| Text | Length |
| Yeast, e.g. | 11 |
| Confident poker player | 22 |
| Bumper, in poker | 16 |
| Aggressive poker player | 23 |
| Word following curtain or hell | 30 |
| Shaving instrument | 18 |
| Pot bumper | 10 |
| One who doesn't just stay | 29 |
| Hell-___ (rowdy sort) | 21 |
| Hell ______ (1987 Horror movie) | 31 |
| Grower | 6 |
| Fund _____ | 10 |
| Curtain opener | 14 |
| Crane, sometimes | 16 |
| Bridge partner, at times | 24 |
| Bridge bids | 11 |
| Poker ploys | 11 |
| Annual-review goals | 19 |
| Some bridge bids | 16 |
| Salary hikes | 12 |
| Ups the ante | 12 |
| Workers' rewards | 20 |
| Workers' incentives | 23 |
| Poker game maneuvers | 20 |
| Introduces for discussion | 25 |
| Incentives for workers | 22 |
| Doesn't just call | 21 |
| You get these from working long and hard | 40 |
| What new hotshot does to bar | 28 |
| They may be bluffs | 18 |
| They make your time more valuable | 33 |
| Subject of negotiations | 23 |
| Poker plays | 11 |
| Paycheck increases | 18 |
| Pay increases | 13 |
| Pay hikes | 9 |
| Office rewards | 14 |
| Musters | 7 |
| More than just calls | 20 |
| Makes a hand more interesting | 29 |
| Income enhancers | 16 |
| Erects, as a barn | 17 |
| Employees' goals | 20 |
| Does more than see | 18 |
| Certain bridge bids | 19 |
| Bumps up | 8 |
| Brings up the curtain | 21 |
| Bluffing strategies | 19 |
| Adds to the pot, say | 20 |
| Puts in more chips, e.g. | 24 |
| Makes things more interesting | 29 |
| Intensifies things | 18 |
| Creates more incentive to win | 29 |
| Alters some game parameters | 27 |
| Something politicians are loath to do | 37 |
| One way to deal with a budget deficit | 37 |
| Bet, in a way | 13 |
| Dried grape | 11 |
| Plum pudding tidbit | 19 |
| California fruit | 16 |
| Muffin bit | 10 |
| Former grape | 12 |
| Trail mix tidbit | 16 |
| Cookie addition, perhaps | 24 |
| Bran accompanier | 16 |
| "A ___ in the Sun" | 28 |
| Trail-mix fruit | 15 |
| Trail mix fruit | 15 |
| This is in rain, not sun | 24 |
| Sunsweet item | 13 |
| Sun-Maid tidbit | 15 |
| Sun-Maid dried fruit | 20 |
| Sultana, e.g. | 13 |
| Sultana | 7 |
| Shriveled grape | 15 |
| Scone add-in | 12 |
| Rum's ice-cream partner | 27 |
| Panettone bit | 13 |
| Oatmeal-cookie tidbit | 21 |
| Lexia, for one | 14 |
| It was once a grape | 19 |
| Grape that's seen better days? | 34 |
| Gorp tidbit | 11 |
| Gorp morsel | 11 |
| Gingerbread man's eye, maybe | 32 |
| French for "grape" | 28 |
| Dark purplish blue | 18 |
| Cookie addition | 15 |
| Chunky bit | 10 |
| Cereal snippet | 14 |
| Byproduct of a vineyard | 23 |
| Bran-cereal fruit | 17 |
| Babka morsel | 12 |
| Baba bit | 8 |
| "A ___ In The Sun" (first play written by a black woman to be produced on Broadway) | 93 |
| -- Bran | 7 |
| Stirring up trouble | 19 |
| Making a fuss | 13 |
| Creating a ruckus | 17 |
| Getting angry | 13 |
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