| "Like a Virgin," for example? | 39 |
| Writer's device | 19 |
| Tough as nails, e.g. | 20 |
| Thick as thieves, say | 21 |
| Sick as a dog, e.g. | 19 |
| Run like the wind, e.g. | 23 |
| Pretty as a picture, for one | 28 |
| Presenter of a likeness? | 24 |
| One of the tropes | 17 |
| Neat as a pin, e.g. | 19 |
| Metaphor kin | 12 |
| Literary likening | 17 |
| Idiom with "as" in the middle | 39 |
| Hot as a pistol, e.g. | 21 |
| Hard as nails, for one | 22 |
| Hair like silk, e.g. | 20 |
| Fresh as a daisy, e.g. | 22 |
| Float like a butterfly, say | 27 |
| Cute as a button, for one | 25 |
| Cousin of a metaphor | 20 |
| Comparison in writing | 21 |
| Comparing phrase | 16 |
| Cheeks like roses, e.g. | 23 |
| Black as night, e.g. | 20 |
| As plain as day, e.g. | 21 |
| As hot as hell, e.g. | 20 |
| As fit as a fiddle for one | 27 |
| As easy as pie, say | 19 |
| "Smart as a whip," for instance | 41 |
| "Sharp as a tack," for example | 40 |
| "Red as a rose" is one | 32 |
| "Quiet as a mouse," e.g. | 34 |
| "Proud as a peacock," e.g. | 36 |
| "My love is like a red, red rose," e.g. | 49 |
| "Lips like cherries," e.g. | 36 |
| "Life is like a box of chocolates," e.g. | 50 |
| "Good as new," e.g. | 29 |
| "Good as gold," for example | 37 |
| "Feet like ice," e.g. | 31 |
| "Cool as a cucumber," e.g. | 36 |
| 'Hard as nails,' for one | 32 |
| 'Cute as a button,' e.g. | 32 |
| ''Pretty as a picture,'' e.g. | 45 |
| ''My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose,'' e.g. | 57 |
| ''Hot as a pistol,'' e.g. | 41 |
| Poetic analogies | 16 |
| Some tropes | 11 |
| Rhetorical comparisons | 22 |
| Plath ploys | 11 |
| Phrases with "as a" in the middle | 43 |
| Literary figures? | 17 |
| Like words? | 11 |
| Like words | 10 |
| Like things? | 12 |
| Like expressions? | 17 |
| Comparative phrases | 19 |
| Animal analogies, often | 23 |
| "Like" things? | 24 |
| "Good as gold" and "fresh as a daisy" | 57 |
| "Fresh as a daisy" and others | 39 |
| Resemblance or semblance | 24 |
| Latka's wife | 16 |
| Carol Kane's "Taxi" role | 38 |
| Carol Kane's role on "Taxi" | 41 |
| Resort in India | 15 |
| Town in NW India | 16 |
| Summer capital of the Raj | 25 |
| Summer capital of India | 23 |
| Summer capital of British India | 31 |
| It was India's summer capital during the Raj | 48 |
| Keep just below a boil | 22 |
| Not quite boil | 14 |
| Make a reduction | 16 |
| Soup recipe directive | 21 |
| Slow boil | 9 |
| Ferment or poach | 16 |
| Experience inner turmoil | 24 |
| Cook just below the boiling point | 33 |
| Come to a boil | 14 |
| Almost bubble | 13 |
| Get over a tantrum | 18 |
| "Hush!" to a cook? | 28 |
| ''Don't get so upset!'' | 43 |
| Boiled gently | 13 |
| Didn't quite boil | 21 |
| ...so the chef got a job at the pillow factory, but he... | 57 |
| Opposite of the summer in the country | 37 |
| Ferments | 8 |
| Isn't quite ready to blow | 29 |
| Cooks just below the boiling point | 34 |
| Cooks gently | 12 |
| Bubbles beneath the surface | 27 |
| Gene, the outlandish rock star | 30 |
| Kiss' Demon | 15 |
| Exercise guru Richard | 21 |
| Beautyrest mattress maker | 25 |
| Beautyrest company | 18 |
| "Still Hungry After All These Years" autobiographer | 61 |
| "Better sleep through science" company | 48 |
| Extra-light tennis product made from mattresses? | 48 |