| College football championship circuit: abbr. | 44 |
| System for determining the top NCAA football team | 49 |
| Oft-criticized college football ranking system: Abbr. | 53 |
| NCAA year-end games system | 26 |
| NCAA football tourney | 21 |
| NCAA football matchup system | 28 |
| N.C.A.A. football ranking system | 32 |
| Group of football games played at the beginning of Jan. | 55 |
| College football ranking syst. | 30 |
| College football circuit that's been finally retired for playoffs: Abbr. | 76 |
| Before A.D.'s | 17 |
| A sci. degree | 13 |
| ___ National Championship Game | 30 |
| Stock boy's tool | 20 |
| English orthodontist's org. | 31 |
| Deg. for a thespian | 19 |
| Times to give gifts, briefly | 28 |
| Times to eat cake, casually | 27 |
| Times to blow out candles, slangily | 35 |
| Presents and cake events, for short | 35 |
| Occasions for many Facebook greetings, briefly | 46 |
| Gift-giving occasions, for short | 32 |
| Cake-and-ice-cream occasions, for short | 39 |
| Annual celebrations, casually | 29 |
| Cecil ___ Mille | 15 |
| Categories in a spending plan | 29 |
| Pkg. | 4 |
| Parcel: Abbr. | 13 |
| Roof shingles unit: Abbr. | 25 |
| Pkgs. | 5 |
| Rock song with the lyric "A big-legged woman ain't got no soul" | 77 |
| Tryster's escape route, maybe | 33 |
| Good type of "manner" for doctors to have | 51 |
| Practice with blindfolds and gags, for short | 44 |
| Bad news on Wall Street | 23 |
| Actress-tennis star match | 25 |
| Prophecy, part 6 | 16 |
| Person who may need a lot of sunscreen | 38 |
| "10" in a bikini | 26 |
| Sandbox toy, maybe | 18 |
| They're blown up and thrown up | 34 |
| Seaside fixtures | 16 |
| Emotional seaside moments? | 26 |
| Grain of sand? | 14 |
| Funicello/Avalon film of '65 | 32 |
| Packing the wrong clothes for the shore? | 40 |
| Resort attendants | 17 |
| "Good Vibrations" group | 33 |
| "All Summer Long" singers | 35 |
| Balloon-tired vehicle | 21 |
| Shell collector, maybe | 22 |
| Person likely to have a good tan | 32 |
| Lauderdale loafer | 17 |
| Idler at the shore | 18 |
| Ft. Lauderdale loafer | 21 |
| Tripping over a conch, for example? | 35 |
| Seaside vacation disappointment? | 32 |
| Sand dune? | 10 |
| Pushy sunbather? | 16 |
| Sand pail, perhaps? | 19 |
| Some lounging furniture | 23 |
| Take Fox News's Alan ashore and dump him on the sand? | 57 |
| Surfing-induced torpor? | 23 |
| Result of a lifeguard's head injury? | 40 |
| Scavenge, in a way | 18 |
| Search for shells | 17 |
| Use a metal detector, maybe | 27 |
| Add to a shell collection, say | 30 |
| Shell seeker | 12 |
| South Seas figure | 17 |
| One with a metal detector | 25 |
| Merged coastal access? | 22 |
| Ran ashore | 10 |
| Like some whales | 16 |
| Aground | 7 |
| Salon for swimsuit models? | 26 |
| Corps of Engineers concern | 26 |
| Troops' landing site | 24 |
| Normandy campaign objective | 27 |
| Landing spot for naval forces | 29 |
| D-Day landing locales | 21 |
| Timeshare, perhaps | 18 |
| Some summer rentals | 19 |
| Attract babes | 13 |
| Seaside resort with a future? | 29 |
| 1963 Frankie Avalon film | 24 |
| '60s film genre | 19 |
| Seaside crowd | 13 |
| Co-owned house on sand? | 23 |
| Little birds by the shore? | 26 |
| Plastic shovel, for one | 23 |
| Rental on the Riviera | 21 |
| Sport with two-player teams | 27 |
| Olympic sport with two-person teams | 35 |
| Olympic sport since '96 | 27 |
| Thongs and surf shop T-shirts | 29 |
| Cabana items | 12 |
| "All Summer Long" and "Pet Sounds" | 54 |
| Â Â Statue of Liberty attraction | 38 |
| Guidance signals | 16 |