| Text | Length |
| Little complaint | 16 |
| Larva of a parasite | 19 |
| Kind of wit or pick | 19 |
| Kind of pick or wit | 19 |
| Juvenile louse | 14 |
| Immature parasite | 17 |
| Have a ___ to pick | 18 |
| Handpicked thing | 16 |
| Detail to pick? | 15 |
| Critic's pick? | 18 |
| Critic's pick | 17 |
| Bit of carping | 14 |
| Annual court tourn. | 19 |
| Annual b-ball event | 19 |
| A basketball tourn. | 19 |
| ___ pick (cavil) | 16 |
| Silents star Naldi | 18 |
| Naldi of silents | 16 |
| Actress Talbot | 14 |
| Actress Naldi | 13 |
| Donizetti opera | 15 |
| Girl in an old song | 19 |
| Naldi of old films | 18 |
| Talbot of TV | 12 |
| Naldi of films | 14 |
| Silent star Naldi | 17 |
| Naldi of film | 13 |
| Congresswoman Lowey | 19 |
| Evening, in ads | 15 |
| Evening, in adspeak | 19 |
| Marquee time | 12 |
| Evening, informally | 19 |
| Time on a marquee | 17 |
| Informal evening | 16 |
| Short evening? | 14 |
| TV's Nick at __ | 19 |
| Time of Nick? | 13 |
| Prime time for Nick | 19 |
| Nick's time? | 16 |
| Nick's time | 15 |
| Marquee word | 12 |
| Late hours, in ads | 18 |
| Dark time, in ads | 17 |
| Casual evening? | 15 |
| Word on a marquee | 17 |
| When to see Nick | 16 |
| When Nick is on? | 16 |
| Time in TV ads | 14 |
| Time for Variety? | 17 |
| Time for Nick? | 14 |
| Sundown, informally | 19 |
| Shortened evening? | 18 |
| Personal time? | 14 |
| Dark time, in brief | 19 |
| Dark time in ads | 16 |
| Dark period, in ads | 19 |
| Commercial time | 15 |
| Fertilizer compound | 19 |
| Gunpowder component | 19 |
| Chilean export | 14 |
| TNT ingredient | 14 |
| Explosive compound | 18 |
| Gunpowder stuff | 15 |
| Potassium nitrate | 17 |
| Potassium compound | 18 |
| Munitions compound | 18 |
| Fireworks compound | 18 |
| Fertilizer salt | 15 |
| Chilean resource | 16 |
| Chile saltpeter | 15 |
| Cabaret, casually | 17 |
| Bistro, informally | 18 |
| Evenings, in ads | 16 |
| Informal evenings | 17 |
| Marquee times | 13 |
| Casual evenings | 15 |
| Some showtimes | 14 |
| Evenings, casually | 18 |
| Casual evenings? | 16 |
| Find a few faults | 17 |
| Carp about details | 18 |
| Argue over trifles | 18 |
| Splits hairs | 12 |
| Carps over details | 18 |
| Acts too fussy | 14 |
| Fertilizer chemical | 19 |
| Garden fertilizer | 17 |
| Saltpeter, for one | 18 |
| Certain ester | 13 |
| Fertilizer type | 15 |
| Saltpeter component | 19 |
| River pollutant | 15 |
| Guncotton, e.g. | 15 |
| Chilean product | 15 |
| Certain fertilizers | 19 |
| British import | 14 |
| Saltpeter: Brit. | 16 |
| Saltpeter, to Brits | 19 |
| Saltpeter (Var.) | 16 |
| Saltpeter in Soho | 17 |
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