| Text | Length |
| Yao Ming's position | 23 |
| Unseen part of a bonbon | 23 |
| Most prominent position | 23 |
| Chicago's time zone | 23 |
| Two bits is 25 of these | 23 |
| Board member, for short | 23 |
| VIP who may have an MBA | 23 |
| Top of the corp. ladder | 23 |
| Recall announcer, maybe | 23 |
| Top of a ladder?: Abbr. | 23 |
| Suit with an MBA, maybe | 23 |
| MBA's goal, perhaps | 23 |
| Hostile takeover figure | 23 |
| Business founder, often | 23 |
| Board big shot, briefly | 23 |
| Bill Gates, e.g.: Abbr. | 23 |
| Big decision maker, say | 23 |
| Kind of glaze or mosaic | 23 |
| Post box's contents | 23 |
| Life at a grocery store | 23 |
| Where the Nuggets play? | 23 |
| Some have prizes inside | 23 |
| Life and Total, for two | 23 |
| Proserpina's mother | 23 |
| First observed asteroid | 23 |
| Random House co-founder | 23 |
| Mackerel's relative | 23 |
| Like some checks: Abbr. | 23 |
| You have to sign for it | 23 |
| Breath mint with Retsyn | 23 |
| Breath freshening brand | 23 |
| Alternative to Tic Tacs | 23 |
| These, to Thérèse | 23 |
| Leon Panetta's org. | 23 |
| Chávez of the U.F.W. | 23 |
| Noted small-plane maker | 23 |
| "___ la vie!" | 23 |
| It's, in San Moritz | 23 |
| "--- la vie!" | 23 |
| "___ dommage" | 23 |
| Basket used at frontons | 23 |
| The Whale constellation | 23 |
| Cub "Penguin" | 23 |
| Ozone eaters, for short | 23 |
| It sounds the same as B | 23 |
| Head of cabbage?: Abbr. | 23 |
| Hi-tech special effects | 23 |
| Ballroom dance syllable | 23 |
| Landlocked African land | 23 |
| Voting booth hanger-on? | 23 |
| One may be left hanging | 23 |
| Hanger-on at the polls? | 23 |
| Everett of TV and films | 23 |
| Dangler of note in 2000 | 23 |
| Teases in a playful way | 23 |
| Type of store or letter | 23 |
| Tree surgeon's tool | 23 |
| Going-to-Jerusalem prop | 23 |
| Committee head, briefly | 23 |
| House in the Swiss Alps | 23 |
| Like Dover's cliffs | 23 |
| What a toaster may hold | 23 |
| Movie detective Charlie | 23 |
| Biggers's detective | 23 |
| Role for Oland or Toler | 23 |
| Action film star Jackie | 23 |
| Action film hero Jackie | 23 |
| French fashion designer | 23 |
| 1989 French Open winner | 23 |
| Meter feeder's need | 23 |
| Get into a new ensemble | 23 |
| What September 23 marks | 23 |
| Strikers' commotion | 23 |
| The universe on day one | 23 |
| Roughen in cold weather | 23 |
| Guy, in Gloucestershire | 23 |
| Crack from cold weather | 23 |
| Las Vegas drive-through | 23 |
| King of the two-reelers | 23 |
| Dictator player of 1940 | 23 |
| Part of a cowboy outfit | 23 |
| Blacken on the barbecue | 23 |
| Prepare, as some kebabs | 23 |
| 1963 Hepburn-Grant film | 23 |
| Assertion of illegality | 23 |
| Mrs. Reed's creator | 23 |
| Jane Eyre's creator | 23 |
| Single-named music star | 23 |
| Captain's reference | 23 |
| Horoscope, for instance | 23 |
| Billboard Hot 100, e.g. | 23 |
| Statistician, sometimes | 23 |
| Adventure movie staples | 23 |
| Pursue the unattainable | 23 |
| Pure as the driven snow | 23 |
| Cyberspace conversation | 23 |
| Socialize in cyberspace | 23 |
| Dialogue on a low level | 23 |
| Common on-line activity | 23 |
| Fidel's former aide | 23 |
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