Michael Phelps wear, in competition | 35 |
One taking a dip at the Capitol? | 32 |
What struggling band does instead of sinking | 44 |
What Michael Stipe does at night? | 33 |
Keeps one's head above water, in a way | 42 |
Goes up the creek without a paddle? | 35 |
Does the sidestroke or butterfly | 32 |
Big newsstand seller for some magazines | 39 |
Group involved in a pool competition | 36 |
"Tristram of Lyonesse" poet | 37 |
Pearls Before ___ (Stephan Pastis comic strip) | 46 |
Ones before whom pearls are cast | 32 |
Motley Crue "Generation ___" | 38 |
Crue's "Generation" | 33 |
Animals known for their boarish behavior | 40 |
''... cast pearls before ___'' | 46 |
Where the smoke rises in a sty's chimney? | 45 |
Kingdom once ruled by Benny Goodman | 35 |
"Big Bad Voodoo Daddy" genre | 38 |
"___ low, sweet . . . " | 33 |
" . . . room to ___ cat" | 34 |
Try unsuccessfully like a major leaguer | 39 |
One with an exciting social life | 32 |
Pitching stat for a toddler on the playground? | 46 |
Benny Goodman is credited with starting it | 42 |
Piece of black-market playground equipment? | 43 |
Theme song for Ali's challenger? | 36 |
1944 Oscar-winning song by Bing Crosby | 38 |
Dance all night to Benny Goodman music? | 39 |
Playground equipment with pendulous pieces | 42 |
It can make you go back and forth | 33 |
Transferral of a playground piece | 33 |
Four p.m. to midnight, to factory workers | 41 |
Certain work stint at the auto factory? | 39 |
Batter's new strategy? (1984) | 33 |
45s from Count Basie and Benny Goodman? | 39 |
Independent's ballot, at times | 34 |
Figure in a 5-4 Supreme Court decision | 38 |
Fiscally conservative Democrat, say | 35 |
They're sought during presidential elections | 48 |
What a screen door may do on a windy day | 40 |
Slide, as a credit card through a reader | 40 |
See if a purchase can be charged | 32 |
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 |
"Dora the Explorer" antagonist | 40 |
Fox on "Dora the Explorer" | 36 |
Runs through a credit card reader | 33 |
Processes during checkout, as a credit card | 43 |
Ben & Jerry's Strawberry Kiwi __ | 40 |
Sound of a perfect basketball shot | 34 |
"Nothing but net" sound | 33 |
Sound when a batter misses a pitch | 34 |
Buzzer-beater's sound, sometimes | 36 |
... a basketball through a basket | 33 |
Ski house that rustles in the wind? | 35 |
Sounded like the net on a perfect jumper | 40 |
Went through the hoop hitting nothing but net | 45 |
Halibut prepared by being shot through a net? | 45 |
Sounds of perfect basketball shots | 34 |
"Nothing but net" cager? | 34 |
Increase in perfect basketball shots? | 37 |
Quick snap of a camera from one shot to another | 47 |
They're noted for their neutrality | 38 |
People you can "bank" on | 34 |
Like some high-quality chocolate and watches | 44 |
"The ___ Family Robinson": Wyss | 41 |
Site of many clandestine accounts | 33 |
Tyra's favorite savings institutions? | 41 |
Leafy vegetable in the beet family | 34 |
Pre-photo pronouncement in Geneva? | 34 |
It's braised in a tomato and onion mixture | 46 |
"MASH" actress Loretta | 32 |
Houlihan portrayer on "MASH" | 38 |
Two-time "MASH" Emmy winner | 37 |
She played Houlihan on "MASH" | 39 |
Major player on '70s and '80s TV | 40 |
Maj. Houlihan portrayer in "MASH" | 43 |
Hot Lips Houlihan of TV's "MASH" | 46 |
Emmy actress, '80 and '82 | 33 |
Co-star of Alda, Farr and Burghoff | 34 |
Actress Loretta of "MASH" | 35 |
Actress Loretta of "M*A*S*H" | 38 |
Actress known as "Hot Lips" | 37 |
"MASH" co-star Loretta | 32 |
"M*A*S*H" actress Loretta | 35 |
Feature of Dr. Frankenstein's lab | 37 |
"West Side Story" fight scene prop | 44 |
Street gang weapon, stereotypically | 35 |
"West Side Story" prop | 32 |
Walter Carlos album that popularized synthesizers | 49 |
Deceitful salesman's tactics | 33 |
You usually find them up against the wall | 41 |
Changes one's course of action | 34 |
Bat from either side of the plate | 33 |
Mickey Mantle or Pete Rose, notably | 35 |
Mickey Mantle or Mark Teixeira, notably | 39 |
Off and on (and the key to unlocking this puzzle) | 49 |