| Text | Length |
| In a relaxed fashion | 20 |
| Docility | 8 |
| Playing-it-safe quality | 23 |
| Subdue a science? | 17 |
| Bronco buster | 13 |
| Animal handler | 14 |
| More docile | 11 |
| Less wild | 9 |
| Whip-cracker | 12 |
| Less feral | 10 |
| Person who knows how to crack the whip | 38 |
| Not so feral | 12 |
| Not as wild | 11 |
| Petruchio, for one | 18 |
| One may work with a chair | 25 |
| More domesticated | 17 |
| Lion ___ | 8 |
| Lion __ | 7 |
| Less savage | 11 |
| Circus animal handler | 21 |
| Worker with show tigers | 23 |
| Worker with circus lions | 24 |
| Worker with a whip | 18 |
| Sparkling less | 14 |
| Roughrider, e.g. | 16 |
| Petruchio, e.g. | 15 |
| Performer in a cage? | 20 |
| One who domesticates | 20 |
| One holding a chair, perhaps | 28 |
| One good at breaking | 20 |
| Not so wild | 11 |
| Not as scintillating | 20 |
| Not as aggressive | 17 |
| More pusillanimous | 18 |
| Man in a Ringling ring | 22 |
| Man in a cage | 13 |
| Lion's mentor | 17 |
| Lion's master | 17 |
| Lion man | 8 |
| Less uncontrollable | 19 |
| Less scintillating | 18 |
| Less rambunctious | 17 |
| Less racy | 9 |
| Less hot, as chili | 18 |
| Less ferocious | 14 |
| Less ferine | 11 |
| Less apt to bolt | 16 |
| Leo's boss | 14 |
| Horse whisperer, e.g. | 21 |
| He's good at breaking things | 32 |
| Having fewer bright moments | 27 |
| Guy who works with whips and chairs | 35 |
| Gebel-Williams, for one | 23 |
| Duller | 6 |
| Domesticator | 12 |
| Circus V.I.P. | 13 |
| Circus star with a whip | 23 |
| Circus headliner | 16 |
| Circus employee with a whip | 27 |
| Circus chairman? | 16 |
| Breaker of a sort | 17 |
| Big-top star | 12 |
| Big top figure | 14 |
| 1827 poem written as a confession to a priest | 45 |
| Lion handlers, in a circus | 26 |
| Circus workers | 14 |
| Circus stars | 12 |
| They're good at breaking things | 35 |
| They crack the whip at work | 27 |
| They beard the lions | 20 |
| Some whip wielders | 18 |
| Siegfried and Roy | 17 |
| Lion trainers | 13 |
| Lion handlers | 13 |
| Domestication is their vocation | 31 |
| Circus V.I.P.s | 14 |
| Circus personnel | 16 |
| Circus men | 10 |
| Bronco busters | 14 |
| Big top V.I.P.s | 15 |
| Animal-act performers | 21 |
| Makes docile | 12 |
| Emulates a horse whisperer | 26 |
| Breaks, perhaps | 15 |
| Breaks, as a bronco | 19 |
| Makes the wild mild | 19 |
| Brings to heel | 14 |
| Makes manageable | 16 |
| Emulates Petruchio | 18 |
| Breaks, at the ranch | 20 |
| Subdues a shrew | 15 |
| Renders tractable | 17 |
| Makes less unruly | 17 |
| Instills docility in | 20 |
| Harnesses | 9 |
| Handles, as a shrew | 19 |
| Causes to be docile | 19 |
| Busts, as broncos | 17 |
| Breaks, as a stallion | 21 |
| Breaks, as a horse | 18 |
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