| Jim, on "The Big Bang Theory" | 29 |
| Barack's 2012 opponent | 22 |
| Made better, as cheddar | 23 |
| Minnesota's ... of America | 26 |
| Starfleet commander Deanna | 26 |
| Broadway director Nunn | 22 |
| More difficult to climb | 23 |
| Computer's online connection | 28 |
| from the ghostwriter's agent | 28 |
| Gathering of protesters | 23 |
| Soccer star "La Pulga" | 22 |
| Smuggled, unauthorized | 22 |
| American inventor Tesla | 23 |
| Round candy on a stick | 22 |
| 12 disciples of Jesus Christ | 28 |
| Feng ... [Chinese practice] | 27 |
| Popular tomato ketchup brand | 28 |
| German composer Richard ... | 27 |
| Diamond capital of Belgium | 26 |
| Mental and physical strength | 28 |
| Place to drop off letters | 25 |
| America's Bluegrass State | 25 |
| Long bone in the forearm | 24 |
| To revel in; rhymes with task | 29 |
| On a Mac, it's the option key | 29 |
| Twin-turbo abbreviation | 23 |
| The tiny dot on a lowercase i | 29 |
| ... diem [seize the day] | 24 |
| Military first-aid expert | 25 |
| Recite your numbers, say | 24 |
| "Dot" follower in a URL | 23 |
| Gunk oozing from a tree trunk | 29 |
| Mai ... ["Blue Hawaii" drink] | 29 |
| Over 12 and under 18, say | 25 |
| Plant activity, briefly? | 24 |
| "Sweetheart," in Gen Z lingo | 28 |
| Beauty pageant accessory | 24 |
| Big name in lighters and pens | 29 |
| The Beatles' "... It Be" | 24 |
| Suffix with "Siam" or "Sudan" | 29 |
| Actor Cole of "Black-ish" | 25 |
| West of "My Little Chickadee" | 29 |
| Satisfy to excess, as hunger | 28 |
| modern slang for a sweetheart | 29 |
| experience points in rpgs | 25 |
| hong kong's two-letter code | 27 |
| run ...., go crazy, wayward | 27 |
| raise the sails on a boat | 25 |
| .... out, measure or dole out | 29 |
| the past tense of take | 22 |
| country code for the maldives | 29 |
| Dish that holds dinner | 22 |
| "Dr." who created the Grinch | 28 |
| Ocean off Florida: Abbr. | 24 |
| Pastry-covered entrées | 23 |
| Very flexible, as a dancer | 26 |
| D.C. winter clock setting | 25 |
| Vengeful "Star Wars" group | 26 |
| Relief organization's goal | 26 |
| Something sprinkled on salad | 28 |
| Really relax, with "out" | 24 |
| Label on a fragile package | 26 |
| Democrat's rival circa 1850 | 27 |
| One whose work can be a pane | 28 |
| Hotel's towel distributor | 25 |
| Sells, perhaps by machine | 25 |
| Barely got by, with "out" | 25 |
| Half a converse phrase | 22 |
| Road blocker, at times | 22 |
| Salsa verde ingredient | 22 |
| Certain wedding official | 24 |
| Hyperbolize, with "on" | 22 |
| Dalai Lama's former home | 24 |
| Corporate cheque abbr. | 22 |
| Special-event compositions | 26 |
| Southeast Asian hot sauce | 25 |
| Command the attention of | 24 |
| Italian nickname for Anthony | 28 |
| Monsoon region designator | 25 |
| Becomes more driven about | 25 |
| Make clear, or confuse | 22 |
| Sesame, on Southern menus | 25 |
| Starter suggesting miscellany | 29 |
| Urban graffitist's "canvas" | 27 |
| Time for some wrap parties? | 27 |
| German leaf-blower brand | 24 |
| Soil's growth potential | 23 |
| Home for organic filaments | 26 |
| Potentate's proclamation | 24 |
| Blessing-curse connector | 24 |
| Word before pack or pick | 24 |
| Voltage/amperage researcher | 27 |
| New England "Public Ivy" | 24 |
| End of an early-dealing maxim | 29 |
| In accordance with, 2 words | 27 |
| The king, in French- 2 words | 28 |
| Language "Viking" came from | 27 |
| "... happy for you!"- 2 words | 29 |
| Part of a sentence [grammar] | 28 |
