| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| ONERUN | Close, as a lead in baseball |
| ONERUN | Like a close lead, in baseball |
| WARM | Getting close, as in a game |
| SPEARHEADED | Took the lead, as in a campaign. |
| RUNSTRAIGHT | Lead a law-abiding life as a former criminal, in British slang (1,8) |
| SWATS | Hits hard, as a fly (in the insect or baseball sense) |
| RODCAREW | Baseball Hall-of-Famer mistakenly listed in "The Chanukah Song" as a Jew |
