| Break the tape | 14 |
| Break the taillights of, maybe | 30 |
| Break the spirit of | 19 |
| Break the silence | 17 |
| Break the seal on | 17 |
| Break the rules in a kids' game | 35 |
| Break the rules in a kids' game | 36 |
| Break the rules | 15 |
| Break the plane of the goal line | 32 |
| Break the news to | 17 |
| Break the news | 14 |
| Break the law, in a way | 23 |
| Break the law, by one's own admission? | 42 |
| Break the law | 13 |
| Break the ice? | 14 |
| Break the ice, perhaps | 22 |
| Break the ice | 13 |
| Break the 10th Commandment | 26 |
| Break that might involve a pint of ice cream | 44 |
| Break taker | 11 |
| Break suggested by the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers | 71 |
| Break suddenly | 14 |
| Break stabilizers | 17 |
| Break Sleeping Beauty's curse? | 34 |
| Break site | 10 |
| Break sharply | 13 |
| Break room thefts that suck (especially when you put your name on them) | 71 |
| Break room postings | 19 |
| Break room notices | 18 |
| Break room coffee supplies | 26 |
| Break records? | 14 |
| Break ranks | 11 |
| Break quickly | 13 |
| Break protector | 15 |
| Break producer | 14 |
| Break points? | 13 |
| Break points at Wimbledon? | 26 |
| Break point, in tennis | 22 |
| Break point score, perhaps | 26 |
| Break point edge in tennis, sometimes | 37 |
| Break point edge | 16 |
| Break point at Wimbledon? | 25 |
| Break point | 11 |
| Break periods | 13 |
| Break pattern | 13 |
| Break out, in a way | 19 |
| Break out, as violence | 22 |
| Break out, as fighting | 22 |
| Break out of one's shell? | 29 |
| Break out of one's shell | 28 |
| Break out of jail | 17 |
| Break out of captivity | 22 |
| Break out of a slump | 20 |
| Break out | 9 |
| Break or time follower | 22 |
| Break or long starter: pl. | 26 |
| Break opportunity | 17 |
| Break open, maybe | 17 |
| Break open suddenly | 19 |
| Break open | 10 |
| Break one's word? | 21 |
| Break one's word | 20 |
| Break one's spirit | 22 |
| Break one's silence | 23 |
| Break one's resolution, say | 31 |
| Break one's diet | 20 |
| Break one's back, so to speak | 33 |
| Break one's back, but not really | 36 |
| Break one's back | 20 |
| Break one of the Ten Commandments | 33 |
| Break on the road | 17 |
| Break on a cot | 14 |
| Break off, as relations | 23 |
| Break off suddenly | 18 |
| Break off from the band | 23 |
| Break off from mother's milk | 32 |
| Break off from a mother's milk | 34 |
| Break off completely | 20 |
| Break off a romance | 19 |
| Break off a relationship | 24 |
| Break off a glacier | 19 |
| Break off (from) | 16 |
| Break off | 9 |
| Break of day? | 13 |
| Break of day | 12 |
| Break of a sort | 15 |
| Break of a habit | 16 |
| Break noisily | 13 |
| Break new ground? | 17 |
| Break new ground | 16 |
| Break loose | 11 |
| Break limbs off of, say | 23 |
| Break like the Hulk | 19 |
| Break it up | 11 |
| Break it and you may be out on the street | 41 |
| Break into, as a safe | 21 |
| Break into, as a computer system | 32 |
| Break into, as a computer | 25 |
| Break into ___ | 14 |
| Break into the world | 20 |