| Text | Length |
| Equity complaint | 16 |
| Relatively near | 15 |
| Over the hill, say | 18 |
| Polite decline | 14 |
| Polite declination | 18 |
| Thanks, but _____ | 17 |
| Simple as ABC | 13 |
| Denier's words | 18 |
| Phrase of denial | 16 |
| Terse denial | 12 |
| Statement of denial | 19 |
| Denier's phrase | 19 |
| Claim of innocence | 18 |
| Words of innocence | 18 |
| Stiff denial | 12 |
| Two-word turndown | 17 |
| Succinct denial | 15 |
| Reply of innocence | 18 |
| Denial of a sort | 16 |
| Brief denial | 12 |
| Something to serve | 18 |
| Many a posting | 14 |
| Critical review | 15 |
| Intention to resign | 19 |
| Foreknowledge | 13 |
| Something posted | 16 |
| Review or remark | 16 |
| Posting, say | 12 |
| Handbill heading | 16 |
| Observant type | 14 |
| ___ but when | 12 |
| Send word to | 12 |
| In ___ (quickly) | 16 |
| The blink of an eye | 19 |
| Seconds flat | 12 |
| In ___ (very soon) | 18 |
| In ___ (instantly) | 18 |
| Out sick, say | 13 |
| Out of stock | 12 |
| Out for lunch, say | 18 |
| At lunch, say | 13 |
| Out to lunch, e.g. | 18 |
| Away at the moment | 18 |
| Jotting down | 12 |
| Making mention of | 17 |
| Taking heed of | 14 |
| Remarking on | 12 |
| Record making | 13 |
| Observing carefully | 19 |
| Giving heed to | 14 |
| Acknowledging | 13 |
| Whimsical idea | 14 |
| Vague conception | 16 |
| Opinion; view | 13 |
| It may be crazy | 15 |
| Waiter's worry | 18 |
| Stiff penalty? | 14 |
| Bad-service upshot | 18 |
| Untagged in tag | 15 |
| Untagged, in tag | 16 |
| Schoolyard cry | 14 |
| Untagged, say | 13 |
| Untagged, in a game | 19 |
| Tag game call | 13 |
| Recess declaration | 18 |
| Playground yell | 15 |
| Passing remark? | 15 |
| Blame-dodging words | 19 |
| Cry of denial | 13 |
| Words of evasion | 16 |
| Words of disavowal | 18 |
| Words of demurral | 17 |
| Cry of a blamer | 15 |
| Blame-dodging reply | 19 |
| Unsurprising | 12 |
| Hardly unexpected | 17 |
| Inconsiderate | 13 |
| Uncool, in a way | 16 |
| On the nasty side | 17 |
| Later, perhaps | 14 |
| 'Ask later' | 19 |
| South: Comb. form | 17 |
| Say ___ (turn down) | 19 |
| Say ___ (reject) | 16 |
| Say ___ (refuse) | 16 |
| Say ___ (deny) | 14 |
| Famous, in Firenze | 18 |
| Say __: refuse | 14 |
| Say _____ (refuse) | 18 |
| Obvious, in Italy | 17 |
| Unacceptable | 12 |
| Far from fine | 13 |
| Seriously verboten | 18 |
| Frankly uncool | 14 |
| Preempted, perhaps | 18 |
| Switched off | 12 |
| Preempted, maybe | 16 |
| Having a bad game | 17 |
| ____ a dare! | 12 |
| Never, never, never | 19 |
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