| Having sword-shaped leaves | 26 |
| Mise ___ (stage setting) | 24 |
| Massachusetts motto starter | 27 |
| Start of the Bay State motto | 28 |
| Massachusetts motto opener | 26 |
| First word of Mass. motto | 25 |
| Start of Mass.'s motto | 26 |
| Massachusetts motto word | 24 |
| First word in Mass. motto | 25 |
| Bay State motto starter | 23 |
| Part of Massachusetts motto | 27 |
| Part of Mass.'s motto | 25 |
| Otherwise, in Scotland | 22 |
| First word of the Mass. motto | 29 |
| Put on a throne, stodgily | 25 |
| Cover, as a nerve fiber | 23 |
| Stored, as grain or fodder | 26 |
| Tony-winning playwright Eve | 27 |
| Process of being trapped | 24 |
| Mousetrap, essentially | 22 |
| Permeate with a spirit | 22 |
| Instill with compassion | 23 |
| Imbue with spirituality | 23 |
| Imbue with high-mindedness | 26 |
| Small gap, in typesetting | 25 |
| Make into a globe shape | 23 |
| Decorate with pointy figures | 28 |
| Joined the Union: Abbr. | 23 |
| Duck, in Düsseldorf | 22 |
| Düsseldorf duck | 22 |
| Chap, in Chiapas: Colloq. | 25 |
| ___ en point (heraldry term) | 28 |
| ___ en point (heraldic term) | 28 |
| 1976 airport raid site | 22 |
| Ugandan hostage-rescue site | 27 |
| Ugandan city on Lake Victoria | 29 |
| Site of airport rescue: 1976 | 28 |
| Sight from Lake Victoria | 24 |
| Scene of a dramatic rescue | 26 |
| Israeli hostage rescue locale | 29 |
| Sacred monkey of India | 22 |
| It might ward off a war | 23 |
| Friendship on a high level | 26 |
| "___ your own risk" | 29 |
| People working with logs? | 25 |
| SCRIPT DIRECTION FOR SALLY? | 27 |
| It's hit with a pinky | 25 |
| Intestine, in combinations | 26 |
| "Star Trek" craft | 27 |
| Downtown area in many cities | 28 |
| ___ plea (petitions a court) | 28 |
| Joins, as an agreement | 22 |
| Signs, as an agreement | 22 |
| Starts, as an agreement | 23 |
| Commences, as an adventure | 26 |
| Begins, as an adventure | 23 |
| Hollywood's output | 22 |
| Broadway visitor's quest | 28 |
| Classic Bruce Lee film | 22 |
| 1973 Bruce Lee classic | 22 |
| International arrangements | 26 |
| It's symbolized by an H | 27 |
| Invests with authority | 22 |
| Like newly hired producer | 25 |
| Real things, in metaphysics | 27 |
| Femme fatale, typically | 23 |
| Buried like the pharaohs | 24 |
| Puts in a vault, in a way | 25 |
| Lays to rest in a pyramid | 25 |
| Jean Henri Fabre's forte | 28 |
| Occurring in the usual place | 28 |
| Gets on the Yankee Clipper | 26 |
| Catches the Metroliner | 22 |
| Stun a credit card company? | 27 |
| Spellbind TV host Arsenio? | 26 |
| They're in the race | 23 |
| Competitors in a derby | 22 |
| Underhand arrest maneuver | 25 |
| 1999 Sean Connery movie | 23 |
| Take a defensive position | 25 |
| Speculative, as a business | 26 |
| Like a start-up business | 24 |
| Launching a start-up, say | 25 |
| Tendency toward disorder | 24 |
| Thermodynamics concept | 22 |
| Systemic randomness measure | 27 |
| Put in someone's care | 25 |
| Gave to another for care | 24 |
| Invested with responsibility | 28 |
| Committed in confidence | 23 |
| ___ to (gave for safekeeping) | 29 |
| Gives over for safekeeping | 26 |
| Puts in protectivecare | 23 |
| Puts in protective care | 23 |
| Contestant's application | 28 |
| Contestants' costs | 22 |
| Competitor's application | 28 |
| Like many low-paying jobs | 25 |
| Like a first job, often | 23 |
| First rung on a ladder | 22 |