| W.C. Handy's "___ Blues" | 38 |
| W.C. Handy's "___ Street Blues" | 45 |
| W.C.'s "chickadee" West | 37 |
| W.C.'s "My Little Chickadee" costar | 49 |
| W.C.'s daughter in "The Bank Dick" | 48 |
| W.E.B. Du Bois was among its founders | 37 |
| W.J.C.'s half brother. O.K.! | 32 |
| W.J.C.'s town of expectation? | 33 |
| W.S. Gilbert's "___ Ballads" | 42 |
| W.S. on auto racing ("Macbeth" II, 1) | 47 |
| W.S. on baseball ("Othello" III, 3) | 45 |
| W.S. on bowling ("The Tempest" I, 1) | 46 |
| W.S. on football ("Othello" V, 2) | 43 |
| W.S. on golf ("King John" IV, 1) | 42 |
| W.S. on tennis ("3 Henry VI" III, 2) | 46 |
| W.S. winner in four of the last five years | 42 |
| W.W. I battle locale near the Belgian border | 44 |
| W.W. I craft gambling with turbulence? | 38 |
| W.W. I poet-soldier who died in France | 38 |
| W.W. I's so-called "U-Boat Alley" | 47 |
| W.W. II air ace who lent his name to an airport | 47 |
| W.W. II battle site, with "El" | 40 |
| W.W. II British officer Orde _____ | 34 |
| W.W. II craft for getting troops ashore | 39 |
| W.W. II females' service grp. | 33 |
| W.W. II foe, with "the" | 33 |
| W.W. II general nicknamed "Bombs Away" | 48 |
| W.W. II Greek underground movement | 34 |
| W.W. II training center near Boston | 35 |
| W.W. II U.S. admiral nicknamed "Bull" | 47 |
| W.W. II's most-bombed island | 32 |
| W.W. II-ending weapon, for short | 32 |
| Wachovia Center player, for short | 33 |
| Wachovia or Chase Manhattan, briefly | 36 |
| Wacky "In My Tribe" band? | 35 |
| Wacky aunt on "Bewitched" | 35 |
| Wacky blond played by Marie Wilson | 34 |
| Wacky entertainer born Scott Thompson | 37 |
| Wad found under many a school desk | 34 |
| Waddling penguin or chattering teeth | 36 |
| Wade Boggs's place on the diamond | 37 |
| Wading bird barbecued on a rotating rod? | 40 |
| Wading bird venerated by ancient Egyptians | 42 |
| Wading bird venerated in Ancient Egypt | 38 |
| Wading bird with a long, flat beak | 34 |
| Wading bird with an S-shaped neck | 33 |
| Wading bird with an upcurved bill | 33 |
| Wafer brand that goes with banana pudding | 41 |
| Wager apart from the main action | 32 |
| Wager that's not made at the site of the race | 49 |
| Wagging-tail-against-floor sounds | 33 |
| Waggling body part of a yelling toon | 36 |
| Waggoner, of ''Wonder Woman'' | 45 |
| Wagner and Powers on some TV sets? | 34 |
| Wagner opera performer's activity? | 38 |
| Wagner's ''Der fliegende __'' | 49 |
| Wagner's ''Liebestod,'' e.g. | 48 |
| Wagner's '-- und Isolde' | 36 |
| Wagner's "Die Walküre," e.g. | 49 |
| Wagner's "Liebestod," e.g. | 40 |
| Wagner's "Prize Song," e.g. | 41 |
| Wagner's "Ring ___" | 33 |
| Wagner's "The Flying ___" | 39 |
| Wagner's "Tristan und ___" | 40 |
| Wagner's "twilight of the gods" | 45 |
| Wagner's "__ Rheingold" | 37 |
| Wagner's "___ Rheingold" | 38 |
| Wagner's "___ und Isolde" | 39 |
| Wagner's "___ Walküre" | 39 |
| Wagner's advice to Elsie the cow? | 37 |
| Wagner's Knight of the Holy Grail | 37 |
| Wagner's Tannhäuser, e.g. | 32 |
| Wagnerian opera, with "Die" | 37 |
| Wagnerian royal who drinks a love potion | 40 |
| Wagnerian soprano: 1899–1972 | 35 |
| Wagon pullers on Nebraska's state quarter | 45 |
| Wagoner's activity at the end of the day | 44 |
| Wagons ___ (European sleeping cars) | 35 |
| Wagons-___ (sleeping cars, abroad) | 34 |
| Wahlberg of "Boomtown" | 32 |
| Wahlberg's terrible "Rock ___" | 44 |
| Wahlberg/Theron caper film, with "The" | 48 |
| Wailing Souls "Tom ___" | 33 |
| Wailoa River State Recreation Area setting | 42 |
| Waistband that's tucked in -- pity, that!? | 46 |
| Wait at the motor vehicle bureau, say | 37 |
| Wait for the start of a drag race | 33 |
| Wait for the start of the drag race | 35 |
| Wait ____ Dark : Hepburn movie | 32 |
| Waite ___, Hall-of-Fame Yankees pitcher | 39 |
| Waited (for) until long after dark | 34 |
| Waited curbside at the airport, say | 35 |
| Waited for the laughter to die down | 35 |
| Waited for the light to turn green | 34 |
| Waited-for show character who never showed | 42 |
| Waiter there's ____ in my soup! | 36 |
| Waiter's after-dinner offerings | 35 |
| Waiter's parting word after serving | 39 |
| Waiter's remark after serving | 33 |
| Waiters' reaction after breakfast was over? | 47 |