| Apt to frighten | 15 |
| Apt to fluctuate | 16 |
| Apt to flatter | 14 |
| Apt to finish last | 18 |
| Apt to fall over | 16 |
| Apt to fall apart | 17 |
| Apt to elicit an "Aww!" | 33 |
| Apt to doodle, perhaps | 22 |
| Apt to do nothing | 17 |
| Apt to develop high blood pressure, say | 39 |
| Apt to deceive | 14 |
| Apt to chew the scenery | 23 |
| Apt to change | 13 |
| Apt to celebrate March 17? | 26 |
| Apt to cause the willies | 24 |
| Apt to cause a spill | 20 |
| Apt to catch many Z's | 25 |
| Apt to break down | 17 |
| Apt to break | 12 |
| Apt to be viewed with a finger on the ESC key, say | 50 |
| Apt to be recalled | 18 |
| Apt to be fond of rebel leader? | 31 |
| Apt to be burned at the stake | 29 |
| Apt to artifice | 15 |
| Apt title for this puzzle? | 26 |
| Apt title for this puzzle | 25 |
| Apt ticker symbol for Genentech | 31 |
| Apt suffix for visual | 21 |
| Apt subtitle of a post-Depression celebratory song | 50 |
| Apt subject for today that's hidden in this puzzle's four longest answers | 81 |
| Apt starter for the first word of the longest answers | 53 |
| Apt song word for this puzzle | 29 |
| Apt shortening for a city currently mired in bankruptcy | 55 |
| Apt setting for this puzzle's theme | 39 |
| Apt sandwich for Superman? | 26 |
| Apt sandwich for Superman | 25 |
| Apt rhyme of "crude" | 30 |
| Apt rhyme of "aahs" | 29 |
| Apt rhyme of "aah" | 28 |
| Apt rhyme for wooed | 19 |
| Apt rhyme for Tara | 18 |
| Apt rhyme for tads | 18 |
| Apt rhyme for stash | 19 |
| Apt rhyme for sheer | 19 |
| Apt rhyme for sà | 19 |
| Apt rhyme for miss | 18 |
| Apt rhyme for lumberjacks | 25 |
| Apt rhyme for gain | 18 |
| Apt rhyme for flick | 19 |
| Apt rhyme for defeat | 20 |
| Apt rhyme for court | 19 |
| Apt rhyme for confuse | 21 |
| Apt rhyme for casino | 20 |
| Apt rhyme for cache | 19 |
| Apt rhyme for Bani | 18 |
| Apt rhyme for abides | 20 |
| Apt rhyme for a fit | 19 |
| Apt rhyme for "stews" | 31 |
| Apt rhyme for "stew" | 30 |
| Apt rhyme for "stash" | 31 |
| Apt rhyme for "so" | 28 |
| Apt rhyme for "shrieks" | 33 |
| Apt rhyme for "pursues" | 33 |
| Apt rhyme for "pursued" | 33 |
| Apt rhyme for "pursue" | 32 |
| Apt rhyme for "pedal" | 31 |
| Apt rhyme for "more" | 30 |
| Apt rhyme for "guile" | 31 |
| Apt rhyme for "glare" | 31 |
| Apt rhyme for "gain" | 30 |
| Apt rhyme for "flick" | 31 |
| Apt rhyme for "flecks" | 32 |
| Apt rhyme for "deplore" | 33 |
| Apt rhyme for "defeat" | 32 |
| Apt rhyme for "Cheers" | 32 |
| Apt rhyme for "charms" | 32 |
| Apt rhyme for "casino" | 32 |
| Apt rhyme for "cache" | 31 |
| Apt rhyme for "anticipated" | 37 |
| Apt rhyme for "anticipate" | 36 |
| Apt rhyme for 'treadle' | 31 |
| Apt rhyme for 'pedal' | 29 |
| Apt rhyme for ''pursue'' | 40 |
| Apt rhyme for ''gains'' | 39 |
| Apt rhyme for ''deplore'' | 41 |
| Apt retort for today | 20 |
| Apt region for this puzzle | 26 |
| Apt Ray Charles hit, 1967 | 25 |
| Apt question concerning 10 answers in this puzzle | 49 |
| Apt query for the end of this puzzle | 36 |
| Apt puzzle answer, in this case | 31 |
| Apt Platters hit, 1959 | 22 |
| Apt place to shout, "Honey, I'm home?" | 52 |
| Apt place to listen to Brian Eno's "Here Come the Warm Jets"? | 75 |
| Apt pig Latin for "trash" | 35 |
| Apt papal name | 14 |
| Apt opening for "fix" | 31 |
| Apt nickname for a chrome-dome | 30 |
| Apt name for an ichthyologist? | 30 |
| Apt name for an ambulance chaser? | 33 |