| Hi- -- (some stereos) | 21 |
| Hi and sci | 10 |
| Grafton's "___ for Fugitive" | 42 |
| "__ for Fugitive" (Grafton novel) | 43 |
| Exchequer | 9 |
| Money-related: Abbr. | 20 |
| State treasury | 14 |
| Royal treasury | 14 |
| Kind of year: Abbr. | 19 |
| State treasurer | 15 |
| Pert. to finances | 17 |
| Knight's money clip (OE) | 28 |
| Take plaice | 11 |
| Drop a line | 11 |
| Type of story | 13 |
| Net gain? | 9 |
| Gar | 3 |
| Porgy and bass | 14 |
| Pike or perch | 13 |
| Go angling | 10 |
| Catch a few rays? | 17 |
| Trawler's haul | 18 |
| Kids card game | 14 |
| Denizens of the deep | 20 |
| Dace or plaice | 14 |
| Burbot or turbot | 16 |
| Angler's catch | 18 |
| They're cold-blooded | 24 |
| Sea things | 10 |
| School group? | 13 |
| Plaice or dace | 14 |
| Perch or pike | 13 |
| Marlin or mackerel | 18 |
| Ichthyologist's study | 25 |
| Creel contents | 14 |
| Code and sea-lemon, for two | 27 |
| Aquarium residents | 18 |
| "Cut bait" alternative | 32 |
| "___ or cut bait" | 27 |
| Word to add to each theme answer that will make sense of its clue | 65 |
| What one might do for compliments | 33 |
| Walleye or white cloud | 22 |
| Vigoda role | 11 |
| Use rod and reel | 16 |
| Turbot or burbot | 16 |
| Tuna or carp | 12 |
| Try for flounder | 16 |
| Trawl or cast | 13 |
| Trawl haul | 10 |
| They're hidden in this puzzle's nine longest answers | 60 |
| They take the bait | 18 |
| Tetra, e.g. | 11 |
| Sole on the table, e.g. | 23 |
| Sneakily probe (for) | 20 |
| Seek at random, with "for" | 36 |
| Sea horse, for one | 18 |
| School member | 13 |
| School mates? | 13 |
| Queriman or tetraodont | 22 |
| Pumpkinseed? | 12 |
| Pond occupant | 13 |
| Pollock or pike | 15 |
| Piscator's prey | 19 |
| Person easily duped | 19 |
| Perch, for one | 14 |
| Perch or trout | 14 |
| Perch or bass | 13 |
| Partner of chips | 16 |
| One in a school | 15 |
| Ocean inhabitant | 16 |
| Newfoundland's ___ and brewis | 33 |
| Net gains? | 10 |
| Net gains for the fleet? | 24 |
| Moviedom's Nemo or Wanda | 28 |
| Look for, as compliments | 24 |
| Look for a compliment | 21 |
| Look (for), as compliments | 26 |
| Lobster or cod | 14 |
| Loaf's partner in a Biblical meal | 37 |
| Kind of wife or fry | 19 |
| Kind of wife | 12 |
| It may be landed with a hook | 28 |
| Hold the line? | 14 |
| Haul from a trawl | 17 |
| Hamilton ___, two-term secretary of state under Grant | 53 |
| Guppy, e.g. | 11 |
| Grunt and carp | 14 |
| Go for a bite? | 14 |
| Go after indirectly | 19 |
| Gefi1te ___ | 11 |
| Garibaldi, e.g. | 15 |
| Fowl's companion | 20 |
| Easy mark, in cards | 19 |
| Drop hints, say | 15 |
| Dangle poles over a pier, say | 29 |
| Dangle a line from a dock, say | 30 |
| Crappie and bleak | 17 |
| Craig Campbell single off debut album | 37 |
| Cod or scrod | 12 |
| Char and smelt, e.g. | 20 |