| Not one's brightest hour | 28 |
| Below-par period | 16 |
| 0-for-5 performance for Mark McGwire, e.g. | 42 |
| When things aren't going very well | 38 |
| When teams don't play | 25 |
| Times when you're not at your peak | 38 |
| Times when you're not at your best | 38 |
| Times to grin and bear it | 25 |
| Did in | 6 |
| Slew, in slang | 14 |
| Killed, mobster-style | 21 |
| Killed, slangily | 16 |
| Disposed of, gangster-style | 27 |
| Slain, gangster style | 21 |
| Rubbed out, gangster style | 26 |
| Oh-so-splendid | 14 |
| Erased, mob-style | 17 |
| Did in, slangily | 16 |
| Did in, mob-style | 17 |
| Did away with, in gangster lingo | 32 |
| "Orpheus in the Underworld" composer | 46 |
| "Orpheus in the Underworld" composer Jacques | 54 |
| He wrote "La Vie parisienne" | 38 |
| "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" composer | 46 |
| Cause resentment | 16 |
| Arouse resentment | 17 |
| Cause affront to | 16 |
| What heavy metal might do | 25 |
| Step on someone's toes, so to speak | 39 |
| Step on some toes | 17 |
| Put one's nose out of joint | 31 |
| Hurt the feelings of | 20 |
| Hurt or irritate | 16 |
| Cause umbrage | 13 |
| Cause to feel umbrage | 21 |
| Wounds, in a way | 16 |
| Is not PC, say | 14 |
| Make available | 14 |
| Put on the market | 17 |
| Subject of strike talks | 23 |
| Buyer's proposal | 20 |
| Bidder's amount | 19 |
| Put up for sale | 15 |
| "I'll give you $500 for this old car," e.g. | 57 |
| Present for sale | 16 |
| Negotiation starter | 19 |
| Make a bid | 10 |
| Job seeker's success | 24 |
| Job seeker's hope | 21 |
| It's sometimes final | 24 |
| Good news for a job applicant | 29 |
| Figure for negotiation | 22 |
| Suggest as a price | 18 |
| Start of a dicker | 17 |
| Something sometimes irrefusable | 31 |
| Show of intention | 17 |
| Sale bid | 8 |
| Propose, as a price | 19 |
| Proposal to play | 16 |
| Part of OBO | 11 |
| Negotiator's proposal | 25 |
| Job seekerÂ’s success | 24 |
| Job seekerÂ’s hope | 21 |
| Job applicant's quest | 25 |
| It's sometimes irrefusable | 30 |
| Have on sale | 12 |
| Have for sale | 13 |
| Good news at a job fair | 23 |
| Bidder's proposal | 21 |
| Auction bid | 11 |
| Amount bid | 10 |
| "I'm gonna make him an __ he can't refuse" | 60 |
| Extempore, as remarks | 21 |
| Figurehead making casual remarks? | 33 |
| Something to run for | 20 |
| Workplace | 9 |
| Rainn Wilson sitcom, with "The" | 41 |
| Kind of pool or park | 20 |
| Kind of ''pool'' or ''park'' | 60 |
| Home's counterpart | 22 |
| Word with pool or building | 26 |
| What an electee takes | 21 |
| Steno's milieu | 18 |
| Some are out of it in January | 29 |
| Sitcom at Dunder Mifflin, with "The" | 46 |
| Pols seek this | 14 |
| Part of O.P.A. | 14 |
| Microsoft suite | 15 |
| Exec's place | 16 |
| ___ hours | 9 |
| Young rink employee who works exclusively outside the skating area? | 67 |
| Male gopher | 11 |
| Administrative overseer | 23 |
| Work complex | 12 |
| Commercial building complex | 27 |
| Workplace gambling pot | 22 |
| Firm bettors? | 13 |
| Workplace gambling group | 24 |
| Workplace purchase | 18 |
| Part of a board | 15 |