| It could be tight or loose | 26 |
| First or final cut piece | 24 |
| Either half of a domino | 23 |
| Either extreme of a loaf | 24 |
| Coda's place in a score | 27 |
| Button on some cell phones | 26 |
| "Split" follower | 26 |
| "Bitter" part | 23 |
| You've just reached it | 26 |
| Word with tight or split | 24 |
| Word with tight or loose | 24 |
| Word with tight and open | 24 |
| Word with tail or dead | 22 |
| Word with tail or back | 22 |
| Word with split or tight | 24 |
| Word with rear or tight | 23 |
| Word with product or table | 26 |
| Word with living or bitter | 26 |
| Word with head or tail | 22 |
| Word with deep or tight | 23 |
| Word with deep or dead | 22 |
| Word printed on a maze | 22 |
| Word after loose or tight | 25 |
| Word after living or dead | 25 |
| Word after deep or tight | 24 |
| Where to join the line | 22 |
| Where this word belongs | 23 |
| What this is, fittingly | 23 |
| What a checkmate causes | 23 |
| Tight ___, in football | 22 |
| This, with "the" | 26 |
| This may be tight or loose | 26 |
| The last word in some stories | 29 |
| The last word in movies? | 24 |
| The Doors "The ___" | 29 |
| Terminate a relationship | 24 |
| Tackle's line mate | 22 |
| T formation participant | 23 |
| Stallworth's position | 25 |
| Split or tight follower | 23 |
| Sometimes it's bitter | 25 |
| Sometimes it is bitter | 22 |
| Something sometimes split | 25 |
| Share of responsibility | 23 |
| Result of a coup de grâce | 28 |
| Rarely used computer key | 24 |
| QB's target, often | 22 |
| QB's frequent target | 24 |
| Position for Russ Francis | 25 |
| Player who may be tight | 23 |
| Period of play in curling | 25 |
| Pearl Jam "The ___" | 29 |
| Part to grab hold of, maybe | 27 |
| One may be tight or defensive | 29 |
| One may be on the line | 22 |
| One can be loose or tight | 25 |
| Often-unwanted slice of bread | 29 |
| Offensive one, at times | 23 |
| Möbius strip's lack | 26 |
| Loose or bitter follower | 24 |
| Line-of-scrimmage position | 26 |
| Last word, in literature | 24 |
| Last word in many books | 23 |
| Last part (appropriately) | 25 |
| Kind of play, in bridge | 23 |
| It might not be in sight | 24 |
| It may be split or loose | 24 |
| It may be loose or tight | 24 |
| His job is always on the line | 29 |
| Give the coup de grâce | 25 |
| Eligible pass receiver | 22 |
| Dissolve, as a partnership | 26 |
| Computer key under Home | 23 |
| Bring down the curtain on | 25 |
| Bitter or business follower | 27 |
| Bitter follower, sometimes | 26 |
| Beginning's counterpart | 27 |
| Author's last word | 22 |
| Apt answer for this clue | 24 |
| "To what ___?" | 24 |
| "The ___ is near" | 27 |
| "Journey's ___" | 29 |
| "30," to an editor | 28 |
| ___-around (football play) | 26 |
| ___ line (court boundary) | 25 |
| ___ around (football play) | 26 |
| Conclusion for everything | 25 |
| Page range punctuation mark | 27 |
| Mark similar to a hyphen | 24 |
| It's longer than a hyphen | 29 |
| Particular parquet piece | 24 |
| German fantasy author Michael | 29 |
| Conclusion, in Germany | 22 |
| Conclusion, in Cologne | 22 |
| Stimulate affection for | 23 |
| Create warm feelings for | 24 |
| Take to one's heart | 23 |
| Cause to become beloved | 23 |
| Inspire warm feelings about | 27 |
| Evoke good feelings about | 25 |