| "Quantum ___," TV show | 32 |
| "One giant ___ for mankind" | 37 |
| "Look before you __" | 30 |
| "Able to ___ tall buildings..." | 41 |
| "Able to ___ tall buildings ..." | 42 |
| "... one giant __ for mankind" | 40 |
| --- of faith | 12 |
| ___ year (period of 366 days) | 29 |
| ___ year (2004, e.g.) | 21 |
| __ year (2008 or 2012) | 22 |
| Go for avidly | 13 |
| Unhesitatingly go for | 21 |
| Take in a heartbeat | 19 |
| Show enthusiasm for, as an opportunity | 38 |
| Seize eagerly, as a chance | 26 |
| Grab in a heartbeat | 19 |
| Go toward with enthusiasm | 25 |
| Go for with gusto | 17 |
| Go for the jugular | 18 |
| Go for eagerly, as an opportunity | 33 |
| Eagerly accept | 14 |
| Attack, tiger-style | 19 |
| Seize an opportunity | 20 |
| February 29 | 11 |
| Quadrennial occasion celebrated by this puzzle's theme entries | 66 |
| February 29th | 13 |
| Calendar rarity | 15 |
| The 29th, every so often | 24 |
| Sixtieth day of the year, periodically | 38 |
| Quadrennial occurrence | 22 |
| Traditionally, when women were allowed to propose marriage | 58 |
| March preceder, periodically | 28 |
| Intercalary event | 17 |
| Feb. 29 | 7 |
| Calendrical correction | 22 |
| Bissextile occurrence | 21 |
| 2/29 | 4 |
| Jumped | 6 |
| Acted impulsively | 17 |
| Cleared a hurdle | 16 |
| Didn't hesitate | 19 |
| Did a Lutz | 10 |
| Went for a rebound | 18 |
| Prepared for a slam dunk | 24 |
| Michael Jordan did it many times | 32 |
| Made like Baryshnikov | 21 |
| Left the ground for a bit | 25 |
| Jumped to No. 1 | 15 |
| Didn't hesitate at a chance | 31 |
| Began a bungee jump | 19 |
| One who's not out of bounds? | 32 |
| One in mid-spring | 17 |
| Ballerina, at times | 19 |
| What the looker is next, presumably | 35 |
| Skydiver, at first | 18 |
| One of 10 Christmas carol characters | 36 |
| One making rebounds | 19 |
| One jumping to conclusions, say | 31 |
| One expressing joy, perhaps | 27 |
| Lemur or frog, at times | 23 |
| Frog, at times | 14 |
| Frog e.g. | 10 |
| Figure skater, at times | 23 |
| Carol lord, for one | 19 |
| Ballet dancer, at times | 23 |
| Ballerina, often | 16 |
| Any of ten lords in a seasonal song | 35 |
| Acrobats | 8 |
| "Twelve Days of Christmas" lords, e.g. | 48 |
| People born on February 29, colloquially | 40 |
| Orphan Annie's lizards | 26 |
| Lords in a carol, e.g. | 22 |
| Frogs and kangaroos | 19 |
| Circus acrobats | 15 |
| Bounders' kin | 17 |
| Basketball forwards, e.g. | 25 |
| Ballerinas, often | 17 |
| Ballerinas, in a way | 20 |
| Ballerinas, at times | 20 |
| Hurdles | 7 |
| Progresses in jumps or stages | 29 |
| Jumps by taking turns | 21 |
| Goes over another's head | 28 |
| Clears with a bound | 19 |
| Start something enthusiastically | 32 |
| One way to get wet | 18 |
| Not think things through first | 30 |
| Like Annie's lizards | 24 |
| Go right at it, as work | 23 |
| Emulatin' Annie's lizards | 33 |
| Cry before "lizards!" | 31 |
| Be rash | 7 |
| '-- lizards!' | 21 |
| Springboard activity | 20 |
| Like some lizards | 17 |
| In bounds? | 10 |
| Breaking into a vault? | 22 |
| Aerialist action | 16 |
| ___ faith | 9 |
| Words leading to faith | 22 |