| A musician might pick it up | 27 |
| "O ___! O mores!" | 27 |
| Transitory or terrestrial | 25 |
| Traditional use for henna | 25 |
| Sine ___ (timeless): Lat. | 25 |
| Id ___ (at that time): Lat. | 27 |
| Largo and lento, for example | 28 |
| Adagio and allegro, e.g. | 24 |
| Holiday employees, often | 24 |
| Summer staffing solutions | 25 |
| Workers just for the day | 24 |
| Degrees of heat: Abbr. | 22 |
| Contract office workers | 23 |
| Hopping step, in ballet | 23 |
| Emulate Eden's serpent | 26 |
| Wiggle a carrot in front of | 27 |
| Test one's moral fiber | 26 |
| Offer an apple in Eden | 22 |
| Make very appealing to | 22 |
| Make like Mephistopheles | 24 |
| Emulate Eden's snake | 24 |
| Do the devil's work? | 24 |
| Behave like Eve's snake | 27 |
| Attract one's fancy | 23 |
| Freed-Brown song: 1933 | 22 |
| Exotic dancers' expo? | 25 |
| Dangled a carrot in front of | 28 |
| Cake server, to dieters | 23 |
| Be overly confident, say | 24 |
| Offers dessert to a dieter | 26 |
| Skates on thin ice, say | 23 |
| Maybe takes one risk too many | 29 |
| Japanese deep-fried fare | 24 |
| Deep-fried Japanese dish | 24 |
| Deep-fried Far East dish | 24 |
| Pertinent New Year words | 24 |
| King's equal in blackjack | 29 |
| Start of a countdown, often | 27 |
| Diamond, on the Mohs scale | 26 |
| Great score, or half of one | 27 |
| Gymnast's perfect score | 27 |
| You can hang it or take it | 26 |
| Perfect score, sometimes | 24 |
| Low card in a royal flush | 25 |
| Countdown start, often | 22 |
| Bart Simpson's age | 22 |
| King beater, in pinochle | 24 |
| Down-for-the-count count | 24 |
| Coffee-break time, perhaps | 26 |
| "Perfect" number | 26 |
| Z's value in Scrabble | 25 |
| What a ref may count to | 23 |
| Start of a countdown, perhaps | 29 |
| Score for Nadia Comaneci | 24 |
| Q's value in Scrabble | 25 |
| Perfect score, perhaps | 22 |
| Perfect rating in gymnastics | 28 |
| Original amendments count | 25 |
| One of a score's two | 24 |
| High end of many scales | 23 |
| First card below the faces | 26 |
| Downing Street address | 22 |
| Anger management number | 23 |
| Alexander Hamilton locale | 25 |
| Word that ends many fights | 26 |
| What a king may be worth | 24 |
| Venice's Council of ___ | 27 |
| Top of some rating scales | 25 |
| Start of many countdowns | 24 |
| Second-highest pinochle card | 28 |
| Rorschach card complement | 25 |
| Perfect score, for some | 23 |
| Perfect score, at times | 23 |
| Perfect score for some | 22 |
| Perfect Olympics score | 22 |
| Perfect gymnastics score | 24 |
| Number of lords a-leaping | 25 |
| Number of Canadian provinces | 28 |
| Lowest royal-flush card | 23 |
| Lowest card in a royal flush | 28 |
| Like many fifth graders | 23 |
| Lacrosse team complement | 24 |
| Interstate through Houston | 26 |
| Gymnast's perfection | 24 |
| Full complement of toes | 23 |
| Full complement of fingers | 26 |
| First in double figures | 23 |
| Comaneci accomplishment | 23 |
| Coffee-break time, often | 24 |
| Classic Pearl Jam album | 23 |
| Certain scholar's time | 26 |
| Certain scholar's hour | 26 |
| Blair's old house number | 28 |
| Ball with a blue stripe | 23 |
| Word with speed or spot | 23 |
| Word with pins or penny | 23 |
| Word with pins or cents | 23 |
| Word with hang or take | 22 |
| What a jack just beats | 22 |
| Walt Frazier, for the Knicks | 28 |