| Unlikeliest to be bought | 24 |
| Tops in implausibility | 22 |
| Poorest, as an excuse | 21 |
| Pathetic to the max | 19 |
| Most unconvincing | 17 |
| Most halting | 12 |
| Most claudicant | 15 |
| Like the worst of excuses | 25 |
| Least valid, as an excuse | 25 |
| Least plausible, as an excuse | 29 |
| Least effectual | 15 |
| Least convincing | 16 |
| Injured pitcher? | 16 |
| Has-been pitcher? | 17 |
| Keats poem | 10 |
| Lady vampire | 12 |
| Female vampire | 14 |
| Female monster | 14 |
| Female monster of Greek myth | 28 |
| Vampire-like female | 19 |
| Vampire of folklore | 19 |
| Poem by Keats | 13 |
| Mythological half-woman monster | 31 |
| Monstrous female | 16 |
| Female precursor to vampires | 28 |
| Alluring vampire | 16 |
| Vampiress | 9 |
| Vampirelike female monster | 26 |
| Lady demon | 10 |
| Female demon (anagram of I AM AL) | 33 |
| 1819 Keats poem | 15 |
| Thin layer | 10 |
| Thin plate | 10 |
| Thin sheet | 10 |
| Veneer, e.g. | 12 |
| Thin layer, as of plastic | 25 |
| Layered | 7 |
| Arranged in thin plates | 23 |
| Arranged in layers | 18 |
| Plated | 6 |
| Like plywood | 12 |
| Arranged in scales | 18 |
| "Sanford and Son" son | 31 |
| The son on "Sanford and Son" | 38 |
| __ Cranston, a.k.a. "The Shadow" | 42 |
| Thomas or Corliss | 17 |
| Sanford's son | 17 |
| Cranston of old-time radio | 26 |
| Cranston of old radio | 21 |
| Cranston of "The Shadow" | 34 |
| Cranston a.k.a. 'the Shadow' | 36 |
| Banker Thomas | 13 |
| "The Shadow" character | 32 |
| ___ Cranston (The Shadow) | 25 |
| ___ Cranston (the Shadow, of old radio) | 39 |
| __ Cranston (the Shadow's alter ego) | 40 |
| "Raging Bull" subject | 31 |
| "Raging Bull" boxer | 29 |
| "Raging Bull" boxer Jake | 34 |
| Oscar-winning role for De Niro | 30 |
| Middleweight champ: 1949–51 | 34 |
| Jake of boxing | 14 |
| Jake ___, De Niro's role in "Raging Bull" | 55 |
| De Niro's role in "Raging Bull" | 45 |
| De Niro's "Raging Bull" role | 42 |
| Boxing legend Jake | 18 |
| Boxer portrayed by De Niro in "Raging Bull" | 53 |
| Boxer nicknamed "The Raging Bull" | 43 |
| Boxer Jake ___ | 14 |
| Boxer Jake | 10 |
| 1980 role for De Niro | 21 |
| "The Bronx Bull" Jake who fought Sugar Ray Robinson | 61 |
| "The Bronx Bull" | 26 |
| 'Raging Bull' subject | 29 |
| Actress Dorothy | 15 |
| Hope/Crosby co-star Dorothy | 27 |
| Repeated Hope/Crosby co-star | 28 |
| Love interest of Crosby and Hope, in film | 41 |
| Louis who wrote Western novels | 30 |
| Hope/Crosby co-star | 19 |
| Frequent Hope/Crosby co-star | 28 |
| Dorothy of the "Road" pictures | 40 |
| Dorothy of old "Road" films | 37 |
| Dorothy from New Orleans | 24 |
| Crosby-Hope co-star | 19 |
| "Ride the Dark Trail" writer | 38 |
| "How the West Was Won" author Louis | 45 |
| "How the West Was Won" author | 39 |
| Night-table light | 17 |
| Spelunker's aid | 19 |
| Reading aid | 11 |
| Aladdin's find | 18 |
| Tiffany product | 15 |
| Nightingale's trademark | 27 |
| Magical home | 12 |
| Jack-o'-lantern | 19 |
| Item beside an easy chair | 25 |
| Gooseneck, e.g. | 15 |
| Aladdin's discovery | 23 |
| Reading light | 13 |