| Author of the Oprah's Book Club selection "We Were the Mulvaneys" | 79 |
| Author of "Wonderland" | 32 |
| Author Joyce Carol ____ | 23 |
| Author Joyce Carol ___ | 22 |
| American novelist Joyce Carol | 29 |
| Actor Warren ___: 1928-82 | 25 |
| A Bruins star | 13 |
| "You Must Remember This" author | 41 |
| "Wonderland" novelist | 31 |
| "We Were the Mulvaneys" author | 40 |
| "The Tattooed Girl" author | 36 |
| "The Profane Art" author | 34 |
| "The Falls" novelist | 30 |
| "The Falls" author | 28 |
| "The Assassins" author | 32 |
| "Solstice" author | 27 |
| "My Sister, My Love" author | 37 |
| "My Heart Laid Bare" writer | 37 |
| "Contraries" author | 29 |
| "Black Girl/White Girl" author | 40 |
| "Angel of Light" novelist | 35 |
| "A Garden of Earthly Delights" author | 47 |
| "A Bloodsmoor Romance" author | 39 |
| It's said with a raised hand | 32 |
| Vow | 3 |
| Inauguration recitation | 23 |
| Court statement | 15 |
| Egad, e.g. | 10 |
| Word of honor | 13 |
| Solemn pledge | 13 |
| Swearword | 9 |
| Secret pledge in each of the four longest Across answers | 56 |
| Inauguration highlight | 22 |
| Hippocratic pronouncement | 25 |
| ___ of office | 13 |
| Words from one on the stand | 27 |
| Inauguration Day highlight | 26 |
| Swear word | 10 |
| Presidential administration | 27 |
| Inauguration Day recital | 24 |
| Boy Scout recitation | 20 |
| Bleeped blurt | 13 |
| "I do," for one | 25 |
| Swearing-in pledge | 18 |
| Solemn declaration | 18 |
| Scout recitation | 16 |
| Inauguration ritual | 19 |
| What an inductee takes | 22 |
| Swearing-in statement | 21 |
| Swearing-in highlight | 21 |
| Salty retort | 12 |
| Many an office has one | 22 |
| Inaugural reading | 17 |
| Formal promise | 14 |
| Colorful language | 17 |
| Attestation | 11 |
| ___ of allegiance | 17 |
| Witness stand statement | 23 |
| This answer is a four-letter word | 33 |
| The Hippocratic, for one | 24 |
| Testimony preceder | 18 |
| Solemn word | 11 |
| Sacred promise | 14 |
| Office promise | 14 |
| Juratory statement | 18 |
| It's taken with a hand in the air | 37 |
| It may be taken with a raised hand | 34 |
| It may be solemn | 16 |
| It can be a curse | 17 |
| Inaugural ritual | 16 |
| Hippocratic, e.g. | 17 |
| Hippocratic thing | 17 |
| Hippocratic ___ | 15 |
| Curse or vow | 12 |
| Court ritual | 12 |
| ''Egad!'' or ''Drat!'' | 54 |
| Witness-stand statement | 23 |
| Witness declaration | 19 |
| Sworn testimony preceder | 24 |
| Swearing-in speech | 18 |
| Swearing-in | 11 |
| Swearing in court | 17 |
| Something sworn | 15 |
| Solemn statement | 16 |
| Solemn avowal | 13 |
| President's pledge | 22 |
| Part of a swearing-in ceremony | 30 |
| One's Hippocratic | 21 |
| One shouldn't lie under it | 30 |
| Office entry requirement, perhaps | 33 |
| It'll be taken in January 2009 | 34 |
| It precedes much testimony | 26 |
| It might be bleeped out | 23 |
| It may be taken with a Bible | 28 |
| It may be minced | 16 |
| It may be bleeped | 17 |
| Inauguration words | 18 |
| Inauguration recital | 20 |
| Inauguration declaration | 24 |
| Inauguration Day pronouncement | 30 |