| "__ and Bess" | 23 |
| Source of patronage jobs | 24 |
| Wasteful government expense | 27 |
| Self-serving legislation | 24 |
| Politico's patronage | 24 |
| Politician's project | 24 |
| One kind of legislation | 23 |
| Sources of government waste | 27 |
| YOUR TAX DOLLARS AT WORK ... | 28 |
| USDA inspector, at times? | 25 |
| Stock with growth potential? | 28 |
| It may be felt on the head | 26 |
| Buster Keaton trademark | 23 |
| Toppers popular with jazzmen | 28 |
| They may be felt on the head | 28 |
| Stuttering cartoon character | 28 |
| 1982 teen comedy movie | 22 |
| Stuttering animated critter | 27 |
| Hard workers' milieu? | 25 |
| Film about V-chip users? | 24 |
| Hard-core films, for short | 26 |
| Films with lots of exposure? | 28 |
| African secret society | 22 |
| Like a dolphin with a plan? | 27 |
| Intentional act at sea? | 23 |
| How the Miami Dolphins play | 27 |
| Cars with a coat of arms logo | 29 |
| Car James Dean died in | 22 |
| Lars ___, king of Clusium | 25 |
| Overland transportation cost | 28 |
| Cranberry _____ , Manitoba | 26 |
| Carrying of canoes, e.g. | 24 |
| Carrying of boats over land | 27 |
| Canoeist's hauling task | 27 |
| Carries a boat overland | 23 |
| Internet access police? | 23 |
| Janis Joplin's birthplace | 29 |
| Wine à la a rock star? | 25 |
| Turned left, nautically | 23 |
| Songwriter a bit daft? | 22 |
| What an investor builds | 23 |
| What an art student builds | 26 |
| Stockholder's collection | 28 |
| Photographer's resume | 25 |
| Lawyer's case, maybe | 24 |
| Art students' carryalls | 27 |
| Some allow you to see the sea | 29 |
| City on St. Clair River | 23 |
| Auto purveyor, Bard-style? | 26 |
| Trencherman's concern | 25 |
| Redskins running back Clinton | 29 |
| Trailblazers shoot here | 23 |
| Trail Blazers' home | 23 |
| Oregon's largest city | 25 |
| Maine's largest city | 24 |
| City of the NW or the NE | 24 |
| Natalie of 'Thor' | 25 |
| Word like "smog" | 26 |
| Memoirs of a harbor master? | 27 |
| Philip Roth's complainer | 28 |
| London flea market site | 23 |
| Site of the National Aquarium | 29 |
| The Pearl of the Riviera | 24 |
| There's one in D.C. | 23 |
| Place with many paintings | 25 |
| Henry James's picture | 25 |
| One good at making faces | 24 |
| Gilbert Stuart specialties | 26 |
| It's left on a ship | 23 |
| Plant of the purslane family | 28 |
| Sit to be painted by, perhaps | 29 |
| Ship in a disaster flick | 24 |
| Ill-fated ship of film | 22 |
| Greek god of the ocean | 22 |
| God of seafood restaurants | 26 |
| 2006 remake of a 1972 film | 26 |
| Polish city, to a German | 24 |
| Former Prussian province | 24 |
| Poznán, to a Berliner | 24 |
| City on the Warta, to Germans | 29 |
| ___ question (raises doubt) | 27 |
| Very stylish diamond coup? | 26 |
| What Dad the CEO occupies? | 26 |
| Puts forward, as an opinion | 27 |
| What an evil spirit does | 24 |
| Does the devil's work | 25 |
| Nine points of the law | 22 |
| Judith Michael best seller | 26 |
| They express ownership | 22 |
| Hot milk curdled with ale | 25 |
| Spiced hot milk and wine | 24 |
| Hot milk-and-wine drink | 23 |
| Hot drink with wine or ale | 26 |
| Hot milk and ale concoctions | 28 |
| Capable of realization | 22 |
| Pogo and his relatives | 22 |
| Middle of the comic query | 25 |
| Unwanted stamp on mail | 22 |
| Unwelcome sight in the mail | 27 |
| Shipping department tool | 24 |