| Extremely irrational | 20 |
| Appearing extremely agitated | 28 |
| What some things catch on like | 30 |
| Sweeping conflagration | 22 |
| Sheet lightning | 15 |
| Like -- (very rapidly) | 22 |
| Heat lightning | 14 |
| Outrageous ice cream concoctions? | 33 |
| Raging river? | 13 |
| Migratory flock | 15 |
| A 1978 film, with "The" | 33 |
| Ibex's relative | 19 |
| Farm job for Perry Mason? | 25 |
| Useless search | 14 |
| Frustrating quest | 17 |
| Foolish errand | 14 |
| Unproductive pursuits | 21 |
| Unproductive exercises | 22 |
| Rash-people's pursuits | 26 |
| Frustrating experiences | 23 |
| Fools' errands | 18 |
| Exercises in futility | 21 |
| Certain pursuits | 16 |
| Bootless errands | 16 |
| 1978 Richard Burton "chick flick," with "The"? | 66 |
| Beach Boys album with bees and flowers on the cover | 51 |
| Ones not broken | 15 |
| "Shores" (1971) | 25 |
| They're unlikely to work | 28 |
| Producer of stories like you wouldn't believe | 49 |
| George Jones hit song | 21 |
| George Jones classic | 20 |
| George Jones song | 17 |
| Frenzied regattas on the Shannon? | 33 |
| Frantic search for a fruity beverage? | 37 |
| TV nature show, familiarly | 26 |
| Hoped-for safari sighting | 25 |
| Land for animals | 16 |
| In an unrestrained manner | 25 |
| Harebrained scheme | 18 |
| Youthful indiscretions | 22 |
| These may be sown by indiscreet youth | 37 |
| Indiscretions in one's salad days | 37 |
| 1960 hit with the line "I'm-a gonna tame you down" | 64 |
| 1960 Bobby Rydell hit | 21 |
| Prey for a tiger | 16 |
| Feral porker | 12 |
| Reckless salesmanship? | 22 |
| Cause of a run, perhaps | 23 |
| Catcher's uncatchable ball | 30 |
| Base runner's delight | 25 |
| Out-of-control carpenter's tool? | 36 |
| Flowering vine with offshoots resembling tubers | 47 |
| North Dakota's state flower | 31 |
| "White Fang," for example? | 36 |
| Manitoba crop | 14 |
| Grain also called water oats | 28 |
| 1960 Elia Kazan film | 20 |
| MacDowell's "To a ___" | 36 |
| Iowa's flower | 17 |
| Desolate areas | 14 |
| Untamed land | 12 |
| Uninhabited regions | 19 |
| Desolate tract | 14 |
| Desolate regions | 16 |
| Uninhabited tracts | 18 |
| Sparsely inhabited tracts | 25 |
| Desolate region | 15 |
| Bushlands | 9 |
| One roaming on the range | 24 |
| Hit for The Troggs | 18 |
| Bourbon brand | 13 |
| Bird for Miles? | 15 |
| Heavy gamebirds | 15 |
| Madcap dance? | 13 |
| Setting for saloons and shootouts | 33 |
| Setting for horse operas | 24 |
| Oaters' milieu | 18 |
| Entertainment debut of 1883 | 27 |
| Setting for a shoot-'em-up | 30 |
| Robert Conrad series, with "The" | 42 |
| 1999 Will Smith movie | 21 |
| Very uncivilized lasses in Soho? [1988/1986] | 44 |
| ___ E. Coyote of cartoons | 25 |
| Beguiling trick | 15 |
| -- E. Coyote | 12 |
| ___ E. Coyote | 13 |
| Cunning trick | 13 |
| Strategem meant to fool | 23 |
| Crafty Coyote | 13 |
| Bit of cunning | 14 |
| ACME patron ___ E. Coyote | 25 |
| Toon predator __ E. Coyote | 26 |
| Toon chaser __ E. Coyote | 24 |
| Stratagem meant to fool | 23 |
| Sratagem | 8 |
| Road Runner pursuer ___ E. Coyote | 33 |
| Lure (away) | 11 |
| Foxy maneuver | 13 |
| E. Coyote | 9 |