| Words before instant or emergency | 33 |
| Words before instant and uproar | 31 |
| Words before instant | 20 |
| Words before "instant" or "uproar" | 54 |
| Words before ''instant'' | 40 |
| Put-appearance linkage | 22 |
| Put __ appearance | 17 |
| Aerosmith's "Love ___ Elevator" | 45 |
| "What you need to know ___ emergency" | 47 |
| "Put ___ appearance at" (attend briefly) | 50 |
| "Love ___ Elevator" | 29 |
| "Love __ Elevator": Aerosmith song | 44 |
| "I'm ___ awful rush!" | 35 |
| "I'm ___ awful hurry" | 35 |
| "Back ___ hour" | 25 |
| "Back __ hour": store sign | 36 |
| "Back __ hour" | 24 |
| "___ uncertain world ..." | 35 |
| "___ Old Spanish Garden" | 34 |
| "___ Enchanted Island": Mallock | 41 |
| "___ emergency ..." | 29 |
| "___ Absolut World" (vodka campaign) | 46 |
| "__ uncertain world ..." | 34 |
| "__ ideal world ..." | 30 |
| ''I knew ___ instant'' | 38 |
| --- uproar | 10 |
| --- instant (suddenly) | 22 |
| _____ uproar | 12 |
| ___ uproar (tumultuous) | 23 |
| ___ instant (swiftly) | 21 |
| ___ instant (promptly) | 22 |
| ___ awkward position | 20 |
| ___ awful way | 13 |
| __ instant (at once) | 20 |
| __ ideal world | 14 |
| Silly as a goose | 16 |
| Lacking meaning | 15 |
| Plain silly | 11 |
| Lacking sense | 13 |
| Shallow | 7 |
| Witless | 7 |
| Totally absurd | 14 |
| Downright dumb | 14 |
| Completely ridiculous | 21 |
| Illogical | 9 |
| Beyond foolish | 14 |
| Without substance | 17 |
| Devoid of intelligence | 22 |
| Birdbrained | 11 |
| Beyond belief | 13 |
| Absolutely absurd | 17 |
| Totally pointless | 17 |
| Lacking substance | 17 |
| Lacking any point | 17 |
| Lacking a point | 15 |
| Totally silly | 13 |
| Seriously silly | 15 |
| Poppycockish | 12 |
| Not worth a second thought | 26 |
| Making no sense | 15 |
| Goosy | 5 |
| Full of fluff | 13 |
| Dopey or goofy | 14 |
| Defying logic | 13 |
| Wack | 4 |
| Vacant, in a way | 16 |
| Totally ridiculous | 18 |
| Too silly for words | 19 |
| Too dumb to consider | 20 |
| The void of infinite space | 26 |
| Ridic | 5 |
| Rather lame and silly | 21 |
| Pointless and silly | 19 |
| Not very sensible | 17 |
| Not sensible | 12 |
| Like most postgame comments | 27 |
| Lacking significance | 20 |
| Incredibly stupid | 17 |
| Hardly well-thought-out | 23 |
| Goosey | 6 |
| Far from meaningful | 19 |
| Dumb and then some | 18 |
| Without point | 13 |
| Very stupid | 11 |
| Unsensible | 10 |
| This is silly! | 14 |
| This clue is silly! | 19 |
| Swimmer hems about brief rest (8) | 33 |
| Stupido | 7 |
| Silly or senseless | 18 |
| Really stupid | 13 |
| Not to be taken seriously | 25 |
| Not to be considered seriously | 30 |
| More than just a little silly | 29 |
| Mindlessly silly | 16 |
| Like wearing socks on your hands | 32 |
| Like twaddle | 12 |
| Like spitting into the wind | 27 |
| Like Goofy | 10 |
| Like an ament's comments | 28 |