| Word with crew or key | 21 |
| What a paleontologist reconstructs | 34 |
| Secret metaphor | 15 |
| One hanging around med school? | 30 |
| October porch swinger | 21 |
| Natural history museum exhibit | 30 |
| Halloween display | 17 |
| Closet item, so to speak | 24 |
| Body framework | 14 |
| Anatomy class teaching aid | 26 |
| Anatomy class prop | 18 |
| National park in Namibia | 24 |
| 1989 Ernest Borgnine movie set in Africa | 40 |
| Understaffed situation | 22 |
| Manpower minimum | 16 |
| Limited staff | 13 |
| Halloween workers? | 18 |
| Profit share for an understaffed work group? | 44 |
| Emaciated deckhands, so to speak | 32 |
| ___ the closet | 14 |
| Longfellow poem, with "The" | 37 |
| Versatile opener | 16 |
| Versatile opener on Halloween? | 30 |
| Universal opener | 16 |
| Item on a Halloween ring? | 25 |
| It opens all doors | 18 |
| Burglary aid | 12 |
| Burglar's standby | 21 |
| Whodunit devices | 16 |
| Providers of many openings? | 27 |
| Emaciated lock openers? | 23 |
| Multipurpose opener? | 20 |
| Some Halloween decorations | 26 |
| Supporting frameworks | 21 |
| Some are in closets | 19 |
| They've got ribs | 20 |
| Halloween rattlers | 18 |
| Frameworks of bones | 19 |
| Closet secrets | 14 |
| Closet dwellers | 15 |
| "Danse Macabre" dancers | 33 |
| Metal for tubing | 16 |
| Word in a Beatles tune title | 28 |
| Second half of a rhyming Beatles title | 38 |
| Helter's partner | 20 |
| Helter-_____ | 12 |
| Helter-___ | 10 |
| Helter-__ | 9 |
| Half of a Beatles song | 22 |
| Kadiddlehopper portrayer | 24 |
| Comedian Red | 12 |
| TV legend Red | 13 |
| Sheriff Deadeye creator | 23 |
| Red on TV | 9 |
| Red of "The Yellow Cab Man" | 37 |
| Old-time comedian Red | 21 |
| Kadiddlehopper's creator | 28 |
| Hoosier comedian | 16 |
| Freddie the Freeloader's portrayer | 38 |
| Freddie the Freeloader's creator | 36 |
| Comedian who cried "I dood it!" | 41 |
| Comedian for whom Carson once wrote jokes | 41 |
| 1950's-60's TV star | 27 |
| '60s CBS mainstay | 21 |
| Red and John | 12 |
| Squint, in England | 18 |
| Ancient Greek backdrops | 23 |
| Old Greek theater area | 22 |
| Greek theater area | 18 |
| Structure for a Euripides opus | 30 |
| Part of an old Greek stage | 26 |
| Part of a Greek theater | 23 |
| Shetland Islands shed | 21 |
| Orkney shed | 11 |
| Straw beehive | 13 |
| Round wicker basket | 19 |
| Large, round wicker basket | 26 |
| Farm basket | 11 |
| Beehive made of straw | 21 |
| Round farm basket | 17 |
| Box hive | 8 |
| Basket or beehive | 17 |
| Straw beehives | 14 |
| Farm baskets | 12 |
| One looking askance | 19 |
| Having one's doubts | 23 |
| "Show me" state? | 26 |
| Show-me types | 13 |
| Doubters | 8 |
| They're tough sells | 23 |
| They're doubtful | 20 |
| People with questions | 21 |
| Doubting Thomases | 17 |
| "Show-me" men | 23 |
| "Show me" types | 25 |
| ''Show me'' types | 33 |
| Team of doubting thinkers? | 26 |
| Tom of "Picket Fences" | 32 |
| Emmy-winning Tom of "Picket Fences" | 45 |
| Actor Tom of "Top Gun" | 32 |