| Positive result of working together | 35 |
| Intended result of corporate mergers | 36 |
| Collaboration's intended bonus | 34 |
| "Riders to the Sea" playwright | 40 |
| "Riders to the Sea" dramatist | 39 |
| "The Tinker's Wedding" playwright | 47 |
| ''Riders to the Sea'' dramatist | 47 |
| Top playwright of the Irish Renaissance | 39 |
| “The Playboy of the Western World” author | 49 |
| Playboy of the Western World author | 38 |
| He wrote "Deirdre of the Sorrows" | 43 |
| "Riders to the Sea" writer | 36 |
| "Riders to the Sea" author | 36 |
| 'Riders to the Sea' dramatist | 37 |
| ''Riders to the Sea'' playwright | 48 |
| Crossword clues and answers, often | 34 |
| Words often listed together: Abbr. | 34 |
| Electronic instrument, for short | 32 |
| Key instrument in much '80s pop? | 36 |
| Electronic instrument, informally | 33 |
| Techno-pop instrument, informally | 33 |
| Electronic instrument, familiarly | 33 |
| Computerized musicmaker, for short | 34 |
| Combination of parts to form a whole | 36 |
| Town on the Long Island Rail Road | 33 |
| Long Island community northeast of Mineola | 42 |
| Remove via hose, with "off" | 37 |
| Part of the former U.A.R.: Abbr. | 32 |
| Nation in 2011 protest news: Abbr. | 34 |
| Nat. whose anthem is "Homat el Diyar" | 47 |
| Land once partly held by the Crusaders: Abbr. | 45 |
| Its monetary unit is the pound: Abbr. | 37 |
| Hafez al-Assad's land: Abbr. | 32 |
| Bashar al-Assad's land (abbr.) | 34 |
| Bashar al-Assad's country: abbr. | 36 |
| Main grape of most wine blends from the Rhone | 45 |
| Hall & Oates' winy expression? | 38 |
| Book in the Septimus Heap series | 32 |
| United Arab Republic member, once | 33 |
| Where the Baath Party was founded | 33 |
| Subject of 2011 Arab League sanctions | 37 |
| Modern part of the ancient Hittite empire | 41 |
| Land on the eastern Mediterranean | 33 |
| Half of the United Arab Republic | 32 |
| Country whose coat of arms is an eagle | 38 |
| 1974 Canadian peace keeping locale | 34 |
| Upcoming George Clooney/Matt Damon thriller | 43 |
| Movie that garnered Clooney an acting Oscar | 43 |
| George Clooney's 2005 Oscar film | 36 |
| Clooney/Damon film about the oil industry | 41 |
| 2005 Oscar vehicle for George Clooney | 37 |
| 2005 George Clooney film about petroleum politics | 49 |
| Region bordered by the Euphrates | 32 |
| Modern inhabitants of ancient Aram | 34 |
| Drawer at a doctor's office? | 32 |
| Sharps container contents, usually | 34 |
| Word with "cough" or "corn" | 47 |
| The "S" in CBS (abbr.) | 32 |
| The second "S" in MS-DOS: Abbr. | 41 |
| The "S" of CBS (abbr.) | 32 |
| The "s" in Awacs: Abbr. | 33 |
| Screenwriter Bartlett and others | 32 |
| Administrator's domain: Abbr. | 33 |
| ___ admin (computer techie, for short) | 38 |
| Food service Fortune 500 company | 32 |
| Big name in ketchup packets and the like | 40 |
| Big name in ketchup packets and such | 36 |
| Big name in ketchup packets and plastic forks | 45 |
| Computer bulletin board operator | 32 |
| Computer bulletin board administrator, for short | 48 |
| One who runs a computer bulletin board | 38 |
| Computer bulletin board overseer | 32 |
| Computer bulletin board administrator | 37 |
| Computer bulletin board overseers | 33 |
| Solar or circulatory follower: Abbr. | 36 |
| What many gamblers claim to have | 32 |
| The ''S'' in CBS | 32 |
| Gambler's claim to beating the odds | 39 |
| One may be used to pick Powerball numbers | 41 |
| It's down, in a Homestar Runner cartoon | 43 |
| Gambler's claim to beating the house | 40 |
| Establishment, with "the" | 35 |
| Billy Idol "Shock to the ___" | 39 |
| Armenian American rockers ___ of a Down | 39 |
| Box Car Racer "All ___ Go" | 36 |
| Rhythmic contraction of the heart | 33 |
| Part of a blood pressure reading | 32 |
| Normal rhythmical contraction of the heart | 42 |
| Components of blood pressure readings | 37 |
| Having a rhythmically recurrent contraction | 43 |
| Interconnected operations (Abbr.) | 33 |
| Handicappers' methods: Abbr. | 32 |
| Alignment of three celestial bodies | 35 |
| Alignment of the sun, earth and moon, e.g. | 42 |
| Hungarian city near the Serbian border | 38 |
| Long-time Cleveland Orchestra conductor | 39 |
| Longtime Cleveland Orchestra conductor | 38 |
| Former Cleveland Orchestra director George | 42 |
| Former Cleveland Orchestra conductor George | 43 |
| Moe's last name on "The Simpsons" | 47 |