| Erstwhile magistrate at Genoa | 29 |
| Erstwhile Genoese magistrate | 28 |
| Chief official of Venice or Genoa | 33 |
| Chief magistrate of Venice | 26 |
| Bygone Venetian VIP | 19 |
| Bygone magistrate | 17 |
| Big shot of Venice | 18 |
| Big cheese of Venice | 20 |
| "___ Andrea Gritti" (Titian portrait) | 47 |
| ___ of Venice | 13 |
| Doily material | 14 |
| Makeshift bookmark | 18 |
| Reader's place marker | 25 |
| Folded corner | 13 |
| Place saver | 11 |
| Page-corner fold | 16 |
| Mark for future reference | 25 |
| Mark a page, in a way | 21 |
| Indication of a bookmark | 24 |
| Ersatz bookmark | 15 |
| Bookmark of sorts | 17 |
| Turned-down leaf | 16 |
| Turndown? | 9 |
| Turn of the page? | 17 |
| Turn a certain corner | 21 |
| Temporary bookmark | 18 |
| Sign of a well-used book | 24 |
| Sign of a page-turner? | 22 |
| Reminder of where to return to | 30 |
| Place-marker's ploy | 23 |
| Place marker | 12 |
| Novel turndown? | 15 |
| Informal bookmark | 17 |
| Impromptu bookmark | 18 |
| Folded-over page corner | 23 |
| Folded corner, as it were | 25 |
| Bookmark, perhaps | 17 |
| Bookmark, in a way | 18 |
| Bookmark for some | 17 |
| Bibliophile's horror | 24 |
| No longer pristine | 18 |
| Like the pages of a much-handled book | 37 |
| Like a used paperback, perhaps | 30 |
| Bent over, as a page corner | 27 |
| With corners turned down | 24 |
| Turned down at the corner | 25 |
| Marked for later use | 20 |
| Like a well-read page in a favorite book | 40 |
| Creased the sheet | 17 |
| Bookmarked, in a way | 20 |
| Place-marking lessons for readers? | 34 |
| Cutthroat | 9 |
| With no holds barred | 20 |
| Ruthlessly competitive | 22 |
| Ruthless, as a competition | 26 |
| Ruthless code | 13 |
| Every man for himself | 21 |
| Venetian rulers of old | 22 |
| Olden magistrates | 17 |
| Venetian rulers | 15 |
| Old Venetian officials | 22 |
| Genovese magistrates | 20 |
| Genoese officials of old | 24 |
| Venetian VIPs | 13 |
| Venetian V.I.P.'s | 21 |
| Venetian rulers of yore | 23 |
| Venetian officials | 18 |
| Venetian magistrates | 20 |
| One-time Genoa magistrates | 26 |
| Olden Venetian magistrates | 26 |
| Old Venetian rulers | 19 |
| Old Venetian magistrates | 24 |
| Magistrates of old | 18 |
| Leaders of old Venice | 21 |
| Genoan chiefs of old | 20 |
| Former Venetian magistrates | 27 |
| Former Venetian bigwigs | 23 |
| Bygone Venetian magistrates | 27 |
| Bygone magistrates | 18 |
| ___ Palace, Venice | 18 |
| ___ Palace in Venice | 20 |
| WWII GI | 7 |
| G.I., in old slang | 18 |
| Grunt : Vietnam :: ___ : W.W. II | 32 |
| Pungent plant also called mayweed | 33 |
| Towser's meal | 17 |
| Pedigree, e.g. | 14 |
| Lab growth need | 15 |
| Boxer's diet | 16 |
| Alpo or Pedigree | 16 |
| Rapper Snoop ___ | 16 |
| Big name in rap | 15 |
| Rapper Snoop __ | 15 |
| Rapper Snoop | 12 |
| Snoop on stage | 14 |
| Snoop ___ | 9 |
| Rap's Snoop | 15 |
| Tha ___ Pound (rap duo) | 23 |
| Tha ___ Pound (Kurupt's group) | 34 |
| Snoop's former "surname" | 38 |