| Players behind the line of scrimmage | 36 |
| Player's predetermined route | 32 |
| Player with the first retired number in baseball | 48 |
| Player with the dice at a craps table | 37 |
| Player with an orange and black-striped helmet | 46 |
| Player with a Super Bowl XVIII ring | 35 |
| Player with a record 14 100-RBI seasons | 39 |
| Player with 511 career home runs | 32 |
| Player whose number 6 jersey is now retired | 43 |
| Player who's way too good, say | 34 |
| Player who's good with a bat | 32 |
| Player who uses taunting during a game | 38 |
| Player who might start a key game | 33 |
| Player who isn't dealing, in cribbage | 41 |
| Player who followed in Player's footsteps | 45 |
| Player who doesn't get high? | 32 |
| Player that's now a dinosaur | 32 |
| Player suspended in 2003 for using a corked bat | 47 |
| Player on three World Cup champion teams | 40 |
| Player on the dealer's right | 32 |
| Player on the cover of the FIFA 13 video game | 45 |
| Player on the Australian national dodgeball team | 48 |
| Player of this puzzle's theme song | 38 |
| Player of the Texaco Fire Chief, on old radio | 45 |
| Player of the hot-tempered Corleone | 35 |
| Player of the field hockey-like sport shinty | 44 |
| Player of the Davidov Stradivarius | 34 |
| Player of Tarzan, Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers | 46 |
| Player of Sethe in "Beloved" | 38 |
| Player of Santa in "Elf," 2003 | 40 |
| Player of Sal in "The Godfather" | 42 |
| Player of Principal McGee in "Grease" | 47 |
| Player of Priam in "Troy" | 35 |
| Player of Pat Nixon in "Nixon" | 40 |
| Player of one of TV's Sopranos | 34 |
| Player of June in "Henry & June" | 46 |
| Player of filmdom's Mr. Chips | 33 |
| Player of Elaine on "Taxi" | 36 |
| Player of Danni Sullivan on "Scrubs" | 46 |
| Player of Clouseau's superior | 33 |
| Player of an old stringed instrument | 36 |
| Player of a guitar named Lucille | 32 |
| Player of "As Time Goes By," in film | 46 |
| Player lined up opposite the center, in football | 48 |
| Player like Mantle, Mays or Musial | 34 |
| Player in the Mideast peace process (abbr.) | 43 |
| Player in a record 75 World Series games | 40 |
| Player in "The Boys of Summer" | 40 |
| Player good in several positions | 32 |
| Player for a rich Cuban, for short | 34 |
| Player drafted two picks after LeBron | 37 |
| Player coached by Bill Cowher for 15 seasons | 44 |
| Player between Tinker and Chance | 32 |
| Player at Maryland's Byrd Stadium, for short | 48 |
| Player able to play two positions | 33 |
| Played, but not in the field, briefly | 37 |
| Played, but didn't play the field? | 38 |
| Played with one's hands, say | 32 |
| Played with an impromptu gathering of musicians | 47 |
| Played while listening to pub rock band | 39 |
| Played to the back of the audience | 34 |
| Played tenpins in officers' uniforms? | 41 |
| Played shows during the Writers' Guild Strike | 49 |
| Played sharply and separately, in mus. | 38 |
| Played hoops during a crafts class? | 35 |
| Played fast and loose with the facts | 36 |
| Played expressively within the tempo, in music | 46 |
| Played crisply and detached, in mus. | 36 |
| Played an Elizabethan instrument | 32 |
| Playdate lunch option, for short | 32 |
| Playboy's version of a right | 32 |
| Playboy or Playgirl-caliber model | 33 |
| Playboy of the Western World author | 38 |
| Playboy Mansion resident, familiarly | 36 |
| Playboy founder who injured his calf muscle? | 44 |
| Playboy Enterprises figure, familiarly | 38 |
| Playboy centerfold feature until 1985 | 37 |
| Playable character in Guitar Hero III | 37 |
| Playa del __: L.A. coastal region | 33 |
| Play-_____ (kids' art medium) | 33 |
| Play-it-safe advice on a gridiron | 33 |
| Play-Doh character late of "SNL" | 42 |
| Play-by-play announcer's partner | 36 |
| Play _____ with (make trouble for) | 34 |
| Play ___ with (make trouble for) | 32 |
| Play ___ (perform with the band) | 32 |
| Play ___ (perform a song grouping) | 34 |
| Play ___ (feign unconsciousness) | 32 |
| Play ___ (feign death to trick a predator) | 42 |
| Play your poker hand without drawing | 36 |
| Play with the first "robots" | 38 |
| Play with someone else's toy? | 33 |
| Play with ''Memory'' | 36 |
| Play whose star won the 1990 Best Actor Tony | 44 |
| Play where Desdemona gets sucked into a tornado? | 48 |
| Play to the back row and then some | 34 |
| Play to the back of the audience | 32 |
| Play this and you'll end on a high note? | 44 |
| Play the ___ (bet on a horse race) | 34 |
| Play the sycophant to, with "over" | 44 |