| Florida players | 15 |
| Germ | 4 |
| Future flower | 13 |
| Harbinger of spring | 19 |
| Unopened flower | 15 |
| Flower starter | 14 |
| Blossom-to-be | 13 |
| Flower child? | 13 |
| Bloom-to-be | 11 |
| Flower-to-be | 12 |
| Baby blossom | 12 |
| Baby bloomer? | 13 |
| Sign of spring, hidden four times in this puzzle | 48 |
| First name of a straight man | 28 |
| Baby bloomer | 12 |
| Vase item | 9 |
| Unopened rose | 13 |
| Unopened bloom | 14 |
| Spring sight | 12 |
| Potential flower | 16 |
| Potato eye | 10 |
| Not quite a bloomer | 19 |
| Half of the "Who's on First?" duo | 47 |
| Germinate | 9 |
| Future blossom | 14 |
| Future bloom | 12 |
| Early development | 17 |
| Beginning blossom | 17 |
| Begin to develop | 16 |
| Begin blooming | 14 |
| Al and Peggy Bundy's son | 28 |
| "Father Knows Best" son | 33 |
| Would-be flower | 15 |
| Wilkinson of football lore | 26 |
| Unnamed fellow | 14 |
| Unexpanded flower | 17 |
| Three 6 Mafia "Where's Da ___" | 44 |
| The world's best-selling beer, for short | 44 |
| Taste ____ | 10 |
| Spring growth | 13 |
| Social deb | 10 |
| Smoked part | 11 |
| Sir, less formally | 18 |
| Sign of spring in four places in this puzzle | 44 |
| Rose, at first | 14 |
| Rose-to-be | 10 |
| Relative of Mac | 15 |
| Putative pansy | 14 |
| Popular brew, for short | 23 |
| Palmer or Wilkinson | 19 |
| Nipped in the ___ | 17 |
| Nascent flower | 14 |
| Man-cave guest | 14 |
| Man cave invitee | 16 |
| Lou's sidekick | 18 |
| Lou's partner in comedy | 27 |
| Lou's partner | 17 |
| Lou Costello's partner | 26 |
| Kind of mite or moth | 20 |
| Item for a vase | 15 |
| Item for a small vase | 21 |
| Immature one | 12 |
| Gemma | 5 |
| Future leaf | 11 |
| Frost victim | 12 |
| Floret | 6 |
| Deb | 3 |
| Common bar order, briefly | 25 |
| Comic Abbott | 12 |
| Close pal | 9 |
| Cheap beer at a show | 20 |
| Bloomer | 7 |
| Begin to flower | 15 |
| Baseball commissioner Selig | 27 |
| Any fellow | 10 |
| AKA Willard Zebedee (Estey) | 27 |
| "King of beers" brand, for short | 42 |
| Mann nature novel? | 18 |
| Danube city | 11 |
| Capital on the Danube | 21 |
| City on Danube | 14 |
| Hungary's capital | 21 |
| The Pearl of the Danube | 23 |
| Capital spanning the Danube | 27 |
| Melville's Billy | 20 |
| Melville's "Billy ___" | 36 |
| "Billy ___" | 21 |
| Melville's 'Billy --' | 33 |
| Tragic Melville hero | 20 |
| Melville's foretopman | 25 |
| Melville's "handsome sailor" Billy | 48 |
| Melville's "handsome sailor" | 42 |
| Melville title character | 24 |
| Melville foretopman | 19 |
| Last name of a Melville seaman | 30 |
| Fictional Billy | 15 |
| Green thumbs? | 13 |
| The Enlightened One | 19 |
| Sanskrit for "awakened one" | 37 |
| Founder of an Eastern religion | 30 |