| Text | Length |
| Director Seiter film: 1948 | 26 |
| 1948 fantasy film | 17 |
| 1948 Ava Gardner film | 21 |
| 1948 Ava Gardner comedy | 23 |
| 1943 Mary Martin musical | 24 |
| Boxing combo | 12 |
| Ring combo | 10 |
| Knockout punch | 14 |
| Punch combo | 11 |
| Ring combination | 16 |
| Pair of socks? | 14 |
| Combination punch | 17 |
| Punch sequence | 14 |
| Double decker? | 14 |
| Punch type | 10 |
| Combo punch | 11 |
| Boxing combination | 18 |
| Boxer's combo | 17 |
| Words with ''buckle my shoe'' | 45 |
| Type of punch | 13 |
| Succession of punches | 21 |
| Shoe-buckling words | 19 |
| Shoe-buckling numbers | 21 |
| Set of cuffs? | 13 |
| Quick combination | 17 |
| Pugilistic combo | 16 |
| Pugilist's combo | 20 |
| Pug's combo | 15 |
| Powerful combination | 20 |
| Pair of blows | 13 |
| Painful combo | 13 |
| Left and right, maybe | 21 |
| Jab-cross pairing | 17 |
| Impressive combo | 16 |
| Heavyweight offensive | 21 |
| Fight combo | 11 |
| Double boxing punch | 19 |
| Damaging combination | 20 |
| Combination of rings? | 21 |
| Closing combo in a ring, perhaps | 32 |
| Buckle shoe numbers | 19 |
| Boxer's sequence | 20 |
| Boxer's punch sequence | 26 |
| Bout combo | 10 |
| Ali's pair of socks? | 24 |
| "Old" punches? | 24 |
| "Old" combination | 27 |
| "___, buckle my shoe" | 31 |
| "___, buckle my shoe ..." | 35 |
| "___, buckle my shoe . . ." | 37 |
| Birdie | 6 |
| 71, at Augusta | 14 |
| Birdie that's hidden literally in 10 pairs of puzzle answers | 64 |
| Do better than | 14 |
| Slightly ahead | 14 |
| Ahead by a point | 16 |
| Barely ahead | 12 |
| Stay a step ahead of | 20 |
| Outdo, informally | 17 |
| Marginally ahead | 16 |
| Ahead, barely | 13 |
| Winning, but not by much | 24 |
| Top, in a way | 13 |
| Outmaneuver | 11 |
| Leading by a point | 18 |
| Kind of manship | 15 |
| Having the advantage | 20 |
| Golf-match standing | 19 |
| Ahead of the game | 17 |
| Winning 3-2, e.g. | 17 |
| Video game extender | 19 |
| Step ahead | 10 |
| Slightly ahead, in a golf game | 30 |
| Slightly ahead in a game | 24 |
| Score in match golf | 19 |
| Result of a close golf match | 28 |
| Possessing the advantage | 24 |
| Play a bit better than | 22 |
| Outdo by a little | 17 |
| One of the manships | 19 |
| Golfer's edge | 17 |
| Golf-match situation | 20 |
| Go further than | 15 |
| Extra life, in video games | 26 |
| Extra life, in a video game | 27 |
| Early Ping-Pong tie | 19 |
| Do a little better than | 23 |
| Beat at H.O.R.S.E. | 18 |
| Be fancier than, as in H.O.R.S.E. | 33 |
| Ahead, narrowly | 15 |
| Ahead by the smallest margin | 28 |
| A tie score | 11 |
| A stroke ahead, in match play | 29 |
| A stroke ahead, in golf | 23 |
| A "manship" | 21 |
| Just tops | 9 |
| Stays a step ahead of | 21 |
| Beats in H.O.R.S.E., say | 24 |
| Type of street or ticket | 24 |
| Like many city streets | 22 |
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