| One of China's Northern Dynasties | 37 |
| Yellow River joiner | 19 |
| Twice, Chinese dissident artist Ai's given name | 51 |
| Twice, a noted Chinese dissident/artist | 39 |
| Chinese dynasty or river | 24 |
| Chinese dynasty during the Three Kingdoms period | 48 |
| China's Northern __ Dynasty, 386-534 AD | 43 |
| 5th century Chinese dynasty | 27 |
| 4th- to 6th-century Chinese dynasty | 35 |
| Spouse, in Leipzig | 18 |
| More meaningful | 15 |
| Place onto a scale | 18 |
| Consider the pros and cons of | 29 |
| Ponder, as evidence | 19 |
| Raise the anchor | 16 |
| Heave up, as an anchor | 22 |
| Consider pros and cons | 22 |
| Consider closely | 16 |
| Consider carefully, as one's options | 40 |
| Prepare to sail | 15 |
| Cheerful command from the bridge | 32 |
| Measure a pop singer? | 21 |
| Luggage man | 11 |
| Prefight ritual | 15 |
| Prefight event | 14 |
| Pre-fight event | 15 |
| Tale of a scale | 15 |
| Speak thoughtfully | 18 |
| Express thoughts carefully | 26 |
| Uses one's balance | 22 |
| Uses a scale | 12 |
| Considers, in a way | 19 |
| They measure the tonnage of trucks | 34 |
| Overburdens | 11 |
| Joins the conversation | 22 |
| Prepares for sailing | 20 |
| Scale's reading | 19 |
| Scale reading | 13 |
| Shipping concern | 16 |
| Pound, for example | 18 |
| Postage determiner | 18 |
| Part of a BMI calculation | 25 |
| Confidential statistic | 22 |
| Airline spec for checked baggage | 32 |
| Fighter at 112 pounds or less | 29 |
| Kind of average or value | 24 |
| High-calorie quaff? | 19 |
| Result of Thanksgiving dinner? | 30 |
| Put a few monarchs on the scale? | 32 |
| What an astronaut experiences in space | 38 |
| Astronauts know the gravity of this situation | 45 |
| Gym thief? | 10 |
| Dieter's cap? | 17 |
| Pound sign? | 11 |
| Fast result? | 12 |
| Metric dieters' concerns? | 29 |
| MRS. HAtty-Cyphert you will amaze at your w*ste line goes invisible vvith these rev/olutionary ___ | 98 |
| 2000 Sean Penn film, with "The" | 41 |
| Ring category | 13 |
| Workout incentive | 17 |
| Paper ___ (office supply store section?) | 40 |
| The first words of the answers to asterisked clues are types of them | 68 |
| Stone and carat | 15 |
| Gym gear hidden in this puzzle's theme entries | 50 |
| Repeatedly raise the bar? | 25 |
| Beginning of a pun | 18 |
| Serious thinker's diet? | 27 |
| Lecture on tare and tret? | 25 |
| Simplify things at a ricotta factory? | 37 |
| Philosopher Simone | 18 |
| ''Oppression and Liberty'' author Simone | 56 |
| French mystic Simone | 20 |
| Bushy-bearded natural health expert Andrew | 42 |
| Because: Ger. | 13 |
| Because, in Bonn | 16 |
| Alternative medicine guru Andrew | 32 |
| "The Need for Roots" writer Simone | 44 |
| "The Need for Roots" philosopher Simone | 49 |
| "The Need for Roots" author Simone | 44 |
| "Oppression et Liberté" author Simone | 50 |
| "On Broadway" co-writer Cynthia | 41 |
| "Gravity and Grace" writer Simone | 43 |
| Scott of Stone Temple Pilots | 28 |
| Composer Kurt | 13 |
| Brecht collaborator | 19 |
| "Mack the Knife" composer | 35 |
| Kurt who wrote the music for "The Threepenny Opera" | 61 |
| Composer who studied with Humperdinck | 37 |
| Brecht's sometime collaborator | 34 |
| Brecht's "Threepenny Opera" collaborator | 54 |
| Brecht collaborator Kurt | 24 |
| 1947 Tony-winning composer for "Street Scene" | 55 |
| "The Threepenny Opera" composer Kurt | 46 |
| "The Threepenny Opera" composer | 41 |
| "One Touch of Venus" composer | 39 |
| "Mack the Knife" songwriter Kurt | 42 |
| "Mack the Knife" songwriter | 37 |
| "Mack the Knife" creator | 34 |
| 'Mack the Knife' composer Kurt | 38 |
| ''Mack the Knife'' composer | 43 |