| P. Buck hero | 12 |
| Gown designer Vera | 18 |
| First computer company with a Super Bowl commercial | 51 |
| Fashionable Vera | 16 |
| Early name in word processing | 29 |
| Couturier Vera | 14 |
| Computer company that might make the juvenile snicker | 53 |
| Big name in bridal fashion | 26 |
| 63-year-old Vera reportedly dating 27-year-old skating gold medalist Evan Lysacek | 81 |
| 1980s word processing giant | 27 |
| "The Joy Luck Club" director, 1993 | 44 |
| Finagle | 7 |
| Accomplish by hook or by crook | 30 |
| Obtain underhandedly | 20 |
| Get via scheming | 16 |
| Underhandedly obtain | 20 |
| Resort to trickery | 18 |
| Obtain by trickery | 18 |
| Induce deviously | 16 |
| Get through trickery | 20 |
| Falsify; juggle | 15 |
| Acquire deviously | 17 |
| Ted Nugent "___ Tango" | 32 |
| Decreasing in intensity | 23 |
| What a fresh ad campaign helps combat | 37 |
| Masturbate | 10 |
| Jerk, to Ali G | 14 |
| With sickly pallor | 18 |
| In lifeless fashion | 19 |
| In a languid manner | 19 |
| "Love," said Don ___ | 30 |
| "John," said Tomás ___ | 35 |
| "Are you game?" | 25 |
| "Would ya like to?" | 29 |
| "___ bet?" | 20 |
| "You game?" | 21 |
| "Wouldya like to?" | 28 |
| "Care to?" | 20 |
| Would like to, in kid-speak | 27 |
| Would like to, colloquially | 27 |
| Sheryl Crow's "All I ___ Do" | 42 |
| Question eliciting "Let's!" | 41 |
| Joan Jett "Do You ___ Touch Me" | 41 |
| “I ___ Be Sedated” (Ramones song) | 41 |
| Bet opener? | 11 |
| All-American Rejects "I ___" | 38 |
| "I ___ Be Sedated" (Ramones song) | 43 |
| "I ___ Be Loved," 1933 song | 37 |
| "I ___ Be Around" | 27 |
| "All I ___ Do" (Sheryl Crow song) | 43 |
| "___ Be Startin' Somethin'" | 45 |
| ''I don't __ go!'' (kid's protest) | 58 |
| One who dreams of fame | 22 |
| Aspirer | 7 |
| Starstruck sort, maybe | 22 |
| Aspirant, informally | 20 |
| Nearly all ''American Idol'' auditioners | 56 |
| Emulators | 9 |
| "I ___" (tune for King Kong?) | 39 |
| "Are you sure of that?" | 33 |
| Words before "You're on!" | 39 |
| Offer that may be answered by "How much?" | 51 |
| Follow-up to "Oh, yeah?" | 34 |
| "You think so, do you?" | 33 |
| "Oh, yeah?" follower | 30 |
| "I wouldn't be so sure" | 37 |
| "Care to make it interesting?" | 40 |
| Joe Penner pitch | 16 |
| "I can teach you how to sew an artist's hat, if you're interested"? | 85 |
| Loss of color | 13 |
| Most sick-looking | 17 |
| Pale, aging president? | 22 |
| Boy Wonder after a long day fighting crime? | 43 |
| Grows pale | 10 |
| Pales | 5 |
| Becomes sickly pale | 19 |
| Becomes pallid | 14 |
| Uncle Sam poster word | 21 |
| Would like to have | 18 |
| Have a craving for | 18 |
| Need alternative | 16 |
| Letter-to-Santa word | 20 |
| Desire bigtime | 14 |
| Word before ad | 14 |
| Verb on a classic Uncle Sam poster | 34 |
| Verb in a letter to Santa | 25 |
| Suffer a lack of | 16 |
| Neil Diamond "Yesterday's gone, now all I ___ is a smile" | 71 |
| Letter-to-Santa verb | 20 |
| Kind of ads | 11 |
| Have too little of | 18 |
| Have an itch for | 16 |
| Go without | 10 |
| Feel a need for | 15 |
| Entry on a wish list | 20 |
| Disturbed song about desire? | 28 |
| Desire to have | 14 |
| Desire or require | 17 |
| Are after | 9 |
| Any entry on a Dear Santa list | 30 |