| Literary percher on a bust of Pallas | 36 |
| Kin of a nutcracker | 19 |
| Joe Flacco, for one | 19 |
| Jet-black, as hair | 18 |
| Jackdaw cousin | 14 |
| In a poem, it "perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door" | 82 |
| Glossy-black | 12 |
| Flacco or Rice, e.g. | 20 |
| First bird off the Ark, in Genesis | 34 |
| Fictional talking bird | 22 |
| Famous poem, with "The" | 33 |
| Famous bird | 11 |
| Elijah's provider | 21 |
| Edgar's talking bird | 24 |
| Eat like a pig | 14 |
| E.A.P. subject | 14 |
| Display edacity | 15 |
| Croaking flier | 14 |
| Corvine bird | 12 |
| Black croaker | 13 |
| Black and shiny | 15 |
| Bird that often symbolizes death | 32 |
| Bird seen on totem poles | 24 |
| Bird in a Poe classic | 21 |
| Bird "perched upon a bust of Pallas" | 46 |
| Baseball : Oriole :: football : ___ | 35 |
| Baltimore footballer | 20 |
| Baltimore football player | 25 |
| Ark's first disembarker | 27 |
| "Ungainly fowl" of verse | 34 |
| "That's So __" | 28 |
| "Rapper" of verse | 27 |
| "Nevermore" utterer | 29 |
| "Nevermore" squawker | 30 |
| "Nevermore" speaker | 29 |
| "Nevermore" croaker | 29 |
| "Nevermore" bird of poetry | 36 |
| "9. I wrote a paper in college on Poe's 'The ___' exclusively using just the footnotes!" | 110 |
| ''Quoth the ___, 'Nevermore''' | 54 |
| Wolfed down greedily | 20 |
| Famished | 8 |
| Starving | 8 |
| Very hungry | 11 |
| Ready to eat a horse | 20 |
| Starved | 7 |
| Really, really hungry | 21 |
| Winged croakers | 15 |
| Tower of London birds | 21 |
| Super Bowl XLVII champs | 23 |
| Prowls after prey | 17 |
| Baltimore footballers | 21 |
| Team with a big B on its helmets | 32 |
| Super Bowl XXXV champs | 22 |
| Super Bowl XXXV champions | 25 |
| Prowls hungrily | 15 |
| Poe-tic birds | 13 |
| NFL team named for a Poe poem | 29 |
| N.F.L. team named after a poem | 30 |
| Harsh-voiced birds | 18 |
| Croaking birds | 14 |
| Cousins of crows | 16 |
| Baltimore squad | 15 |
| Baltimore NFLers | 16 |
| Baltimore N.F.L.ers | 19 |
| Baltimore 11 | 12 |
| "The Three ___" (old ballad) | 38 |
| "And the ___ brought him bread and flesh in the morning ...": I Kings | 79 |
| Lunatic, often | 14 |
| Delirious one | 13 |
| Wild talker | 11 |
| Ranter's partner | 20 |
| Vocal madman | 12 |
| Upbeat critic | 13 |
| She's furious | 17 |
| Ranting one | 11 |
| One with a glow stick, perhaps | 30 |
| One who rants | 13 |
| Obvious lunatic | 15 |
| Invisible energy ball handler | 29 |
| Insane talker | 13 |
| His words are absurd | 20 |
| Frenzied sort | 13 |
| Frenzied one | 12 |
| Ecstatic movie critic | 21 |
| Ecstatic film critic, e.g. | 26 |
| Ecstasy user, maybe | 19 |
| Delirious person, often | 23 |
| Delirious person | 16 |
| Dancer with a Cat in the Hat hat and pacifier, maybe | 52 |
| Dance-party attendee | 20 |
| Dance party attendee | 20 |
| Actress Kim of "24" | 29 |
| Some partygoers | 15 |
| Movie critics with both thumbs up | 33 |
| Their words are absurd | 22 |
| Movie critics, sometimes | 24 |
| Madmen on the soapbox | 21 |
| Dance-party crowd | 17 |
| Dance party attendees | 21 |
| Great reviews | 13 |