| Thick-pile rug | 14 |
| Swedish shag | 12 |
| Swedish handwoven rug | 21 |
| Shag rug, at Ikea | 17 |
| Scandinavian rug style | 22 |
| Rug with a long pile | 20 |
| Rug variety | 11 |
| Rug style | 9 |
| Rich-textured rug | 17 |
| Knotted pile carpet | 19 |
| Hand-woven rug | 14 |
| Flat-piled rug | 14 |
| Tom Clancy hero Jack | 20 |
| Pitcher Nolan | 13 |
| Amy of "Gone Baby Gone" | 33 |
| Tatum's dad | 15 |
| Actor O'Neal | 16 |
| Tatum's father | 18 |
| Actress Meg | 11 |
| Clancy hero | 11 |
| TV host Seacrest | 16 |
| Tom Clancy hero | 15 |
| Jack of Tom Clancy novels | 25 |
| Seacrest of "American Idol" | 37 |
| An O'Neal | 13 |
| Actor Gosling | 13 |
| "Saving Private ___" | 30 |
| Pitcher of seven no-hitters | 27 |
| O'Neal | 10 |
| Meg of "Sleepless in Seattle" | 39 |
| Film private | 12 |
| Baseball's strikeout king | 29 |
| Strikeout king Nolan | 20 |
| Strikeout ace Nolan | 19 |
| Spielberg soldier | 17 |
| Romney's 2012 running mate | 30 |
| Pitcher Nolan ___ | 17 |
| O'Neal of "Love Story" | 36 |
| Clancy hero Jack | 16 |
| "Sleepless in Seattle" star | 37 |
| "American Idol" host Seacrest | 39 |
| Winner of 324 baseball games | 28 |
| Tom Clancy protagonist Jack | 27 |
| Title character in a Tom Hanks film | 35 |
| Reynolds who plays the Green Lantern | 36 |
| O'Neal of "Peyton Place" | 38 |
| Notable Nolan | 13 |
| Nolan or Meg | 12 |
| Meg of "You've Got Mail" | 38 |
| Meg of "In the Cut" | 29 |
| Mandy Moore hubby Adams | 23 |
| King of K's | 15 |
| Hollywood Private | 17 |
| Famed no-hit pitcher | 20 |
| Emcee Seacrest | 14 |
| Clancy character | 16 |
| "Sleepless in Seattle" costar | 39 |
| "Saving Private __" | 29 |
| "A Bridge Too Far" author | 35 |
| Whiskeytown singer Adams | 24 |
| Vice presidential runner-up Paul | 32 |
| TV/radio personality Seacrest | 29 |
| Tom Clancy character | 20 |
| Three-time co-star of Hanks | 27 |
| Texas Rangers CEO Nolan | 23 |
| Tatum O'Neal's dad | 26 |
| Stiles of comedy | 16 |
| Spielberg's private | 23 |
| Spielberg title character | 25 |
| Slugger Howard of the Phillies | 30 |
| Single season strike-out king | 29 |
| Singer/songwriter Matthew | 25 |
| Seacrest of TV | 14 |
| Seacrest of ''American Idol'' | 45 |
| Romney ticket-mate | 18 |
| Role played by Baldwin, Ford, Affleck and Pine | 46 |
| RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER | 20 |
| Reynolds who played Van Wilder | 30 |
| Reynolds or Gosling | 19 |
| Recordholder with 5,714 career strikeouts | 41 |
| Protagonist of some Clancy books | 32 |
| Protagonist of Clancy's books | 33 |
| Private saved in a memorable film | 34 |
| Private in a memorable film | 27 |
| Pop-rocker Cabrera | 18 |
| Pitcher with a record 5,714 strikeouts | 38 |
| Pitcher with 5,714 lifetime strikeouts | 38 |
| Paul with a noteworthy budget | 29 |
| Paul who wrote "A Roadmap for America's Future" | 61 |
| Paul who chairs the House Committee on the Budget | 49 |
| Pat Nixon's maiden name | 27 |
| O'Neal of cinema | 20 |
| O'Neal of "Barry Lyndon" | 38 |
| Nolan with seven no-hitters | 27 |
| Nolan traded from the Mets for Jim Fregosi | 42 |
| Nolan of the Angels | 19 |
| Nolan of pitching fame | 22 |
| Nolan of baseball | 17 |
| No-hitter record holder | 23 |
| No-hitter king | 14 |