| Bethesda, Md. health org. | 25 |
| Bethesda-based research org. | 28 |
| Bethesda-based medical org. | 27 |
| It meant nothing to Caesar | 26 |
| It meant nothing to Nero | 24 |
| It's nothing to Nero | 24 |
| Quantity of no importance | 25 |
| ___ dicit (legal refusal) | 25 |
| Nothing, in ancient Rome | 24 |
| It was nothing to Nero | 22 |
| This meant nothing to Nero | 26 |
| It was nothing, to Nero | 23 |
| ___ obstat (error-free) | 23 |
| ___ dicit (he says nothing) | 27 |
| Suffix with beat or neat | 24 |
| Suffix with neat or beat | 24 |
| Ending for beat or neat | 23 |
| Ending with beat or peace | 25 |
| Suffix with neat or peace | 25 |
| Suffix with beat or refuse | 26 |
| Suffix with beat or peace | 25 |
| Suffix from the Russian | 23 |
| Live Aid singer Kershaw | 23 |
| English songwriter Kershaw | 26 |
| Ending with beat or refuse | 26 |
| Greek goddess of victory | 24 |
| Big name in court shoes | 23 |
| "Swoosh" brand | 24 |
| Winged statue in the Louvre | 27 |
| Winged goddess of victory | 25 |
| Shoe with a swoosh logo | 23 |
| Philip Knight's company | 27 |
| Oregon-based shoe company | 25 |
| LeBron's shoe company | 25 |
| LeBron X shoe manufacturer | 26 |
| LeBron James's sponsor | 26 |
| Depiction on Olympic medals | 27 |
| Converse's parent company | 29 |
| Company that owns Converse | 26 |
| Company named for a goddess | 27 |
| Cold War defense missile | 24 |
| Blue Ribbon Sports, today | 25 |
| Big sports event sponsor | 24 |
| Athletics brand with a swoosh | 29 |
| Apt company for this puzzle? | 28 |
| Advertiser with a swoosh | 24 |
| "Swoosh" company | 26 |
| 'Swoosh' shoe brand | 27 |
| 'Swoosh' company | 24 |
| Sneakers with swooshes | 22 |
| "Just do it" wear | 27 |
| Popular athletic footwear | 25 |
| Footwear with swooshes | 22 |
| "Just do it" shoes | 28 |
| Leonid's predecessor | 24 |
| USSR premier Khrushchev | 23 |
| Soviet premier Khrushchev | 25 |
| Soviet leader Khrushchev | 24 |
| Shoe-banging Khrushchev | 23 |
| Shoe-banger Khrushchev | 22 |
| John's 1960s counterpart | 28 |
| Jack's Soviet counterpart | 29 |
| First name in the Cold War | 26 |
| "La Femme __" | 23 |
| Electricity pioneer Tesla | 25 |
| Tesla who invented a coil | 25 |
| Rival of Thomas Edison | 22 |
| 1916 Edison Medal winner | 24 |
| Maker of Coolpix cameras | 24 |
| Tokyo-based camera company | 26 |
| Producer of Coolpix cameras | 27 |
| COOLPIX camera manufacturer | 27 |
| Canon camera alternative | 24 |
| Camera name since 1946 | 22 |
| It's love, in tennis | 24 |
| It's really nothing | 23 |
| It's nothing at all | 23 |
| It's nothing, really | 24 |
| Zero, in soccer scores | 22 |
| Zero, on some scorecards | 24 |
| Nothing on a soccer field | 25 |
| Zero, in Real Madrid scores | 27 |
| Take-no-tricks bid, in spades | 29 |
| Shutout team's score | 24 |
| Shutout score, in soccer | 24 |
| Part of a soccer score, often | 29 |
| Nothing, on scoreboards | 23 |
| No-show's test score | 24 |
| It's nothing in soccer | 26 |
| It's love in tennis | 23 |
| Foreign football score | 22 |
| Cleansheet score in soccer | 26 |
| Bad score for a British team | 28 |
| 0, on a football pitch | 22 |
| World's longest river | 25 |
| Longest river in the world | 26 |
| Locale in a Christie title | 26 |
| Africa's longest river | 26 |
| River in a Christie title | 25 |
| "Aida" backdrop | 25 |