| __ Diamond | 10 |
| Wish desperately | 16 |
| Remain stubbornly optimistic | 28 |
| Unlikely Hollywood rift | 23 |
| Pray for a miracle | 18 |
| Never give up | 13 |
| Have expectation sans foundation | 32 |
| Be unrealistically optimistic | 29 |
| Be optimistic, no matter what | 29 |
| Crossed one's fingers | 25 |
| Was optimistic | 14 |
| Wished (for) | 12 |
| Trusted | 7 |
| Had expectations | 16 |
| Waited and wanted | 17 |
| Had one's fingers crossed | 29 |
| Had a wish | 10 |
| Didn't give up | 18 |
| Wished for | 10 |
| Subject of a renowned curse | 27 |
| Spain "___ and Prayed" | 32 |
| Kept the faith | 14 |
| Kept one's fingers crossed | 30 |
| Had great expectations | 22 |
| Had an expectation | 18 |
| Didn't quite expect | 23 |
| Didn't despair | 18 |
| Large gem in the Smithsonian Institution | 40 |
| Gem with a legendary curse | 26 |
| Neil's long-lost gemologist daughter? | 41 |
| Large gem in the Smithsonian | 28 |
| Large blue gem in the Smithsonian Institute | 43 |
| Gem in the Smithsonian | 22 |
| Famous large deep-blue rock | 27 |
| Basball venue for dreamers? | 27 |
| "Aspiration Man" by Gore Vidal | 40 |
| They may be high | 16 |
| Some are high | 13 |
| Crosses one's fingers | 25 |
| What optimists have | 19 |
| They're high on opening day | 31 |
| Some are high and some are false | 32 |
| Is optimistic | 13 |
| Expectations | 12 |
| You shouldn't get them up too soon | 38 |
| You don't want them to be dashed | 36 |
| Wishes (for) | 12 |
| Tomorrow's expectations, today | 34 |
| They may be high before a competition | 37 |
| They may be dashed | 18 |
| Some are false | 14 |
| Signs of optimism | 17 |
| Partner of fears | 16 |
| Optimists keep them alive | 25 |
| Optimistic feelings | 19 |
| Optimistic expectations | 23 |
| Optimistic collection | 21 |
| One might get them up | 21 |
| Keeps one's fingers crossed | 31 |
| Feels optimistic | 16 |
| Dreams' partner | 19 |
| Dreams we live by | 17 |
| Crosses one's fingers, perhaps | 34 |
| Bob and Dolores | 15 |
| Anticipatory feelings | 21 |
| "High ___" (song featuring a rubber tree plant) | 57 |
| "High ___," 1959 song | 31 |
| Pueblo people | 13 |
| Pueblo Indian | 13 |
| Shoshonean | 10 |
| Arizona tribe | 13 |
| Arizona Indian | 14 |
| Western tribe | 13 |
| Kachina crafters | 16 |
| Arizona native | 14 |
| Pueblo dweller | 14 |
| Language of the Southwest | 25 |
| Kachina doll makers | 19 |
| Pueblo tribe member | 19 |
| Kachina doll carver | 19 |
| Southwest Indian | 16 |
| Southwestern native | 19 |
| Mesa dweller | 12 |
| Kachina carvers | 15 |
| Arizona Indians | 15 |
| Ariz. Indian | 12 |
| Snake dancers | 13 |
| Shoshonean language | 19 |
| Native Arizonans | 16 |
| Driver's invitation | 23 |
| Southwestern tribe | 18 |
| Pueblo tribe | 12 |
| Native Arizonan | 15 |
| Kachina fashioner | 17 |
| Arizona natives | 15 |
| A Pueblo people | 15 |
| Uto-Aztecan language | 20 |
| Snake-dance specialist | 22 |
| Navajo's neighbor | 21 |
| Navajo neighbor | 15 |