| Was a substitute | 16 |
| Pinch-hit | 9 |
| Pinch-hit (for) | 15 |
| Performed as an understudy | 26 |
| Acted as a substitute (for) | 27 |
| ___ for (subbed) | 16 |
| ___ awe of (was intimidated by) | 31 |
| Spelled | 7 |
| Waited one's turn, often | 28 |
| Joined a queue | 14 |
| Was atop | 8 |
| Observed rigorously | 19 |
| Was scrupulous in the observance of | 35 |
| Used to reach a high shelf | 26 |
| Used as an elevator | 19 |
| Used as a platform | 18 |
| Held to a course | 16 |
| Demanded adherence to as ceremony | 34 |
| "The boy ___ the burning deck . . . " | 47 |
| ___ ceremony (demanded formality) | 33 |
| Demanded formality | 18 |
| Turned up? | 10 |
| Took a certain yoga position, perhaps | 37 |
| Tried to reach higher | 21 |
| Made a splash | 13 |
| Attracted attention | 19 |
| Watched protectively | 20 |
| Held one's ground | 21 |
| Stuck firmly with one's opinion | 35 |
| Refused to change | 17 |
| Opposed change | 14 |
| Made no moves | 13 |
| Didn't draw | 15 |
| Didn't change hands? | 24 |
| Did not waver | 13 |
| Changed nothing | 15 |
| Stuck to one's decision, formally? | 38 |
| ___ reason (was logical) | 24 |
| Was heard | 9 |
| Canceled a date without telling the date | 40 |
| Rose from a chair | 17 |
| Got ready to leave | 18 |
| Failed to meet as planned | 25 |
| Arose from a chair | 18 |
| Didn't back down from | 25 |
| Was extremely tall? | 19 |
| Comedian's sidekick | 23 |
| Moe, Curly or Larry | 19 |
| Comedian's foil | 19 |
| Shemp, for one | 14 |
| Curly, for one | 14 |
| Slapstick trio member | 21 |
| Moe, for one | 12 |
| Larry Fine, for one | 19 |
| Curly or Moe | 12 |
| Curly or Larry | 14 |
| Moe, Larry or Curly | 19 |
| Moe, e.g. | 9 |
| Moe or Curly | 12 |
| Larry, Curly or Moe | 19 |
| Howard, Howard or Fine | 22 |
| Howard, Fine or Howard | 22 |
| Comic's foil | 16 |
| Any one of a slapstick trio | 27 |
| What Burns was to Allen | 23 |
| Stage butt | 10 |
| Slapstick group member | 22 |
| Pie-in-the-face giver or receiver | 33 |
| Patsy for a comic | 17 |
| One of a film trio | 18 |
| Moe, Larry, or Curly | 20 |
| Moe, Larry or Shemp | 19 |
| Moe or Larry | 12 |
| Moe Howard role | 15 |
| Line feeder, of a sort | 22 |
| Larry, Moe or Curly | 19 |
| Larry, for one | 14 |
| Larry, e.g. | 11 |
| Larry was one, Moe was another | 30 |
| Larry was one | 13 |
| Larry Fine, for instance | 24 |
| Larry Fine for example | 23 |
| Innocent victim | 15 |
| Gag feeder | 10 |
| Foil on the stage | 17 |
| Fine role | 9 |
| Filmland's Joe Besser, e.g. | 31 |
| Curly's vocation | 20 |
| Curly, Moe or Larry | 19 |
| Curly was one | 13 |
| Curly for one | 14 |
| Criminal's puppet | 21 |
| ComedianÂ’s assistant | 24 |
| Comedian's assistant | 24 |
| Benny Hill aide, e.g. | 21 |
| Any of a comedic trio | 21 |
| Played the straight man | 23 |
| Played the sidekick | 19 |
| Played it straight | 18 |
| Slapstick trio | 14 |