| Sport in which players wear masks | 33 |
| Sport in which players don't want to get tips | 49 |
| Sport in which Israel won its first Olympic medal | 49 |
| Sport in which competitors don't want breaks | 48 |
| Sport in which competitors dig in their heels | 45 |
| Sport in which belts are awarded | 32 |
| Sport in which beanpoles don't stand a chance | 49 |
| Sport imported from colonial India | 34 |
| Sport important to this puzzle's theme | 42 |
| Sport fought to five or fifteen points | 38 |
| Sport fought to five or 15 points | 33 |
| Sport for environmental keglers? | 32 |
| Sport featuring "Touché!" | 38 |
| Sport dropped from the Olympics after 1936 | 42 |
| Sport drink put out by Coca-Cola | 32 |
| Sport descended from samurai training | 37 |
| Sport cut from the Summer Olympics after 1936 | 45 |
| Sport always played right-handed | 32 |
| Spore sacs that are almost a computer acronym | 45 |
| Spoon's nursery rhyme cohort, essentially? | 46 |
| Spoon companion, in a nursery rhyme | 35 |
| Spoon cohort, in a kids' rhyme | 34 |
| Spool decoratin' Granny Smiths? | 35 |
| Spooky star of "The Boos Brothers"? | 45 |
| Spooky star of "Monster MASH"? | 40 |
| Spooky star of "Mo' Mummy"? | 41 |
| Spooky star of "Broadcast Noose"? | 43 |
| Spooky Indianapolis 500 vehicles? | 33 |
| Spooky action ___ distance (quantum phenomenon) | 47 |
| Spook's employer, with "the" | 42 |
| Spoof about the soul of a fraternity? | 37 |
| Spontaneous assembly often organized online | 43 |
| Sponsor of voyages of today's honoree | 41 |
| Sponsor of the Redskins' stadium | 36 |
| Sponsor of the Pirates' ballpark | 36 |
| Sponsor of the National Repertory Theater | 41 |
| Sponsor of the Give Kids a Smile program | 40 |
| Sponsor of the Double Stuf Racing League | 40 |
| Sponsor of the annual Warped Tour | 33 |
| Sponsor of Student Reporting Labs | 33 |
| Sponsor of NASCAR's Meijer 300 race | 39 |
| Sponsor of Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods | 41 |
| Sponsor of many national swim teams | 35 |
| Sponsor of chess-playing computer Deep Blue | 43 |
| Sponsor of Central Park's Strawberry Fields | 47 |
| Sponsor of baseball's Relief Man Award | 42 |
| Sponsor of annual bowl game in Mobile, AL | 41 |
| Sponsor of an annual science competition | 40 |
| Sponsor of an annual New York parade | 36 |
| Sponsor of ads famous for nudity | 32 |
| Sponsor of a Sports Business Management MBA | 43 |
| Sponsor of a historic expedition | 32 |
| Sponsor of "March Madness" | 36 |
| SpongeBob's pal Patrick, e.g. | 33 |
| SpongeBob's network, familiarly | 35 |
| SpongeBob SquarePants's sandwich? | 37 |
| Sponge that's sometimes on your back (var.) | 47 |
| Sponge that's not from the sea | 34 |
| Sponge made from a fibrous fruit | 32 |
| Sponge "Have You ___ Mary" | 36 |
| Spokesperson for Kellogg's Maizeflakes? | 43 |
| Spokescow with a necklace of daisies | 36 |
| Spoken word soul guy Scott-Heron | 32 |
| Spoken word soul artist ___ Scott-Heron | 39 |
| Spoken word artist/rap pioneer ___ Scott-Heron | 46 |
| Spoken with the tongue near the roof of the mouth | 49 |
| Spoken instruction in animal training | 37 |
| Spoke, with ''up'' | 34 |
| Spoke when it wasn't appropriate | 36 |
| Spoke up with one's head down? | 34 |
| Spoke so as to put people to sleep | 34 |
| Spoke lyrics to audience before playing | 39 |
| Spoke like an uninspired lecturer | 33 |
| Spoilers of Mrs. Murphy's chowder | 37 |
| Spoiler of a princess's sleep | 33 |
| Spoiler of a parade for Ahmadinejad? | 36 |
| Spoiled, with ''on'' | 36 |
| Spoiled a good walk, per Mark Twain | 35 |
| Spoil (with ''on'') | 35 |
| Spock's mother in "Star Trek" | 43 |
| Spock's father in "Star Trek" | 43 |
| Splitting, in 1920s slang, to ancient Romans | 44 |
| Splitting ___ (prehistoric tool) | 32 |
| Split ___ (1970s-80s New Zealand band) | 38 |
| Split with one's girlfriend, perhaps? | 41 |
| Split for the sole purpose of uniting? | 38 |
| Split a bill evenly with someone | 32 |
| Splashy 1963 film title role, for short | 39 |
| Splashing source on the Colorado | 32 |
| Splasher of those seated in the first seven rows | 48 |
| Spitzer's replacement as Attorney General | 45 |
| Spitzer who succeeded Pataki as New York governor | 49 |
| Spit-influenced "Always" band? | 40 |
| Spiro Agnew's plea, for short | 33 |
| Spiritual World of Warcraft class | 33 |
| Spiritual order with a Quanzhen School | 38 |
| Spiritual music LP goes awry (6) | 32 |
| Spiritual leader of the Isma'ili Muslims | 44 |
| Spiritual leader of Firenze: 1494 | 33 |
| Spiritual interpretation of Scripture | 37 |