| Text | Length |
| Thrust at | 9 |
| Take a --- at (try) | 19 |
| Take a ____ at: attempt | 23 |
| Take a ____ at | 14 |
| Take a __ at: try | 17 |
| Sudden, sharp sensation | 23 |
| Sudden, painful sensation | 25 |
| Sudden sensation | 16 |
| Stiletto thrust | 15 |
| Stick with something | 20 |
| Stick with a toothpick | 22 |
| Stick with a stiletto | 21 |
| Stick with a shiv, say | 22 |
| Stick a knife into | 18 |
| Sneaky back wound | 17 |
| Slangy attempt | 14 |
| Shiv shove | 10 |
| Sharp pang | 10 |
| Shaky attempt | 13 |
| Seize with a skewer | 19 |
| Run through with a saber | 24 |
| Quick chord | 11 |
| Quick attempt | 13 |
| Poke with a sharp thing | 23 |
| Pointed attack? | 15 |
| Pin, in a way | 13 |
| Piercing wound | 14 |
| Piercing thrust | 15 |
| Pierce deeply | 13 |
| Penetrate, in a way | 19 |
| Pang, as of conscience | 22 |
| One may be made before giving up | 32 |
| Make a ___ at | 13 |
| Knife thrust | 12 |
| Kind of thrust | 14 |
| Jerky thrust | 12 |
| Injure with a bayonet | 21 |
| Haphazard attempt | 17 |
| Grab with a fork | 16 |
| Get with a toothpick | 20 |
| Force a fork into | 17 |
| Feeling of pain | 15 |
| Emulate Brutus or Casca | 23 |
| Emulate a picador | 17 |
| Dueler's injury | 19 |
| Drive the point home | 20 |
| Desperation guess | 17 |
| Dagger thrust | 13 |
| Cause a ghastful gash | 21 |
| Casual attempt | 14 |
| Casca thrust | 12 |
| Casca inflicted one | 19 |
| Boxer's hard jab | 20 |
| Blind shot | 10 |
| Bats backward | 13 |
| Back injury of sorts | 20 |
| Attempt, slangily | 17 |
| Attempt of a sort | 17 |
| Attack, as Caesar | 17 |
| Attack with a shiv | 18 |
| Attack like Norman Bates | 24 |
| Attack a la Norman Bates | 24 |
| Assault with a knife | 20 |
| A way to wound | 14 |
| A kind of wound | 15 |
| A go at it | 10 |
| "True friends __ you in the front": Wilde | 51 |
| "I'll take a ___ at it" | 37 |
| ''I'll take a ___ at it'' | 45 |
| ___ in the back | 15 |
| "___ Mater" (hymn) | 28 |
| "___ Mater" | 21 |
| Take a -- (try) | 15 |
| Take a ___ (try) | 16 |
| Take a ___ (attempt) | 20 |
| Latin hymn (with "Mater") | 35 |
| Take a __ (try) | 15 |
| Make a ___ (try) | 16 |
| Try to run through | 18 |
| Take a -- (attempt) | 19 |
| Take a __: attempt | 18 |
| Take a ____ | 11 |
| Take a ___ (try for) | 20 |
| Rossini's "___ Mater" | 35 |
| Latin hymn, "___ Mater" | 33 |
| Ancient hymn (with "Mater") | 37 |
| "--- Mater" (Latin hymn) | 34 |
| "___ Mater" (Latin hymn) | 34 |
| "___ Mater," well-known hymn | 38 |
| "___ Mater," Latin hymn | 33 |
| "___ Mater," ancient hymn | 35 |
| "__ Mater": Latin hymn | 32 |
| '-- Mater' (hymn) | 25 |
| ___ Mater (Latin hymn) | 22 |
| ___ Mater (hymn) | 16 |
| __ Mater (Latin hymn) | 21 |
| Take a ___ (attempt something) | 30 |
| Pergolesi or Haydn opus | 23 |
| What Brutus did to Caesar | 25 |
| Used a fork, perhaps | 20 |
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