| ABLE | "... ___ to leap tall buildings" |
| ABLE | "He's not ___ to come to the phone" |
| ABLE | "I Just Ain't Been ___" (Hank Williams Jr. song) |
| ABLE | "I wasn't ___ to get a word in edgewise" |
| ABLE | "I'm not ___ to come to the phone right now ..." (voice-mail message) |
| ABLE | "I'm not ___ to take your call" |
| ABLE | "Let us know if you'll be ___ to attend" |
| ABLE | "Let us know if you're ___ to attend" |
| ABLE | "Ready, willing and ___!" |
| ABLE | "Ready, willing and ___" |
| ABLE | "She was ___ to douse the fire before it turned catastrophic." |
| ABLE | "She's not ___ to come to the phone right now" |
| ABLE | "She's not ___ to come to the phone" |
| ABLE | "Were you ___ to catch the train?" ("Did you manage to catch the train?") |
| ABLE | "Were you ___ to get in touch with your mother?" |
| ABLE | "Will you be ___ to join us?" |
| ABLE | "Will you be ___ to pay me a visit today?" |
| ABLE | "___ to leap tall buildings ... " |
| ABLE | "___ to leap tall buildings ..." |
| ABLE | "___ to leap tall buildings in a single bound" |
| ABLE | "___ to leap tall buildings..." |
| ABLE | "___ was I ere . . ." |
| ABLE | "___ was I ere I saw Elba" |
| ABLE | "___, Baker, Charlie" |
| ABLE | 1917 American car |
| ABLE | Accomplished |
| ABLE | Add a B to 48-Across, and you'll be ___ to get this word! |
| ABLE | Adept |
| ABLE | Adequately talented |
| ABLE | Adroit |
| ABLE | Allowed to, free to |
| ABLE | Antonym of ''ineffective'' |
| ABLE | Au fait |
| ABLE | Baker predecessor |
| ABLE | Baker's predecessor |
| ABLE | Basic type of seaman |
| ABLE | Beginning of the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet |
| ABLE | Blessed with skills |
| ABLE | Blessed with the necessary skills |
| ABLE | Brilliant, accomplished |
| ABLE | Can-do |
| ABLE | Capable enough |
| ABLE | Capable of |
| ABLE | Capable of something |
| ABLE | Competent |
| ABLE | Competent enough |
| ABLE | Competent for something |
| ABLE | Cut out for it |
| ABLE | Cutting it |
| ABLE | Cutting it / Mediterranean island |
| ABLE | Cutting the mustard |
| ABLE | Deft |
| ABLE | Dexterous |
| ABLE | Efficient |
| ABLE | Empowered |
| ABLE | Ept, so to speak |
| ABLE | Equal to a task |
| ABLE | Equal to the challenge |
| ABLE | Equal to the task |
| ABLE | Equipped |
| ABLE | Equipped and trained for the job |
| ABLE | Experienced |
| ABLE | Far from inept |
| ABLE | First word in the well-known Napoleonic palindrome |
| ABLE | Fit |
| ABLE | Fit for duty |
| ABLE | Fit for something |
| ABLE | Fit for the job |
| ABLE | Fit for the task |
| ABLE | Fit to cut the mustard |
| ABLE | Fit to perform |
| ABLE | Fit to perform the task |
| ABLE | Fit to serve |
| ABLE | Fully equipped |
| ABLE | Fully fit |
| ABLE | Fully functional |
| ABLE | Fully qualified |
| ABLE | Functioning in all respects |
| ABLE | Gifted with aptitude |
| ABLE | Good at one's job |
| ABLE | Good enough to 2-Down |
| ABLE | Hacking it |
| ABLE | Handy |
| ABLE | Hardly helpless |
| ABLE | Hardly inept |
| ABLE | Has the ability |
| ABLE | Having a strong healthy body |
| ABLE | Having enough power and can do |
| ABLE | Having enough skill |
| ABLE | Having skill |
| ABLE | Having skill or proficiency |
| ABLE | Having skills to do something |
| ABLE | Having sufficient skill |
| ABLE | Having the aptitude |
| ABLE | Having the capacity |
| ABLE | Having the freedom to do something |
| ABLE | Having the goods |
| ABLE | Having the knack |
| ABLE | Having the knack for something |
| ABLE | Having the know-how |
| ABLE | Having the means |
| ABLE | Having the means to do something |
| ABLE | Having the necessary means to perform a task |
| ABLE | Having the necessary skill |
| ABLE | Having the necessary skills |
| ABLE | Having the needed skills |
| ABLE | Having the potential |
| ABLE | Having the potential to do |
| ABLE | Having the power |
| ABLE | Having the power or skill |
| ABLE | Having the requisite skill |
| ABLE | Having the resources |
| ABLE | Having the right skills |
| ABLE | Having the right stuff |
| ABLE | Having the skill |
| ABLE | Having the skill to do something |
| ABLE | Having the skills |
| ABLE | Having the skills to dod things well |
