| Loud and continued noise | 24 |
| Secretive, as espionage | 23 |
| Melodramatic espionage | 22 |
| Like undercover operations | 26 |
| Item in Dracula's closet? | 29 |
| Milliner's creation | 23 |
| Rendezvous with a hat? | 22 |
| Started one's shift | 23 |
| Punch one's timecard | 24 |
| Item on a bedside table | 23 |
| Item found on a nightstand | 26 |
| It'll get you out of bed | 28 |
| Dual-purpose bedroom device | 27 |
| Officially starts work | 22 |
| Honey Bunches of Oafs, e.g.? | 28 |
| Perspiration on a blockhead? | 28 |
| Overfill airplane areas? | 24 |
| Appalachian entertainment | 25 |
| Lively rhythmic entertainer | 27 |
| Wooden-shoe folk dance | 22 |
| Become full of hair, perhaps | 28 |
| Walk in a certain order? | 24 |
| Religious place of seclusion | 28 |
| Part of many a convent | 22 |
| Covered colonnaded passage | 26 |
| Places to change a habit? | 25 |
| Biological plant group: Var. | 28 |
| Worker with DNA, perhaps | 24 |
| Worker with DNA, at times | 25 |
| Plant geneticist, at times | 26 |
| Spasmodic, as a muscle | 22 |
| Controversial science project | 29 |
| Crime-based cable channel | 25 |
| Ocean player, three times | 25 |
| 2006 Best Supporting Actor | 26 |
| "Syriana" star | 24 |
| "ER" actor George | 27 |
| Music for actor George? | 23 |
| Breath mint brand since 1951 | 28 |
| She played Phyllis on TV | 24 |
| Within one's grasp | 22 |
| In the immediate vicinity | 25 |
| ''Almost!'' | 27 |
| Words to a first runner-up | 26 |
| Phrase for a narrow miss | 24 |
| Comment on a near-miss | 22 |
| "You almost had it" | 29 |
| Foxy Lettuce stock ___ | 22 |
| With press and public barred | 28 |
| Like most strategy meetings | 27 |
| Its number of shares is fixed | 29 |
| Meeting of a select few | 23 |
| Neared, with "on" | 27 |
| Neared (with "on") | 28 |
| They have party restrictions | 28 |
| Certain batting position | 24 |
| Alien abductions, e.g. | 22 |
| Start of a story? (1977) | 24 |
| Start of a film title | 22 |
| Part of a sci-fi movie title | 28 |
| Like some corporate stock | 25 |
| Reduce a gap at the track | 25 |
| Finish the purchase of | 22 |
| Nearness, pleonastically | 24 |
| It may be followed by [sic] | 27 |
| It might be decided by a nose | 29 |
| Pollster's challenge | 24 |
| Act together defensively | 24 |
| Member of Glenn's family | 28 |
| Top sellers sealing the deal? | 29 |
| Examination, redundantly | 24 |
| Like an owl's eyes | 22 |
| Not far apart, as the eyes | 26 |
| Not far apart, as eyes | 22 |
| Near each other, as the eyes | 28 |
| Narrowly spaced, as the eyes | 28 |
| Like the teeth of many combs | 28 |
| Like baboons' eyes | 22 |
| Like a baboonÂ’s eyes | 24 |
| ___ eyes to (condones) | 22 |
| Like one's best friends | 27 |
| Immediate, as relatives | 23 |
| Finishes a surgical procedure | 29 |
| Opposite of a panoramic shot | 28 |
| Be much less than a hero | 24 |
| End of a real-estate deal | 25 |
| Dealmaker's delight | 23 |
| Good and bad for a marketer | 27 |
| CNBC afternoon program | 22 |
| Some real estate transactions | 29 |
| Their closets are full | 22 |
| They leave things hanging | 25 |
| Laundry room supply, for some | 29 |
| Debate-limiting method | 22 |
| Point of chief interest | 23 |
| Blanket sold at the Sky Mall? | 29 |
| Seascape background, perhaps | 28 |
| Like some poor judgment | 23 |
| Like some crystal balls | 23 |
| Subject for a meteorologist | 27 |