| Surprise in the plot | 20 |
| Surprise interjection | 21 |
| Surprise loser of 1948 | 22 |
| Surprise loser of story | 23 |
| Surprise nominee | 16 |
| Surprise of a sort | 18 |
| Surprise one's co-star | 26 |
| Surprise one's costar | 25 |
| Surprise one's future in-laws? | 34 |
| Surprise party admonition | 25 |
| Surprise party command | 22 |
| Surprise police tactic | 22 |
| Surprise punt | 13 |
| Surprise quiz found in the eight longest puzzle answers | 55 |
| Surprise reactions | 18 |
| Surprise selection of 2008 | 26 |
| Surprise shower? | 16 |
| Surprise smash hit movie of 1986 | 32 |
| Surprise spoiler, perhaps | 25 |
| Surprise spoilers, maybe | 24 |
| Surprise strike | 15 |
| Surprise success | 16 |
| Surprise suddenly | 17 |
| Surprise Super Bowl III winners | 31 |
| Surprise Symphony composer | 26 |
| Surprise tennis shot | 20 |
| Surprise test | 13 |
| Surprise the neighborhood? | 26 |
| Surprise unpleasantly | 21 |
| Surprise victory | 16 |
| Surprise visitor to Israel in 1977 | 34 |
| Surprise visitors | 17 |
| Surprise wedding | 16 |
| Surprise win | 12 |
| Surprise win or loss | 20 |
| Surprise winner of 1948: Abbr. | 30 |
| Surprise winner of the first Tchaikovsky Piano Competition | 58 |
| Surprise winners of '69 | 27 |
| Surprise wins | 13 |
| Surprise with a "Boo!" | 32 |
| Surprise with a call | 20 |
| Surprise with a service slice | 29 |
| Surprise with a visit | 21 |
| Surprise your city neighbors? | 29 |
| Surprise your friends, wedding-wise | 35 |
| Surprise! | 9 |
| Surprise, sometimes | 19 |
| Surprise-attack master of the Revolution | 40 |
| Surprise-ending specialist | 26 |
| Surprise-party admonition | 25 |
| Surprise-party command | 22 |
| Surprised | 9 |
| Surprised (with "taken") | 34 |
| Surprised affirmation | 21 |
| Surprised and flustered | 23 |
| Surprised at sea by a sudden wind shift | 39 |
| Surprised call | 14 |
| Surprised comments | 18 |
| Surprised cries | 15 |
| Surprised cry | 13 |
| Surprised exclamation | 21 |
| Surprised exclamations | 22 |
| Surprised expression | 20 |
| Surprised gasps | 15 |
| Surprised giftee's response | 31 |
| Surprised greeting that sounds like a Southern California resort town | 69 |
| Surprised jerk | 14 |
| Surprised last words | 20 |
| Surprised one's cry | 23 |
| Surprised party, metaphorically | 31 |
| Surprised person's agreement | 32 |
| Surprised question | 18 |
| Surprised question after a personal admission | 45 |
| Surprised reaction | 18 |
| Surprised reactions | 19 |
| Surprised recipient's question | 34 |
| Surprised reply | 15 |
| Surprised response | 18 |
| Surprised scream | 16 |
| Surprised second look | 21 |
| Surprised shout | 15 |
| Surprised shout upon seeing Meg, Beth, and Amy's sister? | 60 |
| Surprised shouts | 16 |
| Surprised shriek | 16 |
| Surprised sound | 15 |
| Surprised sounds | 16 |
| Surprised utterance | 19 |
| Surprised way to be taken | 25 |
| Surprised with smooches | 23 |
| Surprised with, with "on" | 35 |
| Surprised-looking | 17 |
| Surprisedcry | 12 |
| Surprisers of Goldilocks | 24 |
| Surprises | 9 |
| Surprises and then some | 23 |
| Surprises for some swingers | 27 |
| Surprises in bottles | 20 |
| Surprises with a call | 21 |
| Surprises with a visit | 22 |
| Surprises, with "on" | 30 |