| Honest person in the Senate? | 28 |
| Candid bigwig? | 14 |
| Software buy | 12 |
| Better model | 12 |
| Stay current, computerwise | 26 |
| Software improvement | 20 |
| Roomier airplane seat, say | 26 |
| Raise in importance | 19 |
| One way to get into business | 28 |
| Get a new cell phone, maybe | 27 |
| Buy a better whatever | 21 |
| Ascending slope | 15 |
| Went for more memory, say | 25 |
| Moved to first class | 20 |
| Improved, as software | 21 |
| Enhanced equipment | 18 |
| Downloaded the new version, say | 31 |
| Some software purchases | 23 |
| Newer software, perhaps | 23 |
| Goes for the bells and whistles | 31 |
| Modernizing the dailies? | 24 |
| Sudden, violent disturbance | 27 |
| Strong disturbance | 18 |
| Cataclysmic change | 18 |
| Lift from under | 15 |
| Lift from seismic action | 24 |
| Lift from beneath | 17 |
| Lifts with force | 16 |
| Supported, as an appealed decision | 34 |
| Backed, as a lower court's ruling | 37 |
| Stood by | 8 |
| Defended, as family honor | 25 |
| Higher calling? | 15 |
| "Psst!" from above | 28 |
| "Psst! In the balcony!" | 33 |
| Words from above | 16 |
| Not down there? | 15 |
| Cry from above | 14 |
| Cry from a balcony, maybe | 25 |
| Call from a higher place | 24 |
| "Not down there!" | 27 |
| Like a tough battle | 19 |
| Against difficulties | 20 |
| Toward the mountain's peak | 30 |
| Type of battle | 14 |
| Toward the top | 14 |
| Toward the summit | 17 |
| Tough to cycle on | 17 |
| Like Jack and Jill's path | 29 |
| Like an arduous battle | 22 |
| Like a difficult battle | 23 |
| Kind of ascent | 14 |
| Support, as a ruling | 20 |
| Support, as a principle | 23 |
| Maintain, as a ruling | 21 |
| Defend against criticism | 24 |
| Confirms, as a court ruling | 27 |
| Stuff, pad, cover, etc. | 23 |
| Give padding and cover? | 23 |
| He pads parlor pieces | 21 |
| Headline, part 2 | 16 |
| News org. | 9 |
| AP rival | 8 |
| News agcy. | 10 |
| Wire service inits. | 19 |
| Wire service initials | 21 |
| News inits. | 11 |
| News initials | 13 |
| Reuters alternative | 19 |
| News letters? | 13 |
| Longtime news inits. | 20 |
| A.P. rival | 10 |
| Venerable news service | 22 |
| Press initials | 14 |
| Newswire org. | 13 |
| News source, for short | 22 |
| News org. founded in 1958 | 25 |
| News agcy. since 1958 | 21 |
| Longtime employer of Helen Thomas | 33 |
| Alternative to Reuters | 22 |
| A.P. competitor | 15 |
| Wire-service letters | 20 |
| Rival of AP | 11 |
| Noted news serv. | 16 |
| News-service initials | 21 |
| News svc. | 9 |
| News serv. | 10 |
| News gp. | 8 |
| Zogby poll partner | 18 |
| WWII Cronkite employer | 22 |
| Worldwide newspaper org. | 24 |
| Wire-service initials | 21 |
| Wire with an Odd News section: Abbr. | 36 |
| Wire service abbr. | 18 |
| Wire service | 12 |
| Wire provider: Abbr. | 20 |
| Wire agcy. | 10 |
| Website with an Odd News page | 29 |
| Washington-based media co. | 26 |
| Venerable news agency | 21 |