| Wither, as plants | 17 |
| What picked flowers may do | 26 |
| The Stilt | 9 |
| Succumb to a drought, perhaps | 29 |
| Sag, as flowers | 15 |
| Not take the heat well | 22 |
| NBA legend Chamberlain | 22 |
| NBA great Chamberlain | 21 |
| Lose freshness, as a flower | 27 |
| Lose crispness | 14 |
| Languish or quail | 17 |
| Hoops great Chamberlain | 23 |
| Grow weak | 9 |
| Get limp | 8 |
| Fade, as lettuce | 16 |
| Droop like Chamberlain? | 23 |
| Droop like aging flowers | 24 |
| Crumble under pressure | 22 |
| Chamberlain of N.B.A. fame | 26 |
| Chamberlain of court fame | 25 |
| Become limp like lettuce | 25 |
| Basketballer Chamberlain | 24 |
| Basketball's Chamberlain | 28 |
| Basketball name | 15 |
| "The Stilt" of basketball | 35 |
| The Big Dipper, sportswise | 26 |
| Player who wore number 13 for the 76ers and Lakers | 50 |
| Palace official becomes basketball star | 39 |
| NBA's all-time leading rebounder | 36 |
| N.B.A. scoring leader: 1960-66 | 30 |
| Four-time NBA MVP | 17 |
| Went the way of old roses | 25 |
| Reacted to high humidity | 24 |
| Lost turgor | 11 |
| Became flaccid | 14 |
| Drones losing their pep? | 24 |
| Loses crispness, as celery | 26 |
| Loses crispness | 15 |
| Loses crispness, as lettuce | 27 |
| Flags, like flowers | 19 |
| Falters under pressure | 22 |
| Fades in the heat | 17 |
| Droops, like an old rose | 24 |
| Droops, flower-style | 20 |
| Droops, as flowers | 18 |
| Doesn't handle pressure well | 32 |
| Becomes limp | 12 |
| Skyscraping center? | 19 |
| Hoops Hall of Fame nickname | 27 |
| Basketball great's nickname | 31 |
| 1960-66 N.B.A. scoring leader, informally | 41 |
| Big cheese of basketball? | 25 |
| Scorer of 100 points in a single 1962 game | 42 |
| He played Wesley Crusher on "ST: TNG" | 47 |
| Sly as a fox | 12 |
| Skilled at deception | 20 |
| Like a coyote | 13 |
| Good at scheming | 16 |
| Director Wenders | 16 |
| "Buena Vista Social Club" director Wenders | 52 |
| German director Wenders | 23 |
| Film director Wenders | 21 |
| Documentarian Wenders | 21 |
| "Until the End of the World" director Wenders | 55 |
| "Paris, Texas" director Wenders | 41 |
| Gimlet | 6 |
| Scene of tennis stars' June gathering | 41 |
| June spectacular | 16 |
| Connors won here in 1982 | 24 |
| Ashe won one | 12 |
| Arena for 64 diagonal | 21 |
| Annual English sports event that begins today, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 84 |
| Title under which "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" originally charted, in 1952 | 81 |
| Chicken (out) | 13 |
| Non-macho type | 14 |
| Hardly the heroic type | 22 |
| Weak, dull person | 17 |
| Unmacho type | 12 |
| Timid fellow | 12 |
| Relative of a nerd | 18 |
| One unwilling to stand and fight | 32 |
| Ineffectual one | 15 |
| Ineffective one | 15 |
| Big chicken? | 12 |
| Nun's headdress | 19 |
| What some nuns will have none of | 32 |
| Part of a nun's habit | 25 |
| Nun's headwear | 18 |
| Nun's headcloth | 19 |
| Street of the Barretts | 22 |
| Wusses | 6 |
| They have no spine | 18 |
| Ones likely to chicken out | 26 |
| Non-macho men | 13 |
| Hardly macho men | 16 |
| Cowardly sorts | 14 |
| Chickens (out) | 14 |
| Bully's victims, perhaps | 28 |
| Popeye's hungry pal | 23 |
| Popeye's hamburger-loving pal | 33 |