| Jack Sprat's rule | 21 |
| Jack Sprat's restriction | 28 |
| Jack Sprat's requirement | 28 |
| Dieting words | 13 |
| Dietetic, perhaps | 17 |
| Dietetic phrase | 15 |
| Dieter's label | 18 |
| Dieter's caution | 20 |
| Dietary directive to J. Sprat | 29 |
| Diet stricture | 14 |
| ''Jack Sprat could eat ___'' | 44 |
| Like some insurance | 19 |
| Type of auto insurance | 22 |
| Like some warranties | 20 |
| Like some checking accounts | 27 |
| Credit card come-on | 19 |
| Like some credit cards | 22 |
| Kind of checking account | 24 |
| Credit card lure | 16 |
| Without a service charge | 24 |
| Like some checking | 18 |
| Like many checking accounts | 27 |
| Checking account come-on | 24 |
| Type of checking | 16 |
| Type of bank account | 20 |
| Sans annual charge | 18 |
| Phrase in some apartment ads | 28 |
| Phrase in a classified ad for an apartment | 42 |
| Like some bank checking | 23 |
| Like some apartment rentals | 27 |
| Like some apartment listings | 28 |
| Lacking a charge | 16 |
| Kind of checking | 16 |
| Gratis (h,h) | 12 |
| Free, as a bank account | 23 |
| Feature of some agencies | 24 |
| Credit-card come-on | 19 |
| Checking account type | 21 |
| Checking account lure | 21 |
| Bank's enticement to would-be customers | 43 |
| Bank enticement | 15 |
| Attractive IRA feature | 22 |
| Apartment ad come-on | 20 |
| "Payment not required" | 32 |
| Pleasing bank statement? | 24 |
| Checking account offer | 22 |
| Bank's ad come-on | 21 |
| Bank-ad phrase | 14 |
| "Really!", or another title for the puzzle | 52 |
| Sign at a broken gas pump? | 26 |
| Like a wet blanket | 18 |
| Like a stick-in-the-mud | 23 |
| Like a party pooper | 19 |
| Too serious | 11 |
| Far from enjoyable | 18 |
| Too Puritan | 11 |
| Quite a drag | 12 |
| Party-pooperish | 15 |
| Like wet blankets | 17 |
| Like party poopers | 18 |
| Like a wet blanket, so to speak | 31 |
| Gravely serious | 15 |
| Bo-o-oring | 10 |
| A drag | 6 |
| "You're ___ at all!" | 34 |
| Easy to use, in adspeak | 23 |
| Easy-to-use product tagline | 27 |
| Dowel | 5 |
| Carolers' quaff | 19 |
| Eggy drink | 10 |
| Yuletide beverage | 17 |
| TEE | 3 |
| Eggy quaff | 10 |
| December drink | 14 |
| Eggy concoction | 15 |
| Egg drink | 9 |
| December dairy case offering | 28 |
| Yuletide libation | 17 |
| Strong ale | 10 |
| Nailing block | 13 |
| Egg ___ | 7 |
| Seasonal beverage | 17 |
| Eggy libation | 13 |
| Eggy beverage | 13 |
| Egg follower | 12 |
| Drink with Christmas cookies | 28 |
| Christmas cupful | 16 |
| Yule libation | 13 |
| Wassail alternative | 19 |
| Thick quaff | 11 |
| Seasonal libation | 17 |
| Nutmeg-topped drink | 19 |
| Eggy seasonal drink | 19 |
| Drink with whiskey | 18 |
| Drink for a caroler, perhaps | 28 |
| Drink after caroling: Egg ___ | 29 |
| Creamy beverage | 15 |
| Christmas Eve drink | 19 |
| Caroler's drink | 19 |
| Yule serving | 12 |