| Small group of players | 22 |
| Money-saving restaurant offer | 29 |
| Lock opener, informally | 23 |
| Fast-food restaurant order | 26 |
| Fast food package deal | 22 |
| Cheese-filled snack brand | 25 |
| Portable hair dressers | 22 |
| Salon supplies with teeth | 25 |
| Roosters' features | 22 |
| Gift in an O'Henry story | 28 |
| Obedience school command | 24 |
| Word with on, along or about | 28 |
| Release tension, in a way | 25 |
| Word with along, on or about | 28 |
| Word before across or down | 26 |
| Request to the faithful | 23 |
| Rain or shine preceder | 22 |
| Emerge, with "out" | 28 |
| Don't ___ (craps bet) | 25 |
| Change one's opinion | 24 |
| Big word on a craps table | 25 |
| Attack, with "at" | 27 |
| Acquire, with "by" | 28 |
| "Here, boy!" | 22 |
| "Be our guest!" | 25 |
| "___ to blows with" | 29 |
| "___ Back to Erin" | 28 |
| ___ across (contribute) | 23 |
| ''Say what?'' | 29 |
| Tell the truth, finally | 23 |
| Jonathan Winters, e.g. | 22 |
| He does a stand-up job | 22 |
| Neil Simon's forte | 22 |
| It's a funny business | 25 |
| "The Divine ___" | 26 |
| Jon Stewart's employer | 26 |
| Place for a stand-up guy? | 25 |
| Purveyor of funny business? | 27 |
| The Three Stooges, for one | 26 |
| End up where one started | 24 |
| Return to the starting point | 28 |
| Flip-flop, geometrically? | 25 |
| Backfire, as a bad deed | 23 |
| Start to personally shine | 25 |
| Very pleasing to the eye | 24 |
| "Be serious!" | 23 |
| Bait and switch enticement | 26 |
| Up-and-___ (rising star) | 24 |
| Up-and-___ (promising rookie) | 29 |
| Person who shows promise | 24 |
| One with a promising future | 27 |
| One with a bright future | 24 |
| "Here ___ trouble!" | 29 |
| Awakens, with "to" | 28 |
| "Here --- trouble!" | 29 |
| "--- a Horseman" | 26 |
| "___ a Horseman" | 26 |
| Returns after being out | 23 |
| Reacts to smelling salts | 24 |
| Awakens from anesthesia | 23 |
| Astronomer's sighting | 25 |
| One of Santa's team | 23 |
| One of Santa's reindeer | 27 |
| Member of Santa's team | 26 |
| Streaker with a big tail | 24 |
| Halley's discovery | 22 |
| Cleanser or a reindeer | 22 |
| Celestial body with a tail | 26 |
| Streaker seen at night | 22 |
| Streaker in the night sky | 25 |
| One of St. Nick's team | 26 |
| Occasional sky visitor | 22 |
| Member of the Donner party? | 27 |
| Kohoutek or Halley's | 24 |
| Heavenly body with a tail | 25 |
| Halley's, for example | 25 |
| Deep Impact's target | 24 |
| Dancer's teammate? | 22 |
| Cupid's sleighmate | 22 |
| Celestial object with a tail | 28 |
| Body with a fuzzy head | 22 |
| Astronomer's observation | 28 |
| 2013's ISON, for one | 24 |
| "Sungrazing" object | 29 |
| "Full House" dog | 26 |
| End of an O'Neill title | 27 |
| "The Iceman ___" | 26 |
| What the iceman doeth? | 22 |
| Verb in an O'Neill title | 28 |
| Shows up, like the Iceman | 25 |
| O'Neill title ender | 23 |
| Arrives à la the Iceman | 26 |
| Approaches in the Bible? | 24 |
| "The Iceman __" | 25 |
| 'The Iceman --' | 23 |
| Recover from a knockout | 23 |
| Recover from a blackout | 23 |
| "___ the fair" | 24 |
| Conclude deliberations | 22 |
| Pot winner's words | 22 |