| Text | Length |
| Puts first things first | 23 |
| Prepares for washing | 20 |
| Prepares for the wash | 21 |
| Out of ___ (grumpy) | 19 |
| Out of __ (cranky) | 18 |
| Organizes the mail | 18 |
| Ilks | 4 |
| Does a prelaundry chore | 23 |
| Arranges by type | 16 |
| Arranges by category | 20 |
| Alphabetizes, say | 17 |
| Works in a mailroom | 19 |
| What sulkers are out of | 23 |
| What a loser may be out of | 26 |
| Separates meaningfully | 22 |
| Separates for the wash | 22 |
| Separates by type | 17 |
| R.E.M. "Carnival of ___ (Box Cars)" | 45 |
| Puts records into piles | 23 |
| Puts mail in boxes, say | 23 |
| Puts into order | 15 |
| Puts into neat little piles | 27 |
| Puts in a certain order | 23 |
| Puts first things first, e.g. | 29 |
| Prepares for filing | 19 |
| Performs a database function | 28 |
| Out of -- (ailing) | 18 |
| Out of ____: cross | 18 |
| Out of ____ | 11 |
| Out of ___ (vexed) | 18 |
| Out of ___ (testy) | 18 |
| Out of ___ (peevish) | 20 |
| Out of ___ (kvetching) | 22 |
| Out of ___ (irritable) | 22 |
| Out of ___ (grouchy) | 20 |
| Out of ___ (discombobulated) | 28 |
| Out of ___ (cross) | 18 |
| Out of ___ (ailing) | 19 |
| Out of __ (testy) | 17 |
| Organizes, in a way | 19 |
| Organizes, as mail | 18 |
| Organizes by date, say | 22 |
| Organizes alphabetically, say | 29 |
| Methodical sifting | 18 |
| It's unsettling to be out of them | 37 |
| Goes through, as laundry | 24 |
| Gets ready to wash, maybe | 25 |
| Feeling out of __ | 17 |
| Does some pre-laundry work | 26 |
| Does prelaundry work | 20 |
| Does a washday job | 18 |
| Does a mail room job | 20 |
| Does a database chore | 21 |
| Different genres | 16 |
| Arranges by kind | 16 |
| Alphabetizes, perhaps | 21 |
| Alphabetizes CDs | 16 |
| Do an office chore | 18 |
| Read and organize | 17 |
| Advice to one who doesn't have it together | 46 |
| Matt of The Cult | 16 |
| Guns N' Roses drummer Matt | 30 |
| Spore cluster | 13 |
| Fern cluster | 12 |
| Cluster on a fern | 17 |
| Spore cluster of a fern | 23 |
| Fern-frond formation | 20 |
| Cluster of plant spores | 23 |
| "Mighty Aphrodite" Oscar winner | 41 |
| Kissinger in "Nixon" | 30 |
| Kissinger in ''Nixon'' | 38 |
| He played Kissinger in Oliver Stone's "Nixon" | 59 |
| Actress Mira | 12 |
| Actor Paul from Brooklyn | 24 |
| Black earth | 11 |
| Emergency message | 17 |
| Brillo rival | 12 |
| Sea plea | 8 |
| Sinking signal | 14 |
| Shipwreck signal | 16 |
| Letters of distress | 19 |
| Distress letters | 16 |
| Help wanted notice? | 19 |
| Mayday letters | 14 |
| Coded plea | 10 |
| Titanic transmission | 20 |
| Ship's call for help | 24 |
| Worrisome letters to send | 25 |
| Urgent call at sea | 18 |
| Titanic message | 15 |
| Plea asea | 9 |
| Mayday's cousin | 19 |
| Mayday relative | 15 |
| Brillo alternative | 18 |
| Sea signal | 10 |
| Nine-symbol message | 19 |
| Message in a bottle? | 20 |
| Message in a bottle, maybe | 26 |
| Marine mayday | 13 |
| Long-distance call? | 19 |
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