| NFLer whose mascot is "Captain Fear" | 46 |
| Football player with a skull on his helmet | 42 |
| Put one's nose to the grindstone | 36 |
| Apply oneself with determination | 32 |
| NFLers whose mascot is Captain Fear | 35 |
| The Pirates, in sports headlines | 32 |
| Raymond James Stadium team, for short | 37 |
| Pittsburgh Pirates, in headlines | 32 |
| Sign of spring, hidden four times in this puzzle | 48 |
| Half of the "Who's on First?" duo | 47 |
| "Father Knows Best" son | 33 |
| Three 6 Mafia "Where's Da ___" | 44 |
| The world's best-selling beer, for short | 44 |
| Sign of spring in four places in this puzzle | 44 |
| "King of beers" brand, for short | 42 |
| Melville's "Billy ___" | 36 |
| Melville's 'Billy --' | 33 |
| Melville's "handsome sailor" Billy | 48 |
| Melville's "handsome sailor" | 42 |
| Sanskrit for "awakened one" | 37 |
| "That'll Be the Day" singer | 41 |
| Singer born in Lubbock, Texas in 1935 | 37 |
| Memorable hiccuping rock-and-roller | 35 |
| ''That'll Be the Day'' singer | 49 |
| Pairing up for safety [the Clintons] | 36 |
| Method of pairing off for safety | 32 |
| May's "darling" ones | 34 |
| " . . . the darling ___ of May": Shak. | 48 |
| Yerba ___, original name of San Francisco | 41 |
| "The ___ Vista Social Club" | 37 |
| San Francisco's ___ Vista Park | 34 |
| Lake ___ Vista (Disney World setting) | 37 |
| "Adjetivo" before "fortuna" | 47 |
| "___ Vista Social Club" | 33 |
| ___ Vista, Mexican War battle site | 34 |
| ___ Vista, Mex. (battle site in 1847) | 37 |
| ___ Vista (Disney video distributor) | 36 |
| Three-time Wimbledon winner Maria | 33 |
| Three-time Wimbledon singles champ Maria | 40 |
| Guillermo's "good" | 32 |
| Snack named for its New York place of origin | 44 |
| Spy device dropped into each of the theme entries | 49 |
| Apprentice jockey's five-lb. allowance | 42 |
| G.I.'s "alarm clock" | 34 |
| Military "alarm clock" | 32 |
| It's played by someone on base? | 35 |
| Daily ___, "Spider-Man" newspaper | 43 |
| Boot camp "alarm clock" | 33 |
| "A genuine Civil War ___ ..." | 39 |
| Brass instruments without valves | 32 |
| Problems with a beta version, say | 33 |
| He should have taken a left turn at Albuquerque | 47 |
| 1991 gangster role for Warren Beatty | 36 |
| Eaves hanger that attracts insects | 34 |
| Inlaid furniture decoration (Var.) | 34 |
| Elaborate inlaid furniture decoration | 37 |
| Construct without a contract, briefly | 37 |
| Grateful Dead "___ to Last" | 37 |
| " . . . house that Jack ___" | 38 |
| Lacking a strong foundation, metaphorically | 43 |
| This goes off when inspiration strikes | 38 |
| Hardware store or nursery purchase | 34 |
| Gogol's "Taras ___" | 33 |
| ''Taras ___'' (Yul Brynner film) | 48 |
| Taras ____: '62 Yul Brynner film | 39 |
| "Taras ___," Gogol novel | 34 |
| ''Taras __'' (Gogol novel) | 42 |
| Stock at hardware stores and garden shops | 41 |
| Purchases at nurseries and hardware stores | 42 |
| Evidence of a concealed weapon, maybe | 37 |
| Shoplifter's giveaway, perhaps | 34 |
| World War II's Battle of the ___ | 36 |
| What some things are purchased in | 33 |
| One way to buy staples (with "in") | 44 |
| __ mail (business' postal rate) | 35 |
| "I don't believe you!" | 36 |
| Unpopular animal in a china shop? | 33 |
| "I don't buy that for a second" | 45 |
| Groundbreaking construction tool? | 33 |
| "Suit of lights" wearer | 33 |
| Theodore Roosevelt follower, 1912 | 33 |
| 1912 follower of Teddy Roosevelt | 32 |
| Impromptu, wide-ranging conversation | 36 |
| Shots that are hard to come by in some bars | 43 |
| Powerful position for a proponent | 33 |
| Advantageous place for rallying support | 39 |
| "The White House is a ___": T.R. | 42 |
| Take without recompense, as a cigarette | 39 |
| One pursuing change, pejoratively | 33 |
| Old-timey insult from the grandstands | 37 |
| Lousy ballplayer, to an old-timey fan | 37 |
| It follows beach, ski, surf and tennis | 38 |
| It follows beach, ski and tennis | 32 |
| "Borrow," as a cigarette | 34 |
| Object of Rimsky-Korsakov's flight | 38 |
| Bach's The Flight of the ____ | 36 |
| "That's too bad, man" | 35 |
| "Things that go ___ in the night" | 43 |
| Speed ___ (traffic-calming device) | 34 |
| Result of bonking oneÂ’s head | 32 |