| In ___ (clueless) | 17 |
| Clueless, after "in" | 30 |
| "I bid you ___ farewell" | 34 |
| Bid --- farewell | 16 |
| Bid __ farewell | 15 |
| Happening | 9 |
| In progress | 11 |
| In the offing | 13 |
| Underway | 8 |
| Under way | 9 |
| In motion | 9 |
| Brewing | 7 |
| Walking | 7 |
| In the works | 12 |
| In action | 9 |
| What the game is, to Sherlock | 29 |
| Going on | 8 |
| Underway, to Sherlock Holmes | 28 |
| Under way, as a game | 20 |
| In the wind | 11 |
| In operation | 12 |
| Happening now | 13 |
| "The game is ___!" (Sherlock Holmes line) | 51 |
| What the game may be | 20 |
| What the game is, to Holmes | 27 |
| Underway, to Holmes | 19 |
| In progress, to Holmes | 22 |
| In process | 10 |
| Going on, to Sherlock | 21 |
| "The game is ___" | 27 |
| What the game was to Sherlock | 29 |
| What Sherlock said the game was | 31 |
| Under way, to Sherlock Holmes | 29 |
| Not on horseback | 16 |
| Like the game, to Sherlock | 26 |
| Like the game, to Holmes | 24 |
| Going on, to Holmes | 19 |
| "The game is ___" (Holmes) | 36 |
| "The game is ___" (Holmes quote) | 42 |
| "The game is ____!" | 29 |
| Via shank's mare | 20 |
| Underway, to Sherlock | 21 |
| Under way, to Sherlock | 22 |
| Taking place now | 16 |
| On shank's mare | 19 |
| Like the game, to Sherlock Holmes | 33 |
| Like skullduggery, perhaps | 26 |
| Like Sherlock Holmes' game? | 31 |
| Like Holmes' game | 21 |
| Just begun | 10 |
| In progress, to Sherlock | 24 |
| Currently in progress | 21 |
| "The game's ___" (Sherlock Holmes) | 48 |
| "The game's ___!" | 31 |
| "The game is ___": Sherlock Holmes | 44 |
| "The game is ___": Holmes | 35 |
| "The game is ___" (Sherlock Holmes) | 45 |
| "The game is ___" (in progress) | 41 |
| "Come Watson, the game is ___" | 40 |
| "...Watson, come! The game is ___" | 44 |
| "... Watson, come! The game is ___" | 45 |
| Get an ___ effort | 17 |
| ___ effort | 10 |
| Get an __ effort | 16 |
| __ effort | 9 |
| Get an --- effort | 17 |
| ____ effort | 11 |
| An ___ effort | 13 |
| Give an ___ effort | 18 |
| Gets an ___ effort | 18 |
| Get an -- effort | 16 |
| "___ Andromeda" (British sci-fi series) | 49 |
| Poetic preposition | 18 |
| Earlier | 7 |
| Previously | 10 |
| Before, of yore | 15 |
| Preceding | 9 |
| Ahead | 5 |
| Prior to, poetically | 20 |
| Prior to, in poetry | 19 |
| Erenow | 6 |
| Ere | 3 |
| Prior to, in poems | 18 |
| Prior to, in verse | 18 |
| Prefix for "mentioned" | 32 |
| Prior to, old-style | 19 |
| Previously, previously | 22 |
| Up front | 8 |
| Previously, poetically | 22 |
| Earlier than, to poets | 22 |
| Previously, once | 16 |
| Previously, old-style | 21 |
| Previously, old style | 21 |
| Previous to, old-style | 22 |
| Earlier, earlier | 16 |
| Word with said or thought | 25 |
| Up to, in poetry | 16 |
| Start for mentioned | 19 |
| Prior to, with "mentioned" | 36 |
| Previously, of yore | 19 |