| Backstop's accessory | 24 |
| All good catchers have one | 26 |
| Aid at the plate | 16 |
| A baker might have a hand in it | 31 |
| 2012 political chant | 20 |
| 2012 debater against Barack | 27 |
| 2008 candidate Romney | 21 |
| "Leather," in baseball | 32 |
| You may have a hand in it | 25 |
| Wintertime lost-and-found item | 30 |
| Shape of Michigan's Lower Peninsula | 39 |
| One of a winter pair | 20 |
| Hand warmer? | 12 |
| Winter wear item | 16 |
| Winter hand warmer | 18 |
| Type of pot holder | 18 |
| Two-part glove | 14 |
| Tot's coat attachment | 25 |
| Something for a kid to keep on hand? | 36 |
| Snowsuit clip-on | 16 |
| Snowman-building accessory | 26 |
| Potholder of a kind | 19 |
| Pot holder shape | 16 |
| One with a thumb but no fingers | 31 |
| One of a protective pair | 24 |
| One deserving a hand? | 21 |
| Kindergarten lost-and-found item | 32 |
| It may get pinned on a kid | 26 |
| Hand cover | 10 |
| Glove's kin | 15 |
| Glove's cousin | 18 |
| Glove on a string | 17 |
| Frequently lost item | 20 |
| Baker's glove | 17 |
| What the kittens lost | 21 |
| Wear in a nursery rhyme | 23 |
| They may be seen with snowballs | 31 |
| They don't have fingers | 27 |
| Solution for shaking hands | 26 |
| Nickname for a 2012 presidential candidate | 42 |
| Lost items of rhyme | 19 |
| Kindergarten lost-and-found items, perhaps | 42 |
| Impediments to manual dexterity, sometimes | 42 |
| Hands, slangily | 15 |
| Catchers' gloves | 20 |
| Bench equipment? | 16 |
| Oven gloves | 11 |
| Little League equipment | 23 |
| Chefs' protectors | 21 |
| Baseball gloves | 15 |
| Fielders' needs | 19 |
| Catchers' needs | 19 |
| They keep flies from landing on diamonds | 40 |
| Some potholders | 15 |
| Padded gloves | 13 |
| Hands, in slang | 15 |
| Gloves for the Babe | 19 |
| Diamond gloves | 14 |
| Cookie sheet graspers | 21 |
| Catchers wear them | 18 |
| Catchers and chefs have them | 28 |
| Casserole holders | 17 |
| Baseball catchers | 17 |
| Yankees' equipment | 22 |
| Supply for Bench | 16 |
| Pitchers' gloves | 20 |
| Musts for Garvey and Carter | 27 |
| Hands, so to speak | 18 |
| Hands, or hand protection | 25 |
| Hands, informally | 17 |
| Gumshoe's hands | 19 |
| Gloves, for Bench | 17 |
| Gloves worn mostly in spring, summer, and fall | 46 |
| Gloves in Yogi Berra's closet | 33 |
| Gloves in dugouts | 17 |
| Gloves in Campanella's closet | 33 |
| Gloves for goalies | 18 |
| Gloves for Gehrig and Berra | 27 |
| Gloves for Fish and Cerone | 26 |
| Gloves for Bench | 16 |
| Gear once used by Berra and Bench | 33 |
| Gear for Bench and Fisk | 23 |
| Fielders' choices | 21 |
| Field hands wear them? | 22 |
| Diamond wear | 12 |
| Covers in the kitchen | 21 |
| Catchers' necessities | 25 |
| Catchers' gear | 18 |
| Catchers' catchers | 22 |
| Catcher's collection | 24 |
| Ballplayers' gear | 21 |
| Bakers' gloves | 18 |
| Thurber's Walter | 20 |
| Thurber's daydreamer | 24 |
| Thurber's fantasizer | 24 |
| Thurber's dreamer | 21 |
| Fictional fantasizer | 20 |
| Daydreamer Walter | 17 |
| Walter played by Danny Kaye | 27 |
| Thurber's fantasizing hero | 30 |