| Bering or Messina: Abbr. | 24 |
| Bering or Dover (abbr.) | 23 |
| Bering or Cook, for short | 25 |
| Purchase from a jeweler | 23 |
| Ancient Greek geographer | 24 |
| Fine fiddle, for short | 22 |
| Valuable violin, for short | 26 |
| Prized violin, briefly | 22 |
| Expensive violin, briefly | 25 |
| Expensive violin, for short | 27 |
| Fine violin, for short | 22 |
| Valuable violin, briefly | 24 |
| Treasured violin, for short | 27 |
| Pricey strings, for short | 25 |
| Prized violin, for short | 24 |
| Guarneri's kin, for short | 29 |
| Finest of fiddles, for short | 28 |
| Expensive violin (Abbr.) | 24 |
| Expensive instrument, briefly | 29 |
| Expensive fiddle, for short | 27 |
| Violin that may cost millions | 29 |
| Valued violin, for short | 24 |
| Valuable violin, in short | 25 |
| Valuable strings, briefly | 25 |
| Treasured instrument, briefly | 29 |
| Ritzy violin, for short | 23 |
| Prized violin, informally | 25 |
| Pricey strings for short | 25 |
| Precious instrument, briefly | 28 |
| Perfect gift for Perlman | 24 |
| Instrument for I. Perlman | 25 |
| Guarneri's kin for short | 29 |
| Fancy violin, for short | 23 |
| Famous fiddle, familiarly | 25 |
| Famed instrument, for short | 27 |
| Expensive violin, familiarly | 28 |
| Expensive strings, familiarly | 29 |
| Cremona product, for short | 26 |
| Cremona creation, for short | 27 |
| Fellini's 'La --' | 29 |
| "La ___," 1954 film | 29 |
| What fence-sitters do? | 22 |
| Fence-sitter's position | 27 |
| Favor both sides of an issue | 28 |
| Be noncommittal on an issue | 27 |
| Be noncommital on an issue | 26 |
| Noncommittal on an issue | 24 |
| Valuable violins, for short | 27 |
| Expensive violins, for short | 28 |
| Prized violins, for short | 25 |
| Precious violins, for short | 27 |
| Fine fiddles, for short | 23 |
| Costly strings, for short | 25 |
| Aircraft machine-gun attack | 27 |
| Bombard with criticism | 22 |
| Attack, as a fighter plane | 26 |
| Attack via plane, in a way | 26 |
| Attack by plane, in a way | 25 |
| Machine-gunned from above | 25 |
| Warplane crewman, at times | 26 |
| Machine gunner of a sort | 24 |
| Airborne machine-gunner | 23 |
| Shoots down from the air | 24 |
| Machine-guns from above | 23 |
| Machine-guns from a plane | 25 |
| Attacks from an airplane | 24 |
| Fokker action in W.W. I | 23 |
| Sailor absent for 73 hours | 26 |
| Lead-in for face or flush | 25 |
| Go ___ (be law-abiding) | 23 |
| Running back's maneuver | 27 |
| Morally upright person | 22 |
| Morally righteous individual | 28 |
| Upright basketball player? | 26 |
| What Abbott was to Costello | 27 |
| Good poker hands, often | 23 |
| One who tells it like it is | 27 |
| Honest, but noisy guy? | 22 |
| Completely honest type | 22 |
| Prepare food for the baby | 25 |
| Result of overuse of eyes | 25 |
| Participate in a tug of war | 27 |
| Like a baby's peas | 22 |
| Done with excessive effort | 26 |
| Elbows without water, say | 25 |
| Infant's dessert, maybe | 27 |
| Baby food, alphabetically? | 26 |
| They'll never hold water | 28 |
| Tax mystery writer Rex? | 23 |
| Word with jacket or laced | 25 |
| Narrow waterway for ships | 25 |
| Narrow marine passageway | 24 |
| Jacket or laced leader | 22 |
| Put into a bind, financially | 28 |
| Create financial trouble for | 28 |
| Made things difficult for | 25 |
| Escape artist's challenge | 29 |
| Juan de Fuca and Magellan | 25 |
| Gibraltar and Magellan | 22 |
| Geographical connectors | 23 |