Michael Jordan compared to all other 3-Down players (not hedging here - if you disagree, you're wrong)
8A
Boat racing term which comes from the Venetian language
9A
Aqui, across the Pyrenees
10A
3-Down's Raptors, on scoreboards
11A
Responds with , maybe
12A
Before, in a sonnet
Verticali
1D
Blank ___
2D
Athena's mythological shield
3D
League that Michael Jordan dominated from 1984-1993 and again from 1995-1998 (and then gloriously rode off into the sunset and didn't think twice about coming back to play for a trash team like the Washington Wizards)
4D
Chevy two-seater since '53
5D
Multimillionare John Jacob who perished on the Titanic disaster