| In a position of authority | 26 |
| "Angels we Have Heard ___" | 36 |
| 'Angels We Have Heard --' | 33 |
| Ready to be engaged | 19 |
| Used for payment | 16 |
| Ready to get engaged? | 21 |
| Available, as a London limo | 27 |
| Postponed | 9 |
| In phone limbo | 14 |
| Listening to Muzak, maybe | 25 |
| Listening to music, perhaps | 27 |
| Waiting to talk | 15 |
| Waiting for a real person, maybe | 32 |
| Waiting for a party, perhaps | 28 |
| Temporarily suspended | 21 |
| Shelved for now | 15 |
| Having to wait | 14 |
| Waiting, phone in hand | 22 |
| Waiting to talk to a real person, say | 37 |
| Waiting to speak to someone, perhaps | 36 |
| Waiting for tech support, often | 31 |
| Waiting for a phone agent | 25 |
| Listening to Muzak, say | 23 |
| Listening to Muzak, perhaps | 27 |
| Listening to Muzak, maybe? | 26 |
| Listening to cheesy music, maybe | 32 |
| Listening to bad music, perhaps | 31 |
| Like many a phone caller | 24 |
| In telephone limbo | 18 |
| Hearing music on the phone, perhaps | 35 |
| Hearing "Your call is important to us" over and over ... | 66 |
| Away for a while | 16 |
| Covert maritime org. | 20 |
| Clandestine maritime org. | 25 |
| Navy's C.I.A. | 17 |
| Hush-hush maritime org. | 23 |
| Navy branch: Abbr. | 18 |
| Naval C.I.A. | 12 |
| Naval branch: Abbr. | 19 |
| Common suffix on a ristorante menu | 34 |
| WWII translator of enemy communications | 39 |
| USN branch | 10 |
| U.S.N. arm | 10 |
| U.S. maritime spy agcy. | 23 |
| The U.S. military's nautical version of the CIA | 51 |
| Suffix for pepper | 17 |
| Secretive maritime org. | 23 |
| Sea-based covert org. | 21 |
| Navy's CIA equivalent | 25 |
| Navy unit: Abbr. | 16 |
| Navy org. | 9 |
| Navy info org. | 14 |
| Navy Dept. branch | 17 |
| Naval bureau: Abbr. | 19 |
| Maritime CIA | 12 |
| Clandestine org. headed by Vice Adm. Kendall L. Card | 52 |
| Clandestine nautical gp. | 24 |
| C.I.A. at sea | 13 |
| Armed-service org. | 18 |
| 2 _____ (double- teamed) | 24 |
| 1-_____ (way to guard) | 22 |
| All set | 7 |
| In abeyance | 11 |
| In safekeeping | 14 |
| Kept in reserve | 15 |
| Pending | 7 |
| Stored away | 11 |
| Laid away | 9 |
| Chilling? | 9 |
| Assured | 7 |
| Reserved or preserved | 21 |
| Ready when needed | 17 |
| In a state of abeyance | 22 |
| Guaranteed to succeed | 21 |
| Getting chilled, as wine | 24 |
| Getting chilled | 15 |
| Chilling, as Champagne | 22 |
| Where a 1980 miracle happened | 29 |
| Sure to succeed | 15 |
| Sure to be won | 14 |
| Saving for later | 16 |
| Relative of "in the bag" | 34 |
| Ready if required | 17 |
| Put ___ (set aside for later) | 29 |
| Like some cold beverages | 24 |
| In waiting | 10 |
| In reserve (slang) | 18 |
| How cold drinks are kept | 24 |
| How champagne may arrive | 24 |
| Eldridge Cleaver's "Soul ___" | 43 |
| Chilling, say | 13 |
| Being kept cold | 15 |
| Being kept chilled | 18 |
| With a win virtually assured | 28 |
| With a good chance of success | 29 |
| Where one may find Hurricanes | 29 |
| Where figure-skaters practice | 29 |
| Waiting until after the game to get drunk, say | 46 |
| Waiting to get drunk | 20 |
| Virtually guaranteed | 20 |