| NHL's Hart Memorial Trophy winner, e.g. | 43 |
| NBA award | 9 |
| N.B.A. or N.F.L. honor | 22 |
| MLB award | 9 |
| Michael Jordan, five times (abbr.) | 34 |
| Mantle won it three times | 25 |
| Mantle in 1956, say | 19 |
| League's top performer, briefly | 35 |
| League honoree | 14 |
| Honored league member | 21 |
| Giants' Ottis Anderson, for short | 37 |
| Game superstar | 14 |
| Game standout, briefly | 22 |
| Game award, for short | 21 |
| Bo Jackson was one in '89 | 29 |
| Big shot after making a big shot, maybe: Abbr. | 46 |
| Berra won it in the A.L. three times | 36 |
| Baseball award, for short | 25 |
| Athlete's accolade, briefly | 31 |
| Annual World Series announcement | 32 |
| Annual award in many sports | 27 |
| A.L. or N.L. honoree | 20 |
| A-Rod in 2007 | 13 |
| Team leaders, initially | 23 |
| MLB honorees | 12 |
| LeBron James has won four of them: Abbr. | 40 |
| Baseball honorees, briefly | 26 |
| Troy Aikman, John Elway and others, in brief | 44 |
| They rarely come from losing teams | 34 |
| Super Bowl heroes, often | 24 |
| Sportswriters' picks, for short | 35 |
| Sports VIPs | 11 |
| Sport awards | 12 |
| NHL awards | 10 |
| NBA award recipients | 20 |
| N.L.'s Pujols and A.L.'s Mauer in 2009 | 46 |
| League VIPs | 11 |
| It may be hard to get them to fold | 34 |
| Honored players, for short | 26 |
| Game honorees, briefly | 22 |
| End-of-season honorees, for short | 33 |
| Court stars, maybe, in brief | 28 |
| Biggest stars, briefly | 22 |
| Awards of which Peyton Manning has five | 39 |
| Awards for Lisa Leslie and Sheryl Swoopes | 41 |
| Annual sports-award recipients: Abbr. | 37 |
| AL or NL honorees | 17 |
| A.L. or N.L. honorees | 21 |
| A-Rod and Dimag, e.g. | 21 |
| Nero's 1,011 | 16 |
| CCCXXXVII tripled | 17 |
| Roman 1011 | 10 |
| Caesar's 1,011 | 18 |
| 1011, in old Rome | 17 |
| Common tax form, to Caesar? | 27 |
| Roman 1040 | 10 |
| Multiple of LII | 15 |
| Caesar's tax form? | 22 |
| 130% of DCCC | 12 |
| 1040, in old Rome | 17 |
| "Sorry!" | 18 |
| "I goofed" | 20 |
| 'Oops' | 14 |
| "Whoops" | 18 |
| "Oops, sorry" | 23 |
| Informal apology | 16 |
| "Oops!" (to a teen) | 29 |
| "Oops! I made a mistake!" | 35 |
| "Whoops! Sorry ..." | 29 |
| "Sorry, I messed up" | 30 |
| "Sorry, I did it" | 27 |
| "Oops! I made a mistake" | 34 |
| "Oops! I goofed!" | 27 |
| "Mea culpa," in slang | 31 |
| "I'm to blame" | 28 |
| "I messed up!" | 24 |
| "I goofed, man" | 25 |
| 'Sorry, I goofed' | 25 |
| 'Sorry, I did it' | 25 |
| 'Oops, I goofed' | 24 |
| Words after 'Frankly' | 29 |
| Way to address a sweetheart | 27 |
| Scarlett, to Rhett, ultimately | 30 |
| Quaint love letter opener | 25 |
| Polite letter words | 19 |
| Part of a Holmes comment to Watson | 34 |
| Love letter salutation | 22 |
| Last thing Rhett called Scarlett | 32 |
| Intimate term of address | 24 |
| Billet-doux salutation | 22 |
| Beginning words of a salutation | 31 |
| Beatles "Martha ___" | 30 |
| "Frankly, __ ..." | 27 |
| Austin Powers portrayer | 23 |
| Austin Powers portrayer Mike | 28 |
| "Broom Hilda" cartoonist | 34 |
| The voice of Shrek | 18 |
| Mike of 'Shrek' | 23 |
| Powers player | 13 |
| Mike of "Austin Powers" | 33 |