| Text | Length |
| Go off the script | 17 |
| Wing it, in a way | 17 |
| Unscripted remark | 17 |
| Unmemorized words | 17 |
| Off-the-cuff quip | 17 |
| Eschew the script | 17 |
| Bob Hope sparkler | 17 |
| Script departures | 17 |
| Improvises banter | 17 |
| Navy rank (Abbr.) | 17 |
| VIP at sea: abbr. | 17 |
| Navy chief: Abbr. | 17 |
| Fleet boss: Abbr. | 17 |
| Madison Ave. type | 17 |
| Commercial writer | 17 |
| Pitcher of a sort | 17 |
| Pitcher in a suit | 17 |
| Madison Avenueite | 17 |
| Catchword creator | 17 |
| Blurb specialists | 17 |
| They create spots | 17 |
| Some Clio winners | 17 |
| Commercial makers | 17 |
| Campaign creators | 17 |
| TV jingle writers | 17 |
| Marketing experts | 17 |
| Four-star officer | 17 |
| Farragut, for one | 17 |
| Starfleet leaders | 17 |
| Some old TV's | 17 |
| Put on a pedestal | 17 |
| Allow entrance to | 17 |
| Open the door for | 17 |
| Ticket imperative | 17 |
| Open up in a way | 17 |
| Make a confession | 17 |
| Navy V.I.P.'s | 17 |
| Senior U.S.N. men | 17 |
| Fuss and feathers | 17 |
| Hornet's nest | 17 |
| Bustling activity | 17 |
| Opposite of peace | 17 |
| Hue and cry, e.g. | 17 |
| Flap, so to speak | 17 |
| Bustle and hustle | 17 |
| Building material | 17 |
| Hacienda material | 17 |
| Acrobat developer | 17 |
| Southwestern home | 17 |
| Photoshop company | 17 |
| Clay construction | 17 |
| Anagram for abode | 17 |
| Mudbrick relative | 17 |
| Some brick houses | 17 |
| Pueblo structures | 17 |
| Some desert homes | 17 |
| Approach maturity | 17 |
| The teenage years | 17 |
| Newspaperman Ochs | 17 |
| Dreamboat of myth | 17 |
| Mythological hunk | 17 |
| Become parents to | 17 |
| Take in by choice | 17 |
| Embrace, as ideas | 17 |
| Rescued dog, e.g. | 17 |
| Textbook selector | 17 |
| Passes, as a bill | 17 |
| Find irresistible | 17 |
| Antonym for abhor | 17 |
| Like a great deal | 17 |
| Carry a torch for | 17 |
| Regard reverently | 17 |
| Set on a pedestal | 17 |
| Hold in reverence | 17 |
| Give lots of love | 17 |
| Get pleasure from | 17 |
| Find ever so cute | 17 |
| Esteem to the max | 17 |
| Anagram for oread | 17 |
| Extremely popular | 17 |
| Like a sweetheart | 17 |
| Swooning fan, say | 17 |
| Stage-door Johnny | 17 |
| One madly in love | 17 |
| Fan and then some | 17 |
| The Magi, notably | 17 |
| Likes a whole lot | 17 |
| Hang trimmings on | 17 |
| Enhance, in a way | 17 |
| Having exornation | 17 |
| Storms in teacups | 17 |
| Occasions of fuss | 17 |
| Like ___ of salts | 17 |
| Break opportunity | 17 |
| Commercial charge | 17 |
| Promotion pricing | 17 |
| Number for a plug | 17 |
| Madison Ave. cost | 17 |
| Pertinent, in law | 17 |
| Campaign manager? | 17 |
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