| Qing dynasty conflicts | 22 |
| Surgeon's forte: Abbr. | 26 |
| City in Walesa's land | 25 |
| Wine city north of Lisbon | 25 |
| City famous for a sweet wine | 28 |
| Czech stream: Ger. spelling | 27 |
| Controversial physicist | 23 |
| Happy Hooligan's creator | 28 |
| One from the other side | 23 |
| Ali, to Frazier at Manila | 25 |
| Microeconomics concept | 22 |
| Job listing at a noted fort? | 28 |
| Subject to being challenged | 27 |
| Human hand characteristic | 25 |
| To and fro, for example | 23 |
| Completely different pair | 25 |
| Weighing down Top 40 artists? | 29 |
| White Russian, to Lenin | 23 |
| Unfair or cruel leader | 22 |
| Chance, in classified ads | 25 |
| Her talk show ended in 2011 | 27 |
| '76 NY Harbor event | 23 |
| Kind of vision: Comb. form | 26 |
| Examination: Comb. form | 23 |
| Windows or Unix, briefly | 24 |
| Windows or Linux, briefly | 25 |
| Decided to participate | 22 |
| Chose not to participate | 24 |
| Anatomical blind spot site | 26 |
| Spectacles are his specialty | 28 |
| Person who works on specs | 25 |
| One with a lot of contacts? | 27 |
| One who works with specs | 24 |
| He makes specs to spec | 22 |
| They make lots of contacts | 26 |
| Characteristic of a bull | 24 |
| One perpetually full of hope | 28 |
| Glass-half-full person | 22 |
| Rose-colored glasses wearer | 27 |
| One with rose-colored glasses | 29 |
| One with a positive outlook | 27 |
| Murphy, per O'Toole | 23 |
| His glass is half full | 22 |
| 'Half-full' believer | 28 |
| Make as good as possible | 24 |
| Get the maximum use from | 24 |
| Discretionary increase? | 23 |
| Bought the film rights to | 25 |
| Certain Wall Street trades | 26 |
| Sunroof and spoilers, e.g. | 26 |
| Sunroof and CD changer, e.g. | 28 |
| Acquires the film rights to | 27 |
| Eye doctor's field | 22 |
| Reading device for the blind | 28 |
| Choose not to take part | 23 |
| Decides to critique harshly? | 28 |
| Declines to participate | 23 |
| Chooses not to participate | 26 |
| Chooses nonparticipation | 24 |
| Composer's early work | 25 |
| Composer's first effort | 27 |
| Plant of the goosefoot family | 29 |
| Plant resembling spinach | 24 |
| Plant with spinachlike leaves | 29 |
| Herb resembling spinach | 23 |
| Plants resembling spinach | 25 |
| Warren Buffett's nickname | 29 |
| Anglo-Saxon monetary units | 26 |
| Toothache relief brand | 22 |
| Cold sore relief option | 23 |
| Word-of-mouth bet maker | 23 |
| Taxing educational hurdle | 25 |
| Driller's service? | 22 |
| Aspiring doctor's hurdle | 28 |
| Third-year hurdles, for some | 28 |
| Future doctors' hurdles | 27 |
| Certain grilling occasions | 26 |
| Hurdles for grad students | 25 |
| Calculus expert's concern | 29 |
| Some tape-recorded interviews | 29 |
| Education for the deaf | 22 |
| Certain teacher of the deaf | 27 |
| Summer thirst quenchers | 23 |
| Australian flying mammals | 25 |
| Macaroni and cheese, e.g.? | 26 |
| Chomper with a peachy hue? | 26 |
| Result of a squeeze, maybe | 26 |
| Fruity beverage on our menu | 27 |
| Dessert for a ruminant? | 23 |
| Fruit that makes you smarter? | 29 |
| Rhubarb-pie ingredient | 22 |
| Citrus eater's throwaways | 29 |
| Grand Marnier ingredient | 24 |
| Common marmalade ingredient | 27 |
| Citrus dessert bits [Ford] | 26 |
| Fish with firm white flesh | 26 |
| Roast duck's partner | 24 |
| Concession stand staples | 24 |
| Orchard sight, perhaps | 22 |
| Part of a Florida orchard | 25 |