| Tennis wear item | 16 |
| Sporting shoe | 13 |
| Shoe in a locker, often | 23 |
| Shoe for L. Bird | 16 |
| Shifty shoe? | 12 |
| Plimsoll | 8 |
| One of Bird's shoes | 23 |
| One of a soft-soled pair | 24 |
| One of a cager's pair | 25 |
| Nike or Reebok | 14 |
| Jogger's footwear | 21 |
| High-top, e.g. | 14 |
| High-top | 8 |
| Furtive fellow's footwear | 29 |
| Exercise shoe | 13 |
| Covering for Larry Bird's foot | 34 |
| Courtwear | 9 |
| Converse product | 16 |
| Burglar's shoe? | 19 |
| British : trainer :: American : __ | 34 |
| Basketball shoe | 15 |
| Air Jordan, for one | 19 |
| Air Jordan, e.g. | 16 |
| Action to stimulate the economy? | 32 |
| Gym shoes | 9 |
| They often squeak during hoops | 30 |
| They're often heard during hoops games | 42 |
| Running pair | 12 |
| Run-D.M.C. would wear Adidas ones | 33 |
| Pair for the court | 18 |
| Jordans, e.g. | 13 |
| Jogging gear | 12 |
| Gym locker items | 16 |
| Cross-trainers, e.g. | 20 |
| Bird's footwear | 19 |
| Athletic gear | 13 |
| Athletes' footwear | 22 |
| 1992 Redford film | 17 |
| 1992 Aykroyd movie | 18 |
| Even more furtive | 17 |
| With stealth | 12 |
| Enter secretly | 14 |
| Enter like a burglar | 20 |
| Elude the doorman | 17 |
| Beat the admission fee | 22 |
| Kind of suspicion | 17 |
| Entering via the fire exit, maybe | 33 |
| Robert Palmer's "___ Through the Alley" | 53 |
| Enter furtively | 15 |
| Enter from the rear, maybe | 26 |
| Avoid paying for, as an event | 29 |
| Leave without detection | 23 |
| Escape stealthily, as from a prison | 35 |
| Leave the back way, perhaps | 27 |
| Preview | 7 |
| Early viewing | 13 |
| Sly little dog? | 15 |
| Trailer for a privileged few | 28 |
| Special screening | 17 |
| Sly sorts | 9 |
| Doesn't proceed openly | 26 |
| Devious ones | 12 |
| Sly guys | 8 |
| Goes furtively | 14 |
| Furtive ones | 12 |
| Untrustworthy sorts | 19 |
| Performs a covert op, perhaps | 29 |
| Foot Locker buys, familiarly | 28 |
| Dishonest sorts | 15 |
| What Keds are, informally | 25 |
| Wears a fake mustache, perhaps | 30 |
| Tiptoes | 7 |
| Tennis shoes, informally | 24 |
| Telltales | 9 |
| Sports shoes, informally | 24 |
| Some sportswear, slangily | 25 |
| Some sports wear | 16 |
| Some high tops, for short | 25 |
| Secretive sorts | 15 |
| Quarterback's ploys | 23 |
| Quarterback ploys | 17 |
| Quarterback plays | 17 |
| Proceeds furtively | 18 |
| Moves on the sly | 16 |
| Isn't obvious | 17 |
| Is furtive | 10 |
| Gymwear | 7 |
| Gym shoes, for short | 20 |
| Gridiron maneuvers | 18 |
| Furtive types | 13 |
| Enjoys surreptitiously, as a smoke | 34 |
| Devious sorts | 13 |
| Dastards | 8 |
| Creeps furtively | 16 |
| Brief gym wear? | 15 |
| Acts surreptitiously | 20 |
| Acts stealthily | 15 |
| Engages in toy dog smuggling? | 29 |
| Gets past quietly | 17 |
| Beats narrowly and unexpectedly | 31 |