| Big sports event | 16 |
| "The Super ___ Shuffle" | 33 |
| Word with Orange or Peach | 25 |
| What keglers do | 15 |
| Use a lane | 10 |
| Try for a strike | 16 |
| Super event? | 12 |
| Sugar or Rose, e.g. | 19 |
| Sugar or Cotton | 15 |
| Soup-holding dish | 17 |
| Rose or Cotton | 14 |
| Postseason gridiron game, and a hint to the puzzle theme found in starred answers | 81 |
| Postseason grid matchup | 23 |
| Porridge container | 18 |
| Play in the alley | 17 |
| Play in an alley | 16 |
| Place for some mixing | 21 |
| Place for mixing | 16 |
| Pitch : baseball :: __ : cricket | 32 |
| Peach or Cotton | 15 |
| Orange or Cotton | 16 |
| Old King Cole called for one | 28 |
| New Year's event | 20 |
| New Year's entertainment | 28 |
| Many a New Year's Day game | 30 |
| January 1 game | 14 |
| It may be packed for a party | 28 |
| Hit up the Holly Star Lanes, say | 32 |
| Haircut helper, at times | 24 |
| Gridiron setting | 16 |
| Get spares, perhaps | 19 |
| Get spares | 10 |
| Get a turkey, say | 17 |
| Get a spare, perhaps | 20 |
| Fiesta or fish follower | 23 |
| Enjoy an alley | 14 |
| Emulate the Dude | 16 |
| Emulate Don Carter | 18 |
| Cricketer's action | 22 |
| Cotton or Rose | 14 |
| College football team's desire | 34 |
| Cereal dish | 11 |
| Astonish, with "over" | 31 |
| Any of five that begin this puzzle's longest answers | 56 |
| Aim for pins | 12 |
| "The Golden ___": James | 33 |
| Had no need for a spare | 23 |
| Greatly surprised | 17 |
| Absolutely amazed | 17 |
| Derby hat | 9 |
| Alley frequenter | 16 |
| Alley competitor | 16 |
| Strike seeker | 13 |
| British derby | 13 |
| Topping for a toff | 18 |
| Striking player | 15 |
| She likes strikes | 17 |
| One who hopes for strikes | 25 |
| One unhappy about a split | 25 |
| One hanging out in an alley | 27 |
| League member, often | 20 |
| Lane user | 9 |
| Hat that may be tipped | 22 |
| Alley athlete | 13 |
| Kind of knot | 12 |
| Sailor's knot | 17 |
| Knot that won't slip | 24 |
| With five pin, Invention our T. Ryan | 36 |
| Pete Weber's game | 21 |
| It has balls and strikes | 24 |
| Game played in an alley | 23 |
| Dollhouse dress adornment? | 26 |
| Strike zone? | 12 |
| Bad place for a split | 21 |
| Tarzan's response to, "Hey, where do they keep the sugar on this ship?" | 85 |
| Spot for strikes | 16 |
| In a ___, many a ___ is rolled | 30 |
| Piano piece played in an alley? | 31 |
| Things with holes | 17 |
| Place in Kentucky | 17 |
| Colorful location in Kentucky | 29 |
| Alley target | 12 |
| Front rower | 11 |
| A whaleboat rower | 17 |
| Withdraw | 8 |
| Exit | 4 |
| Withdrew | 8 |
| Remove oneself from an obligation | 33 |
| Gracefully quit | 15 |
| Submits | 7 |
| Shows respect, in a way | 23 |
| Things to draw | 14 |
| Fiddle sticks | 13 |
| Acknowledges applause | 21 |
| Pasta shapes | 12 |
| Hair decorations | 16 |
| Good performance enders | 23 |
| Gift wrapping supplies | 22 |
| Weapons that twang | 18 |
| Shows respect, in a way | 24 |