| Text | Length |
| Twisted into a bundle | 21 |
| Spun into a tuft | 16 |
| Thinner, as smoke | 17 |
| Harder to make out, as smoke | 28 |
| Most thin and weak | 18 |
| Traces of smoke | 15 |
| Bits of smoke | 13 |
| Thin streaks of smoke | 21 |
| Cirrus cloud shapes | 19 |
| Cirrus cloud formations | 23 |
| Tiny traces | 11 |
| Tiny locks | 10 |
| Thready streaks | 15 |
| Threads of smoke | 16 |
| Thin tufts | 10 |
| Thin traces of smoke | 20 |
| Thin strands | 12 |
| Thin puffs | 10 |
| Streaks of smoke | 16 |
| Smoky curls | 11 |
| Smoke signals, sometimes | 24 |
| Small locks | 11 |
| Small amounts of smoke | 22 |
| Slender traces | 14 |
| Lingering traces | 16 |
| Flocks of snipes | 16 |
| Fleeting traces | 15 |
| Delicate clouds | 15 |
| Bits of hay | 11 |
| Thin and weak | 13 |
| Like thin smoke rings | 21 |
| Like cigarette smoke | 20 |
| Thin, as smoke | 14 |
| Strawlike | 9 |
| Like smoke rings | 16 |
| Like cirrus clouds | 18 |
| Barely discernible | 18 |
| Ornamental vine: Var. | 21 |
| "The Virginian" author Owen | 37 |
| Novelist Owen | 13 |
| Author of "The Virginian" | 35 |
| "The Virginian" writer | 32 |
| "The Virginian" author, Owen | 38 |
| 'The Virginian' author | 30 |
| ''The Virginian'' author, Owen | 46 |
| "Desperate Housewives" lane | 37 |
| Woody vine with violet blossoms | 31 |
| Vine with showy flowers | 23 |
| Vine with large flower clusters | 31 |
| Ornamental climbing vine | 24 |
| Lane where "Desperate Housewives" takes place | 55 |
| Flowery garden plant | 20 |
| Climbing shrub | 14 |
| "Desperate Housewives" street name | 44 |
| Full of yearning | 16 |
| Sadly pensive | 13 |
| Inclined to pine | 16 |
| "Cards?" asked Tom ___ | 32 |
| Fibber McGee's address | 26 |
| Ad-libber's asset | 21 |
| Mental quickness | 16 |
| Comedian's asset | 20 |
| Puns and such | 13 |
| Twain's talent | 18 |
| Humour | 6 |
| Humorist's forte | 20 |
| Wilde was one | 13 |
| Raconteur's asset | 21 |
| Jon Stewart, e.g. | 17 |
| Its soul is brevity | 19 |
| Dorothy Parker quality | 22 |
| Card quality | 12 |
| Amusing quality | 15 |
| Ability to say clever things | 28 |
| Zinger producer | 15 |
| Wordplay, e.g. | 14 |
| Wordplay user | 13 |
| Wisecracker | 11 |
| Wisdom's partner | 20 |
| Verbal deftness | 15 |
| Verbal ability | 14 |
| Talent for repartee | 19 |
| Talent for persiflage | 21 |
| Talent for banter | 17 |
| Stephen Colbert asset | 21 |
| Smile-inducing speaker | 22 |
| Reasoning power | 15 |
| One-liner producer | 18 |
| One skilled at repartee | 23 |
| Mental capacity | 15 |
| Mental ability | 14 |
| Knack for comebacks | 19 |
| Jon Stewart asset | 17 |
| Good humor man? | 15 |
| 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning play | 32 |
| 1999 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama | 33 |
| ''Educated insolence,'' to Aristotle | 52 |
| Zinger deliverer | 16 |
| Youngman or Berle, e.g. | 23 |
| Wordplay quality | 16 |
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