| Clues | Answers |
| “Better late ___ never” | THAN |
| “Casey at the ___” | BAT |
| “It’s us against ___” | THEM |
| “Th-th-that’s ___, folks!” | ALL |
| “___ there, matey!” | AHOY |
| “___ we there yet?” | ARE |
| A chip off the old flock? | SECT |
| Attempt | TRY |
| Bad-tempered | MEAN |
| Blunt, verbally | OUTSPOKEN |
| Body-bending exercise | YOGA |
| Border | EDGE |
| Brick holder | HOD |
| Captain foe of Peter Pan | HOOK |
| Ceiling on insurance increases (2 words) | RATECAP |
| Church area | APSE |
| Clumsy character | DOLT |
| Consume | EAT |
| Cream-filled cookie | OREO |
| Decorate using acid, as glass | ETCH |
| Do some arithmetic | ADD |
| Enjoy a hot tub | BATHE |
| Extreme anger | RAGE |
| Eye swatter? | LASH |
| Fire residue | ASH |
| Have a seat | SIT |
| Hawk’s weapon | TALON |
| Heist haul | LOOT |
| Hold on to | KEEP |
| Ink holder | PEN |
| It may have a combination | LOCK |
| Jack-Jill link | AND |
| Keyboard instrument with whistles | CALLIOPE |
| Like emergency measures | DRASTIC |
| Like summer days | HOT |
| Little rapscallion | IMP |
| Made bubbles | BLEW |
| Map of building lots | PLAT |
| Neutral color | TAN |
| One-third of six | TWO |
| Opera solo | ARIA |
| Opposite of against | FOR |
| Perform in “Shrek the Musical” | ACT |
| Phonograph of 1906 | VICTROLA |
| Pigeon sound | COO |
| Place for experiments | LAB |
| Program for formatting text (2 words) | WORDPROCESSOR |
| Punching tool | AWL |
| Run ___ of the law | AFOUL |
| Spigot | TAP |
| Stop sleeping | WAKE |
| The “Y” in FYI | YOUR |
| Tibetan ox | YAK |
| Two-sided | BILATERAL |
| Use one’s scull | ROW |
| Use the fitting room (2 words) | TRYON |
| Valentine’s Day theme | LOVE |
| Vermont harvest | SAP |
| Verse of praise | ODE |
| Vowel for Plato | IOTA |
| Was on a bus | RODE |
| Weep or cry | SOB |
| Writer’s inspiration (28-Down is one of the mythological nine) | MUSE |
| Years ___ (in the past) | AGO |
| ___ de foie gras | PATE |
| ___ school (precollege institution) | PREP |
