| What Sgt. Friday sought | 23 |
| What Joe Friday asked for | 25 |
| Sgt. Friday's objectives | 28 |
| Scientist's concern | 23 |
| Provable pronouncements | 23 |
| Joe Friday's grist | 22 |
| Endings for Shakespeare | 23 |
| Ain't they the truth | 24 |
| "Macbeth" makeup | 26 |
| Teachers and administrators | 27 |
| Cabbage Patch Kids, once | 24 |
| Flagpole sitting, once | 22 |
| Its popularity is short-lived | 29 |
| Texas hold 'em, e.g. | 24 |
| Short-lived diet, perhaps | 25 |
| Mood rings or the Macarena | 26 |
| It's all the craze | 22 |
| It runs its course quickly | 26 |
| Hula Hoops or Beanie Babies | 27 |
| Hula hoop or coonskin cap | 25 |
| Fashion that doesn't last | 29 |
| Cabbage Patch dolls, e.g. | 25 |
| Wide neckties, for one | 22 |
| Wacky WallWalkers, once | 23 |
| Wacky WallWalker, for one | 25 |
| Troll dolls or Silly Bandz | 26 |
| Something going out shortly | 27 |
| Possession of pet rocks, e.g. | 29 |
| Pop culture phenomenon | 22 |
| Phone booth stuffing, e.g. | 26 |
| It's temporarily in | 23 |
| It's not hot for long | 25 |
| It's in for a while | 23 |
| It'll be hot for awhile | 27 |
| It experiences a hot flash | 26 |
| Hula-Hoops or Furbys, once | 26 |
| Hula hoop or skate board | 24 |
| Goldfish swallowing, once | 25 |
| Goldfish swallowing, e.g. | 25 |
| Furbys or yo-yos, once | 22 |
| Current "in" thing | 28 |
| CB radios, in the '70s | 26 |
| Buttchugging (hopefully) | 24 |
| Angry Birds, e.g., in 2010 | 26 |
| "In" thing, for now | 29 |
| Not do well in the stretch | 26 |
| Lose ground in the standings | 28 |
| Fall behind, in the stretch | 27 |
| Fall behind in the stretch | 26 |
| Become a whiter shade of pale | 29 |
| What colors do over time | 24 |
| Struggle at the finish | 22 |
| Scene-ending film technique | 27 |
| Scene-ending film effect | 24 |
| Prepare to pass a football | 26 |
| Lose color in the wash | 22 |
| Fall out of contention | 22 |
| Fail to keep up the pace | 24 |
| Do poorly in the stretch | 24 |
| Die off toward the end | 22 |
| Bet against the dice caster | 27 |
| Be outscored at the end | 23 |
| 1980s hip-hop hairstyle | 23 |
| Words on a film script | 22 |
| Moviemaker's technique | 26 |
| Gradual appearance, in film | 27 |
| Film-script instruction | 23 |
| Appear gradually, on film | 25 |
| Certain soundboard knobs | 24 |
| Drops out of contention | 23 |
| Falls behind in the end | 23 |
| Scene-changing techniques | 25 |
| Scene enders, sometimes | 23 |
| Early '90s hair styles | 26 |
| Blends into the background | 26 |
| Appears on-screen gradually | 27 |
| Appears gradually on-screen | 27 |
| Not doing well in a race | 24 |
| Getting lost, in a way | 22 |
| About to be a has-been | 22 |
| They don't last long | 24 |
| They're in for a bit | 24 |
| They're hot for a while | 27 |
| They're all the rage | 24 |
| The twist, once, and others | 27 |
| The Macarena and pet rocks | 26 |
| Teletubbies and others | 22 |
| Pogs and Furbys, for two | 24 |
| Planking and pogoing, e.g. | 26 |
| Pet rocks, hula hoops, etc. | 27 |
| Pet Rocks and Hula-Hoops | 24 |
| Pet rock and hula hoop | 22 |
| Mood rings, pet rocks, etc. | 27 |
| Hula-Hoops, lava lamps, etc. | 28 |
| Hula hoops, mood rings, etc. | 28 |
| Chia Pets and Beanie Babies | 27 |
| "The ___ Queene" | 26 |
| Elfland denizen: arch. | 22 |
| Creature in some olde tales | 27 |
| Make tired by hard work | 23 |