| Consumes conspicuously? | 23 |
| Conspicuous consumption? | 24 |
| Calumniated | 11 |
| Like drink-affected speech | 26 |
| Unclear, as speech | 18 |
| Talked like a tippler | 21 |
| Spoke like a sot | 16 |
| Spoke indistinctly | 18 |
| Pronounced indistinctly | 23 |
| Mumbled one's words | 23 |
| Like a sot's speech | 23 |
| Like a drunk's speech | 25 |
| Garbled one's words | 23 |
| Dropped words | 13 |
| Couldn't shpeak shtraight [hic]? | 36 |
| Wet cement mixture | 18 |
| Clay-and-water mixture | 22 |
| Semifluid mixture | 17 |
| Pasty cement mixture | 20 |
| Mixture of cement | 17 |
| Reveals intoxication | 20 |
| Pronounces indistinctly | 23 |
| Innuendos | 9 |
| Disparaging comments | 20 |
| Talksh like thish | 17 |
| Speaks like the inebriated | 26 |
| Speaks after a few drinks, perhaps | 34 |
| Sheet music arcs | 16 |
| Insulting remarks | 17 |
| Vilipends | 9 |
| Talks unclearly | 15 |
| Talks like a drunk | 18 |
| Talks drunkenly | 15 |
| Staff connections | 17 |
| Speaks tipsily | 14 |
| Speaks carelessly | 17 |
| Speaks after several drinks, perhaps | 36 |
| Slips over | 10 |
| Says indistinctly | 17 |
| Pronounces poorly | 17 |
| Produces lush sounds? | 21 |
| Passes over lightly | 19 |
| Mispronounces | 13 |
| Marks for a score | 17 |
| Legato effects | 14 |
| Innuendoes | 10 |
| Hurtful labels | 14 |
| Doesn't enunciate | 21 |
| Defamatory remarks | 18 |
| "Yellow-bellied coward" and others | 44 |
| Portmanteau in pitching | 23 |
| Kind of fund | 12 |
| Melting snow | 12 |
| Partly melted snow | 18 |
| Blizzard aftermath | 18 |
| Wintry mess | 11 |
| Winter annoyance | 16 |
| Half-melted snow | 16 |
| Unsolicited manuscripts | 23 |
| One reason for boots | 20 |
| Not-so-pretty snow | 18 |
| Winter wetness | 14 |
| Winter puddle cause | 19 |
| Wet winter nuisance | 19 |
| Wet snow | 8 |
| Unsolicited manuscripts, informally | 35 |
| Some winter wetness | 19 |
| Some funds | 10 |
| Snowstorm aftermath | 19 |
| Snow when it's around 32°F | 33 |
| Sloppy snow | 11 |
| Reason to wear boots, perhaps | 29 |
| Reason for wearing boots, perhaps | 33 |
| Reason for boots | 16 |
| Post-blizzard stuff | 19 |
| Post-blizzard mess | 18 |
| Political kind of fund | 22 |
| Partially melted snow | 21 |
| Over-the-transom manuscripts | 28 |
| Icy fruit-flavored drink | 24 |
| Icy drink | 9 |
| Gloppy snow | 11 |
| Fund of a sort | 14 |
| Curbside mess in winter | 23 |
| Washed with lots of water | 25 |
| Walked through melted snow | 26 |
| Like unfortunate winter pedestrians | 35 |
| Like pedestrians on winter streets, maybe | 41 |
| Like an unlucky winter pedestrian | 33 |
| Fruit-flavored ice drinks | 25 |
| Tainted cache of cash | 21 |
| Source of illicit money | 23 |
| Account that could be abused | 28 |
| Money reserve, in winter business | 33 |
| Money for who-knows-what | 24 |
| Money for political misdeeds | 28 |
| Illicit reserve | 15 |
| Illegal money, maybe | 20 |
| Bribery money | 13 |
| Bribe money at the snow bank? | 29 |