| 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' painter | 43 |
| Valuable wall hangings | 22 |
| Dutch painter's works | 25 |
| Certain Dutch paintings | 23 |
| Former Eagles coach Dick | 24 |
| Pasta with pets in it? | 22 |
| Pasta that doesn't sound very appetizing | 44 |
| Very thin pasta | 15 |
| Pasta thinner than spaghetti | 28 |
| Food that's Italian for "little worms" | 52 |
| Cousin of angel hair | 20 |
| ''Little worms'' | 32 |
| Flashy red | 10 |
| Tributary of the Illinois | 25 |
| River or city in S.D. | 21 |
| Indiana county whose name is a red color | 40 |
| Indiana county whose name is a color | 36 |
| Mice and lice | 13 |
| Rats and the like | 17 |
| Flies, mice, etc. | 17 |
| Vile people | 11 |
| Unsavory ones | 13 |
| Roaches, e.g. | 13 |
| Roaches and rodents | 19 |
| Ratty crowd | 11 |
| Rats and such | 13 |
| Noxious ones | 12 |
| Creepy creatures | 16 |
| State with the least populous capital | 37 |
| Patrick Leahy's home | 24 |
| Montpelier's home | 21 |
| Killington's state | 22 |
| Green Mountain State | 20 |
| First U.S. state to abolish slavery | 35 |
| Bicentennial state: March 4, 1991 | 33 |
| "Moonlight in ___": Whiting's 1944 hit | 52 |
| Montpelier resident | 19 |
| Green Mountain State citizen | 28 |
| Burlingtonian, e.g. | 19 |
| Burlington resident | 19 |
| Former Wall Street Journal editor | 39 |
| "___ Finest" (tagline on a Ben & Jerry's container) | 69 |
| Moose? | 6 |
| Martini ingredients | 19 |
| Ernest's friend, in a series of ads | 39 |
| Offscreen friend in "Ernest" films | 44 |
| Pitcher Ruhle | 13 |
| Ernest's unseen friend | 26 |
| Stephens of Red Sox fame | 24 |
| Sports announcer Lundquist | 26 |
| One of the Castles, for short | 29 |
| He was often asked "Knowhutimean?" by Ernest | 54 |
| Florida Congressman Buchanan who took Katherine Harris's seat | 65 |
| Ernest's unseen friend, in films | 36 |
| Character in Ernest P. Worrell sketches | 39 |
| "Trading Spaces" designer Yip | 39 |
| "Know what I mean, ---?" (Varney query) | 49 |
| '40s All-Star shortstop Stephens | 36 |
| Actress Bloom of "High Plains Drifter" | 48 |
| "The Last Temptation of Christ" actress Bloom | 55 |
| Clint's "High Plains Drifter" co-star | 51 |
| Clint's ''High Plains Drifter'' co-star | 59 |
| Bloom who played Mary in "The Last Temptation of Christ" | 66 |
| Actress Felton of the '40s and '50s | 43 |
| Actress Felton of 1950s TV's "December Bride" | 59 |
| Actress Bloom or Felton | 23 |
| "High Plains Drifter" actress Bloom | 45 |
| Native speech | 13 |
| Springlike | 10 |
| Of the spring | 13 |
| Of spring | 9 |
| Vigorous and fresh | 18 |
| Of springtime | 13 |
| In April or May | 15 |
| Fresh and young | 15 |
| Adjective for equinox | 21 |
| ___ equinox | 11 |
| March 20 | 8 |
| It occurs a little over six weeks after Groundhog Day | 53 |
| Beginning of spring | 19 |
| Nemo's creator | 18 |
| Fogg's creator | 18 |
| Sci-fi pioneer | 14 |
| ''Around the World in Eighty Days'' author | 58 |
| Phileas Fogg's creator | 26 |
| "The Mysterious Island" author | 40 |
| "From the Earth to the Moon" writer | 45 |
| "From the Earth to the Moon" author Jules | 51 |
| "Five Weeks in a Balloon" author | 42 |
| Jules of sci-fi fame | 20 |
| Father of science fiction, to many | 34 |
| Father of sci-fi | 16 |
| Early sci-fi author | 19 |
| "Michel Strogoff" author | 34 |
| "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" writer | 47 |
| Troyer who plays Mini-Me | 24 |
| Seminal name in science fiction | 31 |
| Science-fiction pioneer | 23 |
| Sci-fi standout | 15 |
| Sci-fi pioneer Jules | 20 |