| __ point: only so far | 21 |
| Not obsolete | 12 |
| Like the late news | 18 |
| Like Kansas City, in song | 25 |
| Unrealistic? | 12 |
| Words said with an exasperated flourish | 39 |
| Where you might've had it | 29 |
| Where the disgusted have had it | 31 |
| Where some have had it | 22 |
| How some have had it | 20 |
| Ready for the task | 18 |
| Ready for a challenge | 21 |
| Ready for a tough task | 22 |
| "I just don't feel ___" | 37 |
| Writer Sinclair | 15 |
| Novelist Sinclair | 17 |
| Pulitzer winner Sinclair | 24 |
| Muckraker Sinclair | 18 |
| "The Jungle" writer Sinclair | 38 |
| Pulitzer author Sinclair | 24 |
| B.J. or Justin of baseball | 26 |
| Author Sinclair or baseball's B.J. | 38 |
| "Oil!" author Sinclair | 32 |
| "Dragon's Teeth" author Sinclair | 46 |
| ''Dragon's Teeth'' author Sinclair | 54 |
| The Jungle author Sinclair | 29 |
| Site of Brookhaven National Laboratory | 38 |
| Sinclair with a Pulitzer | 24 |
| Sinclair whose work inspired "There Will Be Blood" | 60 |
| Sinclair who wrote "The Jungle" | 41 |
| Shock-inducing writer Sinclair | 30 |
| Pulitzer author __ Sinclair | 27 |
| New York home of Brookhaven Laboratory | 38 |
| Muckraker's first name | 26 |
| Long Island town, site of the Brookhaven Laboratory | 51 |
| Long Island home of the Brookhaven National Laboratory | 54 |
| Kate who was the 2012 Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover model | 61 |
| He won the Pulitzer for Novel the same year that Thornton won for Drama | 71 |
| Brookhaven Laboratory site | 26 |
| Baseball's Justin or B. J. | 30 |
| Baltimore neighborhood that includes Marble Hill | 48 |
| B.J. of the Tampa Bay Rays | 26 |
| "The Jungle" author Sinclair | 38 |
| "The Flivver King" author Sinclair | 44 |
| "King Coal" author Sinclair | 37 |
| ''The Jungle'' author Sinclair | 46 |
| ___ good (misbehaving) | 22 |
| Engaged in shenanigans | 22 |
| Planning mischief | 17 |
| Planning trouble | 16 |
| Out for trouble | 15 |
| Nefariously inclined | 20 |
| Making trouble | 14 |
| Like a troublemaker | 19 |
| Engaged in mischief | 19 |
| Clearly doing evil | 18 |
| He wrote "The Jungle" | 31 |
| Writer and novelist | 19 |
| Pet named for writer Sinclair? | 30 |
| Deeply committed | 16 |
| "Gimme five" | 22 |
| On the highest shelf | 20 |
| Having a good vantage point | 27 |
| Slangy request for a high-five | 30 |
| On the observation deck, say | 28 |
| In the brain, to a Brit | 23 |
| At the highest point, redundantly | 33 |
| Satisfactorily | 14 |
| Feeling well | 12 |
| Adequate for the job | 20 |
| Drinking and dancing instead of sleeping? | 41 |
| Meeting all requirements | 24 |
| Informed of the latest news | 27 |
| Informed of the latest developments | 35 |
| Extremely involved | 18 |
| Like late-breaking news | 23 |
| Very latest | 11 |
| Including the latest information | 32 |
| Skilled enough | 14 |
| Capable of doing a job | 22 |
| North, in Manhattan | 19 |
| "___ Girl" (Billy Joel) | 33 |
| Subway platform word | 20 |
| Stylish and expensive | 21 |
| Morningside Heights vis-Ã -vis Hell's Kitchen, e.g. | 57 |
| Like Harlem, to SoHo | 20 |
| Like Harlem in Manhattan, say | 29 |
| Like Billy Joel's girl | 26 |
| Like a girl in a Billy Joel tune | 32 |
| In Manhattan's residential section | 38 |
| In Manhattan, Bronxward | 23 |
| City area associated with affluence | 35 |
| Chicago entertainment district | 30 |
| Central Park, vis-Ã -vis Wall Street | 38 |
| Bus direction | 13 |
| Above Manhattan's 59th Street, say | 38 |
| "___ Girl" (1983 Billy Joel tune) | 43 |
| Northern Manhattan dweller, e.g. | 32 |
| ... song by Billy Joel? | 23 |
| 2003 Brittany Murphy/Dakota Fanning flick | 41 |