| Congressional approvals | 23 |
| Captains often hear them | 24 |
| Billy Budd's affirmatives | 29 |
| Appropriate anagram for yeas | 28 |
| Admiral's affirmatives | 26 |
| Words heard on bridges | 22 |
| Navy recruit's response | 27 |
| Music to a captain's ears | 29 |
| "O.K., captain!" | 26 |
| Jean Auel's heroine | 23 |
| First name in objectivism | 25 |
| Objectivism creator Rand | 24 |
| Russian-born writer Rand | 24 |
| Russian-born author Rand | 24 |
| Rand who created John Galt | 26 |
| Rand of libertarianism | 22 |
| Rand beloved by Libertarians | 28 |
| Objectivist's first name | 28 |
| Objectivist writer Rand | 23 |
| Objectivist philosopher Rand | 28 |
| Objectivism advocate Rand | 25 |
| Libertarian/objectivist Rand | 28 |
| Candidate Paul read her | 23 |
| 'Anthem' author Rand | 28 |
| Author who created John Galt | 28 |
| Historic Scottish county | 24 |
| Robert Burns's birthplace | 29 |
| Port on Firth of Clyde | 22 |
| Burns's birthplace | 22 |
| Southwest Scotland port | 23 |
| Scottish county or port | 23 |
| Scottish coastal resort | 23 |
| Port on the Firth of Clyde | 26 |
| Port in southwestern Scotland | 29 |
| Burgh on the Firth of Clyde | 27 |
| Lew of Dr. Kildare fame | 23 |
| Portrayer of Dr. Kildare | 24 |
| Movies' Dr. Kildare | 23 |
| Lew who played Dr. Kildare | 26 |
| Lew of Dr. Kildare films | 24 |
| Lew in "Holiday" | 26 |
| Hollywood's Dr. Kildare | 27 |
| Filmdom's Dr. Kildare | 25 |
| Dr. Kildare of filmdom | 22 |
| A portrayer of Dr. Kildare | 26 |
| A Dr. Kildare portrayer | 23 |
| 1948 Best Actor nominee Lew | 27 |
| County on the Firth of Clyde | 28 |
| Shakespearean affirmatives | 26 |
| Shakespearean exclamations | 26 |
| Sailor's interjections | 26 |
| Old-timey cries of distress | 27 |
| Cries that go with sighs | 24 |
| British Parliament sounds | 25 |
| Bards' affirmations | 23 |
| Bard's interjections | 24 |
| Funnel-shaped wildflower | 24 |
| Shrub of the heath family | 25 |
| Relative of a rhododendron | 26 |
| Honeysuckle's cousin | 24 |
| Shrub with showy flowers | 24 |
| Rhododendron's kin | 22 |
| Georgia state wildflower | 24 |
| Colorful, flowering shrub | 25 |
| Certain flowering shrub | 23 |
| Brilliantly colored flower | 26 |
| Wild honeysuckle, e.g. | 22 |
| Swamp honeysuckle, e.g. | 23 |
| Rhododendron family member | 26 |
| Flower shaped like a trumpet | 28 |
| Cousin of a rhododendron | 24 |
| Colorful flowering bush | 23 |
| Brilliant bush blossom | 22 |
| Brightly-colored shrub | 22 |
| Brightly flowering bush | 23 |
| Brightly colored shrub | 22 |
| Rhododendron's relatives | 28 |
| Rhododendrons' relatives | 28 |
| Composition of some sprays | 26 |
| Shrubs of the heath family | 26 |
| Showy flowering plants | 22 |
| Rhododendrons' kin | 22 |
| Rhododendron relatives | 22 |
| Cousins of rhododendrons | 24 |
| Blooms seen at the Masters | 26 |
| Nitrogen-based compound | 23 |
| Navigator's measurement | 27 |
| Horizon arc measurement | 23 |
| Astronomer's measurement | 28 |
| ___ dye (chemical coloring) | 27 |
| __ dye: chemical coloring | 25 |
| Plastic and leather dye | 23 |
| Kind of compound in chemistry | 29 |
| Containing nitrogen: Prefix | 27 |
| ___ yellow, an acid dye | 23 |
| __ dye: methyl orange, e.g. | 27 |
| __ dye: chemical colorant | 25 |
| Synthetic purplish colorant | 27 |
| Dye used on recordable CDs | 26 |
| Geologic time before life | 25 |