| Purple region, on some maps | 27 |
| Florida or Ohio, often | 22 |
| Sought-after election bloc | 26 |
| Make-or-break election bloc | 27 |
| Election decider, perhaps | 25 |
| They may go either way | 22 |
| Target of many election ads | 27 |
| Target of campaign ads | 22 |
| Run through, as a debit card | 28 |
| Slide through a card reader | 27 |
| Run a credit card through | 25 |
| Activate a credit card | 22 |
| What second-story men do | 24 |
| Scan, as a credit card | 22 |
| Card-reader instruction | 23 |
| Process payment, perhaps | 24 |
| Ran through, as a credit card | 29 |
| Ran through, as a card | 22 |
| Grabbed surreptitiously | 23 |
| Uses a credit card scanner | 26 |
| Slides through a reader | 23 |
| Processes a credit card | 23 |
| Liberates, so to speak | 22 |
| Acquires with sticky fingers | 28 |
| Checkout activity, perhaps | 26 |
| Album thief's skill? | 24 |
| Curved ice cream pattern | 24 |
| Cinnamon pattern, in toast | 26 |
| Certain ice cream feature | 25 |
| Move in a vortical manner | 25 |
| Fancy ice cream design | 22 |
| Eddy, as windblown snow | 23 |
| Blizzard configuration | 22 |
| Artistic ice cream blend | 24 |
| Head-to-head maneuver? | 22 |
| Flows in a circular current | 27 |
| Fudge ice cream features | 24 |
| Going around and around | 23 |
| Sound of a perfect jumper | 25 |
| Sound of a perfect jump shot | 28 |
| Perfect basketball shot | 23 |
| Cager's favorite sound | 26 |
| Sound of some field goals | 25 |
| Nothin'-but-net sound | 25 |
| Moved, as a horse's tail | 28 |
| Nothing-but-net sounds | 22 |
| Nothing-but-net baskets | 23 |
| Protection against rustling? | 28 |
| Making a rustling sound | 23 |
| Having a rustling sound | 23 |
| Like some bank accounts | 23 |
| Sculptor Giacometti was one | 27 |
| Kind of cheese or steak | 23 |
| Word with cheese or chocolate | 29 |
| Like some chard or steak | 24 |
| Word with steak and cheese | 26 |
| Word with guard or chard | 24 |
| Word with chard or cheese | 25 |
| Paul Klee or Max Frisch, e.g. | 29 |
| Neutral party, traditionally | 28 |
| Like the mathematician Euler | 28 |
| Like Federer and Hingis | 23 |
| Kind of steak or cheese | 23 |
| It's got holes in it | 24 |
| Heidi's nationality | 23 |
| Food that's hole-some? | 26 |
| Cheese with "eyes" | 28 |
| Cheese or chard preceder | 24 |
| Cheese on a ham sandwich | 24 |
| ___ Guard, at the Vatican | 25 |
| Tale told by William Tell? | 26 |
| Vanilla ice cream variety | 25 |
| St. Bernard's beat | 22 |
| Popular locale for skiers | 25 |
| Beets without swollen roots | 27 |
| Quiche ingredient, sometimes | 28 |
| Monte Cristo ingredient | 23 |
| Deli offering with eyes | 23 |
| Capital of Liechtenstein | 24 |
| Hot chocolate mix brand | 23 |
| Share in a Basel business? | 26 |
| Fabric sample from Zurich? | 26 |
| Loretta of "MASH" | 27 |
| "MASH" Emmy winner | 28 |
| "M*A*S*H" actress | 27 |
| "MASH" actress | 24 |
| TV's Maj. Houlihan | 22 |
| She was Major Houlihan | 22 |
| Major Houlihan portrayer | 24 |
| Loretta with two Emmys | 22 |
| Loretta who played Hot Lips | 27 |
| Houlihan's portrayer | 24 |
| Hot Lips Houlihan player | 24 |
| "MASH" regular | 24 |
| It's often flipped | 22 |
| End of a cow's tail | 23 |
| Zigzag trail up a mountain | 26 |
| Operator's post, once | 25 |
| Tall, bamboolike grass | 22 |
| Trade in one's canoe? | 25 |