| Needing to be put out, maybe | 28 |
| Middle of a black-key trio | 26 |
| G sharp's equivalent | 24 |
| Middle of three black keys | 26 |
| Tough key for pianists | 22 |
| Second of three black keys | 26 |
| Scale whose third note is C | 27 |
| Note a half step up from G | 26 |
| Key that opens La Scala | 23 |
| G-sharp, alternatively | 22 |
| Fix __ (do tire repair) | 23 |
| Elgar's Symphony in -- | 26 |
| Chopin's Mazurka in ___ | 27 |
| Black piano key above a G | 25 |
| Labor gp. formed in 1955 | 24 |
| Largest U.S. union org. | 23 |
| Union led by Richard Trumka | 27 |
| Largest union group in the US | 29 |
| Grp. created by a 1955 merger | 29 |
| George Meany's org. | 23 |
| In the black, metaphorically | 28 |
| Doing okay financially | 22 |
| Where businesses try to stay | 28 |
| Still O.K. financially | 22 |
| On the waterÂ’s surface | 26 |
| On the water's surface | 26 |
| In good financial shape | 23 |
| Free of trouble or debt | 23 |
| What the game is, to Sherlock | 29 |
| Underway, to Sherlock Holmes | 28 |
| What the game is, to Holmes | 27 |
| In progress, to Holmes | 22 |
| "The game is ___" | 27 |
| What the game was to Sherlock | 29 |
| Under way, to Sherlock Holmes | 29 |
| Like the game, to Sherlock | 26 |
| Like the game, to Holmes | 24 |
| "The game is ____!" | 29 |
| Under way, to Sherlock | 22 |
| Like skullduggery, perhaps | 26 |
| In progress, to Sherlock | 24 |
| Previously, previously | 22 |
| Previously, poetically | 22 |
| Earlier than, to poets | 22 |
| Previous to, old-style | 22 |
| Word with said or thought | 25 |
| In front of, old-style | 22 |
| In advance of, poetically | 25 |
| In advance of, in poems | 23 |
| Word with said or mentioned | 27 |
| Word form with hand or said | 27 |
| Start for mentioned or said | 27 |
| Prior to, in the backwoods | 26 |
| Previous to, previously | 23 |
| Previous to, old style | 22 |
| Previous to, in poetry | 22 |
| Prefix for said or thought | 26 |
| Preceder of said or thought | 27 |
| Preceder of said or mentioned | 29 |
| In front of, in dialect | 23 |
| Archaic "prior" | 25 |
| Ahead of, on the briny | 22 |
| Even more certain: Lat. | 23 |
| Run ___ of (conflict with) | 26 |
| On the wrong side (of) | 22 |
| In a state of conflict | 22 |
| In a state of entanglement | 26 |
| Run ___ of (clash with) | 23 |
| Run ___ (get into trouble) | 26 |
| Run __ of (conflict with) | 25 |
| Run --- of (conflict with) | 26 |
| Run ____: get into trouble | 26 |
| Run ___ of (hit a snag) | 23 |
| Run ___ of (collide with) | 25 |
| Run __ of (hit a snag with) | 27 |
| Opposing, with 'of' | 27 |
| -- of (in conflict with) | 24 |
| It's south of Eur. | 22 |
| Land south of the Medit. | 24 |
| Where to find Chad (Abbr.) | 26 |
| Part of the Old World: Abbr. | 28 |
| Home of the Atlas Mts. | 22 |
| Cousin of Eur. and N. Amer. | 27 |
| Chad's place: abbr. | 23 |
| Zambia location: Abbr. | 22 |
| Where wildebeest roam: Abbr. | 28 |
| Where the Zambezi R. flows | 26 |
| Where Nigeria is: Abbr. | 23 |
| Where Carthage was (abbr.) | 26 |
| Vast region south of Eur. | 25 |
| Togo's locale (abbr.) | 25 |
| Sahara's continent: Abbr. | 29 |
| Recipient of much intl. aid | 27 |
| One of the seven conts. | 23 |
| One of the continents: Abbr. | 28 |
| Mt. Kilimanjaro location | 24 |
| Land s. of the Mediterranean | 28 |
| Land mass south of Eur. | 23 |
| ItÂ’s south of Eur. | 22 |
| It touches the Atlantic O. | 26 |