| "I'm listening" | 29 |
| "Tell me more" | 24 |
| “Tell me more” | 22 |
| Gangster's subordinate | 26 |
| "Keep talking" | 24 |
| This puzzle's title | 23 |
| Black-footed albatross | 22 |
| Foolish person, slangily | 24 |
| Gwyneth Paltrow's website | 29 |
| Child with poor manners | 23 |
| Cause of a sticky situation? | 28 |
| "Silly" bird | 22 |
| You can get down from it? | 25 |
| Word after Mother or Canada | 27 |
| Snow or Mother follower | 23 |
| One that might take a gander | 28 |
| Mother riding a flying gander | 29 |
| He said ____ Bay, Labrador | 26 |
| Graylag or specklebelly | 23 |
| Golden egg layer of story | 25 |
| Dinner for the Cratchits | 24 |
| Dickensian holiday meal | 23 |
| Christmas entree, maybe | 23 |
| Aesopian source of wealth | 25 |
| "The Snow ___" | 24 |
| Reaction to a ghost story | 25 |
| Zero on the scoreboard | 22 |
| An All-Star pitcher in 1985 | 27 |
| Part of a lamp, perhaps | 23 |
| Flexible type of desk lamp | 26 |
| Adjustable desktop light | 24 |
| Adjustable light source | 23 |
| Stimulates, informally | 22 |
| Foolish or scatterbrained | 25 |
| Take a date to a movie, e.g. | 28 |
| Take a date to a movie | 22 |
| Bush league, for short | 22 |
| Political affiliation of RMN | 28 |
| "Red state" grp. | 26 |
| Republicans, collectively | 25 |
| Org. that's in the red? | 27 |
| Republicans, familiarly | 23 |
| Reince Priebus's org. | 25 |
| Political grp. since 1854 | 25 |
| "Red" letters | 23 |
| Upcoming Tampa conventioneers | 29 |
| The Republicans, familiarly | 27 |
| Recent election winners | 23 |
| Political-party letters | 23 |
| Political party: Abbr. | 22 |
| Political initials since 1884 | 29 |
| Political initials since 1880 | 29 |
| Political affiliation of DDE | 28 |
| Pol. initials since 1880 | 24 |
| Pol. epithet since 1880 | 23 |
| Party of the 16th U.S. Pres. | 28 |
| Org. that backed G.H.W.B. | 25 |
| Mad. Sq. Garden users of 2004 | 29 |
| It's to the right: Abbr. | 28 |
| Gp. that opposes donkeys | 24 |
| Elephant's affiliation? | 27 |
| Elephant people: Abbr. | 22 |
| Elephant party, for short | 25 |
| Dems' rival political gp. | 29 |
| Bush people, for short | 22 |
| Burrowing garden pest (6) | 25 |
| "Love Boat" cutup | 27 |
| "Caddyshack" menace | 29 |
| 'Caddyshack' critter | 28 |
| Give up amateur status | 22 |
| Decide to play for pay | 22 |
| Lose one's amateur status | 29 |
| Leave the amateur ranks | 23 |
| Switch from amateur status | 26 |
| Make a major decision? | 22 |
| Hit the big leagues, maybe | 26 |
| Choose to play for pay | 22 |
| Tony's successor as P.M. | 28 |
| Gotham's commissioner | 25 |
| Four-time Winston Cup winner | 28 |
| Motown Records founder | 22 |
| Founder of Motown Records | 25 |
| Reason for an R rating | 22 |
| Clinton's vice president | 28 |
| Quayle's successor | 22 |
| Cheney's predecessor | 24 |
| 2000 presidential hopeful | 25 |
| Staple of many video games | 26 |
| Former Vice President Al | 24 |
| Reason for an R, perhaps | 24 |
| Reason for an "R" | 27 |
| Pierce with a tusk, e.g. | 24 |
| Horror-movie attraction | 23 |
| Horror movie attraction | 23 |
| Emulate an attacking bull | 25 |
| Earth in the Balance author | 27 |
| Wound from a bullfight | 22 |
| What a mad bull aims to do | 26 |
| Vice president after Quayle | 27 |
| Tipper's married name | 25 |