| The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is next to it | 44 |
| The Detroit River feeds it | 26 |
| Site of a key battle in the War of 1812 | 39 |
| Site of a critical 1813 battle | 30 |
| Port Stanley locale | 19 |
| Pelee Island location | 21 |
| Part of Michigan's border | 29 |
| Ontario is on it | 16 |
| One end of Ontario's Welland Canal | 38 |
| Maumee River outlet | 19 |
| Factor in Buffalo snowfalls | 27 |
| Discovery of the explorer Louis Joliet | 38 |
| Buffalo's water | 19 |
| Body of water seen from Buffalo | 31 |
| Body of water next to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | 52 |
| Battle of Sept. 10, 1813 | 24 |
| Battle of Put-in-Bay setting | 28 |
| About 9,900 square miles of water | 33 |
| View from Lausanne | 18 |
| Montreux locale | 15 |
| Its borders are French and Swiss | 32 |
| Body of water on the Swiss/French border | 40 |
| Setting of Main Duck Island | 27 |
| Receiver of Niagara Falls | 25 |
| One end of the Welland Canal | 28 |
| Niagara River's destination | 31 |
| Member of a "great" quintet | 37 |
| Champlain discovery | 19 |
| Staples Center player | 21 |
| Magic, once | 11 |
| Magic, notably | 14 |
| Magic Johnson, once | 19 |
| Los Angeles hoopster | 20 |
| L.A. hoopster | 13 |
| Kobe, for one | 13 |
| West Coast NBAer | 16 |
| Southern California hoopster | 28 |
| Magic, at one time | 18 |
| Magic Johnson was one | 21 |
| Magic Johnson is one | 20 |
| Los Angeles athlete | 19 |
| Cager at the Staples Center | 27 |
| West Coast pro | 14 |
| Shaq, once | 10 |
| Nixon or Johnson | 16 |
| Nixon is one | 12 |
| L.A. cager | 10 |
| L. A. athlete | 13 |
| Kobe Bryant, for one | 20 |
| Kobe Bryant, e.g. | 17 |
| Great Western Forum player | 26 |
| California cager | 16 |
| Abdul-Jabbar, e.g. | 18 |
| Abdul-Jabbar is one | 19 |
| Wilt Chamberlain was one | 24 |
| Western NBAer | 13 |
| Southern California basket maker | 32 |
| Sonic rival | 11 |
| Sir Freddie of Skytrain | 23 |
| Shaquille O'Neal, once | 26 |
| Shaq e.g. | 10 |
| Recent teammate of Magic | 24 |
| Pat Riley, once | 15 |
| Nonmaritime ship | 16 |
| N.B.A. teammate since 1947 | 26 |
| Magic, e.g., once | 17 |
| Magic was one | 13 |
| Magic or Wilt, once | 19 |
| Magic or Kobe | 13 |
| Los Angeles NBAer | 17 |
| Los Angeles N.B.A.er | 20 |
| Los Angeles cager | 17 |
| LA team member | 14 |
| L.A. round-baller | 17 |
| L.A. center, e.g. | 17 |
| L. A. cager | 11 |
| Kobe Bryant, notably | 20 |
| Jerry West was one | 18 |
| Chamberlain, once | 17 |
| Celtic's rival | 18 |
| California NBAer | 16 |
| California hoopster | 19 |
| Cager from L.A. | 15 |
| Aviation entrepreneur Sir Freddie ___ | 37 |
| Abdul-Jabbar, 1975-89 | 21 |
| Abdul-Jabbar was one | 20 |
| 1940s-'50s NBA star George Mikan, for one | 45 |
| L. A. team | 10 |
| West Coast pros | 15 |
| Magic Johnson's old team | 28 |
| Certain West Coast pros | 23 |
| 2009 NBA Champions | 18 |
| 2008 NBA Finals losers | 22 |
| Western basket makers? | 22 |
| They moved from Minnesota to Los Angeles in 1960 | 48 |
| Team in California | 18 |
| Team from Los Angeles | 21 |
| Staples Center team | 19 |
| Staples basketmakers | 20 |
| Payton and O'Neal | 21 |