| Wide receivers | 14 |
| What rings lack | 15 |
| They're on lines | 20 |
| They may be split or tight | 26 |
| They justify the means? | 23 |
| They can be tight or loose | 26 |
| These may be split | 18 |
| Pigskin receivers | 17 |
| Phases out | 10 |
| Odds' companion | 19 |
| Means' justifiers | 21 |
| Loaf parts | 10 |
| Last parts | 10 |
| It's sometimes hard to make them meet | 41 |
| Football linemen | 16 |
| Final stages | 12 |
| Final chapters | 14 |
| Extremes | 8 |
| Confining features | 18 |
| Companion of odds | 17 |
| Closings | 8 |
| Certain linemen | 15 |
| Calls to a halt | 15 |
| Burn the candle at both ___ | 27 |
| Book holders | 12 |
| "... in the two ___ of the mercy seat" (Ex. 25:18) | 60 |
| Word with split or book | 23 |
| Word with rear and book | 23 |
| What means may justify | 22 |
| What even the longest show does | 31 |
| What circles lack | 17 |
| We hope they meet | 17 |
| Ultimate goals | 14 |
| Tim Tebow targets | 17 |
| Tight positions? | 16 |
| Tie up loose ___ | 16 |
| Things to make meet | 19 |
| They might meet in a bowl | 25 |
| They might be split | 19 |
| They may be offensive | 21 |
| They may be loose or split | 26 |
| Termination points | 18 |
| Terminals or terminates | 23 |
| Stamps out | 10 |
| Some pass receivers | 19 |
| Some of the fastest football players | 36 |
| Some bread slices | 17 |
| Rope parts | 10 |
| Right and left | 14 |
| QB targets | 10 |
| Pulls the plug | 14 |
| Prow and stern, e.g. | 20 |
| Plays the coda | 14 |
| Pass-catchers | 13 |
| Parts to tie | 12 |
| Odds companion | 14 |
| Odds and -- | 11 |
| Means' justifier | 20 |
| Means' justification | 24 |
| Means justifiers, at times | 26 |
| Make-meet middle | 16 |
| Machiavellian concerns | 22 |
| Loose things not found in rings | 31 |
| Loose ___ | 9 |
| Loaf pair | 9 |
| Line pair | 9 |
| It's good to make them meet | 31 |
| It's better when they meet | 30 |
| Grinds to a halt | 16 |
| Good things to have meet | 24 |
| Front and back | 14 |
| Football players | 16 |
| Earth parts? | 12 |
| DeVotchKa "How It ___" | 32 |
| Completes the coda, e.g. | 24 |
| Completes the coda | 18 |
| Comes to a conclusion | 21 |
| Closes out | 10 |
| Closes down | 11 |
| Calls a halt | 12 |
| A loop doesn't have any | 27 |
| "Here's Where the Story ___" Sundays | 50 |
| Wurst pair | 10 |
| Word with split or bitter | 25 |
| Word with split and rear | 24 |
| Word with loose or book | 23 |
| Word with book and week | 23 |
| Word attached to book | 21 |
| Where hairs may split | 21 |
| Where hairs may be split | 24 |
| What to make meet | 17 |
| What skimpers hope to make meet | 31 |
| What even a Springsteen show does | 33 |
| What a ring doesn't have | 28 |
| What a circle lacks | 19 |
| Volumes A and Z, e.g. | 21 |
| Volumes A and Z in an encyclopedia | 34 |
| Vanishing points | 16 |
| Two slices of a loaf | 20 |
| Two on a line | 13 |