| Bit of machine maintenance | 26 |
| Bit of Madison Ave. planning | 28 |
| Bit of magic for the guests | 27 |
| Bit of magic from Dolly? | 24 |
| Bit of marital friction | 23 |
| Bit of marital friction, e.g. | 29 |
| Bit of Marx's legacy | 24 |
| Bit of medicine for the eye | 27 |
| Bit of miner's gear | 23 |
| Bit of mistletoe or holly | 25 |
| Bit of mocking laughter | 23 |
| Bit of modern folklore | 22 |
| Bit of monkey business | 22 |
| Bit of motivational speech | 26 |
| Bit of Mozart's art | 23 |
| Bit of music, for short | 23 |
| Bit of musical silence | 22 |
| Bit of negative campaigning | 27 |
| Bit of news at the aviary? | 26 |
| Bit of newspaper advertising | 28 |
| Bit of noise pollution | 22 |
| Bit of nuclear physics | 22 |
| Bit of numerical trivia | 23 |
| Bit of ocular irrigation | 24 |
| Bit of office greenery | 22 |
| Bit of old Italian bread? | 25 |
| Bit of online laughter | 22 |
| Bit of outdated currency | 24 |
| Bit of packaging detritus | 25 |
| Bit of pageant trappings | 24 |
| Bit of painting carelessness | 28 |
| Bit of parental buck-passing | 28 |
| Bit of parental diversion | 25 |
| Bit of pasta, for short | 23 |
| Bit of perfunctory affection | 28 |
| Bit of photog. equipment | 24 |
| Bit of playground insistence | 28 |
| Bit of plumbing hardware | 24 |
| Bit of pond vegetation | 22 |
| Bit of poolroom finesse | 23 |
| Bit of profanity in a play? | 27 |
| Bit of progress, figuratively | 29 |
| Bit of rap sheet shorthand | 26 |
| Bit of real estate brokerese | 28 |
| Bit of reception china | 22 |
| Bit of relief on a hot day | 26 |
| Bit of reverse English? | 23 |
| Bit of rock improvising | 23 |
| Bit of roller coaster drama | 27 |
| Bit of romantic memorabilia | 27 |
| Bit of roomy footwear? | 22 |
| Bit of rowing practice? | 23 |
| Bit of sachet stuffing | 22 |
| Bit of schoolyard backtalk | 26 |
| Bit of Scottish attire | 22 |
| Bit of seasonal laughter | 24 |
| Bit of seasonal merriment | 25 |
| Bit of securing hardware | 24 |
| Bit of self-aggrandizement | 26 |
| Bit of self-indulgence | 22 |
| Bit of Senate dissension | 24 |
| Bit of shattered glass | 22 |
| Bit of Sinatra improvisation | 28 |
| Bit of skating practice | 23 |
| Bit of skid row litter | 22 |
| Bit of skin art, briefly | 24 |
| Bit of skin art, informally | 27 |
| Bit of skin art, slangily | 25 |
| Bit of sleep, symbolically | 26 |
| Bit of Smurf ice cream? | 23 |
| Bit of social elegance | 22 |
| Bit of song and dance, e.g. | 27 |
| Bit of sound equipment | 22 |
| Bit of SportsCenter news | 24 |
| Bit of stage creativity | 23 |
| Bit of stagnant-water growth | 28 |
| Bit of stitching: Abbr. | 23 |
| Bit of sugar, say: Abbr. | 24 |
| Bit of Sunday legislation | 25 |
| Bit of superhero attire | 23 |
| Bit of surf in surf and turf | 28 |
| Bit of surfing damage? | 22 |
| Bit of surveillance evidence | 28 |
| Bit of technical jargon | 23 |
| Bit of term paper color | 23 |
| Bit of the magic of Disney | 26 |
| Bit of this and a bit of that | 29 |
| Bit of this, bit of that | 24 |
| Bit of Tolkien symbolism | 24 |
| Bit of toy dog chatter | 22 |
| Bit of trip planning: Abbr. | 27 |
| Bit of tuneful nostalgia | 24 |
| Bit of turbulence, at sea | 25 |
| Bit of unintended humor | 23 |
| Bit of unusual weather | 22 |
| Bit of verbal trumpeting | 24 |
| Bit of verse, in Veracruz | 25 |
| Bit of video gear, for short | 28 |
| Bit of volcanic fallout | 23 |
| Bit of wampum, perhaps | 22 |