| Abject, as an expression | 24 |
| The _____ Man (tarot card) | 26 |
| Like many a Western bandit | 26 |
| How Tom Dooley ended up | 23 |
| Sport involving updrafts | 24 |
| Like some drying clothes | 24 |
| Like Barney with his pal? | 25 |
| Outcome of a suspense story | 27 |
| Retire (with "up") | 28 |
| Guys with gallows humor? | 24 |
| Finnish port, to the Swedes | 27 |
| "Just a sec..." | 25 |
| "Just a sec" | 22 |
| "Don't let go!" | 29 |
| "Wait a sec!" | 23 |
| "Wait a minute ..." | 29 |
| "One sec ..." | 23 |
| "Hold the phone" | 26 |
| Get very drunk, in slang | 24 |
| Stick around for sautéing? | 29 |
| Jan. 1 problem for some | 23 |
| Drinker's next-day woe | 26 |
| Does a surfboard stunt | 22 |
| Follows about, as a pal | 23 |
| Rolls with the punches | 22 |
| Abandons, as a friend in need | 29 |
| Commits forgery: Slang | 22 |
| Dunkers get a lot of it | 23 |
| Pre-Christmas preparation #2 | 28 |
| Start of a Christmas verse | 26 |
| Crave, with "for" | 27 |
| Purse reserves, for short | 25 |
| Baseball hall-of-famer Ned | 26 |
| Minnesota Senator David | 23 |
| Van Buren's spouse | 22 |
| Disney Channel phenomenon | 25 |
| Hard-hearted gal et al. | 23 |
| Twain's childhood home | 26 |
| Twain's boyhood home | 24 |
| Title role for Sir Anthony | 26 |
| Memorable Alps crosser | 22 |
| Mark Twain's boyhood home | 29 |
| Lincoln's veep Hamlin | 25 |
| Famous crosser of the Alps | 26 |
| Carthaginian general [Mo.] | 26 |
| Arizona pueblo dweller | 22 |
| ___ Bay, Baltic Sea inlet | 25 |
| 1987 POW film with The | 26 |
| Medieval merchants' guild | 29 |
| Medieval merchant guild | 23 |
| Medieval guild and fee | 22 |
| Scandinavian storyteller | 24 |
| Old-time merchant guild | 23 |
| Medieval merchant guilds | 24 |
| 1960s sitcom set at a camp | 26 |
| Author of Hindu fairy tales? | 28 |
| "MMMBop" band | 23 |
| Handicap conqueror Rick | 23 |
| "MMMBop" group | 24 |
| 'MMMBop' boy band | 25 |
| Do a spooky job, in dialect | 27 |
| County in southern England | 26 |
| ___ haole, Hawaiian-Caucasian | 29 |
| U.K. coin phased out in 1984 | 28 |
| Bull and Nile, as gods | 22 |
| By accident, old-style | 22 |
| --- coat (Japanese jacket) | 26 |
| ___ coat (Japanese jacket) | 26 |
| Feeling better about things | 27 |
| My ____: '40s song hit | 29 |
| New Year's greeting | 23 |
| Mistakes, euphemistically | 25 |
| Very satisfied with oneself | 27 |
| July 4th message to America | 27 |
| Step 1: Highlight this answer | 29 |
| Contented furnace part? | 23 |
| Start of a Streisand hit | 24 |
| Show with Richie and the Fonz | 29 |
| Mork first appeared on it | 25 |
| ... Arnold's Drive-In | 25 |
| Japanese story closer? | 22 |
| Sports comedy film of '96 | 29 |
| 1996 Adam Sandler film | 22 |
| Season's greetings | 22 |
| Our appropriate year-end wish | 29 |
| "Bon voyage" kin | 26 |
| McDonald's purchase | 23 |
| Comfortable compromise | 22 |
| Compromiser's goal | 22 |
| Factories with good morale? | 27 |
| They keep many folks up | 23 |
| Where to enjoy oneself? | 23 |
| Unlucky accidents, old-style | 28 |
| Comes to pass, old-style | 24 |
| Cio-Cio-San's way out | 25 |
| "Shogun" rite | 23 |
| Boring or noisy communicators | 29 |
| Robin or crocus, often | 22 |
| Entertained, as an idea | 23 |
| One hiding fugitives, e.g. | 26 |