| Most problematical | 18 |
| Most chancy | 11 |
| Gumshoe | 7 |
| Tec | 3 |
| Former White House nickname | 27 |
| Tracy of the comics | 19 |
| Detachable shirtfront | 21 |
| Evelyn _____ murder trial | 25 |
| "Tricky" White House nickname | 39 |
| ''Tricky'' nickname | 35 |
| Word each theme entry ends with a synonym for | 45 |
| Van Dyke | 8 |
| Tracy or Cheney | 15 |
| Tracy or Cavett | 15 |
| Tess's bridegroom | 21 |
| Police detective | 16 |
| Nixon nickname | 14 |
| Jane's primer pal | 21 |
| Hotel cop | 9 |
| Gregory or Francis | 18 |
| George W.'s veep | 20 |
| Detective, slangily | 19 |
| Clark or Tracy | 14 |
| Clark or Cheney | 15 |
| Clark or Butkus | 15 |
| Clark of "American Bandstand" fame | 44 |
| Cavett | 6 |
| Button on the ice | 17 |
| Button on skates | 16 |
| Author Philip K. ___ | 20 |
| Actor Van Dyke | 14 |
| "Tricky" nickname | 27 |
| -- Van Dyke | 11 |
| ____ Van Dyke | 13 |
| Longtime "American Bandstand" host | 44 |
| Late beloved TV personality | 27 |
| Ageless wonder among TV hosts | 29 |
| "The eternal teenager" | 32 |
| Muttley's evil master in Hanna-Barbera cartoons | 51 |
| Scrooge creator | 15 |
| Great English novelist | 22 |
| "Martin Chuzzlewit" novelist | 38 |
| He authored A Christmas Carol | 29 |
| Creator of Barnaby Rudge | 24 |
| Boz, really | 11 |
| Â Â Sydney Carton's creator | 37 |
| Police detective since 1931 | 27 |
| Crime fighter since 1931 | 24 |
| Comics cop | 10 |
| Comic strip crime-fighter | 25 |
| Ref. work | 9 |
| Wordsmith's ref. | 20 |
| Reference bk. | 13 |
| Webster's, e.g.: Abbr. | 26 |
| Desk ref. book | 14 |
| Big ref. | 8 |
| Word bk. | 8 |
| Where success comes before work: Abbr. | 38 |
| Webster's ref. | 18 |
| Wds. are defined in it | 22 |
| Vol. on a stand, maybe | 22 |
| The OED, e.g. | 13 |
| Ref. source | 11 |
| Place to find wds. | 18 |
| Part of OED (abbr.) | 19 |
| Part of O.E.D. | 14 |
| One might be collegiate: Abbr. | 30 |
| M-W offering | 12 |
| Lexicographer's bk. | 23 |
| Crossworder's crutch: Abbr. | 31 |
| Castro or Tito: Abbr. | 21 |
| Book by Noah Webster (Abbr.) | 28 |
| Pronouncements | 14 |
| Formal rulings | 14 |
| Formal pronouncements | 21 |
| Ukases | 6 |
| Authoritative orders | 20 |
| Official pronouncements | 23 |
| Formal statements | 17 |
| Formal decrees | 14 |
| Authoritative pronouncements | 28 |
| Statements | 10 |
| Judicial opinions | 17 |
| Parts of rulings | 16 |
| Orders from above | 17 |
| Obiter ___ | 10 |
| Legal pronouncements | 20 |
| Legal decrees | 13 |
| Authoritative statements | 24 |
| Start to phone | 14 |
| Say-sos | 7 |
| Rulings | 7 |
| Pronouncements from on high | 27 |
| Part of a judicial opinion | 26 |
| Papal bulls, e.g. | 17 |
| Obiter ____: pl. | 16 |
| Noteworthy statements | 21 |
| Legal opinions | 14 |
| Judicial statements | 19 |
| Judicial declarations | 21 |