| Overtime, for short | 19 |
| Tie breaker, for short | 22 |
| Overtime, abbr. | 15 |
| NHL tie-breaker | 15 |
| Hockey tie-breaker, e.g. | 24 |
| Extra hrs. | 10 |
| Hostage: Fr. | 12 |
| N.Z. university | 15 |
| University in N.Z. | 18 |
| New Zealand harbor | 18 |
| N.Z. peninsula | 14 |
| ___ Harbor, N.Z. | 16 |
| Tahiti's former name | 24 |
| Town on Hiroshima Bay | 21 |
| " . . . ___ those lips away": Shak. | 45 |
| Earaches | 8 |
| Carol sung by C.J. Parker from "Baywatch"? | 52 |
| Melville's superintendent | 29 |
| Seasonal air that celebrates this puzzle's theme | 52 |
| Classic noel | 12 |
| Town near Alma-Ata | 18 |
| Eared seals | 11 |
| Pertaining to eared seals | 25 |
| Eared seal | 10 |
| Fur seal | 8 |
| Auriculate seal | 15 |
| Mexican grass | 13 |
| Giant grass | 11 |
| Mexican basket grass | 20 |
| Basket-weaving grass | 20 |
| Basket grass | 12 |
| Giant grass, used for basketry | 30 |
| Basketry grass | 14 |
| Copper town in Namibia | 22 |
| London-based place to play the ponies? | 38 |
| Bettor spots in N.Y.C. | 22 |
| It's sold without an Rx | 27 |
| Great Barrier Island | 20 |
| New Zealand's Great Barrier Island | 38 |
| N. Z. island | 12 |
| Great Barrier Island, N.Z. | 26 |
| Great Barrier Island N.Z. | 26 |
| Cup ___ (hot drink, informally) | 31 |
| "Cup ___" (1970s Don Williams song) | 45 |
| "___ me, pretty maiden . . . " | 40 |
| When the curtain goes up for a Verdi opera? | 43 |
| The Moor, to a madrileño | 27 |
| Inns, in Soho | 13 |
| Cockney inns | 12 |
| L.A. heavy metal band | 21 |
| Femme-fronted L.A. metal band | 29 |
| Female-fronted L.A. metal band | 30 |
| Female metal singer Shamaya | 27 |
| "The Ascension" band | 30 |
| "Smash the Control Machine" band | 42 |
| "House of Secrets" metal band | 39 |
| To take off, in Rouen | 21 |
| To take off, at De Gaulle | 25 |
| To remove, in Rouen | 19 |
| Salt Lake City team | 19 |
| Suffix for Cyprus natives | 25 |
| Plural suffix with Capri | 24 |
| "___ this too too solid flesh . . . ": Hamlet | 55 |
| "___ this too too solid flesh . . . " | 47 |
| Not benched, as in hockey | 25 |
| Child's toy in the shape of a Shakespeare character? | 56 |
| Something Iago probably never said? | 35 |
| Role for Welles and Olivier: pl. | 32 |
| What Desdemona ran into? | 24 |
| Play where Desdemona gets sucked into a tornado? | 48 |
| Parallel world? | 15 |
| Additional matters of concern | 29 |
| First Commandment phrase | 24 |
| Book about a female that a married gander fooled around with? | 61 |
| Jacob Riis subjects, with "the" | 41 |
| Winter sport for one's partner? | 35 |
| Part of some triangles | 22 |
| Part of a lovers' triangle | 30 |
| Alternative way to get directions? | 34 |
| Outsider status | 15 |
| Not this twin (with "the") | 36 |
| Not this thing (with ''the'') | 45 |
| Colette opus, with "The" | 34 |
| You might wait for it to drop | 29 |
| Opposing point of view | 22 |
| End of 'Discussion' definition | 38 |
| Part IV of Ad #I | 16 |
| One-third of a triangle, maybe | 30 |
| Cause of a split decision? | 26 |
| "Dismount" or "settle"? | 43 |
| Miss ___ (teacher in "Peanuts") | 41 |
| H.R.E. emperor: 962–73 | 29 |
| H.R.E. emperor, 962–973 | 30 |
| Roman emperor and others | 24 |
| "Come, ___ Traveller Unknown," hymn by Wesley | 55 |
| Ancient Brazilian | 17 |
| Early people of Brazil | 22 |
| River of west Africa | 20 |
| Extinct people of Brazil | 24 |
| Extinct Brazilian group | 23 |