| Shows that one is in? | 21 |
| Pays what's expected | 24 |
| Pays one's share | 20 |
| Kicks in, initially | 19 |
| Kicks in one's share | 24 |
| Joins hands? | 12 |
| Indicates that one is in | 24 |
| Indicates one is looking for a hand | 35 |
| Gets ready to play | 18 |
| Pay | 3 |
| Prepare to play | 15 |
| Pay what's due | 18 |
| Dealer's directive | 22 |
| Enter the pot | 13 |
| Contribute to the poker game | 28 |
| Pre-deal demand | 15 |
| Poker dealer's words | 24 |
| Pay a stud fee? | 15 |
| Make a stud payment | 19 |
| Join the game, in a way | 23 |
| Enter into a deal? | 18 |
| Chip in, in a way | 17 |
| Glass house, of sorts | 21 |
| Where to observe some workers | 29 |
| Where some colonies are studied | 31 |
| Toy with tunnels | 16 |
| Tiny insects' environment | 29 |
| Sand-and-glass contraption | 26 |
| Myrmecologist's box | 23 |
| Hobby kit with a colony | 23 |
| Gift for a budding entomologist | 31 |
| Eels song about insects? | 24 |
| Colony with tunnels | 19 |
| Colonial environment? | 21 |
| Artificial formicary | 20 |
| Army base? | 10 |
| "Smooth Criminal" band Alien ___ (3,4) | 48 |
| "Smooth Criminal" band Alien ___ | 42 |
| Lit. collection | 15 |
| Flower: Prefix | 14 |
| Prefix meaning ''flower'' | 41 |
| Literary collection: Abbr. | 26 |
| Lit. compilation | 16 |
| Flower: Comb. form | 18 |
| Coll. of selected poems | 23 |
| Bk. of varied verse | 19 |
| Untermeyer book: Abbr. | 22 |
| Short story collection, for short | 33 |
| Literary coll. | 14 |
| Lit. compendium | 15 |
| Flowerlike: Comb. form | 22 |
| Flower: prefix var. | 20 |
| Collection of lit. pieces | 25 |
| Coll. of writings | 17 |
| Coll. of stories | 16 |
| "Oxford Book of Eng. Verse," e.g. | 43 |
| Song of praise | 14 |
| Country music? | 14 |
| National song | 13 |
| Game opener | 11 |
| Paean | 5 |
| Pregame ritual | 14 |
| It's played before play begins | 34 |
| Country song? | 13 |
| Key words in a pregame ceremony? | 32 |
| Key work | 8 |
| "O Canada," for one | 29 |
| Something to stand for | 22 |
| Rallying song | 13 |
| Pre-game offering | 17 |
| National song, e.g. | 19 |
| Key's went national | 23 |
| Country music | 13 |
| Ayn Rand novel | 14 |
| "O Canada" is one | 27 |
| "O Canada," e.g. | 26 |
| "La Marseillaise," e.g. | 33 |
| ''God Save the Queen,'' e.g. | 44 |
| You may have to stand for it | 28 |
| World Series opener | 19 |
| Upstanding music? | 17 |
| The Gaslight ___ | 16 |
| Super Bowl starter | 18 |
| Super Bowl opener | 17 |
| Subject of a standing order? | 28 |
| Start of many a ball game | 25 |
| Song that people stand to sing | 30 |
| Song of gladness | 16 |
| Something to stand up for | 25 |
| Something that might get a rise out of people? | 46 |
| Pregame piece | 13 |
| Pregame fixture | 15 |
| Pre-game rendition | 18 |
| Patriotic tune | 14 |
| Patriotic hymn | 14 |
| Patriot's song | 18 |
| Part of a pregame ceremony | 26 |
| Olympics ceremony song | 22 |
| Olympics ceremony music | 23 |
| Novel by Ayn Rand | 17 |