| Text | Length |
| Uneventful show | 15 |
| Terse dismissal | 15 |
| Sparkly gold fabric | 19 |
| Shoot in the foot? | 18 |
| Pricey fabric | 13 |
| Poor, as excuses | 16 |
| Not up to standards | 19 |
| Not believable | 14 |
| Needing crutches | 16 |
| Needing a cane | 14 |
| Metallic material | 17 |
| Limping, say | 12 |
| Like some e_cuses | 17 |
| Like some ducks | 15 |
| Like poor excuses | 17 |
| Like one who limps | 18 |
| Like many excuses | 17 |
| Like John Silver | 16 |
| Like a weak joke | 16 |
| Liberace fabric | 15 |
| Ill composed | 12 |
| Hobbling, say | 13 |
| Hamstrung, e.g. | 15 |
| Glitzy fabric | 13 |
| Glitz in a gown | 15 |
| Evening-gown fabric | 19 |
| Duck or brain | 13 |
| Duck of a kind | 14 |
| Disco fabric | 12 |
| Costly cloth | 12 |
| An anagram for male | 19 |
| "Boring!" | 19 |
| Bozo or dodo | 12 |
| Kind of session | 15 |
| Caused to hobble | 16 |
| Shot in the foot | 16 |
| Caused to limp | 14 |
| Made defective | 14 |
| Limping, perhaps | 16 |
| Limping, maybe | 14 |
| Hit in the leg | 14 |
| Disabled, in a way | 18 |
| Defeated incumbent | 18 |
| One with no future | 18 |
| One not re-elected | 18 |
| Mouse in the House? | 19 |
| Kind of Congressman | 19 |
| Fading politico | 15 |
| Feel sorry about | 16 |
| Sing the blues | 14 |
| Feel regret for | 15 |
| Show sorrow for | 15 |
| Monody or threnody | 18 |
| Express sorrow for | 18 |
| Elegy, for example | 18 |
| Debussy opus | 12 |
| Worse, as an excuse | 19 |
| More hobbled | 12 |
| Worse as an excuse | 18 |
| Not so believable | 17 |
| More unconvincing | 17 |
| More inadequate | 15 |
| More disabled | 13 |
| More crippled | 13 |
| More claudicant | 15 |
| Less impressive | 15 |
| Less effectual | 14 |
| Less convincing | 15 |
| Feebler, as excuses | 19 |
| Debussy tone poem | 17 |
| Debussy masterpiece | 19 |
| Debussy classic | 15 |
| 1905 Debussy work | 17 |
| Metallic fabrics | 16 |
| Shoots in the foot | 18 |
| Rich fabrics | 12 |
| Luxurious fabrics | 17 |
| Glittery fabrics | 16 |
| Wings, in a way | 15 |
| Some fine fabrics | 17 |
| Rich materials | 14 |
| Metallic materials | 18 |
| Incapacitates | 13 |
| Gold fabrics | 12 |
| Fancy fabrics | 13 |
| Brocaded fabrics | 16 |
| San Diego suburb | 16 |
| City near San Diego | 19 |
| Suburb of San Diego | 19 |
| Least satisfactory | 18 |
| Most contrived | 14 |
| Least plausible | 15 |
| Least believable | 16 |
| Weakest, as excuses | 19 |
| Worst, as an excuse | 19 |
| Pathetic to the max | 19 |
| Most unconvincing | 17 |
| Most halting | 12 |
| Most claudicant | 15 |
| Least effectual | 15 |
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