| TAKETHEBISCUIT | Go for the brown and beat all (4,3,7) |
| AFC | Conference for the Browns and Bengals: Abbr. |
| TROUT | Fish whose species include the brown and rainbow |
| TAKETHE | (and 5 Across) Get ready to play and beat all competitors (4,3,5) |
| WOODOWL | Name, in reference to its habitation of boscage, forest or other sylvan abode, for the brown/tawny hooting bird of the night, Strix aluco (4,3) |
| OHIO | Home to the Browns and the Reds |
| NORWAYRAT | Name for the brown rodent Rattus norvegicus (6, 3) |
| HOW | It's now for the brown cow (3) |
| HYENA | Strandwolf is another name for the brown ____ |
| ARCTOS | Ursus ___ (scientific name for the brown bear) |
| BLADDERWRACK | Common name for the brown seaweed Fucus vesiculosus |
| LORAX | Advocate for the Brown Bar-ba-loots who eat Truffula Fruits |
| MODEL | Art who owned the Browns and Ravens |
| ERIE | *The Browns and Indians play near this lake |
| CLEVELAND | Port city in Ohio, home to sports teams the Browns and Cavaliers (9) |
| PHARLAP | Racing phenomenon in the 30s, this horse beat all the competition in Australasia and then in the US |
| THRASH | Beat all but the foolhardy |
| NONSTOP | No Poles beat all the time (3-4) |
| DOMINATE | Easily beat all the competition |
| ILLBE | "Well don't that beat all!" |
