| Like italics | 12 |
| Not quite upright | 17 |
| On a tilt | 9 |
| Sloping | 7 |
| On a bias | 9 |
| Italicized | 10 |
| Tilting, poetically | 19 |
| Like those with poor grades? | 28 |
| Give ___ on the wrist | 21 |
| ___ in the face | 15 |
| Words before "in the face" | 36 |
| Got __ on the wrist | 19 |
| Get ___ on the wrist | 20 |
| Like -- in the face | 19 |
| Like ___ in the face | 20 |
| Get -- on the wrist | 19 |
| Get __ on the wrist | 19 |
| Be ___ in the face to (insult) | 30 |
| "What ___ of the face is here!": Thomas Paine, "Common Sense" | 81 |
| ___ on the wrist | 16 |
| ___ in the face (sharp rebuke) | 30 |
| __ on the wrist | 15 |
| Opposite of hard time | 21 |
| Inactive | 8 |
| Dormant | 7 |
| Out of it | 9 |
| In dreamland | 12 |
| Numb, in a way | 14 |
| Dead to the world | 17 |
| Out like a light | 16 |
| In the arms of Morpheus | 23 |
| Dozing | 6 |
| Not with it | 11 |
| Numb, as a foot | 15 |
| Inattentive | 11 |
| Out for the night? | 18 |
| Not alert | 9 |
| Catching Z's | 16 |
| Zonked | 6 |
| Like a dreamer | 14 |
| Fast follower? | 14 |
| Zonked out | 10 |
| In Morpheus' arms | 21 |
| How you shouldn't be at the switch | 38 |
| Half or fast condition | 22 |
| Grabbing forty winks | 20 |
| Catching some Z's | 21 |
| Bad way to be at the wheel | 26 |
| Bad thing to be at the wheel | 28 |
| Word with fast and sound | 24 |
| The Smiths' dozer? | 22 |
| Recharging one's batteries, so to speak | 43 |
| Out at the switch? | 18 |
| Not minding the switch | 22 |
| Not a good thing to be at the wheel | 35 |
| Nodding out | 11 |
| More than somnolent | 19 |
| Like someone sawing logs | 24 |
| Inattentive "at the switch," in a saying | 50 |
| In the sandman's arms | 25 |
| In Morpheus's arms | 22 |
| Fast follower, sometimes | 24 |
| Fast _____ | 10 |
| Experiencing REM | 16 |
| Dreaming, say | 13 |
| Dreaming | 8 |
| "___ in the deep" | 27 |
| Loads and loads | 15 |
| "There's many ___ . . . " | 39 |
| Just ___ of the tongue | 22 |
| "There's many ___ 'twixt the cup and the lip" | 63 |
| "Just __ of the tongue" | 33 |
| ___ of the tongue | 17 |
| Have _____ of the tongue | 24 |
| "There's many ___..." | 35 |
| "There's many ___ 'twixt ..." | 47 |
| "There's many ___ ..." | 36 |
| "It was just ___ of the tongue" | 41 |
| "It was ___ of the tongue!" ("Oops!") | 57 |
| __ of the tongue | 16 |
| Provided that | 13 |
| Seeing that | 11 |
| Considering that | 16 |
| Totally at ease | 15 |
| Relaxed to the max | 18 |
| Quite limber | 12 |
| Not nervous at all | 18 |
| Far from uptight | 16 |
| Slanted | 7 |
| Slanting | 8 |
| Pitched | 7 |
| Not even | 8 |
| Diagonally | 10 |
| Not straight up | 15 |
| Not level | 9 |
| Not flat | 8 |
| On the decline? | 15 |
| At a slant | 10 |
| Slantingly | 10 |
| "On ___ Boat to China" | 32 |