| Fail, after "go" | 26 |
| Dylan Thomas's "___ Milk Wood" | 44 |
| Down ___ (Australia) | 20 |
| D. Thomas's "___ Milk Wood" | 41 |
| Covered by | 10 |
| Controlled by | 13 |
| Answering to | 12 |
| Anaesthetized | 13 |
| "20,000 Leagues ___ the Sea" | 38 |
| "___ Western Eyes," Conrad novel | 42 |
| "___ the spreading chestnut . . . " | 45 |
| "___ Milk Wood" | 25 |
| "___ $5" ($4.99, usually) | 35 |
| ___ wraps (concealed) | 21 |
| ___ the weather (ill) | 21 |
| ___ the weather | 15 |
| ___ the mistletoe | 17 |
| ___ a cloud | 11 |
| ___ cloud (suspected) | 21 |
| Song popularized by Glen Gray | 29 |
| Interning with "The Swimmer" author? | 46 |
| Being suspected | 15 |
| Where the employee accused of embezzlement was found? | 53 |
| Viewed with suspicion | 21 |
| Suspected of wrongdoing | 23 |
| In a troubled state | 19 |
| Play down, as a role | 20 |
| Perform with subtlety | 21 |
| Opposite of ham | 15 |
| Just walk through a role, say | 29 |
| Performed with subtlety | 23 |
| Certainly didn't emote | 26 |
| Stalling business words | 23 |
| Too young | 9 |
| Not old enough | 14 |
| Using a fake ID, perhaps | 24 |
| Too young for a draft? | 22 |
| Not yet legal | 13 |
| Not legal, in a way | 19 |
| Not 21 in some cases | 21 |
| Like someone using a fake ID | 28 |
| Like some collegians | 20 |
| Bounceable? | 11 |
| 20 or less, at a bar | 20 |
| Lowest atmosphere layer | 23 |
| Motorcyclist's spot for shelter | 35 |
| Secret location? | 16 |
| Like a softball pitch | 21 |
| It may be sprayed daily | 23 |
| They might get the Axe | 22 |
| Places for crutches | 19 |
| Oppressed by the heat? | 22 |
| Pinned down? | 12 |
| Cook poorly, in a way | 21 |
| Win a business contract | 23 |
| Go low, on 'The Price Is Right' | 39 |
| Bridge teams' woes | 22 |
| Beset by a feathered swarm? | 27 |
| Problem with teeth alignment | 28 |
| Having many vacancies, as a hotel | 33 |
| Impeding sylvan mass | 20 |
| Price at a dime a dozen, perhaps? | 33 |
| Record-keeper's assistant | 29 |
| Prepare harder than al dente | 28 |
| Remove from the oven too soon, say | 34 |
| Taken off the stove too soon | 28 |
| Removed from the oven too soon | 30 |
| Serves pink, as chicken | 23 |
| Surreptitious. | 14 |
| Secret, as an investigation | 27 |
| Like spies | 10 |
| Like a spy | 10 |
| Carried out in secret | 21 |
| Acting in secret | 16 |
| Keeper of confidential information | 34 |
| Keeper or leaker of confidential information | 44 |
| An operative | 12 |
| NHL team in spy movie spoof? | 28 |
| One working a sting | 19 |
| C.I.A., for one | 15 |
| '83 Stones hit "___ Night" | 40 |
| Sell more cheaply | 17 |
| Beat in a price war | 19 |
| Quip about systems of government, part 1 | 40 |
| Give less than one's all | 28 |
| Fall short with | 15 |
| Cook rare | 9 |
| Barely cook, say | 16 |
| Makes too rare | 14 |
| Likely loser | 12 |
| Victor of an upset | 18 |
| Victim of social injustice | 26 |
| Upset winner | 12 |
| Prospective also-ran | 20 |
| One not favored | 15 |
| Non-favorite | 12 |
| David, when taking on Goliath | 29 |
| David, as against Goliath | 25 |
| Cinderella team | 15 |
| Cartoon hero with a blue cape | 29 |