| Petty officers, at sea | 22 |
| Gilbert and Sullivan group | 26 |
| Petty officers' auguries? | 29 |
| "That's hot!" | 27 |
| Finger-on-hot-stove reaction | 28 |
| Comic book cry of pain | 22 |
| [I've been burnt!] | 22 |
| "That hurts a lot!" | 29 |
| "#$&@%!" | 22 |
| British small landholders? | 26 |
| "I reckon so" | 23 |
| "Darn tootin'" | 28 |
| "Durn tootin'!" | 29 |
| Opposite of "naw" | 27 |
| Cowboy's affirmative | 24 |
| "Sho 'nuff" | 25 |
| "Got that right" | 26 |
| ''Sure'' | 24 |
| Response from Gary Cooper | 25 |
| Gary Cooper affirmative | 23 |
| Counterpart of 'nope' | 29 |
| Casual "okay" | 23 |
| "You know it" | 23 |
| "You heard right" | 27 |
| "Sure thing, pard!" | 29 |
| "Sho 'nuff!" | 26 |
| "Nope" opposer | 24 |
| "I reckon so!" | 24 |
| "Durn tootin'" | 28 |
| "Dern tootin'!" | 29 |
| Nonchalant affirmatives | 23 |
| Suffix with law or saw | 22 |
| Suffix with saw or law | 22 |
| Petty "___ So Bad" | 28 |
| ''___ out!'' | 28 |
| Thy, much less formally | 23 |
| Ending with saw or law | 22 |
| Blur: "Got ___!" | 26 |
| "Quit ___ yapping!" | 29 |
| "___ crazy!" | 22 |
| '-- goin' down!' | 28 |
| ____ Blues : Beatles tune | 27 |
| ____ Blues Beatles song | 27 |
| ___ mate (tealike beverage) | 27 |
| ___ mate (steeped beverage) | 27 |
| ___ maté (S. A. beverage) | 28 |
| ___ maté (brewed beverage) | 29 |
| ___ buena, evergreen plant | 26 |
| ___ Buena Island, Calif. | 24 |
| ___ buena (mint relative) | 25 |
| Capital on the Hrazdan River | 28 |
| Cry often heard at home | 23 |
| "Strike three, __!" | 29 |
| Followers of saw and law | 24 |
| Dr. Seuss's turtle | 22 |
| Dr. Seuss's title reptile | 29 |
| Seuss's king of the pond | 28 |
| Seuss pond-ruling reptile | 25 |
| Theodore S. Geisel classic | 26 |
| "May I help you?" | 27 |
| "Indubitably" | 23 |
| Start of a reply to Virginia | 28 |
| Exclamation of affirmation | 26 |
| Sycophant's response | 24 |
| Doorbell-answerer's word | 28 |
| Brief acceptance speech? | 24 |
| "By all means" | 24 |
| "Without question!" | 29 |
| "No question!" | 24 |
| ''You rang?'' | 29 |
| Kind of man at the office | 25 |
| "That's a go" | 27 |
| "Roundabout" band | 27 |
| "90125" band | 22 |
| Twenty Questions answer | 23 |
| Hoped-for proposal response | 27 |
| "___, I can" | 22 |
| Sycophant's favorite word | 29 |
| Sycophant's answer | 22 |
| Sportscaster's shout | 24 |
| Sir or ma'am preceder | 25 |
| Proposal response, sometimes | 28 |
| Proposal response, often | 24 |
| Proposal reaction, sometimes | 28 |
| Nod's significance | 22 |
| Briefest acceptance speech? | 27 |
| "Uh-huh," formally | 28 |
| "To be sure!" | 23 |
| "___, Virginia ..." | 29 |
| “You asked for me?” | 27 |
| Word screamed during orgasms | 28 |
| Word said with a fist pump | 26 |
| Word next to a check box | 24 |
| Widely-sought response | 22 |
| What Ado Annie could say? | 25 |
| What "aye" means | 26 |
| Truckler's response | 23 |
| Truckler's favorite word | 28 |
| SycophantÂ’s answer | 22 |
| Sycophantic reply, on land | 26 |