| Football Hall-of-Famer Gale | 27 |
| Writer known for Wimsey | 23 |
| Lord Peter Wimsey creator | 25 |
| English whodunit writer | 23 |
| Creator of Lode Peter Wimsey | 28 |
| Bears Hall of Famer Gale | 24 |
| Something to do before dinner | 29 |
| Offer a prandial prayer | 23 |
| Willie Mays's sobriquet | 27 |
| Willie Mays catchphrase | 23 |
| Pass along a salutation | 23 |
| Descriptor of Willie Mays | 25 |
| Catchphrase for Willie Mays | 27 |
| Catch phrase of Willie Mays | 27 |
| Willie Mays' nickname | 25 |
| Greet someone casually | 22 |
| Give an informal greeting | 25 |
| Greet with two letters? | 23 |
| Greet a person casually | 23 |
| Acknowledge an acquaintance | 27 |
| Acknowledge a passerby | 22 |
| Officially leave bachelorhood | 29 |
| Give up the single life | 23 |
| Breaking the ice, maybe | 23 |
| "You can tell me" | 27 |
| "___ With Music" | 26 |
| "___ with flowers" | 28 |
| "___ isn't so" | 28 |
| "___ With Flowers" | 29 |
| '-- isn't so!' | 26 |
| "I Cain't ___" | 28 |
| Turn down with "to" | 29 |
| Refuse to give permission | 25 |
| Part of a Nancy Reagan slogan | 29 |
| Issue a verbal refusal | 22 |
| Be uncooperative, in a way | 26 |
| Voice one's approval | 24 |
| ''___ who?'' | 28 |
| Simon ___ (kid's game) | 26 |
| Fills Simon's role | 22 |
| Simon ___, popular game | 23 |
| Simon ___ (elimination game) | 28 |
| "Survey ___...!" | 26 |
| "Survey ___ ..." | 26 |
| Follows a doctor's order | 28 |
| Prepares for a depression? | 26 |
| Obeys the doctor, in a way | 26 |
| Obeys the dental hygienist | 26 |
| Follows a physical request? | 27 |
| Exhales during a physical? | 26 |
| Does as the doc just directed | 29 |
| Offers a casual greeting | 24 |
| Greets, with "to" | 27 |
| "According to me" | 27 |
| Refuses to give permission | 26 |
| Puts one's thumb down | 25 |
| Right of final decision | 23 |
| Authoritative statement | 23 |
| Authoritative pronouncement | 27 |
| "OK, if you ___..." | 29 |
| Boss's prerogative | 22 |
| Ability to green-light | 22 |
| Authoritative assurances | 24 |
| Authoritative assertions | 24 |
| Claims authoritatively | 22 |
| States something as fact | 24 |
| Declares it to be true | 22 |
| Asserts authoritatively | 23 |
| "What ___ thou?" | 26 |
| "What --- thou?" | 26 |
| "What __ thou?" | 25 |
| Gives one's approval | 24 |
| Server's suggestion | 23 |
| Drink pourer's words | 24 |
| Give one's permission | 25 |
| Give one's consent for | 26 |
| Accept a proposal from | 22 |
| Entrepreneur-aiding org. | 24 |
| Support for a start-up co. | 26 |
| Start-up's helper (Abbr.) | 29 |
| Start-up helper: abbr. | 22 |
| Org. for entrepreneurs | 22 |
| Mom and pop financing gp. | 25 |
| U.S. org. for minor traders | 27 |
| Suffragist's monogram | 25 |
| Suffragette's monogram | 26 |
| Source of gov't loans | 25 |
| Org. that aids start-ups | 24 |
| Org. for mom-and-pop stores | 27 |
| Org. for a start-up, maybe | 26 |
| Monogram of a suffragette | 25 |
| Mom-and-pop store grp. | 22 |
| Mom-and-pop lender (Abbr.) | 26 |
| Loan-granting Fed.agcy. | 23 |
| Loan agcy. for entrepreneurs | 28 |
| Govt. source of seed money | 26 |
| Entrepreneurs' org. | 23 |
| Entrepreneur's org. | 23 |
| Agcy. that helps mom-and-pops | 29 |
| Agcy. for new ventures | 22 |