| Author of "The Old Wives' Tale" | 45 |
| A Shakespeare contemporary | 26 |
| A contemporary of The Bard | 26 |
| A contemporary of Shakespeare | 29 |
| 16th-century English dramatist George | 37 |
| "The Old Wives' Tale" playwright George | 53 |
| "The Old Wives' Tale" dramatist George | 52 |
| "The Battle of Alcazar" playwright George | 51 |
| "The Arraignment of Paris" playwright | 47 |
| 'Edward I' playwright George | 36 |
| Pared | 5 |
| Disrobed | 8 |
| Took the rind off | 17 |
| Skinned, as a potato | 20 |
| Showed signs of age, as paint | 29 |
| Removed the skin | 16 |
| Burned rubber (with "out") | 36 |
| Took off one's duds | 23 |
| Stripped (off) | 14 |
| Skinned, as potatoes | 20 |
| Skinless | 8 |
| Removed a rind | 14 |
| Lost a sunburn | 14 |
| Like watchful eyes | 18 |
| Like most canned tomatoes | 25 |
| Like mangos and bananas | 23 |
| Like Mae's grapes | 21 |
| Like canned tomatoes | 20 |
| Like apples in pies | 19 |
| Left a flying formation, with "off" | 45 |
| Emulated Gypsy Rose Lee | 23 |
| Did a KP job | 12 |
| Canned-tomato style | 19 |
| Burned rubber, with "out" | 35 |
| Broken Hope song for orange opening? | 36 |
| Potato tool | 11 |
| Police officer, to a Brit | 25 |
| Tool used when making apple pie | 31 |
| Spud preparer's tool | 24 |
| Paring tool | 11 |
| One who skins | 13 |
| KP gadget | 9 |
| KitchenAid product | 18 |
| Kitchen thingie | 15 |
| Kitchen gismo | 13 |
| Implement in a kitchen | 22 |
| Early British cop | 17 |
| Device used on apples | 21 |
| Kitchen implements | 18 |
| Ecdysiasts | 10 |
| They go around in the kitchen | 29 |
| Strippers of tree bark | 22 |
| Kitchen duty implements | 23 |
| Cooks' gadgets | 18 |
| Some spa treatments | 19 |
| Pizzeria shovels | 16 |
| Pares | 5 |
| Lemon ___ | 9 |
| Banana coverings | 16 |
| Orange covers | 13 |
| Decorticates | 12 |
| Strips away | 11 |
| Loses a sunburn | 15 |
| Facial treatments | 17 |
| Sheds some skin | 15 |
| Orange discards | 15 |
| They can be slipped on | 22 |
| Suffers from sunburn | 20 |
| Some facial treatments | 22 |
| Slippery objects | 16 |
| Preps, as potatoes | 18 |
| Prepares a banana | 17 |
| Items in a compost heap, perhaps | 32 |
| Banana skins | 12 |
| Banana coats | 12 |
| What a stripper does | 20 |
| Uses a parer | 12 |
| Undresses, informally | 21 |
| Undresses a banana | 18 |
| Takes (off) | 11 |
| Strips off | 10 |
| Strips (off) | 12 |
| Starts to come off | 18 |
| Spa services | 12 |
| Sir Robert and family | 21 |
| Shows its age, as wallpaper | 27 |
| Removes, as rinds | 17 |
| Removes wallpaper, maybe | 24 |
| Prepares, as a mandarin | 23 |
| Pares pears | 11 |
| Outer parts | 11 |
| Orange rinds | 12 |
| Orange remnants | 15 |
| Orange refuse | 13 |
| Leaves in a hot rod, with "out" | 41 |
| Juicer detritus | 15 |
| Has sunburn woes | 16 |
| Goes through a post-sunburn period | 34 |
| Does a KP chore | 15 |
| Day spa facial procedures | 25 |