| Part of the force | 17 |
| Service-academy graduate | 24 |
| Force figure | 12 |
| Constable | 9 |
| Police baton? | 13 |
| Where captains dine | 19 |
| Kind of business | 16 |
| Like secret military facilities, to civilians | 45 |
| Angel without Web access? | 25 |
| Remove, as cargo | 16 |
| Empty the hold | 14 |
| Transfer data, to a peripheral device | 37 |
| Empty containers | 16 |
| Go ___ a tangent | 16 |
| Go __ a tangent | 15 |
| Light-switch words | 18 |
| ___ a tangent | 13 |
| Switch positions | 16 |
| Switch settings | 15 |
| Slays, mob-style | 16 |
| Light-switch positions | 22 |
| Does in, mob-style | 18 |
| Eliminates, gangster-style | 26 |
| "Tip" or "rip" finish | 41 |
| Some switch positions | 21 |
| Kills, in gangster lingo | 24 |
| Some switch settings | 20 |
| Slays, in slang | 15 |
| Murders | 7 |
| Wastes, in mob slang | 20 |
| Murders, slangily | 17 |
| Murders, mob-style | 18 |
| Play-___ (tiebreakers) | 22 |
| Kills, slangily | 15 |
| Kills, in mob slang | 19 |
| Does in, gangland-style | 23 |
| Word after "pay" or "play" | 46 |
| Whacks, to a wiseguy | 20 |
| Wastes, in gangster flicks | 26 |
| Tip or rip finish | 17 |
| Takes out, so to speak | 22 |
| Some switches | 13 |
| Slays, 'Sopranos' style | 31 |
| Kills, in slang | 15 |
| Ices, so to speak | 17 |
| Does in, in mob slang | 21 |
| Deep-sixes, to a thug | 21 |
| Word with "pay" or "show" | 45 |
| Word with ''pay'' or ''play'' | 61 |
| Wastes, mob-style | 17 |
| Tip and rip finishers | 21 |
| The three of this puzzle's theme entries | 44 |
| Takes out, Cosa Nostra style | 28 |
| Takes out, as a hit man would | 29 |
| Snuffs out, mob-style | 21 |
| Slays, syndicate-style | 22 |
| Slays, in mob slang | 19 |
| Silences, gang-style | 20 |
| Sign- -- (farewells) | 20 |
| Sides of cricket fields | 23 |
| Rip- -- (swindles) | 18 |
| Rip- -- (flimflams) | 19 |
| Rip --- (thefts) | 16 |
| Policemen: Abbr. | 16 |
| Ons' opposites | 18 |
| Ons and ____ | 12 |
| Many buttons | 12 |
| Light-switch readings | 21 |
| Kiss-___ (heave-hos) | 20 |
| Kills: sl. | 10 |
| Kills, slang | 12 |
| Kills, mob-style | 16 |
| Kills, hitman-style | 19 |
| Kills, gangster-style | 21 |
| Kills, gangland-style | 21 |
| Kills, 'Sopranos'-style | 31 |
| Kills, 'Sopranos' style | 31 |
| Kills 'Sopranos'-style | 30 |
| Ices, to a thug | 15 |
| Ices, Mafia-style | 17 |
| Eliminates, gangland-style | 26 |
| Does in, mob style | 18 |
| Does in, in gangster flicks | 27 |
| Does a mob hit on | 17 |
| Does a hitman's job | 23 |
| Does a hit man's job | 24 |
| Dispatches, mob-style | 21 |
| Dispatches, gang-style | 22 |
| Dispatches, 'Sopranos' style | 36 |
| Dial settings | 13 |
| Cut or shut follower | 20 |
| Cricket-field sides | 19 |
| Cricket-field parts | 19 |
| Certain switch positions | 24 |
| Captains, majors, etc.: Abbr. | 29 |
| ___ and ons | 11 |
| When many trades are made | 25 |
| When business is slow | 21 |
| Track hiatus time | 17 |
| Time when many an athlete gets into trouble | 43 |