| Dozes, with "off" | 27 |
| Bobblehead doll actions | 23 |
| Bids silently | 13 |
| Bids at Christie's | 22 |
| Bean dips? | 10 |
| Award nominations, e.g. | 23 |
| Auction-bidders' moves | 26 |
| Auction gestures | 16 |
| Auction assents | 15 |
| Auction acknowledgements | 24 |
| Assents, visually | 17 |
| Assents, in a way | 17 |
| Approves quietly | 16 |
| Appears to agree | 16 |
| Agrees tacitly | 14 |
| Agreement signs | 15 |
| Agreeing motions | 16 |
| Affirmations to pitchers | 24 |
| "Even Homer ___" | 26 |
| 'Yes' signals | 21 |
| Greets aloofly | 14 |
| Signals with a head movement | 28 |
| Greets with a head bob | 22 |
| Acknowledges, in a way | 22 |
| Acknowledge, in a way | 21 |
| Acknowledge quietly | 19 |
| Acknowledge with a head gesture | 31 |
| With a ___ (recognizing) | 24 |
| Signal agreement, in a way | 26 |
| Give the ___ (pick) | 19 |
| Give a nonverbal 'OK' | 29 |
| Bob one's head at | 21 |
| Acknowledge, non-verbally | 25 |
| Acknowledge with a head movement | 32 |
| Acknowledge nonverbally | 23 |
| "Obviously, Einstein!" | 32 |
| Slangy "That's obvious!" | 38 |
| “Obviously!” | 20 |
| "You didn't need to tell me that" | 47 |
| "Well, of course" | 27 |
| "Well, isn't it obvious?!?" | 41 |
| "That's obvious," informally | 42 |
| "That is so obvious!" | 31 |
| "Oh, yeah, really?" | 29 |
| "Ob-vi-ous-ly!" | 25 |
| "Like, that's obvious!" | 37 |
| "Like, obviously!" | 28 |
| "It's really obvious" | 35 |
| "It's pretty obvious, isn't it?" | 50 |
| "As if I didn't know that" | 40 |
| "As if I didn't know that!" | 41 |
| Cyst | 4 |
| Little bump | 11 |
| Wartlike protuberance | 21 |
| Rounded protuberance | 20 |
| Botanical lump | 14 |
| Plant bud | 9 |
| Tumorous growth sometimes | 26 |
| Small knotlike protuberance | 27 |
| Small bump | 10 |
| Root growth | 11 |
| Mineral lump | 12 |
| Knotty problem | 14 |
| Knotty situation | 16 |
| Knotty situation? | 17 |
| Difficult point | 15 |
| Lack of musical talent | 22 |
| Musical deficiency | 18 |
| Musical shortcoming | 19 |
| What the unmusical have | 23 |
| Van Gogh complaint | 18 |
| Shortcoming for a musician | 26 |
| Opposite of perfect pitch | 25 |
| Musical inadequacy | 18 |
| An absence of musical skill | 27 |
| Absence of musical skill | 24 |
| Christmas | 9 |
| Carol | 5 |
| Christmas carol | 15 |
| Christmas season | 16 |
| Yuletide | 8 |
| Present time | 12 |
| "Joyeux ___" | 22 |
| Christmastime | 13 |
| Season to be jolly | 18 |
| Coward of note | 14 |
| Present time? | 13 |
| "Away in a Manger," for one | 37 |
| Coward of the stage | 19 |
| Year-end air | 12 |
| Coward of the theater | 21 |
| Time for eggnog | 15 |
| Holiday song | 12 |
| Holiday season | 14 |
| Coward of England | 17 |
| Christmas refrain | 17 |
| Wassailer's song | 20 |
| Seasonal tune | 13 |
| Playwright Coward | 17 |
| Dramatist Coward | 16 |