| Ease of manner | 14 |
| Dignified manner | 16 |
| Coolheadedness | 14 |
| Cool head | 9 |
| Candidate's asset | 21 |
| Beauty pageant judging criterion | 32 |
| Asset in a beauty pageant | 25 |
| Asset at an interview | 21 |
| Alt's asset | 15 |
| "Miss America" judging criterion | 42 |
| Self-assured | 12 |
| Ready to strike | 15 |
| Full of confidence | 18 |
| With calm assurance | 19 |
| Self-confident, as a pageant contestant | 39 |
| On one's mark | 17 |
| Like Michelle Kwan | 18 |
| Skull-and-crossbones stuff | 26 |
| Toxic substance | 15 |
| Borgia potion | 13 |
| Exterminator's option | 25 |
| Hemlock, for one | 16 |
| What Mr. Yuk labels | 19 |
| Weapon alternative in mysteries | 31 |
| Toxin | 5 |
| Toxicant | 8 |
| Staple of Agatha Christie mysteries | 35 |
| Something harmful | 17 |
| Scull-and-crossbones stuff | 26 |
| Negative influence | 18 |
| Murder method in Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye" | 64 |
| Feature of many a whodunit | 26 |
| Arsenic, for one | 16 |
| Arsenic, e.g. | 13 |
| Arsenic e.g. | 13 |
| Arrow application | 17 |
| Another man's meat | 22 |
| "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" monster-balladeers | 55 |
| "Be careful what you wish for" gift | 45 |
| Contaminates | 12 |
| Whodunit elements | 17 |
| Toxins | 6 |
| Toxicologist's specialty | 28 |
| Nicotine and alcohol, for two | 29 |
| Does in, in a way | 17 |
| Cyanide and arsenic, e.g. | 25 |
| Cyanide and arsenic | 19 |
| Arsenic and strychnine | 22 |
| Jab | 3 |
| Small bag | 9 |
| Pig's place? | 16 |
| Jab with a finger | 17 |
| Jab playfully | 13 |
| Place for a pig? | 16 |
| Finger jab | 10 |
| Elbow in the ribs | 17 |
| Stir the fire | 13 |
| Jab in the ribs | 15 |
| Word with cow or slow | 21 |
| Sourdough's sack | 20 |
| Little jab | 10 |
| Idiomatic pig locale | 20 |
| Facebook attention getter | 25 |
| Digital prod | 12 |
| ___ fun at (ridicule) | 21 |
| Word with slow or cow | 21 |
| Use a prod | 10 |
| Type of bonnet | 14 |
| Test by touching | 16 |
| Spot for a proverbial pig | 25 |
| Search here and there | 21 |
| Saunter, with "along" | 31 |
| Sack or bag | 11 |
| Sack for a pig | 14 |
| Quick stick | 11 |
| Quick jab | 9 |
| Pry, with ''around'' | 36 |
| Prod, as with a finger | 22 |
| Pouch for a pig | 15 |
| Pig's place, in a saying | 28 |
| Pig's digs? | 15 |
| Pig's container, in a saying | 32 |
| Pig in a --- | 12 |
| Pig in a ___ | 12 |
| Pig in a __ | 11 |
| One way to get attention on Facebook | 36 |
| Move slowly (along) | 19 |
| Make Poppin' Fresh giggle | 29 |
| Laggard, informally | 19 |
| Kind of bonnet | 14 |
| Jab; prod | 9 |
| Jab with a stick | 16 |
| Jab between the ribs, say | 25 |
| Goose, e.g. | 11 |
| Give the finger to? | 19 |
| Give the elbow | 14 |
| Facebook user's nudge | 25 |
| Facebook user's "nudge" | 37 |
| Facebook action | 15 |
| Elbow thrust | 12 |