| What it may take to answer "Do you think I need to lose some weight?" | 79 |
| What churls lack | 16 |
| What blunt, brusque people lack | 31 |
| Thoughtfulness | 14 |
| Tastefulness | 12 |
| Social attribute | 16 |
| Social art | 10 |
| Skill not displayed by asking "Have you put on weight?" | 65 |
| Skill needed when being asked "Does this dress make me look fat?" | 75 |
| Sign of refinement | 18 |
| Saying "I'm not sure that dress looks perfect on you," e.g. | 73 |
| Savoir-faire, e.g. | 18 |
| Rice attribute | 14 |
| Remaining silent, sometimes | 27 |
| Remaining silent, at times | 26 |
| Public relations requirement | 28 |
| Politeness | 10 |
| Playing to someone's vanity, maybe | 38 |
| Perception; poise | 17 |
| People-person's skill | 25 |
| Opposite of gaucheness | 22 |
| Oafs lack it | 12 |
| Mediator's forte | 20 |
| Mediation asset | 15 |
| Good people skills | 18 |
| Good host's gift | 20 |
| Gauche person's lack | 24 |
| Discrimination, in a nice sense | 31 |
| Diplomatic technique | 20 |
| Diplomatic sense | 16 |
| Diplomatic necessity | 20 |
| Diplomat's trait | 20 |
| Diplomat's requirement | 26 |
| Diplomat's possession | 25 |
| Diplomat's gift | 19 |
| Diplomat-ic skill | 17 |
| Diplo-macy | 10 |
| Dilpomacy's foundation | 26 |
| Delicate sensitivity | 20 |
| Delicate handling | 17 |
| Delicacy at a state dinner? | 27 |
| Deft handling | 13 |
| Core of rapport | 15 |
| Churls lack it | 14 |
| Churl's lack | 16 |
| Certain grace | 13 |
| Careful wording, maybe | 22 |
| Careful phrasing, perhaps | 25 |
| Call or email | 13 |
| Boor's deficiency | 21 |
| Asset of the Secretary of State | 31 |
| Asset of a P.R. man | 19 |
| Asset in answering the question "Does this dress make me look fat?" | 77 |
| Arbitrator's asset | 22 |
| Ambassadorial asset | 19 |
| "The art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were" | 97 |
| "The ability to describe others as they see themselves": Lincoln | 74 |
| "Making a point without making an enemy," per Newton | 62 |
| Diplomatic | 10 |
| With savoir-faire | 17 |
| Bit of strategy | 15 |
| Bait and switch, e.g. | 21 |
| Battle ploy | 11 |
| Scare ___ | 9 |
| Part of a war plane | 19 |
| Strategic maneuver | 18 |
| Pinning in chess, e.g. | 22 |
| Part of a war plan | 18 |
| Strategic | 9 |
| Like military maneuvers | 23 |
| -- Air Command | 14 |
| Strategic conflict | 18 |
| "The Tall ___" (nickname of Hall of Fame manager Connie Mack) | 71 |
| Strategic elements | 18 |
| Plans for attaining particular goals | 36 |
| War room topic | 14 |
| Clausewitz's emphasis | 25 |
| Touch-related | 13 |
| Pertaining to touch | 19 |
| Perceptible by touch | 20 |
| Touchy? | 7 |
| Of the sense of touch | 21 |
| Touchy-feely? | 13 |
| Sensed by touch | 15 |
| In a sense? | 11 |
| Responsiveness to touch | 23 |
| Limestone, e.g. | 15 |
| Undiplomatic | 12 |
| Impolitic | 9 |
| Verbal gaffes | 13 |
| Boor's words, perhaps | 25 |
| Tic-___ | 7 |
| Two of a well-known threesome | 29 |
| Diplomatic skills | 17 |
| Diplomacies | 11 |
| Refinements gained by experience? | 33 |
| Relating to the sense of touch | 30 |
| Of touch | 8 |
| Caused by touch | 15 |
| Small child | 11 |