| First Puccini Turandot: 1926 | 28 |
| First lady of the 1980s | 23 |
| First lady Gorbacheva | 21 |
| Early 1990s first lady's first name | 39 |
| __ Gorbachev, last first lady of the USSR | 41 |
| Bluffer's ploy | 18 |
| Union demand | 12 |
| Salary increase | 15 |
| Up the ante | 11 |
| Poker option | 12 |
| Reach by radio | 14 |
| More than see | 13 |
| Striker's demand | 20 |
| Pay hike | 8 |
| Diligent worker's goal | 26 |
| Worker's wish | 17 |
| Pay increase | 12 |
| Employee's delight | 22 |
| Breadwinner's good news | 27 |
| Pay boost | 9 |
| Employee's goal | 19 |
| Do more than see | 16 |
| Work incentive | 14 |
| Up, as the ante | 15 |
| Up the bet | 10 |
| Texas Hold 'Em ploy | 23 |
| Support partner's suit | 26 |
| Salary hike | 11 |
| Reward from a boss | 18 |
| Job reward | 10 |
| Good worker's reward | 24 |
| Employee's request | 22 |
| Corporate kudo | 14 |
| Come up with, as money | 22 |
| Cause for celebration on the job | 32 |
| Cause for celebration | 21 |
| Bring to a new level? | 21 |
| Bring to a new level | 20 |
| Be parental | 11 |
| You may do this with a full house | 33 |
| Workplace incentive | 19 |
| Worker's request | 20 |
| Worker's demand | 19 |
| Worker's delight | 20 |
| What to do when you have a full house | 37 |
| Up the stakes | 13 |
| Strikers' demand, sometimes | 31 |
| Show confidence at the poker table | 34 |
| Salary bump | 11 |
| Result of a union success | 25 |
| Reason for celebration | 22 |
| Proper play with a great hand | 29 |
| Poker players' ploy | 23 |
| Poker player's ploy | 23 |
| Poker player's option | 25 |
| Poker maneuver | 14 |
| Pay-envelope surprise | 21 |
| Job review subject | 18 |
| Increase, as the size of a bet | 30 |
| Grow, in a way | 14 |
| Grow pot? | 9 |
| Go beyond seeing | 16 |
| End, as a siege | 15 |
| Don't call, maybe | 21 |
| Do a parental job | 17 |
| Common play with a great hand | 29 |
| Collective bargaining result, perhaps | 37 |
| Collect for a cause | 19 |
| Bluff, maybe | 12 |
| Bettor's bet | 16 |
| "___ The Titanic" (1980) | 34 |
| ___ Cain | 8 |
| Worker's morale booster | 27 |
| Worker's hope | 17 |
| Worker's goal, often | 24 |
| What to do with a full house | 28 |
| What strikers usually want | 26 |
| What prodigy will do to bar | 27 |
| Welcome call by bridge partner | 30 |
| Welcome bid by partner | 22 |
| Wage news | 9 |
| Wage increase | 13 |
| Wage earner's hope | 22 |
| Upcast | 6 |
| Up the stakes, in a way | 23 |
| Union goal, perhaps | 19 |
| Texas hold'em action | 24 |
| Swell the pot | 13 |
| Stud ploy | 9 |
| Start of a Salinger title | 25 |
| See, and then some | 18 |
| Reward of a kind | 16 |
| Reward from the boss | 20 |
| Reward for a good performance review | 36 |
| Request to the boss | 19 |
| Recover, as a sunken ship | 25 |
| Reason for celebration on the job | 33 |
| Reason for a check up? | 22 |
| Reach via radio | 15 |
| Promotion reward, usually | 25 |