| Text | Length |
| "Fairy tales" | 23 |
| White ones are harmless | 23 |
| They set off polygraphs | 23 |
| Taradiddler's tales | 23 |
| Tales that are too tall | 23 |
| Inventions, so to speak | 23 |
| "No I never!" | 23 |
| Tries not to be noticed | 23 |
| Stop the engines at sea | 23 |
| Stay stationary, at sea | 23 |
| Remain still, as a ship | 23 |
| In ___ of (in place of) | 23 |
| In ___ of (supplanting) | 23 |
| In --- of (rather than) | 23 |
| Kojak's rank: Abbr. | 23 |
| Period of effectiveness | 23 |
| Riley's distinction | 23 |
| Bowl of cherries, maybe | 23 |
| Jumper's protection | 23 |
| One who never gets out? | 23 |
| Permanent cell occupier | 23 |
| His sentence is lengthy | 23 |
| Constantly confined con | 23 |
| "___ a Beach" | 23 |
| Like wax museum figures | 23 |
| Hitchhiker's desire | 23 |
| Elevator, to a Londoner | 23 |
| Word with face or chair | 23 |
| Miner's hat feature | 23 |
| ___ horse; or___ a fire | 23 |
| Airy; almost weightless | 23 |
| No. 1 hit for The Doors | 23 |
| Conductor on a building | 23 |
| Pianist's attribute | 23 |
| Weeks in the year: Lat. | 23 |
| Two-fifteenths of CCCXC | 23 |
| Number in a Roman deck? | 23 |
| Letter writer's 52? | 23 |
| A midlife age, to Nerva | 23 |
| Having no apparent wear | 23 |
| "Watch me..." | 23 |
| Diminutive, in Dogpatch | 23 |
| "Diamond ___" | 23 |
| Word in many a rap name | 23 |
| Small "small" | 23 |
| Pop music's ___ Kim | 23 |
| One of TV's Rugrats | 23 |
| Not big, in a small way | 23 |
| Diamond gal of Broadway | 23 |
| ___ Jon (crunk pioneer) | 23 |
| McCann of country music | 23 |
| Sachet scent, sometimes | 23 |
| Whitman memorial flower | 23 |
| N.H.'s state flower | 23 |
| Diamond gal is in bloom | 23 |
| Sweet-smelling bloomers | 23 |
| Fragrant purple flowers | 23 |
| Flowers of Whitman poem | 23 |
| "___ Marlene" | 23 |
| Leslie Caron role: 1953 | 23 |
| Powerful 2002 hurricane | 23 |
| Leslie Caron film: 1953 | 23 |
| Flowery girl's name | 23 |
| Dancer/designer St. Cyr | 23 |
| Caron-Ferrer film: 1953 | 23 |
| 1953 Mel Ferrer musical | 23 |
| "Hi-__ Hi-Lo" | 23 |
| City in northern France | 23 |
| Nord department capital | 23 |
| French lace-making city | 23 |
| French city near Calais | 23 |
| Capital of Nord, France | 23 |
| Old-time actress Palmer | 23 |
| Light, rhythmic cadence | 23 |
| Jaunty rhythm, in music | 23 |
| Turk's-cap, for one | 23 |
| Resurrection Day flower | 23 |
| Ornamental pond feature | 23 |
| Frog's perch, maybe | 23 |
| Bit of floating foliage | 23 |
| Longtime Met coloratura | 23 |
| City founded by Pizarro | 23 |
| Capital founded in 1535 | 23 |
| Bean found in the MAIL? | 23 |
| Peruvian or Ohioan city | 23 |
| Peru's largest city | 23 |
| Ingredient in succotash | 23 |
| Diller's birthplace | 23 |
| City east of Callao Bay | 23 |
| Casa de Pizarro setting | 23 |
| Capital on the RÃmac | 23 |
| Capital NNW of Santiago | 23 |
| Cities in Peru and Ohio | 23 |
| It comes out of a trunk | 23 |
| Don't go out on one | 23 |
| The lowdown on dancing? | 23 |
| Perform a barred dance? | 23 |
| Green wedge in a gimlet | 23 |
| One source of vitamin C | 23 |
| Bartender's garnish | 23 |
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