| Cooing sound | 12 |
| Was hard to hear | 16 |
| "Anything that can go wrong will" | 43 |
| Pessimist's maxim | 21 |
| Irish side dish? | 16 |
| Homemade Irish side dish? | 25 |
| 2005 Strathairn role | 20 |
| ''See It Now'' host | 35 |
| Juilliard subj. | 15 |
| Lambda followers | 16 |
| High school dept. | 17 |
| Followers of lambdas | 20 |
| Conservatory subj. | 18 |
| Performing arts library abbr. | 29 |
| L.A.'s Getty Center, e.g. | 29 |
| Conservatory student's maj. | 31 |
| Where to see a mummy: Abbr. | 27 |
| Where hangings are witnessed: Abbr. | 35 |
| The Louvre, e.g.: Abbr. | 23 |
| Symbols for statistical means | 29 |
| Symbols for coefficient of friction | 35 |
| Some fraternity chapters | 24 |
| Rodent genus | 12 |
| Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, e.g.: Abbr. | 39 |
| R&B and C&W: Abbr. | 26 |
| Nus' preceders | 18 |
| N.Y. Phil. output | 17 |
| MMM | 3 |
| Metropolitan, for one: Abbr. | 28 |
| Locale of some hangings: Abbr. | 30 |
| Listener's love: abbr. | 26 |
| Letters, to Plato | 17 |
| Letters before nus | 18 |
| Letters after lambdas | 21 |
| Hamlisch's coll. major | 26 |
| Genus of small rodents | 22 |
| Frat characters | 15 |
| Euterpe's subj. | 19 |
| Coll. major for a future concert artist | 39 |
| Cat sounds? | 11 |
| Base of Asti wine | 17 |
| Artistic maj. | 13 |
| Arabian peninsula capital | 25 |
| Sweet white grape | 17 |
| Capital of Oman | 15 |
| Oman's capital | 18 |
| Sweet winemaking grape | 22 |
| Sweet wine grape | 16 |
| Capital on the Gulf of Oman | 27 |
| White grape | 11 |
| Sweet grape used in winemaking | 30 |
| Site of Sultan Qaboos's palace | 34 |
| Gulf of Oman port | 17 |
| Brawn | 5 |
| It may move you | 15 |
| Biceps, e.g. | 12 |
| Biceps or triceps | 17 |
| Flexor or extensor | 18 |
| Bodybuilder's goal | 22 |
| What a bodybuilder builds | 25 |
| Weight-lifter's pride | 25 |
| Venom song for flexing? | 23 |
| Something picked up at the gym | 30 |
| Power, so to speak | 18 |
| Pectoralis e.g. | 16 |
| Mr. Olympia attribute | 21 |
| Mover or shaker? | 16 |
| Lifter's asset | 18 |
| Leverage, so to speak | 21 |
| Kind of car or tee | 18 |
| It may be pulled or pumped | 26 |
| Hired goons | 11 |
| Force, to a mobster | 19 |
| Deltoid, for one | 16 |
| Clout, so to speak | 18 |
| Carly Rae Jepsen "Your Heart Is a ___" | 48 |
| Bodyguards, slangily | 20 |
| Bodyguards or bouncers, in slang | 32 |
| Bodyguard's asset | 21 |
| Overly bulked up | 16 |
| Overdeveloped | 13 |
| More than bulked up | 19 |
| Inflexible, to a myologist? | 27 |
| Working out | 11 |
| High-performance vehicle | 24 |
| Pontiac Firebird, for one | 25 |
| Chevrolet Chevelle SS, for one | 30 |
| "High performance" vehicle | 36 |
| Used force | 10 |
| Made one's way by force | 27 |
| Cat on steroids? | 16 |
| They may be pulled | 18 |
| Schwarzenegger's stock in trade | 35 |
| Workout development | 19 |
| They're sometimes pulled at a gym | 37 |
| Nickname for a gym rat | 22 |
| Nickname for a bodybuilder | 26 |
| He-man's nickname | 21 |
| Hamstrings and others | 21 |
| Biceps and triceps | 18 |