| Bush league?: Abbr. | 19 |
| Bush league? (Abbr.) | 20 |
| Bush league, briefly | 20 |
| Arlen Specter's party, once | 31 |
| Transcend | 9 |
| Overshoot | 9 |
| Fail, so to speak | 17 |
| Fail but good | 13 |
| Minnesotan | 10 |
| Underground figure? | 19 |
| University of Minnesota athlete | 31 |
| Ground squirrel | 15 |
| Furry burrower | 14 |
| Chipmunk's cousin | 21 |
| University of Minnesota mascot Goldy __ | 39 |
| Proliferous varmint | 19 |
| Fred Grandy's "Love Boat" character | 49 |
| Burrowing garden pest (6) | 25 |
| "Love Boat" cutup | 27 |
| "Caddyshack" villain | 30 |
| "Caddyshack" menace | 29 |
| 'Caddyshack' critter | 28 |
| Become furious | 14 |
| Lose it, in slang | 17 |
| Completely flip | 15 |
| Give up amateur status | 22 |
| Hit the big leagues | 19 |
| Decide to play for pay | 22 |
| Move up from the amateur ranks | 30 |
| Lose one's amateur status | 29 |
| Leave the amateur ranks | 23 |
| Become a paid athlete | 21 |
| Switch from amateur status | 26 |
| Opt to play for pay | 19 |
| Make a major decision? | 22 |
| Lose one's amateur standing | 31 |
| Join the big leagues | 20 |
| Hit the big leagues, maybe | 26 |
| First satellite to transmit a phone call through space, 1962 | 60 |
| Enter the NFL draft | 19 |
| Drop out of school for millions, perhaps | 40 |
| Do what Michelle Wie did before age 16 | 38 |
| Choose to play for pay | 22 |
| Become ineligible for the Olympics, in some sports | 50 |
| Be an amateur no more | 21 |
| TV chef Ramsay | 14 |
| Tony's successor as P.M. | 28 |
| Racer Jeff | 10 |
| Name that's Old English for "round hill" | 54 |
| Labour leader Brown | 19 |
| Gotham's commissioner | 25 |
| George __, Lord Byron | 21 |
| Four-time Winston Cup winner | 28 |
| Flash of comics | 15 |
| Flash in old movies | 19 |
| Flash ___ of comics | 19 |
| Chef Ramsay | 11 |
| British Columbia Premier Campbell | 33 |
| Apollo XII astronaut | 20 |
| Apollo 12 astronaut | 19 |
| Actor Pinsent | 13 |
| 1993 NASCAR Rookie of the Year Jeff | 35 |
| 1993 NASCAR Rookie of the Year | 30 |
| "Harold and Maude" costar | 35 |
| "Harold and Maude" co-star | 36 |
| Motown's Berry | 18 |
| Motown Records founder | 22 |
| Motown founder | 14 |
| Founder of Motown Records | 25 |
| Berry from Detroit | 18 |
| "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" weatherman | 48 |
| Impale | 6 |
| Author Vidal | 12 |
| Skirt part | 10 |
| Reason for an R rating | 22 |
| Blood | 5 |
| Skirt insert | 12 |
| Party in a landmark Supreme Court case of 2000 | 46 |
| Clinton's veep | 18 |
| Spear | 5 |
| Horror film feature | 19 |
| Garment insert | 14 |
| Clinton's vice president | 28 |
| #2 | 2 |
| Quayle's successor | 22 |
| Pierce with a tusk | 18 |
| Gusset | 6 |
| Vidal | 5 |
| Cheney's predecessor | 24 |
| Al or Tipper | 12 |
| Writer Vidal | 12 |
| V-chips block it | 16 |
| Triangular insert | 17 |
| Skirt panel | 11 |
| Novelist Vidal | 14 |
| Horror film fare | 16 |
| He "used to be the next president" | 44 |
| Bush fighter | 12 |
| Blood and guts | 14 |
| 2000 presidential hopeful | 25 |