| Famed follower of Freud | 23 |
| Early colleague of Freud | 24 |
| Early associate of Freud | 24 |
| Damn Yankees lyricist | 23 |
| Damn Yankees songwriter | 26 |
| Chicago's ___Planetarium | 28 |
| Chicago's ___ Planetarium | 29 |
| Ignore a cue card, say | 22 |
| Deviate from the script | 23 |
| Perform without preparation | 27 |
| Off-the-script comment | 22 |
| Ignore the teleprompter | 23 |
| Surprise one's co-star | 26 |
| Speak without a script | 22 |
| Seat-of-the-pants schtick | 25 |
| It's made off-the-cuff | 26 |
| Ignore the cue cards, say | 25 |
| Forgo a prepared speech | 23 |
| Toastmaster's skill | 23 |
| Surprise one's costar | 25 |
| Surprise during filming | 23 |
| Seat-of-the-pants performance | 29 |
| Robin Williams comment, maybe | 29 |
| Proceed without notes, say | 26 |
| Off-the-cuff witticism | 22 |
| Improvise one's words | 25 |
| Improvise one's lines | 25 |
| Ignore the prepared remarks | 27 |
| Ignore one's lines | 22 |
| Ignore a prepared speech | 24 |
| Eschew the TelePrompTer | 23 |
| Bit of stage creativity | 23 |
| Ignores the teleprompter | 24 |
| Deviates from the script | 24 |
| Wits' laugh-getters | 23 |
| They're not rehearsed | 25 |
| They're extemporaneous | 26 |
| Speaks extemporaneously | 23 |
| Speaker's space fillers | 27 |
| Reads between the lines? | 24 |
| Lines that are not rehearsed | 28 |
| Nimitz or Halsey: Abbr. | 23 |
| High naval rank (abbr.) | 23 |
| Zumwalt's USN rank | 22 |
| William Halsey, e.g.: Abbr. | 27 |
| Two-inch stripe wearer: Abbr. | 29 |
| Title Columbus held: Abbr. | 26 |
| Rickover was one: Abbr. | 23 |
| Nimitz, for one: Abbr. | 22 |
| Nimitz or Nelson: Abbr. | 23 |
| Nelson or Nimitz: abbr. | 23 |
| Highest-ranking USN officer | 27 |
| High-ranking USN official | 25 |
| Halsey's title: Abbr. | 25 |
| Halsey's mil. rank | 22 |
| Halsey or Nimitz: Abbr. | 23 |
| Gen.'s naval counterpart | 28 |
| Gen.'s counterpart | 22 |
| Farragut's rank: Abbr. | 26 |
| Dewey or Nelson: Abbr. | 22 |
| Byrd's rank: Abbr. | 22 |
| Big gun on a ship: Abbr. | 24 |
| Benbow or Farragut: Abbr. | 25 |
| Fellow who sells space | 22 |
| Professional persuader | 22 |
| One with a sense of pitch? | 26 |
| Madison Avenue denizen | 22 |
| Madison Ave. personality | 24 |
| Infomercial specialist | 22 |
| Viral marketing creator | 23 |
| One doing a spot test? | 22 |
| Non-pc commercial writer | 24 |
| Madison Avenue male, say | 24 |
| Madison Avenue employee | 23 |
| Madison Avenue creator | 22 |
| Jingle writer, perhaps | 22 |
| Huckster, in some cases | 23 |
| Creator of commercials | 22 |
| Madison Avenue workers | 22 |
| Some Madison Avenue workers | 27 |
| TV spot makers, informally | 26 |
| They do work on the spot | 24 |
| Trend setters, sometimes | 24 |
| They intentionally make spots | 29 |
| Some product promoters | 22 |
| Some mass-media employees | 25 |
| Some Madison Avenue folks | 25 |
| Some Madison Ave. workers | 25 |
| Product promoters, for short | 28 |
| Pitching professionals | 22 |
| Ones quick with a line? | 23 |
| Non-PC catchword creators | 25 |
| Members of a pitching staff? | 28 |
| Many Madison Avenue workers | 27 |
| Madison Avenue figures | 22 |
| Madison Ave. employees | 22 |
| Guys who use come-on lines? | 27 |
| Don Draper and his ilk | 22 |
| Creators of commercials | 23 |
| Commercial entrepreneurs | 24 |