| SELIG | Bud ___, former M.L.B. commissioner |
| ALS | Former M.L.B. left-handed pitchers Jackson and Leiter |
| DENCH | Former M in 007 movies, Dame Judy - |
| ANN | --- Widdecombe, former M.P. (3) |
| SMALL | Heather - - - , former M People lead singer who dated Shaun Edwards (5) |
| BLAST | Rhododendron bud ___ is a disease that prevents the bud from opening into a flower (5) |
| ANIMATE | A brief dram plus Bud ___ that's living (7) |
| ABBOTT | Bud __, stage and film partner of Lou Costello |
| IOWE | "Thanks, bud, ___ you one" |
| CORT | Bud ___, actor who played the male lead in 1971 comedy-drama film Harold and Maude (4) |
| FLANAGAN | Bud ___, member of comedy team the Crazy Gang whose partner was Chesney Allen (8) |
| OPES | "When the first bird sings and the first bud ___": Paul Laurence Dunbar |
| DROP | Dry roots is one cause of bud ___ in pot plants such as begonia (4) |
| VASE | Just the right size: A single rose in a bud ___ can make any table look fancy |
| RIG | "The spuds are big on the back of Bud's ___" (Stompin' Tom lyric) |
| OCT | Mo. when the N.F.L., N.B.A., N.H.L. and M.L.B. all have games |
| ALWEST | M.L.B. division that includes the L.A. Angels |
| MIAMI | City where Kim Ng became M.L.B.'s first female G.M., in 2020 |
| ASTRO | Member of the M.L.B. team whose manager and G.M. were suspended and dismissed in January, 2020, due to a sign-stealing scandal |
| GIANTS | Name shared by an M.L.B. team and an N.F.L. team |
