| "How Important Can It Be?" singer James | 49 |
| Michael who was five-time N.B.A. M.V.P. | 39 |
| Hamilton of the Carter White House | 34 |
| "Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" river | 46 |
| Argentine author ___ Luis Borges | 32 |
| Fox who plays Sara Sidle on "CSI" | 43 |
| Alcott book "___ Boys" | 32 |
| Alcott's "___ Boys" | 33 |
| "___ Boys" (Louisa May Alcott book) | 45 |
| Alcott's "--- Boys" | 33 |
| "Vanity Fair" character, for short | 44 |
| "___ Boys" (Louisa May Alcott novel) | 46 |
| "___ Boys" (Alcott novel) | 35 |
| "___ Boys" (1886 sequel) | 34 |
| "___ Boys" (1886 novel) | 33 |
| "__ Boys": Alcott novel | 33 |
| "__ Boys" (Alcott novel) | 34 |
| "__ Boys" (Alcott book) | 33 |
| ''__ Boys'' (Alcott novel) | 42 |
| ___ A. Bank (men's clothing retailer) | 41 |
| "Feliz Navidad" singer Feliciano | 42 |
| "Juiced" author Canseco | 33 |
| 1998 Literature Nobelist Saramago | 33 |
| "Do You Know the Way to San ___" | 42 |
| Colleague of Placido and Luciano | 32 |
| Canseco who wrote "Juiced" | 36 |
| 1950 Oscar-winning portrayer of Cyrano | 38 |
| 1920's chess champion Capablanca | 36 |
| Franz __ Land: Arctic archipelago | 33 |
| "Glas-Spiele" composer ___ Anton Riedl | 48 |
| Rachel's firstborn, in the Bible | 36 |
| Patron saint of the Catholic Church | 35 |
| "The Onion Field" author Wambaugh | 43 |
| "Coat of many colors" wearer | 38 |
| Actor Hartnett of "Pearl Harbor" | 42 |
| Duhamel of 'Transformers' | 33 |
| "You Raise Me Up" singer Groban | 41 |
| "Las Vegas" star Duhamel | 34 |
| "Believe" singer Groban | 33 |
| Desert plant named for a Biblical spy | 37 |
| Desert plant for which a U2 album is named | 42 |
| 1987 U2 album, with "The" | 35 |
| Biblical king who abolished idolatry | 36 |
| President Bartlett on "The West Wing" | 47 |
| Actress Bissett of "Melrose Place" | 44 |
| Toon lead singer in a leopard-print leotard | 43 |
| Leader of the Pussycats of cartoondom | 37 |
| Lead singer of the fictional Pussycats | 38 |
| Her backing band is the Pussycats | 33 |
| Bissett of "Melrose Place" | 36 |
| "___ and the Pussycats" (2001 movie) | 46 |
| Make a note of (with "down") | 38 |
| Write hastily, with "down" | 36 |
| Make note of, with "down" | 35 |
| "One ___or one tittle . . . " | 39 |
| Scribbles, with "down" | 32 |
| Writes quickly, with "down" | 37 |
| Physics unit that sounds like a gem | 35 |
| Energy required to lift a small apple | 37 |
| Word following "du" on menus | 38 |
| Perform in a knightly tournament | 32 |
| Competition among mail carriers? | 32 |
| ''By ___!'' (mild oath) | 39 |
| Cry of surprise, with "by" | 36 |
| "By ---!" (exclamation of surprise) | 45 |
| "Bed of Roses" band Bon ___ | 37 |
| "Livin' on a Prayer" band Bon __ | 46 |
| It may get a nip on "Nip/Tuck" | 40 |
| Fold hidden under Santa's beard? | 36 |
| Prominent part of a Nixon caricature | 36 |
| She once sat with Barbara and Whoopi | 36 |
| Mrs. Butterworth's first name | 33 |
| "___ to the world . . . " | 35 |
| They might have kids with names that end in III | 47 |
| Sammy Davis and Cal Ripken: Abbr. | 33 |
| Last year's sophomores: Abbr. | 33 |
| Major Baroque composer's signature | 38 |
| Focus of an annual Leipzig festival | 35 |
| Composer of "The Well-Tempered Clavier" | 49 |
| He played Fitzsimmons in "Hoffa" | 42 |
| "A Few Good Men" actor | 32 |
| Williams who was recently fired from NPR | 40 |
| Spanish explorer ___ Bautista de Anza | 37 |
| Ponce de León's first name | 33 |
| California's San __ Capistrano | 34 |
| "Don" or "San" follower | 43 |
| Friedlander of "30 Rock" | 34 |
| Biblical kingdom first ruled by David | 37 |
| He bestowed the "kiss of death" | 41 |
| Betrayer of biblical proportions | 32 |
| Nelson of ''The Breakfast Club'' | 48 |
| "Knocked Up" director Apatow | 38 |
| ''Kiss the Girls'' star | 39 |
| Wynonna or Naomi of country music | 33 |
| Naomi or Wynonna of country music | 33 |
| Name in a 1968 Beatles chart-topper | 35 |
| Hardy's "obscure" stonemason | 42 |
| Hardy's "___ the Obscure" | 39 |
| The Beatles' "Hey ___" | 36 |
| He reprised Michael's "Alfie" role | 48 |