| Darius' land | 16 |
| Darius' kingdom | 19 |
| Darius I's land | 19 |
| Athens' foe at Marathon | 27 |
| Fluffy housecat | 15 |
| Warrior at Thermopylae | 22 |
| Valuable carpet | 15 |
| Thermopylae combatant | 21 |
| Rug, cat or gulf | 16 |
| Original language of "The Rubáiyát" | 51 |
| Omar, for one | 13 |
| Kind of cat or rug | 18 |
| Kind of cat or carpet | 21 |
| Kind of carpet or cat | 21 |
| Iranian cat | 11 |
| Cyrus the Great, e.g. | 21 |
| Ahasuerus was one | 17 |
| "One man's Mede is another man's ___" | 55 |
| ______ lamb coat | 16 |
| __ Gulf: Arabian waterway | 25 |
| What they play on the links in Iran? | 36 |
| Game for Shiraz swingers? | 25 |
| Activity on Qom courses? | 24 |
| Be stubborn | 11 |
| Don't quit | 14 |
| Continue firmly | 15 |
| Continue despite adversity | 26 |
| Sign of tenacious disgust? | 26 |
| Keeps trying | 12 |
| Won't give up | 17 |
| Is determined | 13 |
| Doesn't take no for an answer | 33 |
| Continues against all odds | 26 |
| Census unit | 11 |
| Politically correct suffix | 26 |
| Man or woman | 12 |
| Politically correct word | 24 |
| Part 3 of the remark | 20 |
| He or she | 9 |
| Any man, woman or child | 23 |
| Word with chair or sales | 24 |
| What a robot might resemble | 27 |
| Someone | 7 |
| Robot shape, maybe | 18 |
| One, with "a" | 23 |
| Live, after "in" | 26 |
| Human individual | 16 |
| ___ of interest | 15 |
| ___ non grata | 13 |
| Public image | 12 |
| Characterization | 16 |
| Who you appear to be | 20 |
| Public role | 11 |
| Public projection | 17 |
| Outward presentation | 20 |
| Non-grata one | 13 |
| Literary narrator or character | 30 |
| Jung's role in life | 23 |
| Classic Bergman film | 20 |
| Character played by an actor | 28 |
| Chaplin's tramp, e.g. | 25 |
| "Non grata" entity | 28 |
| ____ non grata | 14 |
| You | 3 |
| We | 2 |
| You is one | 10 |
| What you will always be | 23 |
| Me, for one | 11 |
| I or you | 8 |
| Private coach | 13 |
| Workout expert | 14 |
| Wanted: impertinent gym instructor | 34 |
| Part of a celebrity's retinue, often | 40 |
| One who makes you sweat | 23 |
| Health club option | 18 |
| Health club offering | 20 |
| He says "Feel the burn" | 33 |
| Gym coach | 9 |
| The groom's ex, say | 23 |
| Picnic skunk, e.g. | 18 |
| Like an unwelcome diplomat | 26 |
| Gate-crasher e.g. | 18 |
| Colonel Sanders at a hen party? | 31 |
| Cassius, to Caesar? | 19 |
| An unwelcome guest, to Galba | 28 |
| Human Resources holding | 23 |
| Employee dossier | 16 |
| Fresh-mouthed | 13 |
| Procacious | 10 |
| Irreverent | 10 |
| Feeling one's oats | 22 |
| Suave competitor | 16 |
| Frisky | 6 |
| Spritely | 8 |
| Prell competitor | 16 |
| Lively, like a shampoo? | 23 |
| Jaunty and stylish | 18 |
| Saucy and sassy | 15 |
| Perky | 5 |
| Lively and jaunty | 17 |