| Activity suggested by this puzzle's theme entries |
| Five-time Kentucky Derby winner |
| English Derby site |
| America's Cup entries |
| Acct. entries |
| English derby town |
| Give Schweppes Ginger ___ try!" (brilliant soda slogan I just made up) (this clue dedicated to the great Merl Reagle, the master of saving weak entries; RIP, Merl) |
| Savings-acc. entries |
| Acct. ledger entries |
| Artist who contributes to each of the starred entries, in a way |
| Annoys, or a hint to the word hidden in the starred entries |
| Calendar entries |
| Kentucky Derby winner: 1943 |
| Agenda entries |
| Long-running TV science show that hints at the other long entries |
| Advice that the four long entries with circles failed to follow |
| Words of disbelief found in the four longest Across entries |
| Letters within the theme entries that are, literally, next to nothing |
| Alan of Federal Reserve fame, or a hint to the hues that bookend the starred entries |
| Entries for Santa |
| Index entries |
| Derby entries |
| Almanac entries |
| First of a pair of letters swapped six times in this puzzle's theme entries |
| Derby features |
| Calorie source hidden in all three long entries |
| Knightly-sounding winner of 1940 Derby? |
| All-American Soap Box Derby site |
| Game symbolically represented by 30 puzzle entries |
| All-American Soap Box Derby city |