| 1978 disaster film, with "The" | 40 |
| Was overrun | 11 |
| Moved like bees | 15 |
| Moved like army ants | 20 |
| Emulated honeybees | 18 |
| Hive sighting | 13 |
| Groups of bees | 14 |
| Bee groups | 10 |
| Masses in motion | 16 |
| Hornet hordes | 13 |
| Hive makers | 11 |
| Has a hive mentality? | 21 |
| Congregates in quantity | 23 |
| Colonies of bees | 16 |
| Bees' groupings | 19 |
| Pestilential coteries | 21 |
| Mob some second-stringers? | 26 |
| Reception for a beekeeper? | 26 |
| Dusky, in poesy | 15 |
| Darkly complexioned, to Shakespeare | 35 |
| Dark-skinned, to Shakespeare | 28 |
| Dark-complexioned, to Shakespeare | 33 |
| Dark-complexioned, in poesy | 27 |
| Dusky | 5 |
| College near Philadelphia | 25 |
| Turf: Var. | 10 |
| It's a college when "more" is attached | 52 |
| Attached to "more,"a U.S. college | 43 |
| Attached to "more," it's a college | 48 |
| Attached to "more," a U.S. college | 45 |
| Having a dark complexion | 24 |
| Dark-complexioned | 17 |
| Dark of complexion | 18 |
| Buckle opening? | 15 |
| Extended flourish, in printing | 30 |
| Type of buckle | 14 |
| Surge of water [sign up for weekly indie xwords at avxwords.com] | 64 |
| Start to buckle? | 16 |
| Sound of breakers | 17 |
| Printer's flourish | 22 |
| Kind of buckler | 15 |
| Buckling opening | 16 |
| Buckler leader | 14 |
| Buckle opener? | 14 |
| Buckle opener | 13 |
| Errol Flynn kind of role | 24 |
| Emulate Errol Flynn | 19 |
| Errol Flynn persona | 19 |
| Knight life | 11 |
| Daring adventurer | 17 |
| Splashing sounds | 16 |
| Laps (over) | 11 |
| Hated symbol | 12 |
| Nazi emblem | 11 |
| Fylfot | 6 |
| Auspicious Hindu symbol turned on its side by the Nazis | 55 |
| Ancient mystic symbol | 21 |
| Third Reich emblems | 19 |
| Symbols used in Navajo and Mayan art | 36 |
| Hakenkreuze | 11 |
| Whack sharply | 13 |
| Hit the buzzer? | 15 |
| Bat a gnat | 10 |
| Attack, as a fly | 16 |
| Ruth's sultanate | 20 |
| Elite police team | 17 |
| Whack, as a fly | 15 |
| Sultan of ___ (Babe Ruth) | 25 |
| Sultan of ___ | 13 |
| Powerful blow | 13 |
| Hit, as a mosquito | 18 |
| Hit like Ruth | 13 |
| Acronym on some jackets | 23 |
| Police jacket letters | 21 |
| Go after a fly | 14 |
| Flatten a fly | 13 |
| Strike, as a mosquito | 21 |
| Quick hit | 9 |
| Hit, as a fly | 13 |
| Try to flatten a fly | 20 |
| The Sultan of ___ (Ruth's moniker) | 38 |
| Specialized police-team acronym | 31 |
| Smack a fly | 11 |
| Sacrifice fly? | 14 |
| Police crisis acronym | 21 |
| Mighty blow | 11 |
| Letters on some police jackets | 30 |
| Go after, as a fly | 18 |
| Do in a fly | 11 |
| Certain crisis team | 19 |
| Babe Ruth was its "sultan" | 36 |
| Well-struck ball | 16 |
| Try for a fly | 13 |
| The Babe's sultanate | 24 |
| Swing at a fly | 14 |
| Specialized police team | 23 |
| Smart blow | 10 |
| Shot block, in hoops-speak | 26 |
| Ruthian clout | 13 |
| Ruth, "The Sultan of ___" | 35 |