| Marsh rodent | 12 |
| "Wind in the Willows" rodent | 38 |
| Marsh rodents | 13 |
| Irrigates | 9 |
| Singer Ethel | 12 |
| "Hairspray" director | 30 |
| TV's Beulah | 15 |
| Tends, as plants | 16 |
| Tends, as houseplants | 21 |
| Tends to the plants, in a way | 29 |
| Sprinkles, maybe | 16 |
| Runs a hose on | 14 |
| Puts H2O on | 11 |
| Maintains, as a garden | 22 |
| Fills with tears | 16 |
| Ethel or still | 14 |
| Does some garden maintenance | 28 |
| Does greenhouse work | 20 |
| Actress Ethel | 13 |
| A memorable Ethel | 17 |
| "I came to Casablanca for the __": Bogart | 51 |
| Weakens; dilutes | 16 |
| Shoreline or riverbank | 22 |
| River basin | 11 |
| Making a paradigm shift | 23 |
| Major transition point | 22 |
| Event marking a turning point | 29 |
| Drainage divisions | 18 |
| Richard Adams's best seller: 1975 | 37 |
| Best-seller about rabbits | 25 |
| Adams book about the Nautilus? | 30 |
| Fabric softener delivered overseas? | 35 |
| Canoeing wear | 13 |
| Dock area | 9 |
| Cancer or Scorpio | 17 |
| Ride behind a speedboat | 23 |
| Engage in a summer sport | 24 |
| Glide behind a motorboat | 24 |
| Wakeboard relative | 18 |
| One way to get across the lake | 30 |
| Have fun on waves | 17 |
| What to do when you're at the end of your rope? | 51 |
| Stand behind a boat, say | 24 |
| Sports item usually seen in pairs | 33 |
| Sport involving pulling | 23 |
| Ride the wake, say | 18 |
| Participate in a lake sport | 27 |
| Jump over a wake on a lake | 26 |
| Jump a wake, perhaps | 20 |
| It's hard to do this barefoot | 33 |
| Get pulled in a lake, say | 25 |
| Follow a speedboat, in a way | 28 |
| Follow a boat, in a way | 23 |
| Fiberglass sports equipment | 27 |
| Be at the end of one's rope? | 32 |
| Person pulled by a boat | 23 |
| Wakeboarder's cousin | 24 |
| Sport requiring a tow | 21 |
| They skim the surface | 21 |
| Skimming gear | 13 |
| Sights in a motorboat | 21 |
| Gear for an aquatic sport | 25 |
| Lake mishap | 11 |
| Swimming-pool chute | 19 |
| Run into a plunge pool | 22 |
| Summer park attractions | 23 |
| Bad-day-in-the-market headline for a utility? | 45 |
| Hydrus | 6 |
| It reduces mineral content | 26 |
| It might go in a tank | 21 |
| It increases sudsing power | 26 |
| Paintings to Ethel? | 19 |
| Gargoyle | 8 |
| Undine | 6 |
| Houseplant refreshers? | 22 |
| Ethel + Billy + George = | 24 |
| Reservoir, and hint to puzzle theme found in seven long answers | 63 |
| Colorado River, to some states | 30 |
| Well target | 11 |
| Well source | 11 |
| Well driller's concern | 26 |
| Subterranean moisture level | 27 |
| Roadside gutter | 15 |
| It's lower during dry seasons | 33 |
| Escape artist's prop | 24 |
| Bay transport | 13 |
| Pier picker-upper | 17 |
| Passenger-transporting motorboat | 32 |
| Leakproof | 9 |
| Like a perfect alibi | 20 |
| Excellent excuse | 16 |
| Tall landmark in many a town | 28 |
| Where horses drink | 18 |
| Something to lead a horse to | 28 |
| ___ the bridge (past events) | 28 |
| It may be in effect during a drought | 36 |
| Amphibious rodent | 17 |
| Teetotaler's transport | 26 |
| Words with everywhere | 21 |
| Repeated words before "everywhere" | 44 |