| Entreat with urgency | 20 |
| Embrace closely | 15 |
| Do some ironing | 15 |
| Do ironing | 10 |
| Defensive strategy in basketball | 32 |
| Defense on a court | 18 |
| Conference attendees, maybe | 27 |
| Cider maker | 11 |
| Book maker | 10 |
| Bench exercise | 14 |
| Basketball stratagem | 20 |
| Bane of public figures | 22 |
| "Meet the ___" | 24 |
| "Full court" tactic | 29 |
| "... or ___ one for more options" | 43 |
| "... or ___ 1 for more options" | 41 |
| ___ release (message targeted to the media) | 43 |
| Star promoter | 13 |
| Publicist | 9 |
| Promoter of a kind | 18 |
| Publicity professional | 22 |
| Promoter of a sort | 18 |
| Flack merchant | 14 |
| Celebrity promoter | 18 |
| Seek justice, in a way | 23 |
| Decide to prosecute | 19 |
| Woodrow Wilson innovation of 1913 | 33 |
| Postgame Q and A, for example | 29 |
| Postgame event, often | 21 |
| Periodic White House event | 26 |
| It may be subject to subsequent spin | 36 |
| Interview with news reporters | 29 |
| Gathering for reporters and politicians | 39 |
| Gathering at the White House | 28 |
| Hounding group, often | 21 |
| Got pushy | 9 |
| Was insistent | 13 |
| Urged to act | 12 |
| Urged insistently | 17 |
| Like preserved flowers and writers under deadline | 49 |
| Lacking wrinkles | 16 |
| Harassed a dribbler | 19 |
| Entreated insistently | 21 |
| Dunned | 6 |
| Did some ironing | 16 |
| Did a suit job | 14 |
| Did a dry cleaner's job | 27 |
| Demanded immediate action from | 30 |
| Advanced, with "on" | 29 |
| ___ for time (late) | 19 |
| Software installation direction | 31 |
| Continue, in a way | 18 |
| Irons | 5 |
| Weight room exercises | 21 |
| Is insistent | 12 |
| Gets the wrinkles out | 21 |
| Gets pushy? | 11 |
| Uses a mangle | 13 |
| Symbols of free speech | 22 |
| Removes wrinkles from | 21 |
| Printery equipment | 18 |
| Leans hard on | 13 |
| Kitchen tools for garlic | 24 |
| Gets the creases out of | 23 |
| Does ironing | 12 |
| All-court ploys | 15 |
| Applies, as a decal | 19 |
| Urgent issues | 13 |
| Media packet | 12 |
| Publicist's handout | 23 |
| Publicity package | 17 |
| Media handout | 13 |
| Journalist's packet | 23 |
| Publicity packages | 18 |
| Publicists' preparations | 28 |
| Publicists' handouts | 24 |
| Publicists prepare them | 23 |
| Promotional packets | 19 |
| News conference handouts | 24 |
| Media handouts | 14 |
| Like some nails | 15 |
| Keep slogging | 13 |
| Be persistent | 13 |
| Not call it quits | 17 |
| Keep going despite difficulties | 31 |
| Apply, as false fingernails | 27 |
| Apply, as a decal | 17 |
| Apply fake fingernails | 22 |
| "Weekend Update" on "SNL," e.g.? | 52 |
| Can't take the heat, literally | 34 |
| Car-clutch component | 20 |
| Sensitive spot | 14 |
| Acupuncturist's target | 26 |
| Reflexologist's target | 26 |
| Martial arts target in Lima? | 28 |
| Charley horse site, e.g. | 24 |
| Prepare, as an aircraft cabin | 29 |
| Prepare, as a bottle launcher | 29 |
| "Voila!" | 18 |
| Magician's cry | 18 |