| Between marquess and viscount | 29 |
| Basketball great Monroe | 23 |
| Banjo plucking Scruggs | 22 |
| Anthony Eden's title | 24 |
| Actor James _____ Jones | 23 |
| A marquis outranks him | 22 |
| "The Pearl" Monroe | 28 |
| "Fatha" Hines | 23 |
| ''Mutts'' dog | 29 |
| Winter headgear feature | 23 |
| Part of a cold-weather cap | 26 |
| Cold-weather cap attachment | 27 |
| Bit of winter protection | 24 |
| Peer's place, perhaps | 25 |
| Nobleman's jurisdiction | 27 |
| Anthony Eden's Avon e.g. | 29 |
| Baseball Hall of Famer Combs | 28 |
| Baseball Hall-of-Famer Combs | 28 |
| Steve of country music | 22 |
| U.S. inventor Pliny ___ | 23 |
| Pliny ___, U.S. inventor | 24 |
| Country/rock singer Steve | 25 |
| Combs of Murderers' Row | 27 |
| "Guitar Town" Steve | 29 |
| Sculptor James ___ Fraser | 25 |
| Robert of GE College Bowl | 29 |
| Primitive painter Ralph | 23 |
| Lefty country musician Steve | 28 |
| Gehrig contemporary Combs | 25 |
| Former Governor of Penna. | 25 |
| Folk singer Justin Townes ___ | 29 |
| Country-rock artist Steve | 25 |
| Country music's Steve | 25 |
| Band-Aid inventor Dickson | 25 |
| Avant-garde composer Brown | 26 |
| Ark. city near Memphis | 22 |
| 19th C. American painter | 24 |
| "Exit 0" Steve | 24 |
| Tea flavored with bergamot | 26 |
| More like a certain bird | 24 |
| Where a stud may be situated | 28 |
| It may be free or attached | 26 |
| Site for multiple piercings | 27 |
| Potential ring-accepter | 23 |
| Potential ring accepter | 23 |
| Place for some bling-bling | 26 |
| Place for ring jewelry | 22 |
| Place for a hoop or stud | 24 |
| Place for a bit of jewelry | 26 |
| Pinna's pendent part | 24 |
| They're often pierced | 25 |
| Oft-pierced body parts | 22 |
| Viscounts' superiors | 24 |
| Counts' counterparts | 24 |
| Some Parliament members | 23 |
| Some House of Lords members | 27 |
| Countesses' spouses | 23 |
| They rank above viscounts | 25 |
| Countesses' husbands | 24 |
| Countesses' counterparts | 28 |
| Their wives are countesses | 26 |
| Spouses of British countesses | 29 |
| English equivalents of counts | 29 |
| Counts' equivalents | 23 |
| "King Lear" nobles | 28 |
| Viscount's superiors | 24 |
| They outrank viscounts | 22 |
| Sandwich and Salisbury | 22 |
| Ranks for Butz and Holliman? | 28 |
| London's ___ Court | 22 |
| Husbands of countesses | 22 |
| Group just below marquises | 26 |
| Anthony Eden's peers | 24 |
| ___ Court (London district) | 27 |
| '60s Chief Justice | 22 |
| '50s Chief Justice | 22 |
| Like an eager date, say | 23 |
| When an eager date arrives | 26 |
| Like the bird with the worm | 27 |
| Confederate general Jubal | 25 |
| Camped out in line, maybe | 25 |
| Before the scheduled time | 25 |
| Before it's needed | 22 |
| "___ to bed . . . " | 29 |
| With frost, winter harbinger | 28 |
| Son Volt "Too ___" | 28 |
| Likely to wait, probably | 24 |
| Like Cro-Magnon man, to us | 26 |
| Like an eager guest, maybe | 26 |
| Like 5:00 or 6:00 a.m., say | 27 |
| Jubal ___ of the C.S.A. | 23 |
| Hall of Fame pitcher ___ Wynn | 29 |
| Five in the morning, say | 24 |
| Civil War general Jubal | 23 |
| Before the crack of dawn | 24 |
| Avoiding the rush, say | 22 |
| At the crack of dawn, say | 25 |
| Ahead of one's time | 23 |
| ___ Girl (tomato cultivar) | 26 |
| Worm catcher, in a saying | 25 |