| Hoop holder, maybe | 18 |
| Hoop jewelry | 12 |
| Hoop jewelry king? | 18 |
| Hoop jumper in the circus | 25 |
| Hoop locale | 11 |
| Hoop or drop, e.g. | 18 |
| Hoop or skirt preceder | 22 |
| Hoop or skirt predecessor | 25 |
| Hoop or stud | 12 |
| Hoop part | 9 |
| Hoop scores from far out | 24 |
| Hoop setting | 12 |
| Hoop site | 9 |
| Hoop site, maybe | 16 |
| Hoop sites | 10 |
| Hoop skirts? | 12 |
| Hoop spot | 9 |
| Hoop star's entourage | 25 |
| Hoop type | 9 |
| Hoop ___ | 8 |
| Hoop's great Archibald | 26 |
| Hoop's hoop? | 16 |
| Hoop's locale, perhaps | 26 |
| Hoop's outer edge | 21 |
| Hoop-shaped gasket | 18 |
| Hoop: Sp. | 9 |
| Hooper or Nielsen: Abbr. | 24 |
| Hooper's concern | 20 |
| Hooper's Store proprietor on "Sesame Street" | 58 |
| Hoopla | 6 |
| Hoopla and put-on | 17 |
| Hoople or Barbara | 17 |
| Hoople or Bowes | 15 |
| Hoople or Dad | 13 |
| Hoople or Houlihan | 18 |
| Hoople whoops | 13 |
| Hoople's cry | 16 |
| Hoople's exclamation | 24 |
| Hoople's expletive | 22 |
| Hoople's rank | 17 |
| Hoople's word | 17 |
| Hoople, for one | 15 |
| Hoople, for one: Abbr. | 22 |
| Hoopoe's home | 17 |
| Hoopoes' homes | 18 |
| Hoops | 5 |
| Hoops announcer's "Slam dunk!" | 44 |
| Hoops big man | 13 |
| Hoops bloopers | 14 |
| Hoops cable channel | 19 |
| Hoops coach Kruger | 18 |
| Hoops coach Thomas | 18 |
| Hoops coach with the most N.C.A.A. Division I wins | 50 |
| Hoops competition, briefly | 26 |
| Hoops contests since '38 | 28 |
| Hoops coups | 11 |
| Hoops crowd-pleasers | 20 |
| Hoops dangler | 13 |
| Hoops defense | 13 |
| Hoops defensive strategy | 24 |
| Hoops embarrassment | 19 |
| Hoops franchise born in New Orleans | 35 |
| Hoops game | 10 |
| Hoops game for two | 18 |
| Hoops gimmes | 12 |
| Hoops gp. | 9 |
| Hoops great Abdul-Jabbar | 24 |
| Hoops great Archibald | 21 |
| Hoops great Baylor | 18 |
| Hoops great Baylor or Chicago suburb | 36 |
| Hoops great Chamberlain | 23 |
| Hoops great Patrick | 19 |
| Hoops great Thomas | 18 |
| Hoops great Willis | 18 |
| Hoops group | 11 |
| Hoops group (abbr.) | 19 |
| Hoops group for Swoopes: Abbr. | 30 |
| Hoops group until 2009 | 22 |
| Hoops group: Abbr. | 18 |
| Hoops grp. | 10 |
| Hoops Hall of Fame nickname | 27 |
| Hoops Hall of Famer Dan | 23 |
| Hoops Hall of Famer Thomas | 26 |
| Hoops Hall of Famer Thurmond | 28 |
| Hoops Hall-of-Famer Baylor | 26 |
| Hoops Hall-of-Famer English | 27 |
| Hoops Hall-of-Famer Irish | 25 |
| Hoops Hall-of-Famer Jerry | 25 |
| Hoops Hall-of-Famer Murphy | 26 |
| Hoops Hall-of-Famer Thomas | 26 |
| Hoops Hall-of-Famer Thurmond | 28 |
| Hoops headliner | 15 |
| Hoops hero Shaq | 15 |
| Hoops hoop | 10 |
| Hoops league of old | 19 |
| Hoops legend | 12 |
| Hoops legend -- Abdul-Jabbar | 28 |
| Hoops legend Thomas | 19 |
| Hoops legend, familiarly | 24 |
| Hoops locale | 12 |