The clues all suggest compound words or two-word phrases. Each node of the network contains a word, and each edge corresponds to one of the clued compounds. The compound word corresponding to the clue “Your answer” is WATERPROOF, the puzzle's answer.
| Alpo competitor | GRAVY TRAIN |
| Big kid’s loss | BABY FAT |
| Break, in football | TIMEOUT |
| Breaking Bad song | BABY BLUE |
| Brothel | CATHOUSE |
| Chronology | TIMELINE |
| Common pet | HOUSE CAT |
| Cosmetic item | LIPSTICK |
| Dalmatian’s home | FIREHOUSE |
| Depression sight | BREADLINE |
| Display | READOUT |
| Drive that’s caught | LINE-OUT |
| Editors do this | PROOFREAD |
| Food in the freezer | FISH STICK |
| Innovative 1999 film technique | BULLET TIME |
| Item found on a Thanksgiving table | GRAVY BOAT |
| Its first tenant moved in in 1800 | WHITE HOUSE |
| Japanese innovation | BULLET TRAIN |
| Like asbestos | FIREPROOF |
| Liquor | FIREWATER |
| Lone Ranger’s calling card | SILVER BULLET |
| Many deaf people can do this | LIP-READ |
| Marking on a ship | WATER LINE |
| Nineties controversy | WHITEWATER |
| Number 80, alternatively | QUICKSILVER |
| Olive Garden offering | BREADSTICK |
| Plutocrat | FAT CAT |
| Protrude | STICK OUT |
| Redden or Beetle, e.g. | CATBOAT |
| Result of a punch in the mouth | FAT LIP |
| Rink feature | BLUE LINE |
| Route of the “Little Dig” | SILVER LINE |
| Sandler film | BULLETPROOF |
| Seuss title animal | BLUE FISH |
| Severe snowstorm, sometimes | WHITE OUT |
| Shiny vermin | SILVERFISH |
| Sleepless in Seattle locale | HOUSEBOAT |
| Smoked deli offering | WHITEFISH |
| Summary | OUTLINE |
| Video player | QUICKTIME |
| Where the eights are kept | BOATHOUSE |
| Yeastless baked good | QUICK BREAD |
| Your answer | WATERPROOF |