| Hospital inpatient option | 25 |
| Not quite in the major leagues | 30 |
| Part-time player | 16 |
| Part-time athlete | 17 |
| 2008 Will Ferrell hoops film | 28 |
| Will Farrell basketball movie | 29 |
| Weekend athlete, maybe | 22 |
| Status of some baseball players | 31 |
| Playing for meal money | 22 |
| Partially paid athlete | 22 |
| Part-timer of a sort | 20 |
| Part-time, in a way | 19 |
| Part-time jock | 14 |
| One who works and plays | 23 |
| Not totally amateur | 19 |
| Not quite minor-league | 22 |
| Not quite major-league | 22 |
| Not quite good enough for the majors, say | 41 |
| Not a complete amateur | 22 |
| Like some athletes | 18 |
| 2008 Will Ferrell sports comedy | 31 |
| Part-time players | 17 |
| Summer-stock figure | 19 |
| Part-time ballplayers | 21 |
| Some paid athletes | 18 |
| Part-timers of a sort | 21 |
| Figures in sports | 17 |
| Sixteenth note | 14 |
| Not too common | 14 |
| A little hard to find | 21 |
| Not quite out to pasture | 24 |
| Like some seniors in the workplace | 34 |
| Somewhat inflexible | 19 |
| Slightly built-up | 17 |
| Not very developed | 18 |
| They pull their load | 20 |
| Highway behemoths | 17 |
| Weigh station visitors | 22 |
| Tournament round | 16 |
| They're good for the long haul | 34 |
| Final Four matches | 18 |
| Trucking rigs | 13 |
| Convoy constituents | 19 |
| Final Four games | 16 |
| Certain trucks | 14 |
| Round after the quarters | 24 |
| Rigs on the road | 16 |
| Next-to-last round | 18 |
| Final Four rounds | 17 |
| Weigh station sights | 20 |
| Trucks at a truck stop | 22 |
| Truck-stop sights | 17 |
| Truck stop sights | 17 |
| Truck rigs | 10 |
| Tournament parts | 16 |
| They shed treads | 16 |
| They precede finals | 19 |
| They follow quarters | 20 |
| Teamsters' wheels | 21 |
| Some tournament rounds | 22 |
| Rest stop sights | 16 |
| Mid-tournament rounds | 21 |
| Long-distance transports | 24 |
| Interstate haulers | 18 |
| Huge haulers | 12 |
| Freight handlers | 16 |
| Finals preceders | 16 |
| Finalists' determiners | 26 |
| Convoy members | 14 |
| Certain trailers, for short | 27 |
| Certain tournament round | 24 |
| Cargo haulers | 13 |
| Big highway rigs | 16 |
| Turnpike vehicles | 17 |
| Truckers' rigs | 18 |
| Trailer types | 13 |
| Trailer trucks, for short | 25 |
| Tourney round, for short | 24 |
| Tournament rounds, for short | 28 |
| Tournament matches before finals, briefly | 41 |
| Tourn. round | 12 |
| They're weighed at weigh stations | 37 |
| They're followed by the finals | 34 |
| They usually leave two when they're done | 44 |
| They occur before finals | 24 |
| They come after quarters | 24 |
| These could form a convoy | 25 |
| Some trucks, for short | 22 |
| Some trks. | 10 |
| Some playoffs | 13 |
| Short tourney stage | 19 |
| Rounds before the finals | 24 |
| Rounds after round robins | 25 |
| Round whose losers compete in a consolation game | 48 |
| Road rigs | 9 |
| Road behemoths | 14 |
| Rigs, for short | 15 |
| Rigs with wheels | 16 |
| Rig trucks | 10 |
| Rest-stop sights | 16 |