| ABLE | Having the stuff |
| ABLE | Having the sufficient skills |
| ABLE | Having what it takes |
| ABLE | He's willing and ___ to do the job |
| ABLE | Highly adroit |
| ABLE | Highly talented |
| ABLE | Highly talented (in a position) |
| ABLE | In a position (to) |
| ABLE | In a position to |
| ABLE | In a position to do something |
| ABLE | In a position to help |
| ABLE | It becomes its own synonym when "cap" is added in front |
| ABLE | Kind of seaman |
| ABLE | Legally authorized |
| ABLE | Letter before Baker |
| ABLE | Like Napoleon, before Elba? |
| ABLE | Like most seamen, supposedly |
| ABLE | Like some seamen |
| ABLE | Masterful |
| ABLE | Monkey who became the first to return to Earth successfully in 1959 |
| ABLE | More than willing |
| ABLE | Not all thumbs |
| ABLE | Not at all 48-Down |
| ABLE | Not impotent |
| ABLE | OK (to) |
| ABLE | One-time pal of Baker and Charlie? |
| ABLE | Opposite of inept |
| ABLE | Partner of "ready" and "willing" |
| ABLE | Partner of ready and willing |
| ABLE | Partner of willing |
| ABLE | Perfectly competent |
| ABLE | Permitted |
| ABLE | Petra "Ready, Willing and ___" |
| ABLE | Possessed of the requisite skills |
| ABLE | Possessing enough skills |
| ABLE | Possessing skills |
| ABLE | Possessing the know-how |
| ABLE | Practiced |
| ABLE | Proficient |
| ABLE | Proficient for the task |
| ABLE | Pub vessel |
| ABLE | Qualified |
| ABLE | Qualified for the job |
| ABLE | Qualified or skilled |
| ABLE | Qualified to do things well |
| ABLE | Ready and willing partner |
| ABLE | Ready and willing's partner |
| ABLE | Ready or willing to do something |
| ABLE | Ready, willing and __ |
| ABLE | Ready, willing and ___ |
| ABLE | Ready, willing, and __ |
| ABLE | Ready, willing, and ___ |
| ABLE | Ready, willing, and ___ (up to the job) |
| ABLE | Ready, willing, and ____ |
| ABLE | Resourceful |
| ABLE | Sailor finds the French competent |
| ABLE | Sailor finds the French skilful |
| ABLE | Seaman's description |
| ABLE | See 93-Across |
| ABLE | Senator's adjective for a colleague |
| ABLE | Skill to do something |
| ABLE | Skilled |
| ABLE | Skilled and qualified |
| ABLE | Skilled enough |
| ABLE | Skilled enough for the job |
| ABLE | Skilled enough to do the job |
| ABLE | Skilled enough to perform the task |
| ABLE | Skilled, as a seaman |
| ABLE | Skillful |
| ABLE | Skillful enough |
| ABLE | Skillfull enough |
| ABLE | Start of a famous palindrome |
| ABLE | Strong of body and mind |
| ABLE | Sufficiently competent |
| ABLE | Sufficiently skilled |
| ABLE | Sufficiently skilled to do something |
| ABLE | Sufficiently skillful |
| ABLE | Sufficiently talented |
| ABLE | Suffix for "binge" or "dance," nowadays |
| ABLE | Sure-handed |
| ABLE | Surname of Sable and Mabel in "Animal Crossing" |
| ABLE | Tablets get intelligent |
| ABLE | Talented |
| ABLE | Talented enough |
| ABLE | Talented, competent |
| ABLE | This precedes Baker |
| ABLE | This trails ready and willing |
| ABLE | Unlike a rank amateur |
| ABLE | Up for the job |
| ABLE | Up for the task |
| ABLE | Up to a job |
| ABLE | Up to it |
| ABLE | Up to snuff |
| ABLE | Up to speed |
| ABLE | Up to the challenge |
| ABLE | Up to the job |
| ABLE | Up to the task |
| ABLE | Versatile |
| ABLE | Well qualified |
| ABLE | Well-equipped |
| ABLE | Well-equipped (to) |
| ABLE | Well-qualified |
| ABLE | Well-suited |
| ABLE | Willing and ___ |
| ABLE | Willing companion |
| ABLE | Willing follower? |
| ABLE | Willing partner |
| ABLE | Willing partner? |
| ABLE | With a can-do attitude |
| ABLE | With the necessary skills |
| ABLE | With the required capacity and skills |
| ABLE | Word that keeps the same meaning if "cap-" is added at the front |
| ABLE | Your basic type of seaman |
| ABLE | ___ Danger |
| ABLE | ___ bodied seaman |
| ABLE | ___- bodied (fit for the task) |
| ABLE | ___-bodied |
| ABLE | ___-bodied (competent and skillful for the job) |
| ABLE | ___-bodied (healthy) |
| ABLE | ___-bodied (physically competent) |
| ABLE | ___-bodied (physically fit) |
| ABLE | ___-bodied (physically strong) |
| ABLE | ___-bodied (strong) |
| ABLE | ___-bodied seaman |
| ABLE | ___-minded |
| ABLE | __-bodied (physically fit) |