| The four of Mississippi | 23 |
| Quartet from Mississippi | 24 |
| Mississippi has many of them | 28 |
| Mississippi has four of them | 28 |
| Lispers' challenges | 23 |
| Leaders of Sesame Street? | 25 |
| Difficult road layouts | 22 |
| Big sections of dictionaries | 28 |
| Apostrophe followers, often | 27 |
| Word comprising 60% of itself | 29 |
| What sassafras has a lot of? | 28 |
| This puzzle is missing some | 27 |
| They make a bloom blossom? | 26 |
| They make a bloom blossom | 25 |
| They aren't beelines | 24 |
| Test course challenges | 22 |
| Tail-shaking maneuvers | 22 |
| Sunshine State firsts? | 22 |
| Skiers may negotiate them | 25 |
| Skier's shapes, often | 25 |
| Sharon Stone's curves? | 26 |
| Road signs may warn of them | 27 |
| Quartet in Mississippi? | 23 |
| Problem letters for lispers | 27 |
| Paths for slalom skiers | 23 |
| Parts of some driving tests | 27 |
| Parts of car test courses | 25 |
| Over 10% of the dictionary | 26 |
| Outsides of sandwiches? | 23 |
| More than half of assassins | 27 |
| Mississippi's four | 22 |
| Mississippi takes four | 22 |
| Massachusetts has four | 22 |
| Leaders of San Salvador | 23 |
| Halves of a figure eight | 24 |
| Formula One challenges | 22 |
| Car ad roads, typically | 23 |
| Big section of a dictionary | 27 |
| About 1/9 of the dictionary | 27 |
| A foursome in Mississippi | 25 |
| Colchester's county | 23 |
| Hupmobile contemporary | 22 |
| Chelmsford's county | 23 |
| Historical region of England | 28 |
| Robert Devereux's earldom | 29 |
| Devereux's earldom | 22 |
| Thomas Cromwell's earldom | 29 |
| Historic English county | 23 |
| Elizabeth's favorite | 24 |
| Elizabeth I's favorite | 26 |
| County northeast of London | 26 |
| Earl in Shakespearean England | 29 |
| County in southeast England | 27 |
| County abutting London | 22 |
| Beloved of Elizabeth I | 22 |
| Thomas Cromwell, Earl of ___ | 28 |
| Hedingham Castle locale | 23 |
| Elizabeth I's beloved | 25 |
| County of Newark, N.J. | 22 |
| County north of the Thames | 26 |
| County in East England | 22 |
| County bordered by the Thames | 29 |
| Connecticut River town | 22 |
| Chelmsford is its county seat | 29 |
| Cambridgeshire neighbor | 23 |
| A lover of Elizabeth I | 22 |
| Where Southend-on-Sea is | 24 |
| Suburban London county | 22 |
| Southend-on-Sea's county | 28 |
| Queen Elizabeth's friend | 28 |
| Queen Elizabeth's consort | 29 |
| Queen Bess' favorite | 24 |
| Paramour of Elizabeth I | 23 |
| One of the Home Counties | 24 |
| Flynn role opposite Davis | 25 |
| Favorite of Elizabeth I | 23 |
| Favored earl of Elizabeth I | 27 |
| Errol Flynn role of '39 | 27 |
| English county on the Thames | 28 |
| English county near London | 26 |
| Elizabeth's friend | 22 |
| Elizabeth I's love | 22 |
| Easternmost county in Vermont | 29 |
| Earldom county on the Thames | 28 |
| Earl of ___ (Thomas Cromwell) | 29 |
| Courtier of Elizabeth I | 23 |
| County whose seat is Newark | 27 |
| County of Salem, Mass. | 22 |
| County in the East of England | 29 |
| County in eastern England | 25 |
| Confidante of Elizabeth I | 25 |
| Coastal county of England | 25 |
| Big-selling 1920's car | 26 |
| Paul Robeson's wife | 23 |
| North-of-the-border gas brand | 29 |
| Imperial Oil brand in Canada | 28 |
| Old station identification | 26 |
| Petro-Canada competitor | 23 |
| Exxon's former name | 23 |
| It's pumped in Canada | 25 |