| State of poverty, metaphorically | 32 |
| Start of a Horatio Alger plot | 29 |
| Riches' predecessor | 23 |
| Riches alternative | 18 |
| Old clothes | 11 |
| Dustcloths | 10 |
| Cleanup cloths | 14 |
| Castaway's clothing | 23 |
| Car wash cache | 14 |
| Vagrant's duds | 18 |
| Threads in shreds | 17 |
| Teases, with "on" | 27 |
| Tattered clothing | 17 |
| Syncopated pieces | 17 |
| Symbols of poverty | 18 |
| Start of a Horatio Alger tale | 29 |
| Some cleaning supplies | 22 |
| Scott Joplin tunes | 18 |
| Scandal sheets | 14 |
| Riches' partner | 19 |
| Poverty, metaphorically | 23 |
| Poverty symbol | 14 |
| No fancy threads | 16 |
| Joplin works | 12 |
| Dust cloths | 11 |
| Counterpart of riches | 21 |
| Companion of riches | 19 |
| Cleaning aids | 13 |
| Alien abduction trumpeters | 26 |
| Alger beginning | 15 |
| 'Before,' in an Alger story | 35 |
| -- to riches | 12 |
| ___-to-riches | 13 |
| Wipers | 6 |
| Wear that's worn | 20 |
| Waterboys song that went to riches? | 35 |
| Vagabond's wear | 19 |
| Tramp's attire | 18 |
| Tiger and others | 16 |
| Threadbare threads | 18 |
| Threadbare clothing | 19 |
| They may precede riches | 23 |
| They are sometimes glad | 23 |
| These come before the riches | 28 |
| Teases mercilessly | 18 |
| Tatty garb | 10 |
| Tattered Tom's raiment | 26 |
| Tattered tees | 13 |
| Tattered T-shirts, perhaps | 26 |
| Tatterdemallon's attire | 27 |
| Tabloids, to some | 17 |
| Syncopated tunes | 16 |
| Symbol of penury | 16 |
| Success-story starter, so to speak | 34 |
| Stuggling band clothes | 22 |
| Start of a Horatio Alger plan | 29 |
| Start of a Horatio Alger book | 29 |
| Sometime forerunner to riches | 29 |
| Sleazy newspapers | 17 |
| Skid row garb | 13 |
| Shoddy clothing | 15 |
| Shabby wear | 11 |
| Scott Joplin's legacy | 25 |
| Robot dog in "Sleeper" | 32 |
| Riches' counterpart | 23 |
| Riches' companion | 21 |
| Riches' beginning | 21 |
| Riches' antitheses | 22 |
| Riches predecessor | 18 |
| Prelude "to riches" | 29 |
| Precursor to riches | 19 |
| Precursor of riches | 19 |
| Precedent to riches | 19 |
| Pre-riches, perhaps | 19 |
| Pre-riches state? | 17 |
| Poverty, so to speak | 20 |
| Poverty, in metaphor | 20 |
| Poverty, figuratively | 21 |
| Poverty symbols | 15 |
| Plays like Alexander's band | 31 |
| Pauper's wear | 17 |
| Pauper's garb | 17 |
| Pauper's attire | 19 |
| Paper-mill intake | 17 |
| Paper towel alternatives | 24 |
| Opposite of riches | 18 |
| Old piano tunes | 15 |
| Mendicant's garb | 20 |
| MaidsÂ’ supplies | 19 |
| Lively piano pieces | 19 |
| Humble beginnings, so to speak | 30 |
| Horatio Alger's 'before' | 36 |
| Horatio Alger theme word | 24 |
| Hobo's attire | 17 |
| Glad __: party clothes | 22 |
| Glad ___ | 8 |
| From ____ to riches | 19 |
| From ___ to riches | 18 |
| From __ to riches | 17 |
| Forerunner of riches, maybe | 27 |