| Snatched violently | 18 |
| Showed celerity | 15 |
| Ripped or ripped along | 22 |
| Ripped (off) | 12 |
| Rent asunder | 12 |
| Rended | 6 |
| Ran very fast | 13 |
| Ran madly | 9 |
| Ran like mad | 12 |
| Ran hastily | 11 |
| Ran (off) | 9 |
| Raced along | 11 |
| Raced (through) | 15 |
| Put a rip in | 12 |
| Moved violently | 15 |
| Moved apace | 11 |
| Made the rent? | 14 |
| Made rent? | 10 |
| Made a rip in | 13 |
| Leveled, with "down" | 30 |
| Leveled (with "down") | 31 |
| Large convex molding | 20 |
| Halved, perhaps | 15 |
| Forwent scissors | 16 |
| Eric Clapton "___ Down" | 33 |
| Distressed, with "at" | 31 |
| Discredited (with "down") | 35 |
| Clapton: "I'm ___ Down" | 37 |
| Clapton "I'm ___ down, I'm almost level with the ground" | 74 |
| Caused to separate | 18 |
| Became useless, as a sail | 25 |
| Attacked, with "into" | 31 |
| Anagram for rote | 16 |
| "I'm ___ Down" | 28 |
| "Oh! teach the orphan boy ___": Tennyson | 50 |
| Escamillo, e.g. | 15 |
| Corrida competitor | 18 |
| Caped evader? | 13 |
| "Carmen" figure | 25 |
| Role for Robert Merrill | 23 |
| Opera's Escamillo, for one | 30 |
| One in a bull session? | 22 |
| Escamillo, in "Carmen" | 32 |
| Escamillo, for one | 18 |
| Escamillo of "Carmen," e.g. | 37 |
| Carmen's boyfriend | 22 |
| Caped combatant | 15 |
| Antonio Chenel, e.g. | 20 |
| They might grab a bull by the horns | 35 |
| "Carmen" figures | 26 |
| Ripped to shreds | 16 |
| Rise Against "Appeal ___" | 35 |
| Clawed | 6 |
| Tried to rip open | 17 |
| Anguished | 9 |
| Attempted to rip | 16 |
| Tried to rip | 12 |
| Tried to open | 13 |
| Tried to claw | 13 |
| Green figure, briefly | 21 |
| Eagerly attacked, as wrapping paper | 35 |
| Caused anguish to | 17 |
| Attempted to rip open | 21 |
| Attacked eagerly, as a wrapped gift | 35 |
| Left lickety-split | 18 |
| Fled in a hurry | 15 |
| Eric Clapton "I'm ___, I'm almost level with the ground" | 74 |
| Attacked with gusto | 19 |
| Ripped open | 11 |
| Railed against | 14 |
| Gave what for | 13 |
| Attacked, as a gift | 19 |
| Attacked impetuously | 20 |
| Italian violinist Giuseppe ___ | 30 |
| Marta of the movies | 19 |
| Marta of films | 14 |
| Marta of "Casbah" | 27 |
| Bogart's "Sirocco" costar Marta | 45 |
| Actress Marta ___: 1926-57 | 26 |
| Actress Marta | 13 |
| Wishbone flower | 15 |
| Sign in a house window | 22 |
| Sign at a bike shop | 19 |
| Sign at a bicycle shop or boardinghouse | 39 |
| Letter's sign | 17 |
| Complex sign, maybe | 19 |
| Bike shop sign | 14 |
| Removed, as a price tag | 23 |
| Sped away | 9 |
| Removed with force | 18 |
| Detached, as a sheet from a notepad | 35 |
| Attacked, as a bag of chips | 27 |
| Unwrapped excitedly | 19 |
| Wrecked a wrapper | 17 |
| Went right at, as a present | 27 |
| Unwrapped enthusiastically | 26 |
| Ripped into, as a bag of chips | 30 |
| Attacked, as an envelope | 24 |
| Removed, as a magazine page | 27 |
| Removed by hand, in a way | 25 |