| Rest stop lineup | 16 |
| Prefinals, for short | 20 |
| Pre-final rounds | 16 |
| Pre-final events, for short | 27 |
| Popular toy trucks, for short | 29 |
| Playoff rounds | 14 |
| Penults, sportswise | 19 |
| Next-to-last tourney rounds | 27 |
| Long transports, for short | 26 |
| Key Wimbledon matches | 21 |
| Interstate trucks | 17 |
| Highway rigs | 12 |
| Highway heavyweights | 20 |
| Highway giants | 14 |
| Heavy haulers | 13 |
| Games before finals | 19 |
| Game rounds | 11 |
| Fungus that affects cereal | 26 |
| Freight-hauling trailers | 24 |
| Freeway haulers | 15 |
| Four enter them, but only two survive | 37 |
| Final Four round | 16 |
| Final Four contests, for short | 30 |
| Elimination rounds | 18 |
| Convoy vehicles | 15 |
| Convoy trucks | 13 |
| Coin of ancient Rome | 20 |
| Certain trailer trks. | 21 |
| Certain tourney rounds | 22 |
| Certain car carriers | 20 |
| Cargo carriers | 14 |
| Big rigs, for short | 19 |
| Big Macks? | 10 |
| Big Macks | 9 |
| Beltway behemoths | 17 |
| Behemoths of the road | 21 |
| Arena prelims | 13 |
| "Final four" tourney round | 36 |
| "Final Four" round | 28 |
| Like mozzarella | 15 |
| Like Tilsit or Havarti | 22 |
| Like Bel Paese cheese | 21 |
| Gouda and Muenster | 18 |
| Gorgonzola and Muenster, e.g. | 29 |
| Like jelly or paste | 19 |
| Almost firm | 11 |
| A bit firm in consistency | 25 |
| "Closing Time" rockers | 32 |
| "Closing Time" band | 29 |
| Like some chocolate chips | 25 |
| Israeli or Arab | 15 |
| Hebrew, e.g. | 12 |
| Descendant of Noah's eldest son | 35 |
| Phoenician, e.g. | 16 |
| Hebrew speaker | 14 |
| Descendant of Noah's eldest | 31 |
| Carthaginian, e.g. | 18 |
| Believer in Judaism | 19 |
| Arab or Jew | 11 |
| Arab or Israeli | 15 |
| Son of a son of Noah | 20 |
| Shem descendant | 15 |
| Phoenician, for one | 19 |
| Israeli or Palestinian | 22 |
| Iraqi or Israeli | 16 |
| Inhabitant of Mideast | 21 |
| Descendent of Noah's eldest | 31 |
| Canaanite, for example | 22 |
| Babylonian or Phoenician | 24 |
| Abraham, e.g. | 13 |
| A scion of Shem | 15 |
| Descendants of a son of Noah | 28 |
| Phoenicians, e.g. | 17 |
| Arabs, Hebrews, etc. | 20 |
| Descendants of Shem | 19 |
| Arabs, e.g. | 11 |
| Shem's descendants | 22 |
| Phoenicians, Hebrews, et al. | 28 |
| Phoenicians, for example | 24 |
| Hebrew people | 13 |
| Descendants of Noah | 19 |
| Carthaginians, e.g. | 19 |
| Arabs and Jews | 14 |
| Arabs and Hebrews | 17 |
| A Middle East people | 20 |
| Arabic or Hebrew | 16 |
| Arabic or Aramaic | 17 |
| Of Shem's descendants | 25 |
| Middle East language group | 26 |
| Like Jesus or Ashley Tisdale | 28 |
| Like Hebrew and Aramaic | 23 |
| Language subfamily that includes Phoenician | 43 |
| Language subfamily that includes Maltese | 40 |
| Language subfamily including Arabic | 35 |
| Language family that includes Arabic and Hebrew | 47 |
| Hebrew, for one | 15 |
| Hebrew or Phoenician, e.g. | 26 |
| Describing Assyrians and Phoenicians | 36 |
| Assyrian's tongue | 21 |
| Afroasiatic language subfamily | 30 |