| ___ Scott, noted slave | 22 |
| ___ Scott decision, 1857 | 24 |
| ___ Scott Decision (1857) | 25 |
| __ Scott Decision (1857) | 24 |
| Stallone's sci-fi judge | 27 |
| Judge played by Stallone | 24 |
| Stallone's judge role | 25 |
| 1995 Stallone title role | 24 |
| Underwater excavation machine | 29 |
| Dig (up), as information | 24 |
| Unearth, with "up" | 28 |
| Oysterman's apparatus | 25 |
| Channel maintenance machine | 27 |
| One moving earth underwater | 27 |
| Controversial ruling of 1857 | 28 |
| Bottom-of-the-barrel stuff | 26 |
| Bottom-of-the-barrel bit | 24 |
| Small amount of residue | 23 |
| Bit of coffee sediment | 22 |
| The most worthless part | 23 |
| Bottom-of-barrel contents | 25 |
| Hardly the creme de la creme | 28 |
| Hardly the choice parts | 23 |
| Bottoms of wine barrels | 23 |
| Bottom-of-the-bottle stuff | 26 |
| Bottom-of-barrel stuff | 22 |
| Word for a German count | 23 |
| Three, in Thüringen | 22 |
| Afternoon hour in Bonn | 22 |
| Three, to Angela Merkel | 23 |
| Three, in Düsseldorf | 23 |
| Siebzehn minus vierzehn | 23 |
| German for 'three' | 26 |
| Crowd count in Köln | 22 |
| Beethoven's third? | 22 |
| Top with four letters on it | 27 |
| Top of the holiday season? | 26 |
| Caught without an umbrella | 26 |
| Nanny Fran Fine, for one | 24 |
| Important prom purchase | 23 |
| Prepare for a formal dinner | 27 |
| Word before code or shirt | 25 |
| Scold, with "down" | 28 |
| Berate, with "down" | 29 |
| Word with sun or evening | 24 |
| Word with shoe or shop | 22 |
| Word with shirt or circle | 25 |
| Word with rehearsal or parade | 29 |
| Word with evening or cocktail | 29 |
| Word with code or rehearsal | 27 |
| Word with code and blues | 24 |
| Word with cocktail or wedding | 29 |
| Word with circle or parade | 26 |
| Word with circle or down | 24 |
| Word before rehearsal or code | 29 |
| Word before code or suit | 24 |
| Rebuke, with "down" | 29 |
| Prepare for dinner in a way | 28 |
| Marines' ___ blues | 22 |
| Kind of shoes or blues | 22 |
| Kind of parade or circle | 24 |
| Kind of code at some schools | 28 |
| It's sometimes strapless | 28 |
| Get ready for work, say | 23 |
| Get ready for another day | 25 |
| Get decent, so to speak | 23 |
| Code or rehearsal preceder | 26 |
| Clinton impeachment evidence | 28 |
| Clean, as fish or fowl | 22 |
| Appear as Tootsie, e.g. | 23 |
| Add vinaigrette to, perhaps | 27 |
| Add a little ranch to, say | 26 |
| Equestrian competition | 22 |
| Olympic equestrian event | 24 |
| Horse trainer's method | 26 |
| Exhibition horsemanship | 23 |
| Equestrian showmanship | 22 |
| Emulate, at a Halloween party | 29 |
| Rare school requirement | 23 |
| Casual Friday relaxes it | 24 |
| Put sauce on, as a salad | 24 |
| Prepared fowl for marketing | 27 |
| Got into the habit, say | 23 |
| ___ down (reprimanded) | 22 |
| In one's Sunday best | 24 |
| All ready for the ball | 22 |
| Part of a bedroom suite | 23 |
| Women's department array | 28 |
| Makeup of some fall lines | 25 |
| Does a morning routine | 22 |
| Clothing store hangers | 22 |
| Prepares to make coq au vin | 27 |
| Less casual, as attire | 22 |
| Costumed more stylishly | 23 |
| French or Italian, e.g. | 23 |
| Vinaigrette, for example | 24 |
| Opening night preceder | 22 |
| They precede opening nights | 27 |
| Shows very few come to see | 26 |
| Shows no one comes to see | 25 |