| Word in a Hendrix song title | 28 |
| Vapor of fog, smoke, etc. | 25 |
| Vagueness | 9 |
| Summer forecast, maybe | 22 |
| Subject to horseplay | 20 |
| Some confusion | 14 |
| Soft-focus effect | 17 |
| Smoky state | 11 |
| Smoke-filled room phenomenon | 28 |
| Smog's cousin | 17 |
| Smog sibling | 12 |
| Smog or fog | 11 |
| Smog factor | 11 |
| Smog consequence | 16 |
| Slight confusion | 16 |
| Skyline-blurring phenomenon | 27 |
| Skyline-blurring condition | 26 |
| Skyline overcast | 16 |
| Sight blocker | 13 |
| Sea mist | 8 |
| Run pledges through the gantlet, say | 36 |
| Put through demeaning rituals | 29 |
| Pothead's state | 19 |
| Post-wildfire problem [SEE NOTE ABOVE] | 38 |
| Part of many a summer forecast | 30 |
| Paddle, perhaps | 15 |
| Obscuring cloud | 15 |
| Mental cloudiness | 17 |
| Low-visibility cause | 20 |
| Lolita's surname | 20 |
| Lolita's last name | 22 |
| L.A. euphemism for smog | 23 |
| Jimi Hendrix's "Purple ___" | 41 |
| It follows ''Purple'' in a song title | 53 |
| Initiate, maybe | 15 |
| Initiate in a way | 17 |
| Humiliate, as freshmen | 22 |
| Hendrix's was "Purple" | 36 |
| Hendrix' was "Purple" | 35 |
| Hendrix hit "Purple ---" | 34 |
| Harass, frat-style | 18 |
| Harass freshmen | 15 |
| Give a paddling, maybe | 22 |
| Fog relative | 12 |
| Fog or smog | 11 |
| Cousin of mist | 14 |
| Confused thoughts | 17 |
| Cause of low visibility | 23 |
| Break a pledge? | 15 |
| Autumn air feature | 18 |
| Atmospheric aggregation | 23 |
| Abuse, in a way | 15 |
| "Purple ---" (rock classic) | 37 |
| "Purple ___" (song played at Woodstock) | 49 |
| "Purple ___" (rock classic) | 37 |
| "Purple ___" (Hendrix) | 32 |
| "Purple ___" (Hendrix song) | 37 |
| "Purple ___" | 22 |
| Obscured | 8 |
| Oppressed, in a way | 19 |
| Terrorized pledges, in a way | 28 |
| Initiated, in a way | 19 |
| Tormented, as pledges | 21 |
| Subjected to humiliation in an initiation | 41 |
| Made indistinct | 15 |
| Like some fraternity pledges | 28 |
| Initiated violently | 19 |
| Initiated unpleasantly | 22 |
| Initiated in a way | 18 |
| Humiliated on campus, in a way | 30 |
| Harassed, as in a fraternity | 28 |
| Harassed unnecessarily | 22 |
| Harassed by ridicule | 20 |
| Forced to pay for admission? | 28 |
| Forced through a fraternity gauntlet | 36 |
| Eye color | 9 |
| Filbert | 7 |
| Eye shade? | 10 |
| Maid-for-TV? | 12 |
| Golden brown | 12 |
| Eye hue | 7 |
| Light golden brown | 18 |
| Shirley Booth role | 18 |
| Greenish-gray eye color | 23 |
| Greenish brown | 14 |
| Golden-brown | 12 |
| Driver's license word, maybe | 32 |
| Brownish eye color | 18 |
| "Behind These ___ Eyes" | 33 |
| Witch ___ | 9 |
| Witch __ | 8 |
| Uncommon eye color | 18 |
| TV role for Shirley Booth | 25 |
| The Baxters' maid | 21 |
| Ted Key's maid | 18 |
| Ted Key's cartoon maid | 26 |
| Shirley Booth TV role | 21 |
| Shirley Booth portrayal | 23 |
| Relative of birch | 17 |
| Old TV series based on a cartoon | 32 |