| Onetime capital of Persia | 25 |
| Former capital of Persia | 24 |
| "M ___ . . . " | 24 |
| "The thrill ___" | 26 |
| "No news ___ news" | 28 |
| Section of Vedic writing | 24 |
| Ego does some tailing? | 22 |
| "__ kidding?" | 23 |
| 'Blessed -- that ...' | 29 |
| "War ___": Sherman | 28 |
| Exits, in Scottish law | 22 |
| Start of a buyer's quip | 27 |
| Eric Clapton hit of 1974 | 24 |
| Proofreader's theme? | 24 |
| Will certainly receive | 22 |
| Awaits, with "for" | 28 |
| George Sand title heroine | 25 |
| Puts one's foot down | 24 |
| "Are we on?" | 22 |
| "Can we proceed?" | 27 |
| "Are we ready?" | 25 |
| "Are we in?" | 22 |
| Question to a museum visitor | 28 |
| Museum critic's question | 28 |
| Aesthete's question | 23 |
| Questioning John Denver hit? | 28 |
| Question about a new product | 28 |
| Question for Bill Gates? | 24 |
| Question about a rumor | 22 |
| "Life __ a bowl..." | 29 |
| Sharia law prohibition? | 23 |
| The Aleutians, for one | 22 |
| Hawaiian's outfit? | 22 |
| Castaway's day in court? | 28 |
| 1975 Elton John chart-topper | 28 |
| Explore all of Hawaii, say | 26 |
| Madagascar, to a native | 23 |
| Words before Man or Pines | 25 |
| Home of the Blue Grotto | 23 |
| "Lake ___" (Yeats) | 28 |
| Douglas is its capital | 22 |
| Michigan national park | 22 |
| Lake Superior attraction | 24 |
| Is correct to the last detail | 29 |
| Action re Napoleon: 1814 | 24 |
| Long Island airport town | 24 |
| Long Island airport site | 24 |
| Long Island airfield town | 25 |
| Waterfront Long Island town | 27 |
| MacArthur Airport site | 22 |
| Long Island airport location | 28 |
| L. I. town near Babylon | 23 |
| City on Great South Bay | 23 |
| Virgin and Solomon: Abbr. | 25 |
| Stops for Carnival custs. | 25 |
| Staten and Bermuda: Abbr. | 25 |
| Small land masses: Abbr. | 24 |
| Molokai and Maui: Abbr. | 23 |
| Long and Ellis (abbr.) | 22 |
| Cuba and Aruba (abbr.) | 22 |
| Coney and Catalina: Abbr. | 25 |
| Archipelago units (abbr.) | 25 |
| Archipelago makeup: Abbr. | 25 |
| Site of Moorish defeat, 1884 | 28 |
| "What ___ problem?" | 29 |
| "This ___ treat" | 26 |
| "___ slip showing?" | 29 |
| "___ face red" | 24 |
| "The end ___" | 23 |
| Part III of observation | 23 |
| Middle of a historic quip | 25 |
| Second half of the quote | 24 |
| "The time ___" | 24 |
| "It ___ post time" | 28 |
| "__ a bad time?" | 26 |
| Left for the day, maybe | 23 |
| Query for clarification | 23 |
| "Amazing, ___?" | 25 |
| "___ Lovely Day?" | 27 |
| Rodgers and Hart ballad | 23 |
| "Nifty, huh?" | 23 |
| 1977 hit for the Babys | 22 |
| Meets with disapproval | 22 |
| Feels unwell, in short | 22 |
| Common contraction: Pl. | 23 |
| Elmer Fudd song rendition | 25 |
| Catchphrase of '80s TV | 26 |
| Method of moving a fleet | 24 |
| Structures of the same origin | 29 |
| Equiangular geometric figure | 28 |
| Equal-angled geometric figure | 29 |
| Figure with equal angles | 24 |
| Equilateral triangle, e.g. | 26 |
| Equiangular geometrical shape | 29 |
| Equiangular geometric shape | 27 |
| Equilateral triangles, e.g. | 27 |
| Map line between equal points | 29 |
| Line on a map of dialects | 25 |
| Avoided serious injury | 22 |
| Unprotected chess piece | 23 |