| Kathy Bates film | 16 |
| James Caan movie based on a Stephen King novel | 46 |
| Good thing to be put out of | 27 |
| Abject despair | 14 |
| 1990 Kathy Bates film | 21 |
| "___ loves company" | 29 |
| Ignition problem | 16 |
| Failed intention | 16 |
| Artillery accident | 18 |
| Fails to get results | 20 |
| Doesn't shoot | 17 |
| Fish out of water | 17 |
| Square peg in a round hole | 26 |
| Maladjusted person | 18 |
| Hard-to-characterize type | 25 |
| Wrong size | 10 |
| Troublemaker, perhaps | 21 |
| Square peg in a round hole, say | 31 |
| Round peg in a square hole | 26 |
| Poor match | 10 |
| Person in the wrong line of work | 32 |
| Pants from Sam | 14 |
| Outcast, often | 14 |
| One who can't adjust | 24 |
| One not suited for the job | 26 |
| Maladaptive type | 16 |
| Square pegs in round holes | 26 |
| Square pegs, usually | 20 |
| Square pegs, often | 18 |
| Round pegs in square holes | 26 |
| People out of their element | 27 |
| Marilyn Monroe's last flick (with "The") | 54 |
| Final movie of Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, with "The" | 67 |
| Fender bender, e.g. | 19 |
| Bit of bad luck | 15 |
| Unfortunate occurrence | 22 |
| Unfortunate accident | 20 |
| Small disaster | 14 |
| Unlucky accident | 16 |
| Tough break | 11 |
| Slip, for example | 17 |
| Minor incident | 14 |
| It wasn't meant to occur | 28 |
| It might be caused by a tort | 28 |
| Fender scratch, for one | 23 |
| Fender dent, e.g. | 17 |
| Fender bender, say | 18 |
| Collision, e.g. | 15 |
| Bad break | 9 |
| Catch badly? | 12 |
| Get the lyrics wrong, maybe | 27 |
| Experience a mondegreen, e.g. | 29 |
| Apprehend wrongly | 17 |
| Golfer's slice, say | 23 |
| Strike poorly, as a tennis ball | 31 |
| Like a golf ball in the rough | 29 |
| Faulty shot, as in tennis | 25 |
| Cause of a big slice | 20 |
| Bad, as a tennis shot | 21 |
| Bad connection, say | 19 |
| Confused mess | 13 |
| Temporarily lost | 16 |
| Place out of place | 18 |
| Place in the wrong place | 24 |
| Lose track of | 13 |
| Lose momentarily | 16 |
| Lose for a while | 16 |
| Forget where one put, as keys | 29 |
| Emulate an absent-minded professor | 34 |
| Took the wrong way | 18 |
| Threw off | 9 |
| Threw off the scent | 19 |
| Used weasel words | 17 |
| Sent on a wild goose chase | 26 |
| Planted a red herring, say | 26 |
| Gave false info to | 18 |
| Gave false clues to, e.g. | 25 |
| Run badly | 9 |
| Handle wrongly, as funds | 24 |
| Incorrect name | 14 |
| Wrong-name error | 16 |
| Woods in modern golf, e.g. | 26 |
| What something shouldn't be called | 38 |
| Use of a wrong term | 19 |
| Use of a wrong name | 19 |
| Koala bear, e.g. | 16 |
| Incorrect title | 15 |
| Incorrect term | 14 |
| Inappropriate name | 18 |
| Ill-fitting title | 17 |
| Error in designation | 20 |
| Erroneous epithet | 17 |
| "Prairie dog," for example | 36 |
| "Koala bear," e.g. | 28 |
| Japanese soup option | 20 |
| Japanese soup | 13 |
| Sushi bar soup | 14 |
| Soybean product | 15 |
| Soybean paste | 13 |
| Sapporo soup | 12 |