| Pussycat's boatmate | 23 |
| Pussy-cat's shipmate | 24 |
| Pussy-cat's partner | 23 |
| Potter's Hedwig, e.g. | 25 |
| One likely to give a hoot | 25 |
| Mouse catcher from above | 24 |
| Message carrier at Hogwarts | 27 |
| It prefers the nightlife | 24 |
| It prefers the night life | 25 |
| It may be spotted in a tree | 27 |
| It likes the nightlife | 22 |
| It gives a hoot, really | 23 |
| Inspired The Who's name? | 28 |
| Hooters restaurant emblem | 25 |
| Friend of Tigger and Eeyore | 27 |
| Flat-faced bird of prey | 23 |
| Feathered barn percher | 22 |
| Creature said to be wise | 24 |
| Bird with binocular vision | 26 |
| Bill Cosby, in college | 22 |
| Athena's feathered friend | 29 |
| Athena's attendant | 22 |
| "Wise" hooter | 23 |
| "Whoo" caller | 23 |
| "Horned" flyer | 24 |
| "Hooty," e.g. | 23 |
| Billie Holiday classic? | 23 |
| One who hardly gives a hoot? | 28 |
| One hardly giving a hoot? | 25 |
| It gives a little hoot | 22 |
| Young "wise one" | 26 |
| It barely gives a hoot | 22 |
| Hooter's hatchling | 22 |
| He can hardly give a hoot | 25 |
| Chick that gives a hoot | 23 |
| Baby that gives a hoot | 22 |
| Apprentice night stalker | 24 |
| Wide-eyed young 'uns | 24 |
| They hardly give a hoot | 23 |
| Mouse-eating nestlings | 22 |
| Little birds with big eyes | 26 |
| Birds that may be spotted | 25 |
| Nocturnal rat catchers | 22 |
| Temple University team | 22 |
| Messengers at Hogwarts | 22 |
| Rowling mail deliverers | 23 |
| Feathered head-turners | 22 |
| Avian symbols of wisdom | 23 |
| Wizarding world messengers | 26 |
| Wise ones, proverbially | 23 |
| They swoop down on mice | 23 |
| They like the night life | 24 |
| Solemn, nocturnal group | 23 |
| Rice University nickname | 24 |
| Ones taking night flights? | 26 |
| Nocturnal birds of prey | 23 |
| Mail deliverers at Hogwarts | 27 |
| Mail carriers at Hogwarts | 25 |
| Impressive head-turners | 23 |
| Hogwarts mail deliverers | 24 |
| Hogwarts mail carriers | 22 |
| Head-turning night fliers | 25 |
| Fifth-year exams at Hogwarts | 28 |
| Feathered mouse-hunters | 23 |
| Boobooks and moreporks | 22 |
| Birds with binocular vision | 27 |
| Barn and screech, e.g. | 22 |
| Big-eyed and giving a hoot | 26 |
| Dominate, in sports lingo | 25 |
| Confess, with "up" | 28 |
| Finish making payments on | 25 |
| Pay off the mortgage on | 23 |
| No longer need to pay rent | 26 |
| Dominate, in sports talk | 24 |
| Auto option: lease-to-___ | 25 |
| Routinely beat in competition | 29 |
| Rent to __: purchasing option | 29 |
| Oprah's TV network | 22 |
| Make the last payment on | 24 |
| Make the final payment | 22 |
| Have power over, slangily | 25 |
| Dominate, in sports slang | 25 |
| Dominate in competition | 23 |
| Consistently defeat, in slang | 29 |
| Confess, with 'up' | 26 |
| Admit (with "up") | 27 |
| Acknowledge, as shortcomings | 28 |
| "To each his ___" | 27 |
| "Lindsay" airer | 25 |
| ___ goal (soccer error) | 23 |
| Dominated, in sports lingo | 26 |
| Totally dominated, informally | 29 |
| Dominated, so to speak | 22 |
| Accepted responsibility for | 27 |
| "For sale by ___" | 27 |
| Tenant's counterpart | 24 |
| Steinbrenner, to the Yankees | 28 |
| More than a franchisee | 22 |
| Many a real estate seller | 25 |
| Steinbrenner, to a Yankee | 25 |