| Son of Seattle Slew | 19 |
| Soggy lowland | 13 |
| Small meadow or swamp | 21 |
| Marshy meadow | 13 |
| Marshy hollow | 13 |
| Marsh depression | 16 |
| Low, moist place | 16 |
| Low, marshy land tract | 22 |
| Low-lying marsh area | 20 |
| Low tract of land | 17 |
| Low marshland | 13 |
| Low area (1984) | 15 |
| Kentucky Derby winner sired by Seattle Slew | 43 |
| Hollow in a marsh | 17 |
| Ditch for runoff | 16 |
| Derby winner: 1984 | 18 |
| Bogland | 7 |
| 1984 Kentucky Derby winner | 26 |
| Low areas | 9 |
| Swampy lowlands | 15 |
| Moist tracts of land | 20 |
| Moist lowlands | 14 |
| Meadow lowlands | 15 |
| Marshy lands | 12 |
| Low, marshy areas | 17 |
| Low tracts of land | 18 |
| Low tracts | 10 |
| Kin of swamps | 13 |
| Spit alternative | 16 |
| Purple martin | 13 |
| One of the birds that "come back to Capistrano," in song | 66 |
| Eat like a bird? | 16 |
| Capistrano visitor | 18 |
| Capistrano returnee | 19 |
| Capistrano denizen | 18 |
| Capistrano bird | 15 |
| Accept, in a way | 16 |
| Accept, but maybe unhappily | 27 |
| Argument about a fork-tailed bird? | 34 |
| The still-hungry sucker ___ the bait | 36 |
| What the team's goat mascot did? | 36 |
| Sword ___ at carnivals | 22 |
| Performer with a sword | 22 |
| What a repentant lion may do? | 29 |
| What a cannibalistic lion might do? | 35 |
| Eat pizza? | 10 |
| Swift and graceful long-winged birds | 36 |
| Capistrano visitors | 19 |
| Is obviously gullible | 21 |
| Is gullible | 11 |
| Falls for a scam | 16 |
| Part of a full-dress suit | 25 |
| Coat for the opera | 18 |
| Capistrano copper? | 18 |
| Brightly marked butterflies | 27 |
| Fall for a flimflam | 19 |
| Engulf | 6 |
| Did the butterfly | 17 |
| Did the crawl | 13 |
| Dog-paddled | 11 |
| Emulated Michael Phelps | 23 |
| Did the butterfly, e.g. | 23 |
| Went for a dip | 14 |
| Did laps, perhaps | 17 |
| Started a triathlon | 19 |
| Emulated Spitz | 14 |
| Emulated Ederle | 15 |
| Did laps in the pool | 20 |
| Did laps in a pool | 18 |
| Used the pool | 13 |
| Dog-paddled, e.g. | 17 |
| Did the backstroke | 18 |
| Did laps, say | 13 |
| Did laps | 8 |
| Began a triathlon | 17 |
| Went up the river? | 18 |
| Went from bank to bank? | 23 |
| Used a scissors kick | 20 |
| Used a scissor kick | 19 |
| Took to the pool | 16 |
| Moved with strokes | 18 |
| Flutter-kicked | 14 |
| Enjoyed the pool | 16 |
| Emulated Phelps | 15 |
| Emulated Leander | 16 |
| Emulated Janet Evans | 20 |
| Dog-paddled, perhaps | 20 |
| Did the doggy paddle | 20 |
| Did the crawl, say | 18 |
| Did the breaststroke | 20 |
| Did one leg of an Ironman competition | 37 |
| Crossed the Rubicon, maybe | 26 |
| Crossed the Channel, a la Ederle | 32 |
| Crawled, say | 12 |
| Crawled, in a way | 17 |
| Competed with Michael Phelps | 28 |
| Competed in a triathlon | 23 |
| What R.E.M. did at night? | 25 |
| What Ian Thorpe did | 19 |
| Went bathing | 12 |