| 1998 Final Four player | 22 |
| (South)western (college team play)in(g at Sun Bowl Sta)di(um near the Rio Gr)an(de) | 83 |
| "Land of the sun" native | 34 |
| _____ Pass, near Pikes Peak | 27 |
| ___ War in Colorado, 1879 | 25 |
| ___ Peak (mountain in New Mexico's Taos County) | 51 |
| ___ Pass, near Pikes Peak | 25 |
| ___ Lemper, German chanteuse | 28 |
| Reveille message ... or a possible title for this puzzle | 56 |
| Stopover for young Indians? | 27 |
| Knoxville sch. | 14 |
| Volunteer State sch. | 20 |
| Vols' school | 16 |
| SEC school that retired Peyton Manning's number | 51 |
| Sch. with a Chattanooga campus | 30 |
| Sch. in Knoxville | 17 |
| Peyton Manning's alma mater: Abbr. | 38 |
| Peyton Manning's alma mater, for short | 42 |
| Knoxville inst. | 15 |
| Fork or spoon | 13 |
| Fork or knife | 13 |
| Spork, for one | 14 |
| Spoon or spatula | 16 |
| Fork or knife, e.g. | 19 |
| Whisk or wok | 12 |
| Spork or spife | 14 |
| Spoon, e.g. | 11 |
| Something set in a place setting | 32 |
| Scoop, say | 10 |
| Scoop, e.g. | 11 |
| Piece of silver, say | 20 |
| Piece of silver, perhaps | 24 |
| Parer or peeler | 15 |
| Knife, fork or spoon | 20 |
| Knife, e.g. | 11 |
| Knife or fork | 13 |
| It's often not needed for hors d'oeuvres | 48 |
| Greasy spoon's greasy spoon, e.g. | 37 |
| Fork, for one | 13 |
| Eating _____ | 12 |
| Dicer or ricer | 14 |
| Corer or parer | 14 |
| Coppersmith's creation, e.g. | 32 |
| Cookie cutter, e.g. | 19 |
| SPOONBILL? | 10 |
| They're set in place settings | 33 |
| Spoon, fork and knife | 21 |
| Setting set | 11 |
| Pots and pans | 13 |
| Mess kit items | 14 |
| Ladles and such | 15 |
| Knife and fork, e.g. | 20 |
| Kitchen things | 14 |
| Sch. near the Rio Grande | 24 |
| Miners' sch. | 16 |
| The Miners of the NCAA | 22 |
| Lone Star sch. | 14 |
| The Miners of Conference USA | 28 |
| Sun Bowl Stadium sch. | 21 |
| Western Athletic Conf. team | 27 |
| El Paso campus | 14 |
| School near the Mex. border | 27 |
| Where Miners go to school? | 26 |
| W. Texas university | 19 |
| The Miners of Conf. USA | 23 |
| Sun Bowl team, for short | 24 |
| Sun Bowl Stadium coll. team | 27 |
| Sch. whose mascot is Paydirt Pete | 33 |
| Sch. that's home to the Miners | 34 |
| Sch. near the US-Mexico border | 30 |
| Miners of the NCAA | 18 |
| Lone Star St. college | 21 |
| Lone Star campus acronym | 24 |
| Conference USA team | 19 |
| Coll. near the Mexican border | 29 |
| U.S. school near Juarez | 23 |
| The Miners' sch. | 20 |
| The Miners of the Western Athletic Conf. | 40 |
| The Miners of the N.C.A.A. | 26 |
| Texas Western, today: Abbr. | 27 |
| Texas sch. in the 2006 film "Glory Road" | 50 |
| SW Texas sch. | 13 |
| Sun Bowl's sch. | 19 |
| Sun Bowl host | 13 |
| State Sch. of Mines and Metallurgy, now | 39 |
| Sch. with the mascot Paydirt Pete | 33 |
| Sch. whose football team plays its home games at the Sun Bowl | 61 |
| Sch. whose fight song is "Miners Fight" | 49 |
| Sch. whose alma mater is "The Eyes of Texas" | 54 |
| Sch. that represents one of its initials in its logo with a pickax | 66 |
| Sch. on the bank of the Rio Grande | 34 |
| Sch. near the Mex. border | 25 |
| Sch. located on the Rio Grande | 30 |
| Rio Grande sch. | 15 |
| NCAA's Miners | 17 |
| Longhorn State school near the Mex. border | 42 |
| Lone Star State sch. near the Rio Grande | 40 |
| Lone Star State inst. | 21 |
| El Paso campus, briefly | 23 |
| Conference USA's Miners | 27 |