| Western hoopster, for short | 27 |
| Seattle hoopster, for short | 27 |
| Washington team, informally | 27 |
| NBA's Thunder, formerly | 27 |
| "Kool Thing" band | 27 |
| Jason Bateman, to Paul Anka | 27 |
| It concludes with a couplet | 27 |
| One-round loser to Muhammad | 27 |
| Cher's longtime partner | 27 |
| Start of many sequel titles | 27 |
| Seventh ___ a seventh . . . | 27 |
| "Bob, ___ Battle" | 27 |
| First baby picture, perhaps | 27 |
| Desert bordering the Mojave | 27 |
| Producing a deep rich sound | 27 |
| Princes, but not princesses | 27 |
| Daughters' counterparts | 27 |
| Primogeniture beneficiaries | 27 |
| Word in some business names | 27 |
| Three on TV: 1960–72 | 27 |
| Mike Brady's kids, e.g. | 27 |
| Hoss, Adam, and Joe, to Ben | 27 |
| Business partners, at times | 27 |
| Branches on the family tree | 27 |
| "Jeopardy!" owner | 27 |
| U.S./Canada's __ Canals | 27 |
| "Annnnnnyway ..." | 27 |
| ___ Canals, St. Marys River | 27 |
| "Not much longer" | 27 |
| "Any day now ..." | 27 |
| "Almost finished" | 27 |
| University of Oklahoma team | 27 |
| Children of Norman and Enid | 27 |
| At the earliest opportunity | 27 |
| Santa's laundry problem | 27 |
| Chimney sweep's concern | 27 |
| Sweep's target, perhaps | 27 |
| Schmutz on Santa's coat | 27 |
| Sartorial concern for Santa | 27 |
| Santa's washday problem | 27 |
| Chimney sweep's removal | 27 |
| Chimney sweep's coating | 27 |
| Word with "sayer" | 27 |
| Start for "sayer" | 27 |
| True words, in days gone by | 27 |
| Covers with coal dust, e.g. | 27 |
| Blackens with chimney grime | 27 |
| Like Santa after a delivery | 27 |
| Absorb, with "up" | 27 |
| What a frosh studies to be? | 27 |
| One who attends school hops | 27 |
| Loren of "Lady L" | 27 |
| They're no longer frosh | 27 |
| ___ up (absorbed, as gravy) | 27 |
| Member of a 2000s TV family | 27 |
| Noted aircraft manufacturer | 27 |
| Acid used as a preservative | 27 |
| Noted site of foreign study | 27 |
| University of Paris edifice | 27 |
| Merlin's stock-in-trade | 27 |
| Word following cold or open | 27 |
| Ready for a hot bath, maybe | 27 |
| Not taking a loss well, say | 27 |
| Marathoner's woe, maybe | 27 |
| French historian: 1842-1906 | 27 |
| Kierkegaard the philosopher | 27 |
| Pain after initial exercise | 27 |
| More sensitive to the touch | 27 |
| Having more aches and pains | 27 |
| A source of sugar and syrup | 27 |
| Open Society founder George | 27 |
| "Not my problem!" | 27 |
| "Beg your pardon" | 27 |
| Put into pigeonholes, maybe | 27 |
| Common computer instruction | 27 |
| After a fashion, informally | 27 |
| Fighter pilot's mission | 27 |
| Combat pilots' missions | 27 |
| Puts into neat little piles | 27 |
| It may be tapped out at sea | 27 |
| Smoke signal message, maybe | 27 |
| Skipper's distress call | 27 |
| Mariner's distress call | 27 |
| Mariner's call for help | 27 |
| "Mayday" relative | 27 |
| ''Mayday!'' | 27 |
| Universal signal since 1908 | 27 |
| Sparks's desperate call | 27 |
| Ocean's "911" | 27 |
| International distress sig. | 27 |
| "Mayday! Mayday!" | 27 |
| ···---··· | 27 |
| 1998 home run record chaser | 27 |
| Slugger who rivaled McGwire | 27 |
| Slugger who retired in 2009 | 27 |
| McGwire's rival in 1998 | 27 |
| Hitter of 66 homers in 1998 | 27 |
| Hard-hitting guy in Chicago | 27 |
| Former home run champ Sammy | 27 |
| "My heart bleeds" | 27 |