| Fictional detective Charlie | 27 |
| Detective fond of aphorisms | 27 |
| Confucius-quoting detective | 27 |
| "The Tuxedo" star | 27 |
| Seller of Chance and Allure | 27 |
| You can get it for a dollar | 27 |
| Quip with a jingle (Part 1) | 27 |
| Bush Labor Secretary Elaine | 27 |
| Organization's opposite | 27 |
| Roughen, as skin, from cold | 27 |
| Leave on the grill too long | 27 |
| Leave too long on the grill | 27 |
| Cook like a Cajun, at times | 27 |
| Swiss ___ (variety of beet) | 27 |
| ROOM SERVICE ___ TRICK KNEE | 27 |
| Warner Oland film portrayal | 27 |
| Largest North Carolina city | 27 |
| Woo the ladies in the crowd | 27 |
| Single-named nightclub star | 27 |
| Ferryman of Greek mythology | 27 |
| Stunt double's sequence | 27 |
| Highlight of many a western | 27 |
| Haydn's Symphony No. 73 | 27 |
| Follow in the footsteps of? | 27 |
| Word with ambulance or beer | 27 |
| They sometimes follow shots | 27 |
| It's hard to get across | 27 |
| One who never stops talking | 27 |
| Foolishly loquacious talker | 27 |
| Media opiners, derogatorily | 27 |
| Wad of tobacco, in Dogpatch | 27 |
| Ernesto Guevara, familiarly | 27 |
| "Evita" character | 27 |
| Guevara on hipster T-shirts | 27 |
| Popular dorm poster subject | 27 |
| Guerrilla on many a t-shirt | 27 |
| Fidel's former sidekick | 27 |
| Fidel's comrade-in-arms | 27 |
| Ernesto Guevera, familiarly | 27 |
| Ernesto Guevara de la Serna | 27 |
| Ernesto Guevara familiarly | 27 |
| Cuban revolutionary Guevara | 27 |
| An early supporter of Fidel | 27 |
| 2008 Steven Soderbergh film | 27 |
| 1969 Omar Sharif title role | 27 |
| Don't play by the rules | 27 |
| Eat cake on your diet, e.g. | 27 |
| Use that ace up your sleeve | 27 |
| Refuse to play by the rules | 27 |
| Deals from the bottom, e.g. | 27 |
| Batter's change of mind | 27 |
| It could be rosy or dimpled | 27 |
| Bird's "word" | 27 |
| Brit's "Bye!" | 27 |
| TV sitcom located in Boston | 27 |
| Toast imported from England | 27 |
| Word said to a photographer | 27 |
| Maze runner's incentive | 27 |
| It's said while smiling | 27 |
| Titillating bakery product? | 27 |
| Snack that leaves a residue | 27 |
| Kellogg's cracker brand | 27 |
| Person with a big white hat | 27 |
| Person in a puffy white hat | 27 |
| Culinary Institute graduate | 27 |
| Skin-rejuvenating procedure | 27 |
| Julie of 'The Talk' | 27 |
| "Moonstruck" star | 27 |
| Sonny's singing partner | 27 |
| Sonny's quondam partner | 27 |
| "Mask" star, 1985 | 27 |
| Billet-doux term of address | 27 |
| Where a king may be castled | 27 |
| War for 30 men and 2 women? | 27 |
| It includes a lot of checks | 27 |
| Game with pawns and knights | 27 |
| Game with kings and castles | 27 |
| Where VapoRub may be rubbed | 27 |
| Place for a mustard plaster | 27 |
| Pectoral muscle's place | 27 |
| "Cedar" furniture | 27 |
| "Gunsmoke" deputy | 27 |
| Holders of pirate treasures | 27 |
| Pieces of bedroom furniture | 27 |
| Macho rockers puff them out | 27 |
| Pres. Arthur's nickname | 27 |
| N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Walker | 27 |
| ___ toy (pet shop purchase) | 27 |
| Prepare to swallow, as food | 27 |
| Eat bacon with a schmoozer? | 27 |
| Word on a French invitation | 27 |
| Penultimate Greek consonant | 27 |
| Greek ''X'' | 27 |
| That toddling town briefly | 27 |
| Sigma ___ (frat of songdom) | 27 |
| Acupuncturist's concern | 27 |
| A.L. or N.L. city, in brief | 27 |
| 2010-11 MVP Rose's city | 27 |
| ___ Pet (cultivatable gift) | 27 |
| Plant that grows on animals | 27 |