| Comparison's middle, 2 words | 28 |
| Tanning lotion letters, abbr. | 29 |
| "Platoon" director, Oliver | 26 |
| Restaurant freebie for tots | 27 |
| Cry in Shakespeare plays | 24 |
| Low vocal range, maybe | 22 |
| Florida tourist destination | 27 |
| Political party, abbr. | 22 |
| Hale who won three U.S. Opens | 29 |
| Key point in WW II, 2 words | 27 |
| .. off [started a golf game] | 28 |
| Deception admission: 2 wds. | 27 |
| Former prince, perhaps | 22 |
| "Do .. like a butler?" | 22 |
| Perseverance maxim starter | 26 |
| Suburban New York college | 25 |
| '70s Kennedy kids' stepfather | 29 |
| Pujols' '04 postseason prize | 28 |
| Republicans' cofounder | 22 |
| Government studies major | 24 |
| Most moist in mornings | 22 |
| What fills truckers' tanks | 26 |
| Arabian Nights setting | 22 |
| Female meditative exercisers | 28 |
| Ringo's first last name | 23 |
| Pass again on the track | 23 |
| Western Hemisphere grp. | 23 |
| In a contemptible manner | 24 |
| Nathan Hale alma mater | 22 |
| Chapter in film history | 23 |
| Renee Fleming, for one | 22 |
| Old phone-company nickname | 26 |
| Be financially successful | 25 |
| "First Wives Club" actress | 26 |
| New York tennis stadium | 23 |
| Early show of interest | 22 |
| Ancient Yucatan dweller | 23 |
| ".. Easy" [Ronstadt song] | 25 |
| Debussy's "Clair de .." | 23 |
| Sharp-resolution broadcasting | 29 |
| Spot of land in the Seine | 25 |
| C.S. Lewis' fantasy land | 24 |
| "The Magic Mountain" author | 27 |
| "Hurlyburly" playwright | 23 |
| Watched a child for pay | 23 |
| Many a morning bowlful | 22 |
| "Spamalot" creator Idle | 23 |
| Tulsa's largest suburb | 22 |
| Chap from Chelsea, e.g. | 23 |
| "Call Jane" actress Kate | 24 |
| Coin worth two quarters | 23 |
| Defunct U.K. record label | 25 |
| Music genre for Brian Eno | 25 |
| Something barely recalled | 25 |
| Arbitrary change of mind | 24 |
| A bit firm, as cooked pasta | 27 |
| Snake killed by Hercules | 24 |
| Large, ornate wardrobe | 22 |
| Italian sculptor Andrea | 23 |
| Was less low, due to the wine | 29 |
| Stopped its use in the home | 27 |
| Unhappy, urge into action | 25 |
| Are reps and a disappointment | 29 |
| A spot, you say, of food | 24 |
| With weight, he disputes it | 27 |
| It doesn't weaken the tree | 26 |
| Photographing the execution | 27 |
| Determining, on meeting | 23 |
| Extend talk about home | 22 |
| an excursion for the girl | 25 |
| quarters taken by the couple | 28 |
| small bet causes a flap? | 24 |
| clipped trees into shape | 24 |
| one taking part at work | 23 |
| polite as opposed to military | 29 |
| one star becomes a politician | 29 |
| imitate becoming airborne | 25 |
| result of upsetting a stew | 26 |
| talk about me, making fun | 25 |
| it's high, and that's flat! | 27 |
| once the place for bad moods? | 29 |
| swear to develop new cures? | 27 |
| it's played by quartets | 23 |
| official desk to cart off | 25 |
| capital in czechoslovakia? | 26 |
| follow mother in conviction | 27 |
| fellow isn't commonly vague | 27 |
| alien gent, terribly awkward | 28 |
| commenting about pattern | 24 |
| plunder lake - too bad | 22 |
| driver's ideas about bank | 25 |
| inventor of strange reactor | 27 |
| quietly stolen old picture | 26 |
| telling job for shopkeepers | 27 |
| yet people may sit in one | 25 |
| decoys, breaking the rules | 26 |
| eats some biscuits upstairs | 27 |
| they're used to make a stool | 28 |
| dancer all bare in confusion! | 29 |
| take only what is right? | 24 |
| it might be a latent gift | 25 |