| Former French franc fraction | 28 |
| Bronze coin of old France | 25 |
| Almost worthless amount | 23 |
| Ala., Ga., Fla. et al. | 22 |
| 1/20 of a franc, formerly | 25 |
| ___'wester (rain hat) | 25 |
| Sans ___ (without worry) | 24 |
| Sans ___ (carefree): Fr. | 24 |
| Looked high and low for | 23 |
| One second in a restaurant? | 27 |
| Hebrew open air market | 22 |
| Aretha Franklin's genre | 27 |
| James Brown's genre | 23 |
| Aretha Franklin's got it | 28 |
| The "Motown Sound" | 28 |
| R&B-influenced genre | 24 |
| Kind of food or brother | 23 |
| James Brown's music | 23 |
| Aretha Franklin's music | 27 |
| Word with food or music | 23 |
| Word with food or brother | 25 |
| Word before mate or food | 24 |
| What brevity is to wit | 22 |
| Thing often sold to Satan | 25 |
| Music from the Miracles, e.g. | 29 |
| Grammy subcategory of Gospel | 28 |
| Genre for Aretha Franklin | 25 |
| Dangerous thing to sell | 23 |
| Brevity's role in wit | 25 |
| Blues musician's asset | 26 |
| Aretha's specialty | 22 |
| "Body and ___" | 24 |
| "___ on Ice" | 22 |
| 'Heart and --' | 22 |
| Chitlins and ham hocks, e.g. | 28 |
| Expressing deep feeling | 23 |
| Hip-hop's Sister ___ | 24 |
| 1967 hit for Sam & Dave | 27 |
| This bud's for you | 22 |
| Barry White's genre | 23 |
| Grim Reaper's collection | 28 |
| Things that may be saved | 24 |
| What a preacher tries to save | 29 |
| Evangelists' savings | 24 |
| Girl's best friend? | 23 |
| The Kingdom of Heaven? | 22 |
| R & B music showcase | 24 |
| Safe and __ (out of danger) | 27 |
| Sensible, as a strategy | 23 |
| Puget or Pamlico, e.g. | 22 |
| Noise or body of water | 22 |
| Like logical reasoning | 22 |
| It's measured in decibels | 29 |
| Island-mainland separator | 25 |
| Dive suddenly, as a whale | 25 |
| "The ___ of Music" | 28 |
| 'The -- of Music' | 25 |
| Brief broadcast remark | 22 |
| Television-friendly quote | 25 |
| Quick quote in a news story | 27 |
| Destroyer of an ocean inlet? | 28 |
| Pre-performance audio test | 26 |
| Boasted, with "off" | 29 |
| Voiced one's anger | 22 |
| Movie audio enhancement | 23 |
| Thunder on a radio show, e.g. | 29 |
| Recording industry technician | 29 |
| Classic Cicely Tyson film | 25 |
| Water-depth measuring machine | 29 |
| Cicely Tyson film of 1972 | 25 |
| Mentally healthy state | 22 |
| Recording studio staple | 23 |
| Speak freely and frankly | 24 |
| Thunder in the library? | 23 |
| Illegal charades clues | 22 |
| Foley artist's output | 25 |
| "O.K. by me" | 22 |
| "It could work" | 25 |
| Simon & Garfunkel album | 27 |
| Makes tentative inquiries | 25 |
| Discotheque installation | 24 |
| Cinematic accompaniment | 23 |
| Audio portion of a film | 23 |
| Campbell's product | 22 |
| First course, sometimes | 23 |
| "Du jour" item | 24 |
| Bisque or borscht, e.g. | 23 |
| Beginning course, perhaps | 25 |
| Gazpacho, for instance | 22 |
| E! show, with "The" | 29 |
| Vichyssoise or gazpacho, e.g. | 29 |
| Vegetable or tomato, e.g. | 25 |
| Start of the word ladder | 24 |
| Place for a fly, in jokes | 25 |
| Mulligatawny or consommé | 27 |
| Minestrone, for instance | 24 |
| Minestrone, for example | 23 |
| Meal starter, frequently | 24 |
| It's not forked out | 23 |
| Gazpacho or cock-a-leekie | 25 |