phone question | 29 |
| Coy question upon returning | 27 |
| "Guess who's back!?" | 34 |
| Nursery-rhyme spider fearer | 27 |
| Arachnophobe | 12 |
| City on the Clark Fork River | 28 |
| Truman's state | 18 |
| TrumanÂ’s home state | 23 |
| Show-Me State | 13 |
| Show Me State | 13 |
| Jefferson City's state | 26 |
| Where Clark met Lewis in 1804 | 29 |
| Tom Sawyer state | 16 |
| The Show Me state | 17 |
| Ship on which W.W. II ended, 9/2/45 | 35 |
| River through Bismarck | 22 |
| River rising in the Rocky Mountains | 35 |
| River called "Big Muddy" | 34 |
| Joplin's state | 18 |
| Bismarck's river | 20 |
| "Show Me" state | 25 |
| "___ Waltz" (a state song) | 36 |
| "___ Waltz," which begins "Hush-a-bye, ma baby, slumbertime is comin' soon" | 99 |
| ___ Valley Conference in college sports | 39 |
| Get a letter off? | 17 |
| Write correspondance, say | 25 |
| Write wrong | 11 |
| Write seperately, say | 21 |
| Write seperate checks? | 22 |
| Write relevently, e.g. | 22 |
| Write ''recieve'' | 33 |
| Mess up in the bee, say | 23 |
| Have time for thyme? | 20 |
| Femme fatale of The Muppets | 27 |
| She made her TV debut in November 1969 | 38 |
| Movie star with a big nose | 26 |
| Lover of Kermit | 15 |
| "Never eat more than you can lift" speaker | 52 |
| Pageant entrant runner-up? | 26 |
| Musical set in Vietnam | 22 |
| Broadway premiere of April 11, 1991 | 35 |
| Three-Tony winner for '91 | 29 |
| Opening of 4/11/91 | 18 |
| Musical with the song "Sun and Moon" | 46 |
| Musical with the song "Bui Doi" | 41 |
| Musical featuring "The Movie in My Mind" | 50 |
| Modern-day "Madama Butterfly" | 39 |
| Modern adaptation of "Madame Butterfly" | 49 |
| It received 11 Tony nominations in 1991 | 39 |
| 1991 Broadway smash | 19 |
| "Madame Butterfly" set in Vietnam | 43 |
| "Madame Butterfly," updated | 37 |
| Bee winner's title? | 23 |
| Fall preceder | 13 |
| Tightrope walker's worry | 28 |
| Make a false move | 17 |
| Go out of bounds, perhaps | 25 |
| Reliability contest winner? | 27 |
| Young lady, sarcastically | 25 |
| Rapper Elliott | 14 |
| Hip-hopper Elliott | 18 |
| Girl, informally | 16 |
| Elliott of "Get Ur Freak On" | 38 |
| Word for a young girl | 21 |
| Word for a girl | 15 |
| Singer Elliott | 14 |
| Recording artist Elliott | 24 |
| Rap's Elliott | 17 |
| Name for a girl | 15 |
| Little Melissa | 14 |
| Hip-hop's Elliott | 21 |
| Hip-hop diva Elliott | 20 |
| Hip-hop artist Elliott | 22 |
| Hip-hop artist ___ Elliott | 26 |
| Grammy winner Elliott | 21 |
| Gold of "Benson" | 26 |
| F.D.R.'s LeHand | 19 |
| Diminutive for a girl | 21 |
| Actress Gold in "Benson" | 34 |
| Rainbow maker | 13 |
| Atomizer output | 15 |
| Fine spray | 10 |
| Aerosol output | 14 |