| Prefix with circle or colon | 27 |
| Prefix meaning 'half' | 29 |
| Prefix for "final" | 28 |
| Penultimate-round game | 22 |
| Part of a trucker's rig | 27 |
| One of two elimination games | 28 |
| One of two decisive games | 25 |
| Less glamorous tour bus | 23 |
| Large truck, for short | 22 |
| It's bad when it knifes | 27 |
| It moves from state to state | 28 |
| It may make a big haul | 22 |
| Halfway, to begin with | 22 |
| Game before the finals | 22 |
| Freight truck, for short | 24 |
| Freight trailer, for short | 26 |
| Final or formal prefix | 22 |
| Final Four game, briefly | 24 |
| Eighteen-wheeler, for short | 27 |
| Dance for juniors, for short | 28 |
| Conductor's intro? | 22 |
| Climbing lane occupant | 22 |
| Circle or final beginning | 25 |
| Certain tournament match | 24 |
| Big long-distance carrier? | 26 |
| An 18-wheeler, for short | 24 |
| 18-wheeled equipment mover | 26 |
| ''___-Tough'' | 29 |
| Getting very little rainfall | 28 |
| One of a pair in an ellipse | 27 |
| Fifty-year celebrations | 23 |
| Wink without batting an eye? | 28 |
| Long-sentence punctuation | 25 |
| Aware of a truck-trailer? | 25 |
| Area of limited growth | 22 |
| Like the wash on a damp day | 27 |
| Like some Riesling wines | 24 |
| Like early hominid posture | 26 |
| Culmination of a truck race? | 28 |
| Dress code for some events | 26 |
| Evening-wear adjective | 22 |
| Wall finish, sometimes | 22 |
| Like Port-Salut cheese | 22 |
| Sort-of on one's own | 24 |
| From the very beginning | 23 |
| Creative graduate course | 24 |
| Advanced college course | 23 |
| University study group | 22 |
| Lecturer's appointment | 26 |
| It may be a credit to you | 25 |
| Informational gathering | 23 |
| Southern Native American | 24 |
| Not entirely in the buff | 24 |
| Clad like Venus de Milo | 23 |
| Half-frozen needlework? | 23 |
| Pretty valuable jackets? | 24 |
| Like two-bed hospital rooms | 27 |
| Like some hospital service | 26 |
| Hospital ward alternative | 25 |
| Hospital inpatient option | 25 |
| 2008 Will Ferrell hoops film | 28 |
| Will Farrell basketball movie | 29 |
| Weekend athlete, maybe | 22 |
| Playing for meal money | 22 |
| Partially paid athlete | 22 |
| One who works and plays | 23 |
| Not quite minor-league | 22 |
| Not quite major-league | 22 |
| Not a complete amateur | 22 |
| Not quite out to pasture | 24 |
| Weigh station visitors | 22 |
| Round after the quarters | 24 |
| Trucks at a truck stop | 22 |
| Some tournament rounds | 22 |
| Long-distance transports | 24 |
| Finalists' determiners | 26 |
| Certain trailers, for short | 27 |
| Certain tournament round | 24 |
| Trailer trucks, for short | 25 |
| Tourney round, for short | 24 |
| Tournament rounds, for short | 28 |
| They occur before finals | 24 |
| They come after quarters | 24 |
| These could form a convoy | 25 |
| Some trucks, for short | 22 |
| Rounds before the finals | 24 |
| Rounds after round robins | 25 |
| Pre-final events, for short | 27 |
| Popular toy trucks, for short | 29 |
| Next-to-last tourney rounds | 27 |
| Long transports, for short | 26 |
| Fungus that affects cereal | 26 |
| Freight-hauling trailers | 24 |
| Certain tourney rounds | 22 |
| "Final Four" round | 28 |
| Like Tilsit or Havarti | 22 |
| Gorgonzola and Muenster, e.g. | 29 |
| A bit firm in consistency | 25 |
| "Closing Time" band | 29 |
| Like some chocolate chips | 25 |