| Missile head | 12 |
| Heat shield location | 20 |
| Heat shield locale | 18 |
| Front section of a rocket | 25 |
| Forward section of a rocket | 27 |
| Atlantis section | 16 |
| Apex for some models | 20 |
| Snooped | 7 |
| Scented | 7 |
| Pried | 5 |
| Snooped (around) | 16 |
| Was a snoop | 11 |
| Poked | 5 |
| Nudged, dog-style | 17 |
| Pried (into) | 12 |
| Nuzzled | 7 |
| Snub follower | 13 |
| Snooped, with "about" | 31 |
| Snooped about | 13 |
| Moved forward | 13 |
| Got snoopy | 10 |
| Word with snub or sharp | 23 |
| Word with sharp or shovel | 25 |
| Word with hard or hook | 22 |
| Word with "hard" or "snub" | 46 |
| Word following hard or snub | 27 |
| Word between red and reindeer | 29 |
| Won closely | 11 |
| Snooped, with "around" | 32 |
| Snooped (about) | 15 |
| Searched (around) | 17 |
| Pushed with the proboscis | 25 |
| Pried into | 10 |
| Poked about | 11 |
| Poked (around) | 14 |
| Nudged, like a horse | 20 |
| Nipped, with "out" | 28 |
| Moved ahead cautiously | 22 |
| Just beat, with "out" | 31 |
| Just beat (out) | 15 |
| Just beat with out | 19 |
| Investigated, with "into" | 35 |
| Investigated with "about" | 35 |
| Hard-__: very strict | 20 |
| Edged (out) | 11 |
| Did some prying | 15 |
| Defeated narrowly, with "out" | 39 |
| Defeated by a tiny margin | 25 |
| Beat by a bit, with "out" | 35 |
| Beat at the wire | 16 |
| Barely defeated, with "out" | 37 |
| Barely defeated, with ''out'' | 45 |
| "Rudolph the Red-___ Reindeer" | 40 |
| -- around (snooped) | 19 |
| ____ out: defeated marginally | 29 |
| ___ out (barely won) | 20 |
| ___ out (barely beaten) | 23 |
| ___ around (snooped) | 20 |
| "Long time ___" | 25 |
| "Long time ___!" | 26 |
| "Hey, long time ___" | 30 |
| "Long time, ___" | 26 |
| ___-um (gnat) | 13 |
| Um preceder? | 12 |
| It comes after a "long time" | 38 |
| "Long time, ___!" | 27 |
| "Long time _____!" | 28 |
| ''Long time ___!'' | 34 |
| ___-um | 6 |
| Teensy bug | 10 |
| Tiny gnat | 9 |
| Tiny biting fly | 15 |
| Player lined up opposite the center, in football | 48 |
| Certain football position | 25 |
| Biggest guy on a football field, often | 38 |
| Plastic surgeon's tasks | 27 |
| Some cosmetic surgeries | 23 |
| They change people's profiles | 33 |
| Some plastic surgery | 20 |
| Some facial surgeries | 21 |
| Profile changes? | 16 |
| Cosmetic surgeries | 18 |
| Snoops | 6 |
| Pries | 5 |
| They smell | 10 |
| Snouts | 6 |
| Plane parts | 11 |
| Meddles | 7 |
| They may be counted | 19 |
| Count ___ | 9 |
| Bridge locales | 14 |
| Things to count | 15 |
| Sniffs | 6 |
| Proboscises | 11 |
| Pries (into) | 12 |
| Targets of rhinoplasty | 22 |
| Meddlers' probes | 20 |
| Items to count | 14 |
| Circus clown's collection | 29 |
| Snoots | 6 |