| Freelance musician: ___ gun | 27 |
| One just put on the payroll | 27 |
| Personnel manager, at times | 27 |
| Staffer who fills positions | 27 |
| “Java” trumpeter Al | 27 |
| Herb Alpert contemporary Al | 27 |
| "To each ___ own" | 27 |
| Towel embroidery, sometimes | 27 |
| "To each --- own" | 27 |
| "___ Girl Friday" | 27 |
| ___ Holiness the Dalai Lama | 27 |
| Belonging to Li'l Abner | 27 |
| Critical comment, of a sort | 27 |
| Pastor, __, __, disc jockey | 27 |
| Like chronicles of the past | 27 |
| Any of the Billboard Top 40 | 27 |
| Film like "Rocky" | 27 |
| Blackjack player's word | 27 |
| Run into unexpected trouble | 27 |
| Very advanced, computerwise | 27 |
| Cutting-edge in engineering | 27 |
| "Music, maestro!" | 27 |
| "Let's play!" | 27 |
| Words to a blackjack dealer | 27 |
| Under-21 request, sometimes | 27 |
| Twenty-one player's cry | 27 |
| Try to pick up, as at a bar | 27 |
| Find in a serendipitous way | 27 |
| Frequently downloaded songs | 27 |
| He may swing from the heels | 27 |
| One trying to run from home | 27 |
| Where a small queen resides | 27 |
| Place buzzing with activity | 27 |
| Possible skin test reaction | 27 |
| Homes for some busy workers | 27 |
| ''Wassup!'' | 27 |
| Casual conversation starter | 27 |
| "Interesting ..." | 27 |
| 'Let's see ...' | 27 |
| Medical provider for short | 27 |
| Medical care setup, briefly | 27 |
| Managed care option (abbr.) | 27 |
| Part of a G. & S. title | 27 |
| Collectors' collections | 27 |
| Suffering from phonasthenia | 27 |
| Rough and husky, as a voice | 27 |
| Rough and harsh, as a voice | 27 |
| Like unmiked orators, maybe | 27 |
| Like some fans after a game | 27 |
| Like Brando's Godfather | 27 |
| Cottingley Fairies, for one | 27 |
| White House architect James | 27 |
| He designed the White House | 27 |
| Freight car hopper, perhaps | 27 |
| Old-fashioned camp resident | 27 |
| Great Depression rail rider | 27 |
| Boxcar Willie's persona | 27 |
| Rail riders, in stereotypes | 27 |
| Stone mason's equipment | 27 |
| Big kahunas' antitheses | 27 |
| Ground-breaking garden tool | 27 |
| Do work in one's field? | 27 |
| Used a straddler or scuffle | 27 |
| Breaks new ground, in a way | 27 |
| Groundbreaking garden tools | 27 |
| Earth-breaking garden tools | 27 |
| Jimmy, the missing Teamster | 27 |
| Union boss who went missing | 27 |
| "Easy Rider" bike | 27 |
| Traditional Navajo dwelling | 27 |
| Colonel Klink's nemesis | 27 |
| Enthusiastic to the extreme | 27 |
| Kin of a Yodel or Ring Ding | 27 |
| Snack cake brand since 1967 | 27 |
| "Polloi" preceder | 27 |
| ____ An: Vietnam coast city | 27 |
| ___ by one's own petard | 27 |
| Prison for corny humorists? | 27 |
| Frenchman's warning cry | 27 |
| Equatorial Guinean greeting | 27 |
| Obama attorney general Eric | 27 |
| Is in a commanding position | 27 |
| 'Don't let go!' | 27 |
| That's highway robbery! | 27 |
| Certain criminal activities | 27 |
| Inedible Swiss cheese part? | 27 |
| Consequence of lost ground? | 27 |
| Hiding, with "up" | 27 |
| Extremely attractive bodies | 27 |
| 2003 Sigourney Weaver movie | 27 |
| Allowing passage in and out | 27 |
| Area with lots of shootings | 27 |
| Celeste of stage and screen | 27 |
| Bilbo Baggins portrayer Ian | 27 |
| "Alien" actor Ian | 27 |
| Conan Doyle's detective | 27 |
| One-hoss shay's creator | 27 |
| Big name in book publishing | 27 |
| Word with mackerel or smoke | 27 |
| ''__ cow!'' | 27 |