| Musical background: Abbr. | 25 |
| Like a highwire act in Ghana | 28 |
| Certifies, as colleges | 22 |
| Periodic growth, as funds | 25 |
| Kind of basis in accounting | 27 |
| Gathering, as interest | 22 |
| Adding up, as interest | 22 |
| One with a pointed finger | 25 |
| Injury treatment brand | 22 |
| Ice pack securer, at times | 26 |
| Spiritual indifferences | 23 |
| Prevailed against, slangily | 27 |
| Banda ___ (2004 tsunami site) | 29 |
| ___ the hole (hidden asset) | 27 |
| "___ the hole" | 24 |
| Kirk Douglas film: 1951 | 23 |
| The Red Baron, belowdecks? | 26 |
| Score very well on a test | 25 |
| Succeed big-time on a test | 26 |
| Succeed at something big-time | 29 |
| Score perfectly on a test | 25 |
| Play a par-3 perfectly | 22 |
| Kick ass, as on a test | 22 |
| Get 180 on the LSAT, say | 24 |
| Completely crush a final | 24 |
| Completely cream a final | 24 |
| Some high-speed trains | 22 |
| Field where Judas died | 22 |
| Topnotch ring of flowers | 24 |
| Like some bridge hands | 22 |
| Rare battery varieties | 22 |
| Within an ___ (very close) | 26 |
| -- clubs (certain card) | 23 |
| ___ spades (top bridge card) | 28 |
| "The Sign" band | 25 |
| '90s Swedish pop band | 25 |
| Isn't Nicklaus a card? | 26 |
| Part of some royal flushes | 26 |
| Arctic Monkeys jam off debut | 28 |
| Does well during finals week | 28 |
| Prevails against, in slang | 26 |
| Gets the better of, slangily | 28 |
| Gets the best of, in slang | 26 |
| Beats, as the competition | 25 |
| Winning full house, for short | 29 |
| Best kind of full house | 23 |
| Good, not great, poker hand | 27 |
| "Aeneid" archer | 25 |
| Winning hand in blackjack | 25 |
| Winning blackjack holding | 25 |
| Winning blackjack combo | 23 |
| Sure thing in blackjack | 23 |
| Great deal in blackjack | 23 |
| Blackjack pairing, perhaps | 26 |
| Wood distillation product | 25 |
| Main component of vinegar | 25 |
| Glycerol-based solvent | 22 |
| Like a vinegar radical | 22 |
| Gas used in a blowtorch | 23 |
| Compound used by welders | 24 |
| "Pull up ___" | 23 |
| Some things work like this | 26 |
| What the lucky person leads | 27 |
| Have ___ with (speak to) | 24 |
| Nigerian novelist Chinua ___ | 28 |
| Last part of the question | 25 |
| Chat room for hypochondriacs? | 29 |
| Sunflower seed, botanically | 27 |
| Part of a rosebush's hip | 28 |
| Outer part of a strawberry | 26 |
| One-seeded fruit, botanically | 29 |
| Hard, dry one-seeded fruit | 26 |
| Hard area of strawberry | 23 |
| Fruit of the buttercup | 22 |
| Sunflower seeds, botanically | 28 |
| Small, one-seeded fruits | 24 |
| River of woe, in Greek myth | 27 |
| One of the rivers of Hades | 26 |
| Ex-Secretary Dean and family | 28 |
| Herb's promise for kids? | 28 |
| Griffin suffering more pain? | 28 |
| One who gets things done | 24 |
| More of the advice (Part 2) | 27 |
| Judy Garland movie of 1963 | 26 |
| __ Lauro: ship in 1985 news | 27 |
| ___ Lauro (ship in 1985 news) | 29 |
| Paris was too much for him | 26 |
| Not so well-heeled person? | 26 |
| Mythical hero with a bum heel | 29 |
| Mythical Greek hero recovers! | 29 |
| Greek guy's sore spot? | 26 |
| Locales of frequent injuries | 28 |
| Carpenters' affliction? | 27 |
| Novel about holiday candy? | 26 |
| Seasonal shade of pink? | 23 |
| Berlin attention-getter | 23 |
| Hero of a Handel serenata | 25 |
| Hero of a Handel oratorio | 25 |
| Test group (4 members) | 22 |
| Bitingly sarcastic Williams? | 28 |