| Exceeded limits | 15 |
| Exceeded the limit | 18 |
| Exceeded the speed limit? | 25 |
| Exceeded, as a budget | 21 |
| Exceeded, as a time limit | 25 |
| Exceeding | 9 |
| Exceeding capacity, briefly | 27 |
| Exceeding demand | 16 |
| Exceeding limits | 16 |
| Exceeding the average | 21 |
| Exceeding the norm | 18 |
| Exceeding what is appropriate | 29 |
| Exceedingly | 11 |
| Exceedingly bad | 15 |
| Exceedingly caustic | 19 |
| Exceedingly clever | 18 |
| Exceedingly hard to see | 23 |
| Exceedingly large | 17 |
| Exceedingly long time | 21 |
| Exceedingly nerdish | 19 |
| Exceedingly rare infant | 23 |
| Exceedingly strange director David | 34 |
| Exceedingly thirsty | 19 |
| Exceedingly unfamiliar | 22 |
| Exceedingly variable | 20 |
| Exceedingly, in music | 21 |
| Exceedingly, with "so" | 32 |
| Exceeds | 7 |
| Exceeds 21, in a way | 20 |
| Exceeds 55 | 10 |
| Exceeds a reasonable speed limit? | 33 |
| Exceeds in cleverness | 21 |
| Exceeds limits (or what each of this puzzle's theme items does?) | 68 |
| Exceeds one's Rx | 20 |
| Exceeds the limit | 17 |
| Exceeds the limit? | 18 |
| Exceeds the speed limit? | 24 |
| Exceeds what's proper | 25 |
| Exceeds, as demand | 18 |
| Excel | 5 |
| Excel at "Guitar Hero" | 32 |
| Excel at school | 15 |
| Excel command | 13 |
| Excel element | 13 |
| Excel fodder | 12 |
| Excel in a field | 16 |
| Excel in the slalom | 19 |
| Excel input | 11 |
| Excel on the mound | 18 |
| Excel on the track | 18 |
| Excel or Word function | 22 |
| Excel page | 10 |
| Excel shortcut | 14 |
| Excel specialist, for short | 27 |
| Excel's opposite, colloquially | 34 |
| Excel, at a jazz gig | 20 |
| Excelled | 8 |
| Excelled as on an exam | 23 |
| Excelled in performance | 23 |
| Excelled in the Olympics | 24 |
| Excelled, in a way | 18 |
| Excellence | 10 |
| Excellence as a virtue, to ancient Greeks | 41 |
| Excellence or valor | 19 |
| Excellence: Sp. | 15 |
| Excellence; valor | 17 |
| Excellent | 9 |
| Excellent adventurer with Bill | 30 |
| Excellent bargain | 17 |
| Excellent bit of homework | 25 |
| Excellent bond rating | 21 |
| Excellent buy | 13 |
| Excellent chances with one of Liz Taylor's husbands? | 56 |
| Excellent condition | 19 |
| Excellent debt rating | 21 |
| Excellent driver | 16 |
| Excellent drivers often break it | 32 |
| Excellent evaluations | 21 |
| Excellent example | 17 |
| Excellent excuse | 16 |
| Excellent forecaster? | 21 |
| Excellent grade | 15 |
| Excellent gymnastics score | 26 |
| Excellent hip-hop affair? | 25 |
| Excellent hold'em holding | 29 |
| Excellent in recent slang | 25 |
| Excellent mark | 14 |
| Excellent material for furniture | 32 |
| Excellent Monopoly purchase | 27 |
| Excellent novel title character! | 32 |
| Excellent one, formally | 23 |
| Excellent performance | 21 |
| Excellent performances | 22 |
| Excellent picture? | 18 |
| Excellent poker hand | 20 |
| Excellent portrayal of a Gary Cooper role? | 42 |
| Excellent rating | 16 |
| Excellent rating (unless it's out of 100) | 45 |
| Excellent ratings | 17 |
| Excellent report card marks | 27 |