| Question before takeoff | 23 |
| Query before a big event | 24 |
| Psyched-up | 10 |
| Prep | 4 |
| Poised to perform | 17 |
| Partner of waiting | 18 |
| Hide-and-seek word | 18 |
| Done preparing | 14 |
| Done cooking | 12 |
| Done being cooked, e.g. | 23 |
| Cry before "set" | 26 |
| "You good to go?" | 27 |
| "Three to get ___" | 28 |
| "Shall we proceed?" | 29 |
| "Set?" | 16 |
| "All set?" | 20 |
| "... three to get ___ ..." | 36 |
| "__, aim, fire!" | 26 |
| "___, set, go" | 24 |
| "___ or not..." | 25 |
| "___ or not, here ..." | 32 |
| ____ aim fire | 15 |
| Like one who says "Put up your dukes!" | 48 |
| Produced for immediate use | 26 |
| Not to order | 12 |
| A too-convenient out, perhaps | 29 |
| Starter's call | 18 |
| Race-starting phrase | 20 |
| Opening call | 12 |
| Key phrase in this crossword | 28 |
| Buildup to a race | 17 |
| Locked and loaded | 17 |
| Carter's successor | 22 |
| The Gipper | 10 |
| 40th U.S. president | 19 |
| National Airport honoree | 24 |
| President nicknamed "Dutch" | 37 |
| National airport name | 21 |
| Dulles alternative | 18 |
| Carter follower | 15 |
| Calif. name | 11 |
| Washington National Airport since 1998, familiarly | 50 |
| V.I.P. in the G.O.P. | 20 |
| US Airways hub | 14 |
| Subject of the biography "An American Hero" | 53 |
| Subject of the 1999 best seller "Dutch" | 49 |
| Sacramento name | 15 |
| President with an airport named after him | 41 |
| President who was also a sportscaster | 37 |
| President who said "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" | 66 |
| President who attended Eureka College | 37 |
| President Carter's successor | 32 |
| Only US president with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | 59 |
| Only U.S. president with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | 61 |
| Oldest president | 16 |
| Noted Alzheimer's sufferer Ronald | 37 |
| Leading man, now and then | 25 |
| Last Presbyterian president | 27 |
| Kennedy appointer | 17 |
| Gipp portrayer | 14 |
| Frank who led the NFL in interceptions in 1947 | 46 |
| Former Governor of California | 29 |
| First divorced U.S. president | 29 |
| Carter's White House successor | 34 |
| Bush predecessor | 16 |
| Born 2/6/1911, speaker of the demand | 36 |
| Bonzo's 1951 co-star | 24 |
| Bad actor of note | 17 |
| America's only divorced president | 37 |
| Actor in all films in this puzzle | 33 |
| Actor in "King's Row": 1942 | 41 |
| 40th president of the U.S. | 26 |
| 40th president | 14 |
| 1980s president | 15 |
| 1960's "Death Valley Days" host | 45 |
| "Where's the Rest of Me?" autobiographer | 54 |
| "Trust, but verify" president | 39 |
| "The Great Communicator" | 34 |
| "Star Wars" president | 31 |
| "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!" speaker | 55 |
| "Man is not free unless government is limited" speaker | 64 |
| "It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I say, why take the chance?" speaker | 97 |
| "An American Life" writer | 35 |
| "An American Life" autobiographer | 43 |
| '80s Cold War leader | 24 |
| Onetime White House family | 26 |
| Former White House family | 25 |
| First Family of the 1980s | 25 |
| Family in 1980s news | 20 |
| 1980s first family | 18 |
| '80s First Family | 21 |
| Litmus paper, for one | 21 |
| Assayer's substance | 23 |
| Active chemical substance | 25 |
| Substance used in chemical analysis | 35 |
| Substance in chemical analysis | 30 |
| Oxalic acid, e.g. | 17 |
| Laboratory chemical | 19 |
| Chromatography spray | 20 |
| Chemistry lab selection | 23 |