| Torn of "Men in Black" | 32 |
| Tear (away) | 11 |
| Tailor's problem | 20 |
| Storied sleeper | 15 |
| Split at the seams | 18 |
| Slugger's swing | 19 |
| Scary current | 13 |
| Put a tear in | 13 |
| Paper problem | 13 |
| Mighty swing | 12 |
| Long sleeper | 12 |
| Letters on Boot Hill | 20 |
| Letters on a tombstone | 22 |
| Letters at least one person will never read | 43 |
| Last letters? | 13 |
| Job for a seamstress | 20 |
| It may be in stitches | 21 |
| It makes an embarrassing sound | 30 |
| Irving's sleepyhead | 23 |
| Haunted house letters | 21 |
| Gravestone abbr. | 16 |
| Final letters? | 14 |
| Fictional Van Winkle | 20 |
| Fabled 20-year sleeper | 22 |
| Dangerous tide | 14 |
| Confetti-throwing Taylor | 24 |
| Clothing flaw | 13 |
| ___ cord (parachutist's pull) | 33 |
| Zany Taylor | 11 |
| Yank (off) | 10 |
| Worn jeans feature | 18 |
| Word with roaring | 17 |
| Word before cord or current | 27 |
| Washington's snoozer | 24 |
| Washington's sleeper | 24 |
| Washington Irving hero, informally | 34 |
| Upholstery woe | 14 |
| Upholstery defect | 17 |
| Upholstery blemish | 18 |
| Upholsterer's target | 24 |
| Unfortunate sound when you bend over | 36 |
| Twenty-year sleeper or embarrassing sound | 41 |
| Turn into confetti | 18 |
| Turbulent water stretch | 23 |
| Torn or Winkle | 14 |
| Torn or tear | 12 |
| Torn of "The Larry Sanders Show" | 42 |
| Torn in films | 13 |
| Tombstone acronym | 17 |
| Tear, or actor Torn | 19 |
| Tear or Torn | 12 |
| Tear away roughly | 17 |
| Tear at the seam | 16 |
| Tear (up) | 9 |
| Take right out of a book? | 25 |
| Tailor's repair | 19 |
| Tailor repair | 13 |
| Swindle (with "off") | 30 |
| Sucker deal | 11 |
| Strong tide | 11 |
| Splitting image? | 16 |
| Sleepy van Winkle | 17 |
| Sleeper of note | 15 |
| Sleeper for two decades | 23 |
| Sewer's target | 18 |
| Saw starter | 11 |
| Saw or tide | 11 |
| Saw in the direction of the grain | 33 |
| Saw along the grain | 19 |
| Sartorial mishap | 16 |
| Runway disaster | 15 |
| Rough current | 13 |
| Reason to do patchwork? | 23 |
| Reason for a patch | 18 |
| Put tears in | 12 |
| Prepare for loading onto an iPod | 32 |
| Potential swimsuit embarrassment | 32 |
| Pants uglifier | 14 |
| Pants seam problem | 18 |
| Open indelicately | 17 |
| Open hastily | 12 |
| Open a seam | 11 |
| One may be in stitches | 22 |
| Oft engraved letters | 20 |
| Mr. Torn | 8 |
| Move precipitously | 18 |
| Material flaw | 13 |
| Make the rent? | 14 |
| Make a tear in | 14 |
| Light (into) | 12 |
| Letters sometimes inscribed above a name | 40 |
| Letters on many a tombstone | 27 |
| Letters on Halloween decorations | 32 |
| Letters on a headstone | 22 |
| Letters in a graveyard | 22 |
| Letters for the names "buried" in this puzzle's theme answers | 75 |
| Letters for the dear departed | 29 |
| Letters carved in stone | 23 |
| Let-'er ender | 17 |
| Lay (into) | 10 |