| Article issued in advance of publication | 40 |
| Advance portion of a book or magazine | 37 |
| Like the era of highest sheet music sales | 41 |
| Make ready for a winter storm, as a highway | 43 |
| Denomination that is best in prayer? | 36 |
| Religious belief of eight U.S. presidents | 41 |
| About 4 million Americans, religiously | 38 |
| Patriot who warned the minutemen at Concord | 43 |
| Doctor's recommendation for baldness? | 41 |
| Take care of passengers with small children, say | 48 |
| Market before officially launching | 34 |
| Military position of salutation that uses a rifle | 49 |
| What you'd like a golden opportunity to do | 46 |
| Gifts you only think about giving? | 34 |
| Current events, in English class | 32 |
| Thing on a big boat (with "life") | 43 |
| Title in the Twentieth Amendment | 32 |
| Man whose 1930 salary was $75,000 | 33 |
| He signed the Dr. King Day legislation in '83 | 49 |
| "He kept us out of war" campaigner | 44 |
| Before houses were weatherproofed? | 34 |
| 1988 Connery film (with "The") | 40 |
| 1998 Connery film, with "The" | 39 |
| 1988 Connery film, with "The" | 39 |
| Like many a stain before washing | 32 |
| Really wants to get the stain out of a ticket? | 46 |
| Like a home that's no risk to the builder | 45 |
| Reporter's workplace at a stadium | 37 |
| One-time site of busy typewriters | 33 |
| Tour de France reporter's spot | 34 |
| Kept arguing for a salary increase, e.g.? | 41 |
| Gets pushy with former CNN host Paula? | 38 |
| Try to get money without exercise? | 34 |
| Group forcing men into military service | 39 |
| Worried weight lifter's preoccupation? | 42 |
| It may weigh on a weight lifter's mind? | 43 |
| Scottish reporter's garment? | 32 |
| Small hawk that delivers papers? | 32 |
| Start of a touch-tone telephone instruction | 43 |
| Attempt without knowing if success will come | 44 |
| Instruction for loosening a seat belt? | 38 |
| Where the fourth estate gets briefed | 36 |
| Put the squeeze on director George? | 35 |
| Where to see an inflation index? | 32 |
| Fast-talking salesman's training materials? | 47 |
| Time-sensitive demand on a dirty car? | 37 |
| High standing achieved through success | 38 |
| Maker of Dex-Cool antifreeze/coolant | 36 |
| Before the state's cut, as income | 37 |
| One who might test a parent's patience | 42 |
| In the sixth grade or earlier, typically | 40 |
| Little League World Series participants, e.g. | 45 |
| Much of Nickelodeon's target audience | 41 |
| Fifth and sixth graders, typically | 34 |
| ''Excuses for Dummies'', e.g.? | 46 |
| First president of the Transvaal | 32 |
| Like legal proceedings held before going to court | 49 |
| Like arrangements before a vacation | 35 |
| Causing the most wolf whistles, perhaps | 39 |
| How your waistline may get if you pig out? | 42 |
| Notorious gangster of the early 20th century | 44 |
| Notorious 1920s-'30s bank robber | 36 |
| Highway pileup that's attractively arranged? | 48 |
| How the messy writer's hands look? | 38 |
| Film named after a hit Psychedelic Furs song | 44 |
| Better than not bad but not great | 33 |
| Phrase said while tugging on a shirt sleeve | 43 |
| 1968 firm featuring a murderous cheerleader | 43 |
| Catchphrase in an old Connect Four ad | 37 |
| Procrastinator's colloquial promise | 39 |
| Roller coaster feature with a food name | 39 |
| What Smokey wants you to be, re forest fires | 44 |
| An ounce of this is worth the alternative | 41 |
| Make advance preparations impossible? | 37 |
| Winner of four Oscars for musical scores | 40 |
| Four-time Oscar-winning film scorer | 35 |
| Four-time Oscar-winning composer | 32 |
| It's not the current translation | 36 |
| Channel bought by TV Guide in 1999 | 34 |
| "From Here to Eternity" hero | 38 |
| Like the time of Franz Ferdinand's reign | 44 |
| Before a big early 20th-cen. conflict | 37 |
| How owls know when mice are bluffing? | 37 |
| 2 or 3 or 5, e.g. (after using a pull down menu) | 48 |
| Do some comparison shopping for fuses? | 38 |
| Result of competition between retailers? | 40 |
| Business agreement between companies | 36 |
| Grossly overcharging for goods or services | 42 |
| Manufacturer's account to customers | 39 |
| Place that serves $28 pints of ale? | 35 |
| Bishop preparing to hold a yard sale? | 37 |
| Brainstorm for a much-loved treasure? | 37 |
| ___ oneself on (had an ego about) | 33 |
| Indulged (oneself) in self-satisfaction | 39 |
| Warning sign at the big cat sanctuary? | 38 |
| Groups of lions at winter's end? | 36 |
| Stuck one's nose where it didn't belong | 47 |
| Minded someone else's business | 34 |
| Kept. Asking. More. And. More. Questions. | 41 |
| Examined, as another's affairs | 34 |