| The word before "the night before ..." | 48 |
| Syllable before "brillig" | 35 |
| Start of Moore's Yule poem | 30 |
| Start of Clement Moore's poem | 33 |
| Start of Clement Moore's famous poem | 40 |
| Start of a Yuletide reading | 27 |
| Start of a yule reading | 23 |
| Start of a well-known poem | 26 |
| Start of a Clement Clarke Moore poem | 36 |
| Start of a Carroll work | 23 |
| Start of a C. Moore classic | 27 |
| Start of "Jabberwocky" | 32 |
| Start for Moore poem | 20 |
| Start for a Moore poem | 22 |
| Seasonal poem lead-in | 21 |
| Poetic word that begins with an apostrophe | 42 |
| Opening word of "Jabberwocky" | 39 |
| Old-timey contraction | 21 |
| Moore starter | 13 |
| Moore opener | 12 |
| Jabberwocky beginning | 24 |
| It's in the past | 20 |
| It was, poetically | 18 |
| It starts "A Visit from St. Nicholas" | 47 |
| Holiday poem opener | 19 |
| First word of Xmas poem | 23 |
| First word of Moore's famous poem | 37 |
| First word of Moore poem | 24 |
| First word of a seasonal poem | 29 |
| First word of a Santa Claus story | 33 |
| First word of a famous Christmas poem | 37 |
| First word of a Clement Moore poem | 34 |
| First word in a story from Clement Clarke Moore | 47 |
| Famous yuletide poem starter | 28 |
| Dec. 24 word | 12 |
| Clement Moore opener | 20 |
| Clement C. Moore's opener | 29 |
| Clement C. Moore opening | 24 |
| Classic Christmas opener | 24 |
| Christmas verse starter | 23 |
| Christmas verse opener | 22 |
| Christmas poem start | 20 |
| Christmas poem opening | 22 |
| "It was" contraction | 30 |
| "'___ the night before Christmas ..." | 51 |
| "'___ the night before Christmas . . ." | 53 |
| "... ___ but the wind": Byron | 39 |
| "--- the night before Christmas" | 42 |
| "--- the night before Christmas ..." | 46 |
| "--- brillig and the slithy toves..." | 48 |
| "___ wondrous pitiful": "Othello" | 53 |
| "___ warm — at first — like Us" (Emily Dickinson) | 67 |
| "___ the night before Christmas" | 42 |
| "___ the night before Christmas . . . " | 49 |
| "___ Love--not me" (Emily Dickinson poem) | 51 |
| "___ Love - not me": Dickinson | 40 |
| "___ like a Maelstrom, with a notch" (Emily Dickinson poem) | 69 |
| "___ grace that taught my heart to fear" ("Amazing Grace") | 78 |
| "___ ever thus" | 25 |
| "___ brillig, and the slithy toves ..." ("Jabberwocky") | 75 |
| "___ brillig and the slithy . . . " | 45 |
| "___ brillig and the slithey toves . . ." | 51 |
| "___ brillig ..." | 27 |
| "___ a dark and stormy . . . " | 40 |
| "__ Christmas told the merriest tale": Scott | 54 |
| "__ Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale": Scott | 62 |
| "__ brillig, and the slithy ...": Carroll | 51 |
| "__ brillig ...": "Jabberwocky" opening | 59 |
| ''Jabberwocky'' beginning | 41 |
| '-- the night before Christmas' | 39 |
| '-- ever thus' | 22 |
| '-- brillig, and ...' | 29 |
| '-- brillig, ...' | 25 |
| "___ long parting" (Emily Dickinson) | 46 |
| It was not: Contraction | 23 |
| Employees who once went up, up and away | 39 |
| Words by J. W. Graves | 21 |
| Start of a January lament | 25 |
| Jerk-offs | 9 |
| 1986 PGA Championship winner | 28 |
| P.G.A. winner: 1986 | 19 |
| P.G.A. champ: 1986 | 18 |
| Like some light bulbs | 21 |
| Golfer Bob | 10 |
| Bob who won the 1986 PGA Championship | 37 |
| Bob of the P.G.A. | 17 |
| Bob ___, 1986 P.G.A. Player of the Year | 39 |
| Bob of the PGA | 15 |
| 1986 PGA Player of the Year Bob | 31 |
| 1986 PGA Player of the Year | 27 |
| 1986 PGA Championship winner Bob | 32 |
| 1986 PGA champ Bob | 18 |
| 1986 P.G.A. Championship winner Bob | 35 |
| AVENUE GOING EAST OR WEST | 25 |
| Low budget, as an operation | 27 |
| Adjust slightly | 15 |
| Minor adjustment | 16 |
| Tinker with | 11 |
| Playful pinch | 13 |
| Make a slight adjustment to | 27 |