| Institution's agent | 23 |
| Guardian, of sorts | 18 |
| Estate administrator | 20 |
| College-board member | 20 |
| Church or college bigwig | 24 |
| Church official, e.g. | 21 |
| Chairman of the board, for one | 30 |
| Bankruptcy court appointee | 26 |
| University VIPs | 15 |
| Recipients of fiduciary duties | 30 |
| U.N. commission | 15 |
| Subordinate of a board chair? | 29 |
| Not at all suspicious | 21 |
| Heir's account, perhaps | 27 |
| Heiress' cash source | 24 |
| Socialites' sources of income | 33 |
| More like a good sidekick | 25 |
| Less likely to let you down | 27 |
| Give the benefit of the doubt | 29 |
| Remaining leery of | 18 |
| Having confidence in | 20 |
| "It's true!" (#2) | 31 |
| End of the folk wisdom | 22 |
| Words to a skeptic | 18 |
| Words to a doubter | 18 |
| Words that, as a rule, should make you skeptical | 48 |
| Words from a con man | 20 |
| Line from a scam artist | 23 |
| Line from a con artist | 22 |
| Con artist's words | 22 |
| "Would I lie?!" | 25 |
| "I wouldn't lie!" | 31 |
| "I know what I'm talking about" | 45 |
| "Don't worry" remark | 34 |
| Â Â "I'm not making this up!" | 49 |
| "You'll have to take my word for it" | 50 |
| "Take my word for it" | 31 |
| Catchphrase for the paranoid | 28 |
| Estate lawyer's specialties | 31 |
| They're sometimes blind | 27 |
| They may be charitable | 22 |
| Teddy Roosevelt busted them | 27 |
| Targets of monopoly laws | 24 |
| Targets of legislation in 1890 | 30 |
| Sherman Act's targets | 25 |
| Sherman Act targets | 19 |
| Protected funds | 15 |
| Property held for others | 24 |
| Monopolistic groupings | 22 |
| Law firm department | 19 |
| Ida Tarbell targets | 19 |
| Estate lawyer's specialty | 29 |
| Busters' targets | 20 |
| Bank accounts | 13 |
| Depends upon | 12 |
| Banks on | 8 |
| Relies upon | 11 |
| Believe the prisoner? | 21 |
| Make responsible for | 20 |
| Hope (something) turns out well | 31 |
| Like a good companion | 21 |
| Unlikely to fail | 16 |
| Unlikely to disappoint | 22 |
| Privileged convict | 18 |
| Like Friday | 11 |
| "Good old" | 20 |
| ''Lady and the Tramp'' dog | 42 |
| Good and bad for a jungle guide | 31 |
| Meaning of ''Kemosabe,'' to Tonto | 49 |
| Reliable Suzuki? | 16 |
| Dare alternative | 16 |
| Verity | 6 |
| Kind of serum | 13 |
| Firm fact | 9 |
| Verified fact | 13 |
| Veracity | 8 |
| Sometimes it hurts | 18 |
| Liar's undoing | 18 |
| Its "final test" is ridicule, per Mencken | 51 |
| It's stranger than fiction | 30 |
| It may be unvarnished | 21 |
| Abolitionist Sojourner ___ | 26 |
| "Ain't I a Woman?" deliverer Sojourner | 52 |
| White chrysanthemum | 19 |
| What some serum elicits? | 24 |
| Veridicality | 12 |
| This sometimes hurts | 20 |
| Subject of some philosophical inquiry | 37 |
| Something verified | 18 |
| Not a lie | 9 |
| Neil Young "___ Be Known" | 35 |
| Ministry of ___, in "1984" | 36 |
| Matter of fact? | 15 |
| It's unvarnished | 20 |
| It may be naked, plain, or awful | 32 |
| Honest Seether song? | 20 |
| Dare alternative, in a party game | 33 |
| Consequences' partner | 25 |
| Consequence's alternative | 29 |
| Beauty, to Keats | 16 |