| Batter's new strategy? (1984) | 33 |
| 4 to midnight stints | 20 |
| 45s from Count Basie and Benny Goodman? | 39 |
| Purple territory on some maps | 29 |
| Purple region, on some maps | 27 |
| Hotly contested area | 20 |
| Florida or Ohio, often | 22 |
| Target for many a political ad | 30 |
| Sought-after election bloc | 26 |
| Make-or-break election bloc | 27 |
| Independent's ballot, at times | 34 |
| Figure in a 5-4 Supreme Court decision | 38 |
| Election decider, perhaps | 25 |
| Democratic way to decide which rocking device is best? | 54 |
| Fiscally conservative Democrat, say | 35 |
| They may go either way | 22 |
| Target of many election ads | 27 |
| Target of campaign ads | 22 |
| They're sought during presidential elections | 48 |
| What a screen door may do on a windy day | 40 |
| Like Benny Goodman's music | 30 |
| Porcine | 7 |
| Run through, as a debit card | 28 |
| Use, as a credit card | 21 |
| Slide through a card reader | 27 |
| Run a credit card through | 25 |
| Activate a credit card | 22 |
| What second-story men do | 24 |
| What crooks do | 14 |
| Utilize a charge card | 21 |
| Use, as an Amex card | 20 |
| Use a MetroCard | 15 |
| Slide, as a credit card through a reader | 40 |
| See if a purchase can be charged | 32 |
| Scan, as a credit card | 22 |
| Run through a reader, as a debit card | 37 |
| Run through a credit card machine | 33 |
| Put through a machine, as a credit card | 39 |
| Pass through a reader, as a credit card | 39 |
| Filch, snatcherally | 19 |
| Credit card action | 18 |
| Card-reader instruction | 23 |
| Process payment, perhaps | 24 |
| Pay, in a modern way | 20 |
| Ran a check card | 16 |
| Speed read, as a card | 21 |
| Ran through, as a credit card | 29 |
| Ran through, as a card | 22 |
| Grabbed surreptitiously | 23 |
| "Dora the Explorer" antagonist | 40 |
| Person lifting | 14 |
| Fox on "Dora the Explorer" | 36 |
| Walks off with | 14 |
| Uses a credit card scanner | 26 |
| Slides through a reader | 23 |
| Takes illegally | 15 |
| Runs through a credit card reader | 33 |
| Processes during checkout, as a credit card | 43 |
| Processes a credit card | 23 |
| Liberates, so to speak | 22 |
| Acquires with sticky fingers | 28 |
| Checkout activity, perhaps | 26 |
| Album thief's skill? | 24 |
| Eddy | 4 |
| Marble cake pattern | 19 |
| Ice cream effect | 16 |
| Curved ice cream pattern | 24 |
| Cinnamon pattern, in toast | 26 |
| Certain ice cream feature | 25 |
| Arrange in a spiral | 19 |
| Word on some ice cream cartons | 30 |
| Vortex motion | 13 |
| Multiflavor ice cream | 21 |
| Move spirally | 13 |
| Move in a vortical manner | 25 |
| Make like a whirlpool | 21 |
| Ice cream pattern | 17 |
| Ice cream feature | 17 |
| Get into a vortex | 17 |
| Frozen yogurt choice | 20 |
| Frosting feature | 16 |
| Frosting effect | 15 |
| Fancy ice cream shape | 21 |
| Fancy ice cream design | 22 |
| Eddy, as windblown snow | 23 |
| Easter egg design | 17 |
| Dairy Queen choice | 18 |
| Cupcake flourish | 16 |
| Chocolate and vanilla ice cream | 31 |
| Chocolate --- (ice cream type) | 30 |
| Blizzard configuration | 22 |
| Ben & Jerry's Strawberry Kiwi __ | 40 |
| Artistic ice cream blend | 24 |
| Flowed like an eddy | 19 |
| Head-to-head maneuver? | 22 |
| Flows in a circular current | 27 |
| Twists, as a skirt | 18 |
| Marble cake patterns | 20 |
| Ice cream lines | 15 |
| Goes down the drain? | 20 |