| How sore losers lose | 20 |
| How hot-button issues are contested | 35 |
| Marsh heron | 11 |
| It's a small heron | 22 |
| Brown heron | 11 |
| Bird sometimes called a stake driver | 36 |
| Wading birds' acrimony? | 27 |
| Host: "Champ, this seemed like a grudge match. Do I detect some ... ___?" Flay: "Well, yeah, he kept calling me 'Flabby Boy'!" | 154 |
| Marsh herons | 12 |
| Punxsutawney groundhog, sick of the same damn routine every year? | 65 |
| Bedding with an aftertaste? | 27 |
| State flower of Montana | 23 |
| Montana's state flower | 26 |
| Montana state flower | 20 |
| Mont.'s state flower | 24 |
| Mont.'s state flowers | 25 |
| Sugary drink? | 13 |
| Conflicting flavors | 19 |
| 1998 Grammy-nominated song by the Verve | 39 |
| Like grapefruit on the tongue | 29 |
| What Lambeau Field is known for | 31 |
| The paradise tree | 17 |
| Took it like a man | 18 |
| A one-milligram tablet, compared to a five-milligram tablet? | 60 |
| Deck posts | 10 |
| Vertical ship posts | 19 |
| Posts on a ship's deck | 26 |
| Vertical posts: naut. | 21 |
| Towlines are tied around them | 29 |
| They secure ship ropes | 22 |
| Mooring posts | 13 |
| Holders for ship's cables | 29 |
| Deck posts for cables | 21 |
| Bollards | 8 |
| Pertaining to a petrified Pa. product | 37 |
| Bell ___ DeVoe | 14 |
| Roy G. -- | 9 |
| Roy G __: rainbow mnemonic | 26 |
| R&B's Bell ___ DeVoe | 28 |
| Last name in color schemes? | 27 |
| 1990s R&B group Bell ___ DeVoe | 34 |
| Surname in a rainbow mnemonic | 29 |
| Roy G. of rainbows? | 19 |
| Roy G. ___ (rainbow mnemonic) | 29 |
| Roy G. ___ | 10 |
| Pop group Bell --- DeVoe | 24 |
| Colorful last name? | 19 |
| "Poison" Bell ___ DeVoe | 33 |
| Oyster, e.g. | 12 |
| Oyster for example | 19 |
| Cockle or mussel | 16 |
| Clam or oyster | 14 |
| Mussels, clams, etc. | 20 |
| Encamp | 6 |
| Makeshift camp | 14 |
| Japan's largest lake | 24 |
| Japanese lute | 13 |
| Japanese lutes | 14 |
| Secondary route: var. | 21 |
| How some are paid | 17 |
| You'll feel like you're ___! | 36 |
| Jazz cornetist Beiderbecke | 26 |
| Beiderbecke of jazz | 19 |
| Jazzman Beiderbecke | 19 |
| Jazz legend Beiderbecke | 23 |
| Cornetist Beiderbecke | 21 |
| Beiderbecke of jazz | 20 |
| Beiderbecke | 11 |
| Co-star of "The Incredible Hulk" | 42 |
| Bill of "The Incredible Hulk" | 39 |
| "The Incredible Hulk" actor Bill | 42 |
| Once every 24 months | 20 |
| How often federal elections are held | 36 |
| Strange street sale | 19 |
| Odd flea market | 15 |
| Bust of the 43rd president in an alternate universe? | 52 |
| Where everything is a bit off | 29 |
| Cold wind: Var. | 15 |
| Cold Alpine wind: Var. | 22 |
| "Carmen" composer-turned-dam builder? | 47 |
| Abuzz | 5 |
| Gatherers of honey for Georges? | 31 |
| Opening note to "Carmen"? | 35 |
| Command to a French composer at an intersection? | 48 |
| Rock's Limp ___ | 19 |
| Icelandic singer's silverware-twisting stat? | 48 |
| Swede who won five straight Wimbledons | 38 |
| Tennis player who won five consecutive Wimbledon championships | 62 |
| Half of a sports rivalry detailed in the book "High Strung" | 69 |
| Swedish tennis star's favorite movie? | 41 |
| Just-released tennis legend Borg? | 33 |
| Borg: 6/6/56? | 13 |
| ..."I Just Can't Help Believing She Blinded Me With Science" | 74 |
| "Up From Slavery" author | 34 |
| It flies but has no tail | 24 |
| Most populous N.Y.C. boro | 25 |
| Part of I-278 | 13 |
| CPA subordinate, perhaps | 24 |
| Bill in fashion | 15 |
| Arts degree | 11 |