| Jumped (out) | 12 |
| Arose suddenly | 14 |
| Wailing Souls "Tom ___" | 33 |
| Surprised with, with "on" | 35 |
| Rose suddenly | 13 |
| Pounced | 7 |
| Paid (for) | 10 |
| Leapt suddenly | 14 |
| Leapt (up) | 10 |
| Helped bust out, as from prison | 31 |
| Bought generously | 17 |
| Dieter of rhyme | 15 |
| Nursery rhyme name | 18 |
| Jack who ate no fat | 19 |
| Nursery rhyme Jack | 18 |
| Lean eater of rhyme | 19 |
| Fat-avoiding Jack | 17 |
| Lover of lean cuisine | 21 |
| Jack of nursery rhymes | 22 |
| Fictional dieter Jack | 21 |
| Anchovy | 7 |
| Weight watcher of rhyme | 23 |
| Sardinelike fish | 16 |
| Pilchard's kin | 18 |
| Nonfat Jack | 11 |
| No-fat Jack | 11 |
| Lean-eater of rhyme | 19 |
| Lean eater | 10 |
| Lean cuisine lover | 18 |
| Jack who would eat no fat | 25 |
| Jack who could eat no fat | 25 |
| Fat avoider of rhyme | 20 |
| Thin Jack | 9 |
| Sardine relative | 16 |
| Presumably thin guy of rhyme | 28 |
| Picky eater of rhyme | 20 |
| One who doesn't chew the fat? | 33 |
| One on a nonfat diet? | 21 |
| One of a nursery rhyme couple | 29 |
| Nursery-rhyme Jack or his wife | 30 |
| Nursery rhyme weight watcher | 28 |
| Nursery rhyme diner | 19 |
| Nursery rhyme dieter | 20 |
| Nursery dieter | 14 |
| No-fat man | 10 |
| No-fat eater of rhyme | 21 |
| No-fat eater Jack of rhyme | 26 |
| Name of a nursery rhyme family with cholesterol issues | 54 |
| Memorable dieter | 16 |
| Man on a nonfat diet | 20 |
| Lover of lean cuisine? | 22 |
| Lean man | 8 |
| Jack's fish | 15 |
| Jack, the picky eater | 21 |
| Jack who's a picky eater | 28 |
| Jack of nursery rhyme | 21 |
| Jack of a nursery rhyme | 23 |
| Jack known by tots | 18 |
| Jack in a kiddie's rhyme | 28 |
| Inconsequential one | 19 |
| His wife got fat | 16 |
| Herring species | 15 |
| Herring of the east North Atlantic | 34 |
| He could eat no fat | 19 |
| He ate lean | 11 |
| Fat-shunning Jack | 17 |
| Fat-shunning fellow | 19 |
| Fat forgoer of rhyme | 20 |
| Fat eschewer | 12 |
| Either of a nursery rhyme couple | 32 |
| Eater of rhyme | 14 |
| Early cholesterol avoider | 25 |
| Dieter of rhyme Jack | 20 |
| Dieter Jack | 11 |
| Diet-conscious nursery rhyme fellow | 35 |
| Diet-conscious fellow of rhyme | 30 |
| Certain choosy eater | 20 |
| Big name in fat avoidance | 25 |
| Baltic Sea swimmer | 18 |
| A nursery Jack | 14 |
| A Mother Goose Jack | 19 |
| Pair of Jacks | 13 |
| Nursery rhyme couple | 20 |
| Jack and wife | 13 |
| Small herrings | 14 |
| Jack of rhyme and his wife | 26 |
| Jack and the missus of verse | 28 |
| Jack and the missus | 19 |
| Sardines' cousins | 21 |
| Picky prandial pair | 19 |
| Picky eaters of rhyme | 21 |
| Nursery-rhyme pair | 18 |
| Nursery-rhyme mates | 19 |
| Nursery-rhyme fussy eaters | 26 |
| Noted dieters | 13 |
| Mother Goose dieters | 20 |
| Inconsequential persons | 23 |
| Fussy eaters | 12 |
| Famously fussy pair of diners | 29 |
| Eaters in a nursery rhyme | 25 |