| Governing group | 15 |
| Governing gp. | 13 |
| Governing creative principle | 28 |
| Governing center | 16 |
| Governing body of the United Nations | 36 |
| Governing body of France | 24 |
| Governing body of five persons | 30 |
| Governing body of a municipality | 32 |
| Governing body | 14 |
| Governing bodies | 16 |
| Governing Ben Kweller song, "The ___" | 47 |
| Governing a Brazilian city? | 27 |
| Governing | 9 |
| Governessy | 10 |
| Governesses | 11 |
| Governess to King Mongkut's children | 40 |
| Governess to King Mongkut's brood | 37 |
| Governess read about in English class | 37 |
| Governess played by Mia Wasikowska, 2011 | 40 |
| Governess of Thornfield | 23 |
| Governess of literature | 23 |
| Governess of film | 17 |
| Governess of fiction | 20 |
| Governess Jane | 14 |
| Governess in a Brontë work | 29 |
| Governess in a Brontë novel | 30 |
| GOVERNESS | 9 |
| Governed | 8 |
| Governance | 10 |
| Govern, or word that can follow the first word of the four longest puzzle answers | 81 |
| GOVERN, CLEVER LAD | 18 |
| Govern errantly | 15 |
| Govern ending | 13 |
| Govern badly | 12 |
| Govern | 6 |
| Goverment securities | 20 |
| Gov., e,g. | 10 |
| Gov. workplace protector | 24 |
| Gov. Wilson of California | 26 |
| Gov. Wilson | 11 |
| Gov. watchdog agency | 20 |
| Gov. Wallace's state | 24 |
| Gov. Walker's st. | 21 |
| Gov. Ventura of Minnesota | 25 |
| Gov. Spitzer's domain | 25 |
| Gov. Spitzer's bailiwick | 28 |
| Gov. security | 13 |
| Gov. Schwarzenegger | 19 |
| Gov. Sarah Palin is a lifetime member of it | 43 |
| Gov. Romney's denomination | 30 |
| Gov. Romney's church | 24 |
| Gov. Rockefeller | 16 |
| Gov. Richardson's state | 27 |
| Gov. Rhodes's state | 23 |
| Gov. regulator of radio and TV | 30 |
| Gov. regulator of broadcast media | 33 |
| Gov. regulation | 15 |
| Gov. purchaser | 14 |
| Gov. pharmaceutical regulators | 30 |
| Gov. Perry of Texas | 19 |
| Gov. Pawlenty's state, briefly | 34 |
| Gov. Pawlenty's home | 24 |
| Gov. Paterson's place, briefly | 34 |
| Gov. Pataki's place: Abbr. | 30 |
| Gov. Pataki's place | 23 |
| Gov. Pataki's milieu | 24 |
| Gov. Pataki's constituency | 30 |
| Gov. or sen. | 12 |
| Gov. or pres. | 13 |
| Gov. Nigh's state | 21 |
| Gov. med watchdog | 17 |
| Gov. Lester Maddox walked off his show in 1970 | 46 |
| Gov. lawyers | 12 |
| Gov. Landon, who lost to F.D.R. | 31 |
| Gov. Landon and others | 22 |
| Gov. Landon | 11 |
| Gov. Kay ___ of Neb. | 20 |
| Gov. Kaine took over its chairship after Howard Dean | 52 |
| Gov. Grasso | 11 |
| Gov. Graham's state | 23 |
| Gov. Evans' state | 21 |
| Gov. Ella of Conn. | 18 |
| Gov. Edwards is one | 19 |
| Gov. division | 13 |
| Gov. David Paterson's purview | 33 |
| Gov. David Paterson's constituency | 38 |
| Gov. Cuomo's purview | 24 |
| Gov. Cuomo's predecessor | 28 |
| Gov. Cuomo's domain | 23 |
| Gov. Cuomo's concern | 24 |
| Gov. Cuomo et al. | 17 |
| Gov. Crist's state | 22 |
| Gov. Crist's home | 21 |
| Gov. Clements' state | 24 |
| Gov. Castro's bailiwick | 27 |
| Gov. Castro of Arizona | 22 |
| Gov. Carlson of Minnesota | 25 |
| Gov. Carlson of Minn. | 21 |
| Gov. Bush's state | 21 |
| Gov. Bush of Florida | 20 |