| Author Wallace, for short | 25 |
| Author Stone, to friends | 24 |
| "The Empire Strikes Back" director Kershner | 53 |
| Monte of Cooperstown | 20 |
| Monte ___ of Cooperstown | 24 |
| Hall of Famer Monte | 19 |
| Football Hall of Famer Michael | 30 |
| Cowboy Hall-of-Famer Michael | 28 |
| Bull Run general McDowell | 25 |
| Author Cobb | 11 |
| Writer Cobb | 11 |
| Wide receiver Michael, nicknamed "the Playmaker" | 58 |
| Rea ___, noted New Yorker cartoonist | 36 |
| Pro Football Hall-of-Famer Michael | 34 |
| NFL Hall of Famer Michael nicknamed "The Playmaker" | 61 |
| Monte of the New York Giants | 28 |
| Humorist Cobb | 13 |
| Humorist __ S. Cobb | 19 |
| Hockey broadcaster Dick | 23 |
| Hall-of-Famer Michael of the Dallas Cowboys | 43 |
| Former Dallas Cowboy Michael | 28 |
| Footballer Michael | 18 |
| Film director Kershner | 22 |
| Dallas wide receiver Michael who won three Super Bowls with Troy Aikman and Emmitt Smith | 88 |
| Cowboys' Hall-of-Fame receiver Michael | 42 |
| Cowboy Hall of Famer Michael | 28 |
| Coach Dick | 10 |
| Broadcaster Dick | 16 |
| Baseball Hall-of-Famer Monte | 28 |
| 2007 Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee Michael | 47 |
| 1992 Pro Bowl MVP Michael | 25 |
| "Old Judge Priest" author Cobb | 40 |
| 'The Empire Strikes Back' director Kershner | 51 |
| ''Empire Strikes Back'' director Kershner | 57 |
| ___ S. Cobb | 11 |
| University of California branch city | 36 |
| City in California | 18 |
| University town near Santa Ana | 30 |
| University of California campus city | 36 |
| UC school city | 14 |
| U. of California campus | 23 |
| U. of Cal. campus | 17 |
| Site of a University of California campus | 41 |
| Santa Ana neighbor | 18 |
| City near John Wayne Airport | 28 |
| City in California's Orange County | 38 |
| Subject of this puzzle, born May 11, 1888 | 41 |
| Israel Baline | 13 |
| God Bless America composer | 29 |
| Composer of a Yuletide superhit | 31 |
| "God Bless America" writer | 36 |
| "God Bless America" composer | 38 |
| Texas city twisted into an innocent state? | 42 |
| Journalist Kupcinet and sportscaster Cross | 42 |
| Sportscaster Cross et al. | 25 |
| Sportscaster Cross and others | 29 |
| Repair shop in the comic strip "Shoe" | 47 |
| Kupcinet and Cross | 18 |
| Journalist Kupcinet et al. | 26 |
| Novelist Shaw | 13 |
| "Crocodile Hunter" Steve | 34 |
| Author Shaw | 11 |
| Golfer Hale | 11 |
| Professor Corey | 15 |
| Writer Shaw | 11 |
| Apollo 15 astronaut | 19 |
| "Professor" Corey | 27 |
| Steve the late Crocodile Hunter | 31 |
| Late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve | 39 |
| Crocodile Hunter Steve | 22 |
| Apollo 15 astronaut James ___ | 29 |
| "The Young Lions" writer Shaw | 39 |
| U.S. author Shaw | 16 |
| Three-time U.S. Open winner Hale | 32 |
| Shaw who wrote "Rich Man, Poor Man" | 45 |
| Pro golfer Hale | 15 |
| Oldest golfer to win the U.S. Open | 34 |
| Naturalist/TV host Steve | 24 |
| Moonwalker James | 16 |
| Hale who won three U.S. Opens | 29 |
| Hale of golf fame | 17 |
| Golfer Hale or installation artist Robert | 41 |
| Golfer Hale ___ | 15 |
| Golf champion Hale | 18 |
| Filmmaker Allen | 15 |
| Eighth man to walk on the moon | 30 |
| Disaster film director Allen | 28 |
| Avant-gardist Robert | 20 |
| Author Shaw: 1913-84 | 20 |
| Author Shaw of The Young Lions | 34 |
| "Rich Man, Poor Man" novelist Shaw | 44 |
| "Rich Man, Poor Man" author Shaw | 42 |
| Rose-rose connector | 19 |
| "This ___ recording" | 30 |
| "This ___ test" | 25 |
| "This ___ stickup!" | 29 |
| "Patience ___ virtue" | 31 |
| "Rose ___ rose . . . " | 32 |
| "The Heart ___ Lonely Hunter" | 39 |
| "Life ___ jest": Gay | 30 |