| Upper regions of space, figuratively |
| Angry look, figuratively |
| Angry looks, figuratively |
| Useless project, figuratively |
| Figure on a totem pole, figuratively |
| Big loss, figuratively |
| Precarious spot, figuratively |
| Time of reckoning, figuratively |
| Kid's punishment, sometimes |
| Drop the ball, literally or figuratively |
| Skeleton's place, figuratively |
| Comeuppance, figuratively |
| Examine oneself, literally or figuratively |
| Initial progress, figuratively |
| Family life, figuratively |
| Far-reaching power, figuratively |
| Rooftree, figuratively |
| Lowly worker, figuratively |
| Like an unstoppable athlete, figuratively |
| Major loss, figuratively |
| Lowly workers, figuratively |
| They really never come home, figuratively |
| Dominant guy, figuratively |
| Poverty, figuratively |
| The Kennedy years, figuratively |
| Hard-to-accept result, figuratively |
| Hot off the press, figuratively |
| Bit of progress, figuratively |
| Exploding, figuratively |
| Like five answers in this puzzle, literally and figuratively |