| Text | Length |
| Course closer | 13 |
| NCAA elite group | 16 |
| March Madness semis | 19 |
| Playoff survivor | 16 |
| Game show segment | 17 |
| Auto-race climax | 16 |
| At long last | 12 |
| Negotiation step | 16 |
| Project windup | 14 |
| Tourney conclusions | 19 |
| Tournament enders | 17 |
| End-of-term hurdles | 19 |
| End-of-term exams | 17 |
| Icing, at times | 15 |
| Supply backing for | 18 |
| Supply capital for | 18 |
| Supply capital | 14 |
| Provide the money | 17 |
| Back, or front | 14 |
| Money matters | 13 |
| Venture capitalist | 18 |
| Accounting period | 17 |
| Rothschild for one | 19 |
| Succeed somehow | 15 |
| Be resourceful | 14 |
| ___ siècle | 13 |
| Detective, at times | 19 |
| Circa 1895-1900 | 15 |
| Adoptee's goal? | 19 |
| 2003 Pixar film | 15 |
| 2004 nominee | 12 |
| Achieve nirvana | 15 |
| Aesthetic pursuits | 18 |
| Monetarily punished | 19 |
| Slapped in court? | 17 |
| Slapped by a judge? | 19 |
| Punished monetarily | 19 |
| Like some scofflaws | 19 |
| Like scofflaws | 14 |
| Hit with a levy | 15 |
| Hit in the wallet | 17 |
| Docked, in a way | 16 |
| Cited, in a way | 15 |
| Assessed a penalty | 18 |
| Karat measure | 13 |
| Gemstone quality | 16 |
| Subtle detail | 13 |
| Luxury items | 12 |
| Used artifice | 13 |
| Using a bridge ploy | 19 |
| Time to be proud of | 19 |
| Like some combs | 15 |
| Adjusts carefully | 17 |
| King of Morven | 14 |
| Identify, as a perp | 19 |
| Wedding-ring holder | 19 |
| One of the dactyls | 18 |
| Small table basin | 17 |
| Kind of dipper | 14 |
| Fancy dinner dip? | 17 |
| Region of New York | 18 |
| N.Y. race track | 15 |
| Fast food slogan | 16 |
| Certain crook | 13 |
| Certain clues | 13 |
| Graceful hoop move | 18 |
| Hand quintet | 12 |
| Anatomical quintet | 18 |
| A little pointer? | 17 |
| Print makers? | 13 |
| Field sobriety test | 19 |
| Ornamental top | 14 |
| Lampshade topper | 16 |
| Gable-top feature | 17 |
| Crowning ornament | 17 |
| Bedpost ornament | 16 |
| Like a picky eater | 18 |
| Last layer of paint | 19 |
| Ate the rest of | 15 |
| Polish worker? | 14 |
| Some cement workers | 19 |
| They may be dull | 16 |
| Winning the race | 16 |
| Racer's goal | 16 |
| Get fully through | 17 |
| Oil, for one | 12 |
| Things with limits | 18 |
| Over, slangily | 14 |
| Done, to a Tuscan | 17 |
| Done, slangily | 14 |
| Done, over, kaput | 17 |
| Levant coffee cups | 18 |
| Where Helsinki is | 17 |
| Sibelius's land | 19 |
| Sibelius score | 14 |
| Smoked fish dish | 16 |
| James Joyce work | 16 |
| From Helsinki | 13 |
| Helsinki hoosegow? | 18 |
| Pure, in Parma | 14 |
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