| Given the nod | 13 |
| Gave the nod to | 15 |
| Greenlighted | 12 |
| "I heard you the first time!" | 39 |
| "I get your point!" | 29 |
| "Heard you the first time" | 36 |
| "Enough already" | 26 |
| Approves | 8 |
| Green-lights | 12 |
| Signs off on | 12 |
| Gives the go-ahead | 18 |
| Assents | 7 |
| Rubber-stamps | 13 |
| Agrees to | 9 |
| Gives the go-ahead to | 21 |
| Initials, maybe | 15 |
| Gives thumbs up | 15 |
| Gives the thumbs-up to | 22 |
| Gives the thumbs up | 19 |
| Gives it a "go"? | 26 |
| Gives approval for | 18 |
| Gives the go ahead | 18 |
| Gives sanction to | 17 |
| Expressions of approval | 23 |
| Clearances | 10 |
| "I don't see why not" | 35 |
| "I'm fine with that" | 34 |
| "You've got my permission" | 40 |
| "I'm on board with that" | 38 |
| "I find that acceptable" | 34 |
| Gave the go-ahead | 17 |
| Rubber-stamped | 14 |
| Endorsed | 8 |
| Ratified | 8 |
| Gave a thumbs-up | 16 |
| Gave the nod | 12 |
| Didn't deny | 15 |
| Approved of | 11 |
| Initialed, perhaps | 18 |
| Gave one's blessing to | 26 |
| Approved, for short | 19 |
| Initialed | 9 |
| Gave the thumbs-up to | 21 |
| Authorized, briefly | 19 |
| Wrote letters of authorization? | 31 |
| Signaled "thumbs up" | 30 |
| Put one's initials on, perhaps | 34 |
| Not nixed | 9 |
| Having a permit | 15 |
| Green-lighted, as a project | 27 |
| Gave the thumbs-up | 18 |
| Gave the thumbs up | 18 |
| Didn't nix | 14 |
| Consented to | 12 |
| Assented to | 11 |
| Approved, in headlines | 22 |
| Gave the green light to | 23 |
| Gave the go-ahead for | 21 |
| Put one's initials on, maybe | 32 |
| Gave the nod to, briefly | 24 |
| Gave one's blessing to, briefly | 35 |
| Gave a nod to | 13 |
| Gave a green light to | 21 |
| Didn't prohibit | 19 |
| Allowed to happen | 17 |
| Added one's initials to, perhaps | 36 |
| Michael of "Caddyshack" | 33 |
| Michael of ''Caddyshack'' | 41 |
| Political activist James known for undercover videos | 52 |
| Oscar nominee Michael of "The Great Santini" | 54 |
| Michael of "The Great Santini" | 40 |
| Eugene ______ (First Canadian lager brewer) | 43 |
| Danny who sang "Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" | 64 |
| Actor Dennis: 1908–1968 | 30 |
| 1940s-'50s tough-guy portrayer Dennis | 41 |
| 1940's-50's actor Dennis | 32 |
| "His Majesty ___" (Lancaster film) | 44 |
| Painter Georgia | 15 |
| Artist Georgia | 14 |
| Painter of Southwestern scenes | 30 |
| Painter of "Pelvis with Shadow and the Moon" and "Cow's Skull with Calico Roses" | 104 |
| Noted painter of flowers | 24 |
| Focus of a Santa Fe art museum | 30 |
| "Sky Above Clouds" muralist Georgia | 45 |
| "Cow's Skull with Calico Roses" painter Georgia | 61 |
| Southeastern wetland | 20 |
| Peat-filled place | 17 |
| Its name comes from a Native American word meaning "land of the trembling earth" | 90 |
| Ga.–Fla. spot for those wild about wildlife | 50 |
| Albert Alligator's home | 27 |
| ___-doke | 8 |
| ___-dokey | 9 |
| Half of an informal affirmative | 31 |
| "__-dokey!" | 21 |
| "__-doke!" | 20 |
| "___-doke!" | 21 |
| __-dokey | 8 |
| ____ dokey | 10 |
| ____ -dokey | 11 |
| ____ -doke | 10 |