| Crucial situations at a New York newspaper? | 43 |
| Crucial voting block, with "the" | 42 |
| Cruciverbalist Reagle of "Wordplay" | 45 |
| Cruciverbally useful Indonesian buffalo | 39 |
| Crude carrier for Popeye's girl? | 36 |
| Crue song about Nikki's grandmother | 39 |
| Crue's "Generation" | 33 |
| Cruel Curry in a London borough? | 32 |
| Cruise control or CD player, e.g. | 33 |
| Cruise destination for impulsive sorts? | 39 |
| Cruise film, "____ Good Men" | 38 |
| Cruise missile named for a certain Nation | 41 |
| Cruise of "Vanilla Sky" | 33 |
| Cruise ships musicians long for them | 36 |
| Cruise that sang in "Rock of Ages" | 44 |
| Cruise's Rain Man costar | 34 |
| Cruise's "Cocktail" co-star | 41 |
| Cruise's "Cocktail" costar | 40 |
| Cruise's "Magnolia" costar | 40 |
| Cruiserweight boxing champion James ___ | 39 |
| Cruising-and-boozing sprees, say | 32 |
| Crumble into the sea, as shoreline | 34 |
| Crumbled ingredient in "dirt pudding" | 47 |
| Crumbly clay mixture used as fertilizer | 39 |
| Crumbly ingredient in a Greek salad | 35 |
| Crumbs, in "Hansel and Gretel" | 40 |
| Crunchy sandwich with debatable nutritional value | 49 |
| Crunchy treats filled with fish, chicken, or beef | 49 |
| Crusades against the Great Satan | 32 |
| Crusading journalist for the old New York Sun | 45 |
| Crusading politician's promises | 35 |
| Crush and pals, in "Finding Nemo" | 43 |
| Crush holder that's crushable | 33 |
| Crush of "Finding Nemo," for one | 42 |
| Crushed rock used in foundations | 32 |
| Crushing blow from an environmental wacko? | 42 |
| Crusoe's favorite expression? | 33 |
| Crusoe's term for his companion | 35 |
| Crustacean used in Cajun cuisine | 32 |
| Crustacean with an electric guitar? | 35 |
| Crustacean with seven pairs of legs | 35 |
| Crustaceans called mantis shrimp | 32 |
| Crustaceans of a creeping suborder | 34 |
| Crustaceans with seven pairs of legs | 36 |
| Crustiest bread slices, generally | 33 |
| Crux of designing the perfect goatee? | 37 |
| Cry accompanying frantic pounding | 33 |
| Cry accompanying the arrival of visitors | 40 |
| Cry after a roller coaster ride, maybe | 38 |
| Cry after reaching a big itinerary stop | 39 |
| Cry after stubbing one's toe | 32 |
| Cry after writing a particularly fun column? | 44 |
| Cry at "la fiesta brava" | 34 |
| Cry at a flagmaker's funeral? | 33 |
| Cry before 'You're it!' | 35 |
| Cry before "Get your hands off!" | 42 |
| Cry before "Happy New Year!" | 38 |
| Cry before "It's you!" | 36 |
| Cry before "No backsies!" | 35 |
| Cry before "Over here!" | 33 |
| Cry before "You're it!" | 37 |
| Cry before a children's drawing? | 36 |
| Cry before a disappearance, to a poet | 37 |
| Cry before and after "all" | 36 |
| Cry before calling an exterminator | 34 |
| Cry before or after sticking out the tongue | 43 |
| Cry before saying "wasn't me!" | 44 |
| Cry before screeching brakes, maybe | 35 |
| Cry before you're off, perhaps | 34 |
| Cry between "ready" and "go!" | 49 |
| Cry between "ready" and "go" | 48 |
| Cry by one who's disgusted by beer? | 39 |
| Cry during a speech by Barack Obama | 35 |
| Cry during an escape, and this puzzle's title | 49 |
| Cry following an accident, perhaps | 34 |
| Cry for help on an F.B.I. cruise? | 33 |
| Cry frequently made with jazz hands | 35 |
| Cry from a bailiff when a judge walks in | 40 |
| Cry from a con man spotting an easy mark? | 41 |
| Cry from a damsel in distress, perhaps | 38 |
| Cry from a damsel out of distress? | 34 |
| Cry from Bull on "Night Court" | 40 |
| Cry from classic TV, "Oh, ___!" | 41 |
| Cry from classic TV: ''Oh, ___!'' | 49 |
| Cry from one being tickled, perhaps | 35 |
| Cry from one eagerly raising a hand | 35 |
| Cry from one who just got the joke | 34 |
| Cry from Sesame Street's Sherlock Hemlock | 45 |
| Cry from someone who's been aggrieved | 41 |
| Cry from someone with that sinking feeling? | 43 |
| Cry from the back of the auditorium | 35 |
| Cry from the fly in "The Fly" | 39 |
| Cry from the Hundred Acre Woods? | 32 |
| Cry heard after a doughnut is dropped, perhaps | 46 |
| Cry hidden seven times elsewhere in this puzzle | 47 |
| Cry in "A Christmas Carol" | 36 |
| Cry in "A Streetcar Named Desire" | 43 |
| Cry in "Arsenic and Old Lace" | 39 |
| Cry just before a rabbit appears? | 33 |
| Cry just before disaster strikes | 32 |