| Redealt, say | 12 |
| Castanet | 8 |
| First-string player | 19 |
| Not a substitute | 16 |
| Crank replacer | 14 |
| Word before pistol or kit | 25 |
| Track official with a gun | 25 |
| Track employee | 14 |
| Race figure | 11 |
| Pistol shooter at the Olympics | 30 |
| One with a gun for a run | 24 |
| On button | 9 |
| Olympics pistol-packer | 22 |
| Official with a gun | 19 |
| Not a member of the reserves | 28 |
| No benchwarmer | 14 |
| NASCAR official | 15 |
| Member of the A-team | 20 |
| His shot causes many to run | 27 |
| First-team member | 17 |
| First-pitch thrower | 19 |
| First-inning pitcher | 20 |
| Entrée preceder | 18 |
| Crank's replacement | 23 |
| First critters on a farm? | 25 |
| First base? | 11 |
| Beginner's package, perhaps | 31 |
| N00b's package | 18 |
| "Just call me ___" said Eartha, the Indy 500 official | 63 |
| Racers respond to it | 20 |
| Track officials | 15 |
| Race officials | 14 |
| When they shoot, runners scoot | 30 |
| Varsity makeup | 14 |
| The A-team | 10 |
| Race participants | 17 |
| Race line-up | 12 |
| Not the subs | 12 |
| Belmont gate officials | 22 |
| Dishes for four persons | 23 |
| Sources of track reports | 24 |
| Beginning of a W.C. Fields quote | 32 |
| Beginning of a quote by W. C. Fields | 36 |
| Take the first bite, e.g. | 25 |
| Get to work (on) | 16 |
| Begin work | 10 |
| Setting out | 11 |
| Sprinter's device | 21 |
| Sprinter's prop | 19 |
| Sprinter's brace | 20 |
| Where Whirlaway waited | 22 |
| They play the field | 19 |
| The Easy-Bake, for one? | 23 |
| Signals for races | 17 |
| Race firers | 11 |
| Person with the ball on opening day | 35 |
| One often needing relief | 24 |
| First beer container for the gang? | 34 |
| Part of a fresh battery? | 24 |
| One may be pulled | 17 |
| Lineup announcement | 19 |
| First-inning hurler | 19 |
| Cy Young Award winner, typically | 32 |
| Square 1 | 8 |
| Basis for development | 21 |
| Begin to berate | 15 |
| Begin nagging | 13 |
| Begin chastising | 16 |
| Blast off? | 10 |
| Catch off guard | 15 |
| Scare suddenly | 14 |
| Catch off-guard | 15 |
| Cause to jump | 13 |
| Surprise with a "Boo!" | 32 |
| Surprise suddenly | 17 |
| Rouse by sudden alarm | 21 |
| Make the hair stand on end | 26 |
| Give a turn | 11 |
| Excite suddenly | 15 |
| Curl one's hair? | 20 |
| Made jump | 9 |
| Frightened suddenly | 19 |
| Caught off guard | 16 |
| Snuck up on, perhaps | 20 |
| Given a turn | 12 |
| Caught unaware | 14 |
| Something amazing | 17 |
| Shocker | 7 |
| One full of surprises, e.g. | 27 |
| One full of surprises or shocking news, e.g. | 44 |
| Alarming person | 15 |
| They surprise | 13 |
| Makes one jump | 14 |
| Causes alarm | 12 |
| Catches off guard | 17 |
| Catches by surprise | 19 |
| Astonishing | 11 |
| Scary or wondrous | 17 |
| Causing surprise | 16 |
| Surprising folk tale | 20 |