| Thing you don't want to twist | 33 |
| Thing you might close with your mitts | 37 |
| Thingamabob whose purpose is unclear? | 37 |
| Thingamajig's other spelling | 32 |
| Things "bursting in air" | 34 |
| Things about to happen, collectively | 36 |
| Things are easier to understand on his terms | 44 |
| Things are often returned to them | 33 |
| Things associated with pits and spits, briefly | 46 |
| Things at a home improvement show | 33 |
| Things best let be, proverbially | 32 |
| Things binge drinkers sometimes do | 34 |
| Things cast for Jesus' clothes | 34 |
| Things Coke and Pepsi have: Abbr. | 33 |
| Things downed at Churchill Downs | 32 |
| Things driven on construction sites | 35 |
| Things enjoyed at a beer-selling gallery? | 41 |
| Things filled at indoor stations | 32 |
| Things found at discount shoe stores? | 37 |
| Things found on children's knees | 36 |
| Things getting a lot of buzz about them? | 40 |
| Things gotten with a credit card, often | 39 |
| Things heard after thumbs are hit with hammers? | 47 |
| Things heard at the Grand Canyon | 32 |
| Things hypothesized by Democritus | 33 |
| Things in the wallets of many laborers | 38 |
| Things in the window of an electronics store | 44 |
| Things keeping baby sheep from straying? | 40 |
| Things made by Vikings, for short | 33 |
| Things may be counted off by them | 33 |
| Things may be picked up with this | 33 |
| Things not wanted in locker rooms | 33 |
| Things often dropped in Harvard Yard? | 37 |
| Things often taken down from windows in Sept. | 45 |
| Things on a loop in a haunted house | 35 |
| Things one might find in an attic | 33 |
| Things ostensibly, but not actually, hidden | 43 |
| Things passed on from Mom and Dad | 33 |
| Things passed on the way to the White House? | 44 |
| Things people do to get their kicks? | 36 |
| Things placed during a political campaign | 41 |
| Things really get difficult when . . . | 38 |
| Things refs raise their arms for | 32 |
| Things released from Pandora's box | 38 |
| Things running through California | 33 |
| Things shown before shows, informally | 37 |
| Things similar in certain respects | 34 |
| Things sometimes found in towers | 32 |
| Things sometimes seen on shoulders | 34 |
| Things standardized by Congress on March 19, 1918 | 49 |
| Things taken at a sporting event | 32 |
| Things that a drum-playing lush has? | 36 |
| Things that are picked up and kicked | 36 |
| Things that are put on ... or don't go off | 46 |
| Things that are tossed usually go in them | 41 |
| Things that can be rolled over, for short | 41 |
| Things that disappear in the shower? | 36 |
| Things that go bump in a high school? | 37 |
| Things that go bump in the night, e.g. | 38 |
| Things that go together, collectively | 37 |
| Things that help people to carry on? | 36 |
| Things that keep Captain Hook up at night? | 42 |
| Things that lead to a false sense of contentment | 48 |
| Things that make you go "Mmm" | 39 |
| Things that make you go "vroom" | 41 |
| Things that may be shot in stages? | 34 |
| Things that may have to be cleared | 34 |
| Things that modest people rarely display | 40 |
| Things that open and close yearly? | 34 |
| Things that require a tire iron for removal? | 44 |
| Things that should be tied up by the curtain? | 45 |
| Things that strongly attract attention | 38 |
| Things that tell you when to get busy? | 38 |
| Things to "see" in an encyclopedia | 44 |
| Things to be screened for: Abbr. | 32 |
| Things to report to one's partner: Abbr. | 44 |
| Things to solve for, in some equations | 38 |
| Things to __ (theme of the puzzle) | 34 |
| Things traveling on sound waves? | 32 |
| Things used by the selfie-indulgent? | 36 |
| Things usually held while facing backward | 41 |
| Things way up north or way down south | 37 |
| Things with ___ (theme of this puzzle) | 38 |
| Things within a stone's throw | 33 |
| Things worth sweating, with "the" | 43 |
| Things you can __ (theme of the puzzle) | 39 |
| Things you may have to get the kinks out of | 43 |
| Things you've lived through, pleonastically | 47 |
| Think "a wile" to get this | 36 |
| Think about being Michael Jordan | 32 |
| Think Dec. 25, and you'll get it | 36 |
| Think happy thoughts and it'll help you fly | 47 |
| Think it's terrific when insects wed? | 41 |
| Think tank unaffiliated with Ayn | 32 |
| Thinker of great thoughts hopefully abbr. | 43 |
| Thinker with a "razor" | 32 |
| Thinking about destructive insects? | 35 |
| Thinking about leaving ASCAP, maybe? | 36 |
| Thinking person's conclusion? | 33 |
| Thinking-on-one's-feet indicators | 37 |