| Old Missouri-to-California mail system | 38 |
| It's often tied with a rubber band | 38 |
| "Cool" 50's hairstyle | 35 |
| Vehicles for moving racers from track to track? | 47 |
| Where to see "Vote for Fido!"? | 40 |
| Dog kennel from Palindromic Products, Inc.? | 43 |
| Fluff out, like hair or a sleeve | 32 |
| Say 'It's so foolish to play cards'? | 48 |
| Dismiss an occult doll-making practice? | 39 |
| Where running isn't advisable | 33 |
| "No food or drink" site, perhaps | 42 |
| Bathing beauty at a swimming facility? | 38 |
| Place for changing out of a wet suit | 36 |
| Swimming spot for Minnesota Fats? | 33 |
| Newman role in "The Hustler" | 38 |
| They'll take you at the tables | 34 |
| Where the water-loving carpenter takes a dip? | 45 |
| Place to "rack 'em up" | 36 |
| Image this puzzle grid is supposed to suggest | 45 |
| Old name for badminton (named for an Indian city) | 49 |
| Casualty of an all-night poker game? | 36 |
| Test on which to use a number two pencil? | 41 |
| Tests on the latest news scoops? | 32 |
| "Perley" of journalism | 32 |
| Word before "in sickness and in health" | 49 |
| " . . . richer, for ___ . . . " | 41 |
| Least impressive place of business? | 35 |
| Marathoner's worst finishes? | 32 |
| One thing to scoop up the saag with | 35 |
| Something you later might think better of | 41 |
| " . . . I am even ___ thanks" | 39 |
| Relief measure of Elizabethan times | 35 |
| They provide support to the needy | 33 |
| Precursor to "the dole" | 33 |
| With 69A and 69D, what these answers show | 41 |
| "Nothing seems to go my way" | 38 |
| Warren Zevon "___ Pitiful Me" | 39 |
| Couch potato's condition, probably | 38 |
| Organized rumor-spreading about celebrities | 43 |
| Get the front of one's bike off the ground | 46 |
| Molding found in Orville Redenbacher's home? | 48 |
| Father worshiped a tennis star, to a palindromist | 49 |
| Only Englishman to head the Vatican | 35 |
| Economist Greenspan, after succeeding Benedict | 46 |
| Poet Alexander during Thanksgiving's mo.? | 45 |
| Religious-leader honoree of '79 | 35 |
| Pontiff for just 26 days in 1605 | 32 |
| Ride that's transparent and bulletproof | 43 |
| Popular chain of chicken restaurants | 36 |
| "Let's have some champagne . . ." | 47 |
| Let's have some champagne . . . | 35 |
| High hit behind the catcher, say | 32 |
| Headline about an art studio mishap? | 36 |
| Band in 'Billboard,' maybe | 34 |
| Their barrels are closed with corks | 35 |
| Mammal that lives in a cottonwood? | 34 |
| Mexico's "smoking mountain" | 41 |
| Visited unannounced, with "in" | 40 |
| Like some balloons, questions and corn | 38 |
| Made a sudden appearance, in a way | 34 |
| 41st U.S. president's early nickname | 40 |
| Students' unwelcome surprises | 33 |
| Assessments given to soda jerks? | 32 |
| Candy that did not, in fact, kill Mikey | 39 |
| Fatherly figure for the other feudal workers | 44 |
| Song covered by Michael Bublé, say | 37 |
| Takes the first step on the way to matrimony | 44 |
| Sight at a backstabbing family reunion? | 39 |
| Give Genghis Khan a knuckle sandwich? | 37 |
| Kellogg's best-selling product | 34 |
| Gain access to a certain car area | 33 |
| One cautioning about opening a soda can? | 40 |
| Best-selling baseball equipment? | 32 |
| Seedy bread that sells like hotcakes? | 37 |
| A runner who loses may still win it | 35 |
| U.S. political movement: 1891–1904 | 41 |
| Tool used to open a stuck jack-in-the-box? | 42 |
| Flies that don't go far from home | 37 |
| Pioneering college football coach | 33 |
| Part of Pierre's sandwich, perhaps | 38 |
| Offering from a Parisian butcher | 32 |
| "Georgie ___" (children's rhyme) | 46 |
| DuBose Heyward novel on which an opera was based | 48 |
| Musical drama about a man eating soup? | 38 |
| Studying intently, with "over" | 40 |
| Examining closely, with "over" | 40 |
| President's favorite side dish? | 35 |
| Manhattan street where farmers sell their sows? | 47 |
| Politician's pet project procurement | 40 |
| Spending for a pol's pet project | 36 |
| Pol's self-serving appropriation | 36 |
| Odd container for baby back ribs? | 33 |
| Like some wasteful government spending | 38 |
| Serving in Homer Simpson's favorite dinner | 46 |
| It may be served with applesauce | 32 |
| Homer Simpson's favorite meat item | 38 |
| Part of Babe's karate lesson? | 33 |
| Porcine actress in "A Mighty Wind"? | 45 |
| Get it on with half-bird, half-woman monsters? | 46 |
| Village famous for its tourtières? | 37 |