| Seeded player's delight | 27 |
| Scoring play in cricket | 23 |
| One of twins at farewell | 24 |
| Oft-reduplicated parting word | 29 |
| Off week in the playoffs | 24 |
| NFL playoffs pass, e.g. | 23 |
| Lucky draw in a tournament | 26 |
| It renders a seed inactive | 26 |
| It may be said at a parting | 27 |
| Free pass to the second round | 29 |
| Free pass to the next round | 27 |
| Doubled, a remark to birdie | 27 |
| Departure announcement | 22 |
| By the ___ (incidentally) | 25 |
| "Keep it real" | 24 |
| "g2g" follower | 24 |
| ''Sayonara!'' | 29 |
| How some play the piano | 23 |
| How some musicians play | 23 |
| Using musical aptitude | 22 |
| Play it ___ (improvise) | 23 |
| One way to play the piano | 25 |
| One way to play something | 25 |
| How some things are played | 26 |
| How some music is played | 24 |
| How PAderewski played? | 22 |
| How nonreading musicians play | 29 |
| "Ciao for now!" | 25 |
| Send-off for a blackbird? | 25 |
| "See you later!" | 26 |
| "See ya later" | 24 |
| What top seeds often get | 24 |
| Tournament-round passes | 23 |
| They're drawn in sports | 27 |
| Round-skipping advantages | 25 |
| Off-weeks, in football | 22 |
| Lucky tournament draws | 22 |
| Free rides at the tourney | 25 |
| To a considerable degree | 24 |
| Brit's emphatic phrase | 26 |
| In any manner necessary | 23 |
| How some get things done | 24 |
| Whatever it takes, period! | 26 |
| In whatever way possible | 24 |
| Determined one's phrase | 27 |
| Rule of corporate governance | 28 |
| Organizational regulation | 25 |
| Corporation's rule | 22 |
| Constitution part, perhaps | 26 |
| Bit of internal governance | 26 |
| Cub reporter's dream | 24 |
| Newswriter's credit | 23 |
| News writer's desire | 24 |
| Name in the newspaper? | 22 |
| Author's acknowledgement | 28 |
| Reporter's credits | 22 |
| Previously, up to this point | 28 |
| Party invitation inits. | 23 |
| Letters on an invitation | 24 |
| Invitation abbreviation | 23 |
| Invitation stipulation | 22 |
| Party stipulation, briefly | 26 |
| Abbr. on some invitations | 25 |
| T.G.I.F. party request | 22 |
| Setup provider's abbr. | 26 |
| Party directive, briefly | 24 |
| Low-budget party letters | 24 |
| Letters on some invitations | 27 |
| Letters on a party invitation | 29 |
| Invitation reminder letters | 27 |
| Inits. on an invitation | 23 |
| Informal invitation letters | 27 |
| Way around town, perhaps | 24 |
| Route used to avoid traffic | 27 |
| One way to get around town? | 27 |
| Cardiac surgery technique | 25 |
| It's not used much | 22 |
| Polar explorer Richard | 22 |
| Renowned pole explorer | 22 |
| Renowned South Pole explorer | 28 |
| Noted Antarctic explorer | 24 |
| Founder of Little America | 25 |
| Senator from Va. or W.Va. | 25 |
| Gram Parsons, for a time | 24 |
| Antarctic Plateau explorer | 26 |
| Antarctic explorer Richard | 26 |
| A Mountain State senator | 24 |
| ___ Land in Antarctica | 22 |
| Richard E. and Robert C. | 24 |
| Virginia political family | 25 |
| Secondary thoroughfare | 22 |
| Route off the beaten track | 26 |
| "Don Juan" poet | 25 |
| 'Childe Harold' poet | 28 |
| Poet who swam the Hellespont | 28 |
| Chronicler of Don Juan | 22 |
| Childe Harold's creator | 27 |
| "Don Juan" author | 27 |
| 'Don Juan' writer | 25 |
| 'Darkness' poet | 23 |