| Chooses by divine election | 26 |
| Chooses as a successor | 22 |
| Comfortable as -- shoe | 22 |
| "Comfy as ___ shoe" | 29 |
| Deviation from the norm | 23 |
| Departure from the norm | 23 |
| Deviation from the standard | 27 |
| Deviation from the rule | 23 |
| Deviation from a general rule | 29 |
| '09 Ace Frehley album | 25 |
| Breakdown of social values | 26 |
| Breakdown of societal norms | 27 |
| Breakdown of social norms | 25 |
| Absence of societal values | 26 |
| State of social anarchy | 23 |
| Lack of social standards | 24 |
| Lack of personal purpose | 24 |
| Breakdown of societal values | 28 |
| Shortly, to Shakespeare | 23 |
| Of unknown authorship: Abbr. | 28 |
| Abbreviated mystery writer? | 27 |
| Untraceable author, for short | 29 |
| Bard's "soon" | 27 |
| Author unknown (Abbr.) | 22 |
| Al-___ (support group) | 22 |
| Without delay, to Wordsworth | 28 |
| Unknown writer (Abbr.) | 22 |
| Unknown author (Abbr.) | 22 |
| Like most graffiti: Abbr. | 25 |
| Bartlett's attrib. | 22 |
| Any minute now, to a bard | 25 |
| Abbr. in a book of quotations | 29 |
| Without delay, in poetry | 24 |
| Uncredited credit, in quotes | 28 |
| Prolific "author" | 27 |
| Popular author's ID | 23 |
| Like some sources: Abbr. | 24 |
| Coming soon, in the past | 24 |
| Before thou know'st | 23 |
| Before long, poetically | 23 |
| Author credited on many poems | 29 |
| Untraceable, for short | 22 |
| Unknown author's byline | 27 |
| Prolific unknown author? | 24 |
| Oft-quoted author: Abbr. | 24 |
| Like some quotations: abbr. | 27 |
| In due time, poetically | 23 |
| In a bit, to Shakespeare | 24 |
| Forgettable author, for short | 29 |
| Certain writers: Abbr. | 22 |
| Before thou knowest it | 22 |
| Before long, to the Bard | 24 |
| Author unknown, for short | 25 |
| Without a name, briefly | 23 |
| Within the hour, maybe | 22 |
| When Iago bade Cassio return | 28 |
| Unnamed author (abbr.) | 22 |
| Unknown, as a writer: Abbr. | 27 |
| Unknown author, for short | 25 |
| Unknown author, briefly | 23 |
| The unknown author, briefly | 27 |
| Sooner than thou thinketh | 25 |
| Shortly, in Brit Lit claas | 26 |
| Shortly, in a stuck-up way | 26 |
| Secret identity?: Abbr. | 23 |
| Quotation notation, sometimes | 29 |
| Quotation notation, briefly | 27 |
| Quotation notation (abbr.) | 26 |
| Quotation designation: Abbr. | 28 |
| Quotation attribution: Abbr. | 28 |
| Quotable notable?: Abbr. | 24 |
| Quite soon, poetically | 22 |
| Prolific writer?: abbr. | 23 |
| Prolific composer or author | 27 |
| Prolific author: Abbr. | 22 |
| Prolific author, for short | 26 |
| Oft-quoted author? (abbr.) | 26 |
| Notable quotable: Abbr. | 23 |
| Mystery writer, for short | 25 |
| Mysterious byline, for short | 28 |
| Like some graffiti: Abbr. | 25 |
| Like most proverbs: Abbr. | 25 |
| Like most proverbs, for short | 29 |
| Like most limericks, in short | 29 |
| Like most graffiti, for short | 29 |
| Like most adages: Abbr. | 23 |
| Like many quotes: Abbr. | 23 |
| Like many limericks: Abbr. | 26 |
| Like many a quip: Abbr. | 23 |
| Like many a poet, for short | 27 |
| In the blink of an orb? | 23 |
| In not too long, old-style | 26 |
| In a short time, quaintly | 25 |
| In a short time, old-style | 26 |
| In a minute, in a poem | 22 |
| Freq. quotation attribution | 27 |
| Familiar author: Abbr. | 22 |
| Bygone "by and by" | 28 |
| Before long, to Shakespeare | 27 |
| Before long, long before now | 28 |