| Yields under pressure | 21 |
| Yields to weakness | 18 |
| Turns down? | 11 |
| Sinks downward | 14 |
| Shows wear, as a chair cushion | 30 |
| Problems of the middle ages? | 28 |
| Needs a lift? | 13 |
| Needs a facelift | 16 |
| Market declines | 15 |
| Loses tension | 13 |
| Loses resiliency | 16 |
| Loses elasticity | 16 |
| Loses buoyancy | 14 |
| Looks sway-backed | 17 |
| Looks pooped | 12 |
| Lacks firmness | 14 |
| Is weary | 8 |
| Is swaybacked | 13 |
| Is no longer firm | 17 |
| Is low around the waist, as pants | 33 |
| Is looking tired | 16 |
| Is in a slump | 13 |
| Is flabby | 9 |
| Goes south? | 11 |
| Goes soft in the middle? | 24 |
| Gives under a load | 18 |
| Gets loose | 10 |
| Forms a catenary | 16 |
| Exhibits a swayback | 19 |
| Doesn't look at all youthful | 32 |
| Doesn't hold up well, in a way | 34 |
| Declines, as in price | 21 |
| Cosmetic surgeons' concerns | 31 |
| Can't stand the weight | 26 |
| Bends in the middle | 19 |
| Bearish periods | 15 |
| Treelike cactus | 15 |
| Large cactus | 12 |
| Western cactus | 14 |
| Southwestern cactus | 19 |
| Kind of cactus | 14 |
| Tucson sight | 12 |
| Tall cactus with "arms" | 33 |
| Tall bloomer with candelabra-shaped branches | 44 |
| Southwest bloomer | 17 |
| Sonoran Desert sight | 20 |
| Plant on the back of Arizona's state quarter | 48 |
| National park in Arizona | 24 |
| Giant cactus | 12 |
| Cactus | 6 |
| Big cactus | 10 |
| Arizona license plate image | 27 |
| Arizona cactus | 14 |
| African expanse | 15 |
| African hot spot | 16 |
| North African expanse | 21 |
| Much of Libya | 13 |
| World's largest desert | 26 |
| Tuaregs' region | 19 |
| African sands | 13 |
| About 30% of Africa | 19 |
| The world's biggest desert | 30 |
| North African desert | 20 |
| Largest desert | 14 |
| Bogart film | 11 |
| Arid area in Africa | 19 |
| 1943 Bogart film | 16 |
| Vast sandy expanse | 18 |
| Much of Niger | 13 |
| Much of Mali | 12 |
| Much of Egypt | 13 |
| Most of Libya | 13 |
| Locale of the Berbers | 21 |
| Egyptian expanse | 16 |
| ''The English Patient'' setting | 47 |
| Vast expanse of sand | 20 |
| Vast African land area | 22 |
| Sands of Chad | 13 |
| Roughly one-third of Africa | 27 |
| Region roughly the size of the United States | 44 |
| Most of Mali | 12 |
| Most of Algeria | 15 |
| Large African expanse | 21 |
| Bogie flick | 11 |
| Arid tract | 10 |
| Area south of the Atlas Mountains | 33 |
| Africa's largest desert | 27 |
| About 30 percent of Africa | 26 |
| 3,300,000 square-mile desert | 28 |
| "Beau Geste" locale | 29 |
| Zoltán Korda film: 1943 | 26 |
| World's third-largest desert | 32 |
| Where The Police drink "Tea" | 38 |
| Where siroccos blow | 19 |
| Vast, arid tract | 16 |
| Vast dry expanse | 16 |
| Vast arid tract | 15 |
| Vast arid region | 16 |
| Vast arid area | 14 |
| Vast African desert | 19 |