| Important pieces in échecs | 29 |
| Hugh Capet, Louis XV et al. | 27 |
| French for 'kings' | 26 |
| Former Versailles residents | 27 |
| Revel without restraint | 23 |
| "Ralph ___ Doister" | 29 |
| "MASH" soldier | 24 |
| Seoul's nation, for short | 29 |
| One of Rhee's soldiers | 26 |
| Kim il Sung domain, abbr. | 25 |
| Early '50s soldier | 22 |
| Anti-Communist soldier | 22 |
| 1988 Sum. Olympics host | 23 |
| 1950's soldier, in brief | 28 |
| Man with national forecasts | 27 |
| Al of "Today" | 23 |
| "Today" weatherman | 28 |
| Former coworker of Couric | 25 |
| Colleague of Lauer and Vieira | 29 |
| Al on The Weather Channel | 25 |
| "Today" regular | 25 |
| South Korean G.I.'s | 23 |
| Korean kin of G.I.'s | 24 |
| WWI French aviator Garros | 25 |
| Paladin to Charlemagne | 22 |
| Legendary French knight | 23 |
| Hero of medieval romances | 25 |
| Hero of early French ballads | 28 |
| Hero of a famous chanson | 24 |
| "Chanson de ___" | 26 |
| -- Garros (French Open) | 23 |
| You'll get credit for it | 28 |
| Auditioner's quest | 22 |
| Word with model or play | 23 |
| Movie credit information | 24 |
| Actor's aspiration | 22 |
| You get a credit for it | 23 |
| Would-be thespian's quest | 29 |
| Word with bit or major | 22 |
| Wolverine, for Hugh Jackman | 27 |
| Understudy's study | 22 |
| Juliet is a common one | 22 |
| Eminem "___ Model" | 28 |
| Casting director's offer | 28 |
| Cast member's part | 22 |
| Actor's meat and potatoes | 29 |
| Actor's assignment | 22 |
| Actor's acquisition | 23 |
| What an actor reads for | 23 |
| Thespian's vehicle | 22 |
| The lead, for instance | 22 |
| Something to audition for | 25 |
| Something that's cast | 25 |
| Series of lines, essentially | 28 |
| Romeo or Juliet, for some | 25 |
| Part of the movie industry? | 27 |
| Part of a reversal, maybe | 25 |
| One usually involves lines | 26 |
| Macbeth or Lady Macbeth | 23 |
| Jason Bourne, for Matt Damon | 28 |
| It's played on Broadway | 27 |
| It's played in a play | 25 |
| It's made to be played | 26 |
| It's cast and landed | 24 |
| It may be played for money | 26 |
| Hoffman's Tootsie, e.g. | 27 |
| Histrion's delight | 22 |
| Hat to wear, so to speak | 24 |
| Hamlet, in "Hamlet" | 29 |
| Goal for an auditioner | 22 |
| Eminem: "___ Model" | 29 |
| Dr. Zhivago, to Omar Sharif | 27 |
| Dirty Harry, to Eastwood | 24 |
| Chris Gardner, to Will Smith | 28 |
| Cast member's performance | 29 |
| Batman, for Christian Bale | 26 |
| Auditioner's desire | 23 |
| Auditioner's aspiration | 27 |
| ActorÂ's quest | 22 |
| Actor's responsibility | 26 |
| Actor's cameo, e.g. | 23 |
| A star usually has a big one | 28 |
| 2006 World Series star Scott | 28 |
| Logger's competition | 24 |
| Loggers' competition | 24 |
| Lumberjacks' contest | 24 |
| Lumberjack's contest | 24 |
| Lumberjacks' sport | 22 |
| Lumberjacks' competition | 28 |
| Lumberjack's tournament | 27 |
| Lumberjack competition | 22 |
| Logrollers' contest | 23 |
| Contest for lumberjacks | 23 |
| Competition for lumberjacks | 27 |
| Great Outdoor Games events | 26 |
| Contests for lumberjacks | 24 |
| Do Dungeons & Dragons | 25 |
| Undergo training, perhaps | 25 |
| Actor's resume items | 24 |
| Positions or functions | 22 |