| Thumbs-down in the Senate | 25 |
| Thumbs-down in the House | 24 |
| Opponent's utterance | 24 |
| Obstructionist's word | 25 |
| No dice, in the Senate | 22 |
| It negates an "aye" | 29 |
| Dissenter's declaration | 27 |
| Congressional turndown | 22 |
| Bit of Senate dissension | 24 |
| "Thumbs down" | 23 |
| They may prevent passage | 24 |
| Yeas' counterparts | 22 |
| Votes from the opposition | 25 |
| Votes cast in the negative | 26 |
| Passage preventers, often | 25 |
| Negatives from the Senate | 25 |
| Minority votes, sometimes | 25 |
| Legislators' denials | 24 |
| Freelancer's fears | 22 |
| Contrarians' votes | 22 |
| Capitol Hill responses | 22 |
| Capitol Hill rejections | 23 |
| One who's a buzzkill | 24 |
| Early Christian convert | 23 |
| Early Jewish Christian | 22 |
| Org. for Bucks and Bulls | 24 |
| L.A. Clippers' org. | 23 |
| Knicks' league: Abbr. | 25 |
| Where Kings and Wizards play | 28 |
| Timberwolves' org. | 22 |
| The Pistons, the Pacers, etc. | 29 |
| Pro hoopsters' org. | 23 |
| Org. with the Sixth Man Award | 29 |
| Org. with Dirk and Dwyane | 25 |
| Org. in which a Bird flies | 26 |
| Org. for Bulls and Bullets | 26 |
| Org. for Bulls and Bucks | 24 |
| Gp. with Cavs and Mavs | 22 |
| Wizards and Magic org. | 22 |
| Where Shaw attacks: Abbr. | 25 |
| Where Kings run with Hawks | 26 |
| Where Bullets became Wizards | 28 |
| Where a Buck runs with a Hawk | 29 |
| Washington Wizards' org. | 28 |
| Trail Blazers' league | 25 |
| Toronto Raptors league | 22 |
| The T-Wolves play in it | 23 |
| The Grizzlies are part of it | 28 |
| Suns' setting: abbr. | 24 |
| Sports org. since 6/6/1946 | 26 |
| Some TNT sports coverage | 24 |
| Shaq's former org. | 22 |
| Scottie Pippen's org. | 25 |
| Scottie Pippen's old org. | 29 |
| Red Auerbach Trophy org. | 24 |
| Pelican's home, for short | 29 |
| Org. with Wizards and Magic | 27 |
| Org. with thirty franchises | 27 |
| Org. with Suns and Heat | 23 |
| Org. with many centers | 22 |
| Org. with Heat and Thunder | 26 |
| Org. with Heat and Magic | 24 |
| Org. with Bulls and Raptors | 27 |
| Org. with a Sixth Man Award | 27 |
| Org. with a lot of centers? | 27 |
| Org. with 30 member teams | 25 |
| Org. that has many guards? | 26 |
| Org. that has many guards | 25 |
| Org. of Wizards and Magic | 25 |
| Org. of the no-look pass | 24 |
| Org. of Raptors and Hawks | 25 |
| Org. of Kings and Warriors | 26 |
| Org. of Heat and Thunder | 24 |
| Org. of Hawks and Raptors | 25 |
| Org. of Hawks and Hornets | 25 |
| Org. led by David Stern | 23 |
| Org. in which a Byrd flies | 26 |
| Org. for Wizards and Magic | 26 |
| Org. for the Suns or the Heat | 29 |
| Org. for the Nets and Nuggets | 29 |
| Org. for Raptors and Hawks | 26 |
| Org. for Nets between nets | 26 |
| Org. for Hawks but not Eagles | 29 |
| Org. for Bulls and Suns | 23 |
| Org. for Bird and Birdsong | 26 |
| Michael Jordan's org. | 25 |
| Miami Heat affiliation | 22 |
| Magic and Wizards org. | 22 |
| LeBron James's org. | 23 |
| League in which Dr. J played | 28 |
| Lakers' league for short | 29 |
| L.A. Clippers are in it | 23 |
| Kevin Durant's org. | 23 |
| Jordan was part of it: Abbr. | 28 |
| Jordan was once in it: Abbr. | 28 |
| Jazz players' org. | 22 |
| It has Bulls but no Bears | 25 |
| In which Dr. J operates | 23 |
| Hoopsters' league: Abbr. | 28 |
| Grp. for Hawks and Raptors | 26 |