| Not as windy | 12 |
| Not as long-winded | 18 |
| Not as long | 11 |
| More short | 10 |
| More like a saw? | 16 |
| More apothegmatic | 17 |
| Less windy | 10 |
| Less rambling | 13 |
| Less inclined to ramble | 23 |
| Comparatively compact | 21 |
| Comparatively clipped | 21 |
| Briefer | 7 |
| Least verbose | 13 |
| Minimally worded | 16 |
| Least longwinded | 16 |
| Superlatively short | 19 |
| Superlatively brief | 19 |
| Most to the point | 17 |
| Most short | 10 |
| Most clipped | 12 |
| Least wordy | 11 |
| Least windy | 11 |
| Least protracted | 16 |
| Least long | 10 |
| Going on the least | 18 |
| Clipped the most | 16 |
| Ogden Nash specialty? | 21 |
| Third: Lat. | 11 |
| Third, to Caesar | 16 |
| Flight feather | 14 |
| Certain wing feather | 20 |
| Every 48 hours | 14 |
| Third | 5 |
| Like yellow-green and red-orange, on the color wheel | 52 |
| Third in rank | 13 |
| Of third rank | 13 |
| Of the third order | 18 |
| Alps' formative period | 26 |
| Province of E Spain | 19 |
| Triple, in chemistry | 20 |
| Sideshow Bob's last name on "The Simpsons" | 56 |
| ___ rima (verse form) | 21 |
| ___ rima (verse form for Dante) | 31 |
| ___ rima | 8 |
| Vocal trio | 10 |
| Dvorák piece for two violins and viola | 41 |
| Composition for three | 21 |
| Thy: Fr. | 8 |
| Your, in Tours | 14 |
| Your: Fr. | 9 |
| Your, to Yves | 13 |
| Some NFL receivers | 18 |
| Some NFL pass catchers | 22 |
| Your, to Yvette | 15 |
| Your, in France | 15 |
| Thy, in Paris | 13 |
| Thy, in France | 14 |
| NFL blockers and catchers | 25 |
| Thy, in Toulon | 14 |
| They may block for the QB | 25 |
| QB's targets | 16 |
| NFL blockers and pass catchers | 30 |
| Your, to Pierre | 15 |
| Your in Ypres | 14 |
| Tony Gonzalez and Jason Witten of the NFL: Abbr. | 48 |
| Thy, in Tours | 13 |
| Thy, in Rouen | 13 |
| They may line up next to OTs | 28 |
| Targets of QBs' passes, at times | 36 |
| Targets for QBs, at times | 25 |
| Some NFL targets | 16 |
| Some linemen (abbr.) | 20 |
| Parts opposite some handles | 27 |
| French tales | 12 |
| French possessive meaning "your" | 42 |
| "Combats avec ___ défenseurs!" (line from "La Marseillaise") | 83 |
| Indian buzzard | 14 |
| New Age musician John | 21 |
| Radio host John | 15 |
| New Age pianist John | 20 |
| New Ager John | 13 |
| New Age pianist | 15 |
| Pianist John | 12 |
| New age musician/former TV host John | 36 |
| New Age composer John | 21 |
| Former "Entertainment Tonight" co-host John | 53 |
| New Age keyboardist John | 24 |
| Keyboardist John | 16 |
| Former "Entertainment Tonight" host John | 50 |
| "Live at Red Rocks" pianist | 37 |
| "Intelligence for Your Life" radio host | 49 |
| TV host/pianist John | 20 |
| TV host John | 12 |
| Journalist/musician John | 24 |
| Former "Entertainment Tonight" cohost | 47 |
| Former "Entertainment Tonight" co-host | 48 |
| Composer who was a CBS reporter | 31 |
| "Worship at Red Rocks" musician John | 46 |
| "One World" musician John | 35 |
| Yanni contemporary | 18 |