| Messy pie-eater of rhyme | 24 |
| "Good boy" | 20 |
| Famous first lady, in tabloids | 30 |
| Oleg Cassini had designs on her | 31 |
| John-John's mom | 19 |
| Frequent tabloid subject | 24 |
| Former first lady, in headlines | 31 |
| Christina's stepmom | 23 |
| Ari's beloved, familiarly | 29 |
| Musical toy | 11 |
| Classic toy | 11 |
| Toy with a surprising result | 28 |
| Toy with a built-in surprise | 28 |
| Strikeout artist Morris | 23 |
| Item with a crank | 17 |
| It might pop up at a nursery | 28 |
| Fast-food rival of Wendy's | 30 |
| Burglar's tool | 18 |
| "The Godfather of Fitness" | 36 |
| Father of Fitness | 17 |
| ... Fitness | 11 |
| "Missing" star | 24 |
| Star of "Missing" | 27 |
| Oscar winner who sang in "My Sister Eileen" | 53 |
| Oscar winner in "Mister Roberts" | 42 |
| He played President Russell P. Kramer in "My Fellow Americans" | 72 |
| "Grumpy Old Men" star | 31 |
| "Buddy Buddy" star | 28 |
| "White Fang" author | 29 |
| ''White Fang'' author | 37 |
| ''The Son of the Wolf'' author | 46 |
| The Son of the Wolf author | 29 |
| "The Call of the Wild" author | 39 |
| "Call of the Wild "author | 35 |
| "An Odyssey of the North" short story writer | 54 |
| Wild entree? | 12 |
| Author has a beef | 17 |
| Well-known golfer | 17 |
| Six-time Masters winner | 23 |
| Golf great from Columbus, Ohio | 30 |
| Tabloid nickname | 16 |
| Neverland nickname | 18 |
| "Thriller" singer, in tabloids | 40 |
| The King of Pop, in headlines | 29 |
| Tabloid nickname for singer Michael | 35 |
| Onetime tabloid nickname | 24 |
| Nickname for a longtime Dartmouth humor periodical named for a Halloween symbol | 79 |
| Embattled pop star, to the NY Post | 34 |
| Embattled pop star, to the blogerati | 36 |
| Alternative nickname for the Gloved One | 39 |
| "Thriller" singer's nickname | 42 |
| "The Gloved One" | 26 |
| 'King of Pop,' in headlines | 35 |
| ___ lantern | 11 |
| Specialist's antithesis | 27 |
| Versatile one | 13 |
| Handy multitasker | 17 |
| Do-it-yourself type | 19 |
| Specialist's opposite | 25 |
| One man band | 12 |
| Non-master | 10 |
| Mister Fixit | 12 |
| He's versatile and adept | 28 |
| He's no specialist | 22 |
| Handy person | 12 |
| Generalist | 10 |
| Certain non-master | 18 |
| Busy unionizer | 14 |
| Valuable card in pinochle | 25 |
| Item with a candle | 18 |
| Ignis fatuus | 12 |
| Paar's light? | 17 |
| Halloween window feature | 24 |
| Halloween symbol | 16 |
| Halloween pumpkin | 17 |
| Halloween illumination | 22 |
| Halloween grinner | 17 |
| Decoration for this event | 25 |
| Western hare | 12 |
| Start forward suddenly | 22 |
| North American hare | 19 |
| Make a sudden lurch | 19 |
| Long-eared hare | 15 |
| Kind of start for Nicklaus and Moranville | 41 |
| Schoolyard game | 15 |
| Some are one-eyed | 17 |
| Child's play? | 17 |
| Pickup game | 11 |
| Game with a bouncy ball | 23 |
| Game with a ball | 16 |
| Child's game with a small ball | 34 |
| The old ball game? | 18 |
| Ride elevators? | 15 |
| Opening requirement, at times | 29 |
| Openers, at times | 17 |
| Openers of a sort | 17 |
| Kids' ball-bouncing game | 28 |
| Kid's game with a ball | 26 |
| Kid's ball game | 19 |
| Jacobs and Parker, e.g. | 23 |