| Time's 2007 "Invention of the Year |
| Not too often |
| Often-affected outburst |
| A billion years |
| Artists' studios, often |
| Academic Iowa city |
| Alimony recipient, often |
| Celebrating the New Year in different time zones, for example |
| Story of a Ping-Pong champ's retirement years? |
| Calculators often made with bamboo frames |
| HBO talk show host often featured "eviscerating" something or other |
| Allen Dulles headed it for eight years under D.D.E. |
| Academic retreat |
| A rock band's name often appears on it |
| Ditto, in academic journals |
| Nights before Christmas and New Year's Day |
| Academic discipline |
| Ending of a professor's email address, often |
| Academically above average |
| Figurines, often |
| Agriculture giant celebrating its 175th anniversary this year |
| Academic retirees |
| Dish dubbed "the greatest recipe to originate from the Americas in 50 years" by the International Society of Epicures in 1953 |
| An hour of prime-time TV, often |
| Bothersome phrase indicating a show randomly won't air again until next year |
| Academic conference |
| Tennis's Ivanisevic, often |
| Yearn (after) |
| Game of motor precision that, strangely enough, is often played while inebriated |
| A Journal of the Plague Year" author |