| Furniture style, formally | 25 |
| Inspirations for Tennyson | 25 |
| Legendary king of Camelot | 25 |
| Paintings damaged astern? | 25 |
| Edible thistlelike plants | 25 |
| Part of M-G-M's motto | 25 |
| Adjective for masterworks | 25 |
| Design school studio, say | 25 |
| Turn-of-the-century genre | 25 |
| Stella ___ (Belgian beer) | 25 |
| Some auction transactions | 25 |
| Blind jazz piano virtuoso | 25 |
| Toscanini's namesakes | 25 |
| Where Bacardi is bottled? | 25 |
| Ancient invaders of India | 25 |
| Ancient Mariner's cry | 25 |
| Conversation continuer #1 | 25 |
| How dishes are often sold | 25 |
| Fireproof material: Abbr. | 25 |
| Old insulating mat'l. | 25 |
| Courageous, comparatively | 25 |
| Throw ___ into (frighten) | 25 |
| State of being in control | 25 |
| Make ___ (argue publicly) | 25 |
| Peak performance in 1953? | 25 |
| Like harsh winter weather | 25 |
| Phrase used before a date | 25 |
| Like paramecia or amoebas | 25 |
| What the glass ceiling is | 25 |
| "___ as butter" | 25 |
| 1997 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| Nicholson/Hunt film: 1997 | 25 |
| Mohammed's associates | 25 |
| "Them ___ gits" | 25 |
| Tapped on, as a cigarette | 25 |
| Chimney sweep's bill? | 25 |
| Olympic track star Evelyn | 25 |
| Castaway's cry, maybe | 25 |
| Ancient port of Palestine | 25 |
| Recital of Jewish liturgy | 25 |
| Assyrian's main deity | 25 |
| Turkey, to a cartographer | 25 |
| Part of a cold comparison | 25 |
| Stage whisper from EIsie? | 25 |
| Start of a Faulkner novel | 25 |
| Take ___ (taste, as wine) | 25 |
| Take ___ (taste the wine) | 25 |
| Take ___ (sample a drink) | 25 |
| "Do __, not..." | 25 |
| "In my opinion" | 25 |
| Parts 3 and 7 of the quip | 25 |
| Think of another question | 25 |
| With suspicion, old-style | 25 |
| "When they ___" | 25 |
| Invites for a social call | 25 |
| ___ not (in all probably) | 25 |
| In _____ (batting poorly) | 25 |
| 1925 Sinclair Lewis novel | 25 |
| Poker precursor in Persia | 25 |
| Stock investment initials | 25 |
| Italian town NW of Venice | 25 |
| Hebrew musical instrument | 25 |
| Lyre's ancient cousin | 25 |
| Ancient Hebrew instrument | 25 |
| Stuck out like ____ thumb | 25 |
| Not worth ___ (worthless) | 25 |
| What Kent was faster than | 25 |
| What a Cockney may not do | 25 |
| Comparable to driven snow | 25 |
| Doofus given a pink slip? | 25 |
| Parts 2 and 6 of the quip | 25 |
| 'Steady -- goes!' | 25 |
| Result of poetic license? | 25 |
| One who classifies things | 25 |
| Unable to get any thicker | 25 |
| Babylonian's neighbor | 25 |
| Ashurbanipal's people | 25 |
| Has ___ in (owns part of) | 25 |
| Ancient fertility goddess | 25 |
| Semitic fertility goddess | 25 |
| French comic book warrior | 25 |
| Of small celestial bodies | 25 |
| Soap opera set in Oakdale | 25 |
| Some wise advice (Part 5) | 25 |
| "_____ Goes By" | 25 |
| Opera's Varnay et al. | 25 |
| '99 Smash Mouth album | 25 |
| Galileo's line: Abbr. | 25 |
| John Glenn was one, twice | 25 |
| Valedictorian, presumably | 25 |
| Summa cum laude candidate | 25 |
| Classic case for Sherlock | 25 |
| Nuclear vessel, for short | 25 |
| Sight upstream from Luxor | 25 |
| Construction of 1898-1902 | 25 |
| Go for ___ (do laps, say) | 25 |
| Language group of Ecuador | 25 |
| Regardless of the results | 25 |
| Not in danger of drifting | 25 |
| Like stalled negotiations | 25 |