| Frequent word in mastheads | 26 |
| "Hard ___": Dickens | 29 |
| More efficient, in a way | 24 |
| Vacation house co-op plan | 25 |
| Vacation condo, perhaps | 23 |
| Record of hours worked | 22 |
| Angry Birds or Tetris, e.g. | 27 |
| TV programmer's concern | 27 |
| Programmer's opening | 24 |
| Place on a TV schedule | 22 |
| Moments when an omen appears? | 29 |
| Millenniums and minutes | 23 |
| Where the ball is dropped | 25 |
| Where some are on December 31 | 29 |
| Popular Manhattan locale | 24 |
| New Year's Eve hot spot | 27 |
| Media focus each 12/31 | 22 |
| Party in New York City? | 23 |
| New Year's dropper | 22 |
| Some arithmetic to memorize | 27 |
| Chart using only one font? | 26 |
| Comment after the bell | 22 |
| Obit for a Los Angeles paper? | 29 |
| Monitor's announcement | 26 |
| End-of-test announcement | 24 |
| "Pencils down" | 24 |
| Reference work of a sort | 24 |
| Arrival-departure sheet | 23 |
| Train station schedules | 23 |
| Proven over a long period | 25 |
| 1984 Cyndi Lauper hit? | 22 |
| Cry just before leaving | 23 |
| "Pack it up" | 22 |
| "I'm outa here" | 29 |
| Couple of free hours, say | 25 |
| From ___ (occasionally) | 23 |
| From ___ (at intervals) | 23 |
| Make history, in a way | 22 |
| "Lost" motif | 22 |
| Race against the clock | 22 |
| Noted 1989 media merger | 23 |
| New Line Cinema's parent | 28 |
| Where the past comes alive? | 27 |
| Connection to the past? | 23 |
| 'Rocky Horror' dance | 28 |
| Sci-fi travel conveniences | 26 |
| "Used to be ..." | 26 |
| 'I remember when ...' | 29 |
| Like an old wristwatch? | 23 |
| Watch introduced in 1950 | 24 |
| Waterbury Clock, today | 22 |
| Maker of Indiglo watches | 24 |
| Ironman Triathlon watchmaker | 28 |
| New York's is Eastern | 25 |
| Eastern or Pacific, e.g. | 24 |
| Central or Mountain, e.g. | 25 |
| Regions relative to Greenwich | 29 |
| Crossing them can affect you | 28 |
| Atlantic and Pacific, e.g. | 26 |
| Shy song by Angela Moyra? | 25 |
| Describing Milquetoast | 22 |
| Without much conviction | 23 |
| Everything, so they say | 23 |
| Comedian's concern | 22 |
| Car-engine valve controller | 27 |
| Engine-valve regulator | 22 |
| Auto mechanics set them | 23 |
| Not faithful, literally | 23 |
| Longtime "SNL" star | 29 |
| Shakespearean misanthrope | 25 |
| Pumbaa's cartoon buddy | 26 |
| "___ of Athens" | 25 |
| Shakespearean title role | 24 |
| Shakespearean Athenian | 22 |
| Shakespeare's misanthrope | 29 |
| "_____ of Athens" | 27 |
| Shakespearean nobleman | 22 |
| Shakespeare's Athenian | 26 |
| Famous Athenian skeptic | 23 |
| Athenian Shakespeare hero | 25 |
| Shakespeare's hens | 22 |
| Tragedy about a misanthrope | 27 |
| Island north of Australia | 25 |
| Largest of the Lesser Sundas | 28 |
| Southeast Asian island | 22 |
| Part of the Malay Archipelago | 29 |
| Island of the Lesser Sundas | 27 |
| Island east of Indonesia | 24 |
| East (country since 2002) -- | 28 |
| East -- (nation since 2002) | 27 |
| East -- (Asian nation) | 22 |
| East ___ (nation since 2002) | 28 |
| East __ (nation since 2002) | 27 |
| ___ Sea, off NW Australia | 25 |
| UN delegate since 2002 | 22 |
| Asian nation since 2002 | 23 |
| In a Milquetoast manner | 23 |
| The Leary that was tripping | 27 |
| James Bond portrayer Dalton | 27 |
| Coarse grass used as fodder | 27 |