| Pompously proper person | 23 |
| Pointlessly precise person | 26 |
| Obnoxiously proper sort | 23 |
| Obnoxiously proper person | 25 |
| Obnoxiously proper one | 22 |
| Dickens's Betsey ___ | 24 |
| Betsey ___, Dickens character | 29 |
| Arrogant, superior sort | 23 |
| Obnoxiously proper types | 24 |
| Certainly no libertines | 23 |
| Wanting everything just so | 26 |
| Proper's companion | 22 |
| Perhaps a little too neat | 25 |
| Buttoned-up all the way | 23 |
| "Proper" companion? | 29 |
| Word with donna or ballerina | 28 |
| __ facie (obvious, in law) | 26 |
| Word with donna or facie | 24 |
| Word with ballerina or donna | 28 |
| Singer-bandleader Louis | 23 |
| Late Louis from Louisiana | 25 |
| Italian "first" | 25 |
| ___ volta (musical direction) | 29 |
| ___ facie (at first sight) | 26 |
| ___ donna (opera star) | 22 |
| Word before scream or therapy | 29 |
| When nominees are chosen | 24 |
| Event that narrows the field | 28 |
| One may have many runners | 25 |
| New Hampshire event of 2008 | 27 |
| It precedes a general? | 22 |
| Kind of rate or suspect | 23 |
| Word with time or suspect | 25 |
| Rate in the financial pages | 27 |
| Kind of minister or mover | 25 |
| Word with ribs or time | 22 |
| Word with rate or suspect | 25 |
| Word before number or rate | 26 |
| Type of time or minister | 24 |
| Prepare a cannon for firing | 27 |
| Much-watched interest rate | 26 |
| Like some numbers and rib | 25 |
| Like 2 or 7, but not 27 | 23 |
| Kind of minister or suspect | 27 |
| Geographical reference line | 27 |
| Preliminary coat of paint | 25 |
| It may be under enamel | 22 |
| Book with Dick and Jane, say | 28 |
| Book for a first grader | 23 |
| Dish often served au jus | 24 |
| Beef lover's order | 22 |
| Two and three, for two | 22 |
| 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, etc. | 24 |
| Gear up for Halloween? | 22 |
| When most TV sets are on | 24 |
| When most people watch TV | 25 |
| The hot slots are in it | 23 |
| It follows the evening news | 27 |
| Evening TV viewing period | 25 |
| 8 P.M.-to-11 P.M. on the tube | 29 |
| Like Longfellow's forest | 28 |
| Widely-panned 2007 thriller | 27 |
| Like the earliest life forms | 28 |
| Like Evangeline's forest | 28 |
| Very valuable, slangily | 23 |
| First-rate, informally | 22 |
| First-class, so to speak | 24 |
| First-class, informally | 23 |
| Carnera of boxing fame | 22 |
| Work hard to look beautiful | 27 |
| Groom oneself carefully | 23 |
| Neaten one's appearance | 27 |
| Get the hair just right | 23 |
| Fix the hair just so, say | 25 |
| Enhance one's appearance | 28 |
| Adorn in a finicky way | 22 |
| Obsesses before the mirror | 26 |
| Many a fairy tale character | 27 |
| William or Harry, e.g. | 22 |
| Paisley Park Records founder | 28 |
| One who hopes to succeed? | 25 |
| Lady Diana married one | 22 |
| Charming or Charles preceder | 28 |
| "Purple Rain" man | 27 |
| Rank of Charles or Andrew | 25 |
| William and Harry, e.g. | 23 |
| Harry, William and Charles | 26 |
| Charles, William and Harry | 26 |
| John Nash's employer | 24 |
| Word processor command | 22 |
| Write with block letters | 24 |
| Word processing option | 22 |
| Write like a small child | 24 |
| Not stick to the script? | 24 |
| Ensure legibility, in a way | 27 |
| Word after foot or news | 23 |
| What Command-P means on a Mac | 29 |
| Run off, as newspapers | 22 |
| Publish like Gutenberg | 22 |
| Positive, for a shutterbug | 26 |