| Words from one closing a door, perhaps | 38 |
| Words from one asking for a smack? | 34 |
| Words from one about to take over | 33 |
| Words from one about to quote himself | 37 |
| Words from one about to go to bat | 33 |
| Words from one about to be committed? | 37 |
| Words from one about to be committed | 36 |
| Words from Mom when DAD says no? | 32 |
| Words from Garrison Keillor, part 1 | 35 |
| Words from doting kin to bride and groom | 40 |
| Words from Dad the game show host? | 34 |
| Words from an Irving Berlin song | 32 |
| Words from an interrupting attorney | 35 |
| Words from an egotistical first mate? | 37 |
| Words from an aspiring fiancé | 32 |
| Words from a would-be protégé | 35 |
| Words from a Vermont quarter back? | 34 |
| Words from a traditional spiritual | 34 |
| Words from a Tennessee quarter back? | 36 |
| Words from a televised bystander | 32 |
| Words from a promising individual? | 34 |
| Words from a person going nowhere | 33 |
| Words from a New Year's song | 32 |
| Words from a Maryland quarter back? | 35 |
| Words from a long-suffering orthopedic patient? | 47 |
| Words from a hold 'em holdout | 33 |
| Words from a hit of The Five Stairsteps | 39 |
| Words from a familiar voice at the door | 39 |
| Words from a dog food commercial? | 33 |
| Words from a damsel in distress? | 32 |
| Words from a blackmailer, collectively | 38 |
| Words from a 13th cent. plainsong | 33 |
| Words from "Wassail Song" | 35 |
| Words from "the great and powerful" | 45 |
| Words from "Song of the Crib" | 39 |
| Words from "Silent Night" | 35 |
| Words from "Samson Agonistes" | 39 |
| Words from "Richard III" | 34 |
| Words from "Hippolytus" | 33 |
| Words from "Adeste Fideles" | 37 |
| Words from " . . . Sixpence" | 38 |
| Words formed from initial letters | 33 |
| Words for indefinite adjournment | 32 |
| Words for entering a united state | 33 |
| Words for a book following another | 34 |
| WORDS FOLLOWING THE THEME REFRAIN | 33 |
| Words following see, hear and speak | 35 |
| Words following an understatement | 33 |
| Words following an oath, sometimes | 34 |
| Words following "often" | 33 |
| Words following "no two ways" | 39 |
| Words following "doe" in song lyrics | 46 |
| Words following "burden" | 34 |
| Words expressing a sad, surprising turn of events | 49 |
| Words describing a fairy-tale wolf | 34 |
| Words describing 1400–1700 A.D. | 38 |
| Words derived from people's names | 37 |
| Words delivered with a hangdog expression | 41 |
| Words cried before "No hands!" | 40 |
| Words between John Montagu and Sandwich | 39 |
| Words between "not" and "not" | 49 |
| Words below the Lincoln Memorial | 32 |
| Words below a bad grade, perhaps | 32 |
| Words before upswing or empty stomach | 37 |
| Words before time, money or respect | 35 |
| Words before the talk show guest enters | 39 |
| Words before temperature or tight ship | 38 |
| Words before stew, pickle or jam | 32 |
| Words before spell, shadow or wide net | 38 |
| Words before serious, ready or listening | 40 |
| Words before rocks, ropes or run | 32 |
| Words before rest, work, or sleep | 33 |
| Words before Remember and Forget, in song titles | 48 |
| Words before reason or enlightenment | 36 |
| Words before problem or department | 34 |
| Words before perfection or death | 32 |
| Words before one's feet or one's door | 45 |
| Words before occasion or account | 32 |
| Words before may or might, in verse | 35 |
| Words before jam, pickle or stew | 32 |
| Words before instant or emergency | 33 |
| Words before golf clubs or silverware | 37 |
| Words before Galilee or Tranquility | 35 |
| Words before française or grecque | 36 |
| Words before expedition or interview | 36 |
| Words before equal basis or even keel | 37 |
| Words before distance or discount | 33 |
| Words before discount or premium | 32 |
| Words before disappearing, perhaps | 34 |
| Words before directions or likelihood | 37 |
| Words before dash or pinch, in recipes | 38 |
| Words before consent or Aquarius | 32 |
| Words before Congress or contrition | 35 |
| Words before Aquarius or Anxiety | 32 |
| Words before any month's name | 33 |
| Words before and after "what" | 39 |
| Words before and after "rose" | 39 |
| Words before and after "or not" | 41 |
| Words before and after "for" | 38 |
| Words before and after "Am too!" | 42 |