| INALEAGUEOFHEROWN | The baseball manager was doing so well, until no other teams joined and she was ___ |
| NSYNC | Defunct boy band whose manager was recently indicted for fraud |
| METS | Team whose first manager was Casey Stengel |
| SUEDE | Band whose first manager was Ricky Gervais (5) |
| CRUISINGRIGHTALONG | The yachtie who meant to stop at the dock was doing so well, until he started ___ |
| TOTALLYCRUSHINGIT | The wedding-cake baker was doing so well, until he slipped and wound up ___ |
| GOINGOFFTHECHARTS | The pop singer was doing so well, until she started ___ |
| INACLASSBYHIMSELF | A prof at a for-profit school was doing so well, until he was ___ |
| GLUCK | Louise _____ won the Pulitzer for her work The Wild Iris in 1993, and she was awarded the Nobel for literature in 2020 |
| TALKINGHEADS | American new wave band whose hits include And She Was and Burning Down the House (7,5) |
| SITTINGONTOPOFTHE | With 65-Across: The tourist bound for Antarctica was doing so well, until he wound up ___ |
| WILLIEMAYS | Outfielder for the Giants and two other teams in the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s: 2 wds. |
| JAMIEMOYER | Pitcher for the Mariners and seven other teams in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s: 2 wds. |
| NOLANRYAN | Pitcher for the Astros and three other teams in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s: 2 wds. |
| TIMRAINES | Outfielder for the Expos and five other teams in the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s: 2 wds. |
| GUNSMOKE | Scripted prime-time show with the largest tally of episodes until No. 636 of "The Simpsons" in 2018 |
| ROXIE | Roker of "The Jeffersons" (and she was also Lenny Kravitz's mom) |
| LASTOUT | Stay at the crease for long time, until no-one's left (4,3) |
| LINE | The 3rd one is often labled "the checking ___" meant to harass the other team's offense. |
| WNBA | The Fever and Dream are in it, along with 11 other teams (abbr.) |
