| City dweller, derisively | 24 |
| Rainwear buyer | 14 |
| Smarmy preprandial blessing? | 28 |
| Icy interstate | 14 |
| Crafty five-line verse? | 23 |
| With ingenuity and finesse | 26 |
| Deftly | 6 |
| Oil a portion of veal? | 22 |
| Oily patches | 12 |
| Oil leaks | 9 |
| Oil problems | 12 |
| Ocean pollution | 15 |
| Hazardous winter road | 21 |
| Oils a deck of cards? | 21 |
| Lost traction | 13 |
| Used a firehouse pole | 21 |
| Skidded | 7 |
| Glided | 6 |
| Coasted | 7 |
| Lost one's traction | 23 |
| Went down a chute | 17 |
| Glissaded | 9 |
| Hit the dirt | 12 |
| Tried to beat the tag | 21 |
| Skated | 6 |
| Shifted | 7 |
| Rode the banister | 17 |
| Hurried home? | 13 |
| Came home on one's backside | 31 |
| Arrived at a base, in a way | 27 |
| What some did to come home | 26 |
| Went home, in a way | 19 |
| Went home feet first | 20 |
| Went coasting | 13 |
| Used the banister, in a way | 27 |
| Tobogganed | 10 |
| Slued | 5 |
| Performed a glissade | 20 |
| One way to have gotten home | 27 |
| Lacked traction | 15 |
| Hydroplaned | 11 |
| How a song exited the charts, perhaps? | 38 |
| Hit diamond dirt | 16 |
| Glided on ice | 13 |
| Finished stealing, maybe | 24 |
| Experienced dis-traction? | 25 |
| Dove home | 9 |
| Displayed baserunning skills | 28 |
| Did a glissade | 14 |
| Did a base-running job | 22 |
| Came in horizontally | 20 |
| Barely made it home? | 20 |
| Arrived feet-first | 18 |
| Approached home, one way | 24 |
| Approached home, in a way | 25 |
| What song did down charts | 25 |
| What song did after peaking | 27 |
| What career finally did | 23 |
| Went into second base | 21 |
| Went home face-first | 20 |
| Went headfirst, maybe | 21 |
| Went feet first | 15 |
| Went down to second? | 20 |
| Went down a firehouse pole, e.g. | 32 |
| Used a pole, perhaps | 20 |
| Used a firehouse pole, e.g. | 27 |
| Tried to make it home, say | 26 |
| Tried to get home, maybe | 24 |
| Tried to contact home, in a way | 31 |
| Tried to avoid the tag | 22 |
| Tried to avoid a tag, maybe | 27 |
| Tried to avoid a tag | 20 |
| Took advantage of the playground | 32 |
| Took a base the hard way | 24 |
| Suffered a sell-off | 19 |
| Stole a base | 12 |
| Started a downward trend | 24 |
| Slithered | 9 |
| Slipped (down) | 14 |
| Skittered | 9 |
| Reacted to ice | 14 |
| Reacted adversely to ice | 24 |
| Reached base, in a way | 22 |
| Reached base in a cloud of dust | 31 |
| Played trombone notes | 21 |
| Played glissandi | 16 |
| Performed a baseball maneuver | 29 |
| Passed along smoothly | 21 |
| Moved smoothly on ice | 21 |
| Moved sideways, in football | 27 |
| Moved on ice | 12 |
| Moved downward | 14 |
| Make skid marks, perhaps | 24 |
| Made a baseball move | 20 |
| Lost some traction | 18 |
| Lost one's grip | 19 |
| Lost control, as on an icy road | 31 |
| Lost control on ice | 19 |
| Hit the ground running? | 23 |
| Hit the base-path dirt | 22 |