| Text | Length |
| Approaches harvest | 18 |
| Relish-tray tidbit | 18 |
| Not so green | 12 |
| More developed | 14 |
| More auspicious | 15 |
| Redder, as a tomato | 19 |
| Not as green | 12 |
| Not so callow | 13 |
| Not as green, maybe | 19 |
| More red, maybe | 15 |
| Less green, perhaps | 19 |
| Softer, as a banana | 19 |
| Relatively ready | 16 |
| Redder, perhaps | 15 |
| Readier to pick | 15 |
| Closer to maturity | 18 |
| Closer to its prime | 19 |
| Closer to fruition | 18 |
| Nearest to rotten | 17 |
| Most pickable | 13 |
| Most opportune | 14 |
| Best for picking | 16 |
| Pick of the crop | 16 |
| Most red, maybe | 15 |
| Best to pick, say | 17 |
| At maximal maturity | 19 |
| Wisconsin college | 17 |
| Wis. college | 12 |
| Wisconsin town | 14 |
| Really tease | 12 |
| G.O.P. birthplace | 17 |
| City in Wis. | 12 |
| Unwrap in a hurry | 17 |
| Unwrap impatiently | 18 |
| Unwrap eagerly | 14 |
| Unwrap indelicately | 19 |
| Unwrap aggressively | 19 |
| Quickly undo | 12 |
| Attack impatiently | 18 |
| Witty retort | 12 |
| Sharp retort | 12 |
| Counterstroke | 13 |
| Sharp response | 14 |
| Zippy comeback | 14 |
| Zinger, maybe | 13 |
| Verbal comeback | 15 |
| Swift, sharp answer | 19 |
| Swift retort | 12 |
| Snappy reply | 12 |
| Retort quickly | 14 |
| Quick retort | 12 |
| Parry follower | 14 |
| Clever return | 13 |
| Certain zinger | 14 |
| Extract forcibly | 16 |
| Remove, as a page | 17 |
| Undo, as stitches | 17 |
| Remove, as pages | 16 |
| Remove, as carpet | 17 |
| Remove by force | 15 |
| Rushed headlong | 15 |
| In need of mending | 18 |
| Muscular, in slang | 18 |
| Made wavelets | 13 |
| Little waves | 12 |
| Stone foundation | 16 |
| Wall of stones | 14 |
| Saws with the grain | 19 |
| Tears roughly | 13 |
| Home run swings | 15 |
| Turbulent waters | 16 |
| Jobs for tailors | 16 |
| Dangerous currents | 18 |
| Copies from a CD | 16 |
| Van Winkle et al. | 17 |
| Turgid waters | 13 |
| Tricky currents | 15 |
| Tough currents | 14 |
| Torn and Van Winkle | 19 |
| Torn and tide, e.g. | 19 |
| Tears out stitching | 19 |
| Slangy insults | 14 |
| Rushes headlong | 15 |
| Reduces to tatters | 18 |
| Puts asunder | 12 |
| Patch targets | 13 |
| Pants mishaps | 13 |
| Lights (into) | 13 |
| Laces (into) | 12 |
| Knocks (off) | 12 |
| Jeans mishaps | 13 |
| Holes in jeans | 14 |
| Fabric flaws | 12 |
| Cuts, as a fart | 15 |
| Cuts with the grain | 19 |
| Criticizes hard | 15 |
| Copies, as a CD | 15 |
| Copies digitally | 16 |
| Clothes woes | 12 |
| ___ off (cheats) | 16 |
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