| Stopped working | 15 |
| Gave up the ghost | 17 |
| Burned out | 10 |
| Became extinct | 14 |
| Went over like a lead balloon | 29 |
| Was left on base | 16 |
| Passed on | 9 |
| Stopped running | 15 |
| Ran out, as a battery | 21 |
| Lost power, as an engine | 24 |
| Faded in the stretch | 20 |
| Didn't get a single laugh | 29 |
| Croaked | 7 |
| Tombstone word | 14 |
| Subsided, with "down" | 31 |
| Ran out of juice | 16 |
| Passed away | 11 |
| Gave out, as a battery | 22 |
| Fizzled | 7 |
| Faded out | 9 |
| Conked out, as an engine | 24 |
| Went pffft | 10 |
| Was overcome with embarrassment, in slang | 41 |
| Was mortified, hyperbolically | 29 |
| Was incredibly embarrassed, in slang | 36 |
| Turned up one's toes | 24 |
| Subsided (with "down") | 32 |
| Subsided (with ''down'') | 40 |
| Stopped working, as an engine | 29 |
| Perished | 8 |
| Morbid Alice in Chains song | 27 |
| Laid an egg at The Improv | 25 |
| Diminished, with "down" | 33 |
| Diminished (with "down") | 34 |
| Conked out, as a car | 20 |
| Cashed in, so to speak | 22 |
| Bought the farm | 15 |
| Bombed, as a stand-up comic | 27 |
| "They ___ With Their Boots On" (1941) | 47 |
| "They ___ With Their Boots On" (1941 film) | 52 |
| "She should have ___ hereafter": Macbeth | 50 |
| "I literally ___" | 27 |
| "I literally ___!" (embarrassed teen's hyperbole) | 63 |
| "(I Just) ___ in Your Arms Tonight" | 45 |
| 'The day the music --' | 30 |
| ''They ___ With Their Boots On'' (1941 film) | 60 |
| ___ away (faded out) | 20 |
| Abate | 5 |
| Lose steam | 10 |
| Lose strength | 13 |
| San ___, Calif. | 15 |
| Muralist Rivera | 15 |
| San __ | 6 |
| Painter Rivera | 14 |
| Artist Rivera | 13 |
| Mexican painter Rivera | 22 |
| Zorro's first name | 22 |
| Zorro's real first name | 27 |
| San ___ Padres | 14 |
| Mexican artist Rivera | 21 |
| San follower | 12 |
| Don ___ de la Vega (Zorro) | 26 |
| Cousin of Dora the Explorer | 27 |
| World Cup legend Maradona | 25 |
| Soccer great Maradona | 21 |
| San ---, California | 19 |
| San -- | 6 |
| San __, CA | 10 |
| Part of UCSD | 12 |
| Mural artist Rivera | 19 |
| "Frida" character | 27 |
| World Cup celeb Maradona | 24 |
| Velasquez or Rivera | 19 |
| Spanish version of James | 24 |
| Son of Columbus | 15 |
| Soccer legend Maradona | 22 |
| San --, Calif. | 14 |
| San -- Zoo | 10 |
| San -- Padres | 13 |
| San -- Chargers | 15 |
| San __ Padres | 13 |
| Rivera the painter | 18 |
| Rivera of Mexico | 16 |
| Rivera | 6 |
| Painter Rivera who was an avowed communist | 42 |
| Mural painter Rivera | 20 |
| Mexican muralist Rivera | 23 |
| Dora's fellow-explorer | 26 |
| Dora the Explorer's cousin | 30 |
| Don ___ de la Vega, a k a Zorro | 31 |
| California's San __ Padres | 30 |
| Artistic mate of Frida | 22 |
| Argentine soccer hero Maradona | 30 |
| "Y Tu Mama Tambien" actor Luna | 40 |
| 'Contraband' actor Luna | 31 |
| ___ Garcia (Indian Ocean atoll) | 31 |
| Split one's sides | 21 |
| Be in stitches | 14 |
| Be slain by a stand-up comic? | 29 |
| Per __ | 6 |