| Text | Length |
| This has a lot of scents | 24 |
| Nobel-winning poet Nelly | 24 |
| Biddeford's neighbor | 24 |
| Poirot's exclamation | 24 |
| They are beyond reproach | 24 |
| Fluid-containing pouches | 24 |
| Spiders' egg holders | 24 |
| Natural fluid containers | 24 |
| Black Hawk and tribesmen | 24 |
| "___ but true" | 24 |
| Like McCuller's cafe | 24 |
| Inadequate, as an excuse | 24 |
| Third president of Egypt | 24 |
| Nobel-winning peacemaker | 24 |
| Egyptian president Anwar | 24 |
| Accord signer of '78 | 24 |
| '70s Egyptian leader | 24 |
| Word before shoe or soap | 24 |
| Get ready to ride, maybe | 24 |
| Nigerian-born pop singer | 24 |
| Nigerian born songstress | 24 |
| Libertine Marquis de ___ | 24 |
| Not the best of examples | 24 |
| Miss Hawkins of Dogpatch | 24 |
| Hawkins of school dances | 24 |
| Somerset Maugham heroine | 24 |
| Maugham's prostitute | 24 |
| Hawkins with her own day | 24 |
| Girl in "Rain" | 24 |
| Dogpatch denizen Hawkins | 24 |
| Happily humiliating type | 24 |
| Followers of the Marquis | 24 |
| To everyone's dismay | 24 |
| Reply facilitator: Abbr. | 24 |
| Letter enclosure (abbr.) | 24 |
| It might accompany a MS. | 24 |
| African expedition, e.g. | 24 |
| Jaunt through the jungle | 24 |
| Some African expeditions | 24 |
| Some hunting expeditions | 24 |
| Place to store valuables | 24 |
| Temptation for a peteman | 24 |
| Storage place for stocks | 24 |
| Kind of house, in spydom | 24 |
| It might be a close call | 24 |
| How the cautious play it | 24 |
| Onetime cohort of Rather | 24 |
| Morley on 60 Minutes | 24 |
| '60 Minutes' man | 24 |
| Two-point gridiron plays | 24 |
| Two-point football score | 24 |
| Concert security purpose | 24 |
| Expensive crocus product | 24 |
| Problem with an old sofa | 24 |
| Give a bit in the middle | 24 |
| "Volsunga ___" | 24 |
| Multi-generational story | 24 |
| 'The Forsyte --' | 24 |
| Tale of Vikings, perhaps | 24 |
| Tale of derring-do, e.g. | 24 |
| Story with many chapters | 24 |
| It's a major account | 24 |
| It takes a while to tell | 24 |
| Generation-spanning work | 24 |
| Big name in astrophysics | 24 |
| American astronomer Carl | 24 |
| Dramatic, detailed tales | 24 |
| Soap operas, essentially | 24 |
| One venerated for wisdom | 24 |
| Thyme's rack partner | 24 |
| Stuff in stuffing, often | 24 |
| Leaves on the spice rack | 24 |
| Herb for the discerning? | 24 |
| ___ of Concord (Emerson) | 24 |
| Lyricist Carol Bayer ___ | 24 |
| Members of a brain trust | 24 |
| Asian culinary thickener | 24 |
| Palms with starchy piths | 24 |
| Doesn't hold up well | 24 |
| Goes soft in the middle? | 24 |
| National park in Arizona | 24 |
| Sir, on the subcontinent | 24 |
| Hindi "master" | 24 |
| Colonial term of address | 24 |
| "Sir" in India | 24 |
| "That ___ ..." | 24 |
| Reunification Train city | 24 |
| 1954-76 national capital | 24 |
| Word with boat or plane | 24 |
| Pass (through) with ease | 24 |
| It often leaves the yard | 24 |
| Vessel moved by the wind | 24 |
| Henry Hudson's skill | 24 |
| On the move on the briny | 24 |
| Christopher Cross #1 hit | 24 |
| St. Elmo is their patron | 24 |
| Encounters no resistance | 24 |
| Francis or Patrick, e.g. | 24 |
| Bonaventure, for example | 24 |
| Venerable game-show host | 24 |
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