| Text | Length |
| Cruel dictator | 14 |
| Caligula was one | 16 |
| Oppressive rulers | 17 |
| Harsh rulers | 12 |
| Strict taskmasters | 18 |
| Overbearing rulers | 18 |
| Oppressive ones | 15 |
| Iron-fisted rulers | 18 |
| Hitler et al. | 14 |
| Coup targets | 12 |
| Caligula and Herod | 18 |
| Dinner course | 13 |
| Napoleon, e.g. | 14 |
| Turnover, e.g. | 14 |
| Kind of menu | 12 |
| Baked Alaska, e.g. | 18 |
| Sweet finish | 12 |
| Final course | 12 |
| A sweet finish | 14 |
| Sweet course | 12 |
| Pie or pudding | 14 |
| Mousse, e.g. | 12 |
| Finishing order | 15 |
| Feast finale | 12 |
| Check preceder? | 15 |
| Ultimate course | 15 |
| Tutti-frutti e.g. | 18 |
| Trifle, perhaps | 15 |
| Sweet menu course | 17 |
| Pudding or pie | 14 |
| Pudding or cake | 15 |
| Pie or parfait | 14 |
| Pastry or pudding | 17 |
| Ice, at times | 13 |
| Finishing course | 16 |
| Finisher of a sort | 18 |
| Dinner's end | 16 |
| Check preceder | 14 |
| Calorie course | 14 |
| Bombe, for one | 14 |
| A flan or a torte | 17 |
| Dinner courses | 14 |
| Meal toppers | 12 |
| Sweet menu courses | 18 |
| Pudding and pie | 15 |
| Pastries, etc. | 14 |
| Mousse and mud pie | 18 |
| Final orders | 12 |
| Final courses | 13 |
| Display on a tray | 17 |
| Dinner finales | 14 |
| Cobblers, e.g. | 14 |
| Cakes and pies | 14 |
| Cake, pie, etc. | 15 |
| Bombes, e.g. | 12 |
| Villa ___, Tivoli | 17 |
| Villa ___, Italy | 16 |
| In the cards | 12 |
| Predetermined | 13 |
| Foreordained | 12 |
| Unalterably fixed | 17 |
| What will be | 12 |
| Inevitability | 13 |
| Inescapable course | 18 |
| U.S.S. Ward, e.g. | 17 |
| The Caine, for one | 18 |
| Police rank: Abbr. | 18 |
| Police dept. title | 18 |
| NYPD investigator | 17 |
| Lt. Columbo, e.g. | 17 |
| Badge holder: Abbr. | 19 |
| PD investigator | 15 |
| NYPD employee | 13 |
| N.Y.P.D. employee | 17 |
| Clue seeker: Abbr. | 18 |
| U.S. motor capital | 18 |
| Sleuth (abbr.) | 14 |
| P.D. investigator | 17 |
| NYPD rank (abbr.) | 17 |
| NYPD officer | 12 |
| N.Y.P.D. title | 14 |
| Member of the P.D. | 18 |
| Lead seeker: Abbr. | 18 |
| Investigator: Abbr. | 19 |
| Disengaged: Abbr. | 17 |
| Crime solver: Abbr. | 19 |
| Cannon, e.g.: Abbr. | 19 |
| Body of tps. | 12 |
| Army group: Abbr. | 17 |
| 'CSI' fig. | 18 |
| Remove (from) | 13 |
| Remove, as a coupon | 19 |
| Separate and remove | 19 |
| Break off (from) | 16 |
| Like some garages | 17 |
| Sort of outbuilding | 19 |
| Military assignment | 19 |
| It may be minor | 15 |
| Expound upon | 12 |
| Close-ups show it | 17 |
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