| Text | Length |
| Catch on a nail, say | 20 |
| Catch in a stocking | 19 |
| Zipper problem | 14 |
| What's holding things up | 28 |
| Unforeseen woe | 14 |
| Unexpected delay | 16 |
| Unexpected complication | 23 |
| Unanticipated obstacle | 22 |
| Tear, in a way | 14 |
| Sweater woe | 11 |
| Sweater spoiler | 15 |
| Sudden impediment | 17 |
| Stump of a tree | 15 |
| Stump of a tooth | 16 |
| Stocking-run cause | 18 |
| Stocking spoiler | 16 |
| Stocking ruiner | 15 |
| Start of a run | 14 |
| Sock mishap | 11 |
| Short, projecting stump | 23 |
| Schedule spoiler | 16 |
| Run starter | 11 |
| Run causer | 10 |
| Rub, in a way | 13 |
| Red-tape problem | 16 |
| Reason to say "Now what do we do?" | 44 |
| Pulled thread | 13 |
| Pull in a pullover, e.g. | 24 |
| Problem with a fishing line | 27 |
| Pesky problem | 13 |
| Panty-hose mishap | 17 |
| Oarsman's concern | 21 |
| Nylon woe | 9 |
| Nylon nemesis | 13 |
| Nylon mishap | 12 |
| Negotiations hangup | 19 |
| Negotiations hang-up | 20 |
| Minor hang-up | 13 |
| Make a great catch | 18 |
| Knitted sweater problem | 23 |
| Jagged protuberance | 19 |
| Jagged projection | 17 |
| It's "catchy" | 27 |
| It often leads to a run | 23 |
| It might result in a run | 24 |
| It might produce a run | 22 |
| It might lead to a run | 22 |
| It may hold things up or slow things down | 41 |
| It holds things up or slows things down | 39 |
| It holds things up | 18 |
| It can make your hose run | 25 |
| It can hold things up | 21 |
| Impediment to smooth sailing? | 29 |
| Hosiery headache | 16 |
| Hosiery flaw | 12 |
| Hosiery fault | 13 |
| Hosiery disaster | 16 |
| Hosiery casualty | 16 |
| Hosiery annoyance | 17 |
| Hose trouble | 12 |
| Hose hole | 9 |
| Hose hazard | 11 |
| Hose flaw | 9 |
| Hose blemish | 12 |
| Hitch in the best-laid plans | 28 |
| Hit a ___ | 9 |
| Hang-up on the line | 19 |
| Get caught on something | 23 |
| Fishline hangup | 15 |
| Fishing-line problem | 20 |
| Fishing woe | 11 |
| Fishing hole problem | 20 |
| Fisherman's headache | 24 |
| Fisherman's anathema | 24 |
| Fabric glitch | 13 |
| Cause of a delay | 16 |
| Catch, as one's sleeve | 26 |
| Catch, as one's nylons | 26 |
| Catch, as a hose on a nail, say | 31 |
| Catch quickly, as a ball | 24 |
| Buy before someone else does | 28 |
| Buy before it's sold out | 28 |
| Barely catch | 12 |
| Angler's tangle | 19 |
| Happen onto transportation | 26 |
| What Blondie did? | 17 |
| Acquired by acting quickly | 26 |
| Torn, as pantyhose | 18 |
| Stuck in the river | 18 |
| Got through good fortune | 24 |
| Caught, as with a tree limb | 27 |
| Caught on a rough surface | 25 |
| Billhooks | 9 |
| Laying hold of | 14 |
| Getting caught, in a way | 24 |
| Becoming tangled, as a fishing line | 35 |
| Like rosebushes | 15 |
| Full of protuberances; jagged | 29 |
| Full of obstacles | 17 |
| Unexpected obstacles | 20 |
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