| Acquire ''the old-fashioned way'' | 49 |
| Acquire "the old-fashioned way" | 41 |
| Acquire a bronze tone | 21 |
| Acquire a debt | 14 |
| Acquire a liking for | 20 |
| Acquire a patina, say | 21 |
| Acquire a winter coat? | 22 |
| Acquire a wintry covering | 25 |
| Acquire a wintry glaze | 22 |
| Acquire abundantly | 18 |
| Acquire again | 13 |
| Acquire an app, say | 19 |
| Acquire bicuspids | 17 |
| Acquire by accident | 19 |
| Acquire by effort | 17 |
| Acquire by fraud | 16 |
| Acquire by ingenuity | 20 |
| Acquire by one's efforts | 28 |
| Acquire by unsavory means | 25 |
| Acquire canines | 15 |
| Acquire deviously | 17 |
| Acquire from another team | 25 |
| Acquire information | 19 |
| Acquire information, in a way | 29 |
| Acquire intelligence | 20 |
| Acquire justifiably | 19 |
| Acquire knowledge | 17 |
| Acquire lines maybe | 20 |
| Acquire mentally | 16 |
| Acquire molars | 14 |
| Acquire more Fortune? | 21 |
| Acquire more items for, as a collection | 39 |
| Acquire oxygen | 14 |
| Acquire parity | 14 |
| Acquire pearly whites | 21 |
| Acquire quickly | 15 |
| Acquire signs of age | 20 |
| Acquire slugger McGwire? | 24 |
| Acquire sudden riches | 21 |
| Acquire the film rights to | 26 |
| Acquire the old-fashioned way | 29 |
| Acquire through effort | 22 |
| Acquire through merit | 21 |
| Acquire wisdom | 14 |
| Acquire wisdom, so it's said | 32 |
| Acquire without credit | 22 |
| Acquire, as a debt | 18 |
| Acquire, as an inheritance | 26 |
| Acquire, as debt | 16 |
| Acquire, as debts | 17 |
| Acquire, as expenses | 20 |
| Acquire, as liabilities | 23 |
| Acquire, as recompense | 22 |
| Acquire, slangily | 17 |
| Acquire, with "by" | 28 |
| Acquired | 8 |
| Acquired a few dinky sketches? | 30 |
| Acquired a forbidden thing? | 27 |
| Acquired a slick coat | 21 |
| Acquired a tan | 14 |
| Acquired by acting quickly | 26 |
| Acquired by labor | 17 |
| Acquired by, in the big leagues | 31 |
| Acquired character | 18 |
| Acquired characters | 19 |
| Acquired deservedly | 19 |
| Acquired dishonestly | 20 |
| Acquired during downtime | 24 |
| Acquired early and deeply | 25 |
| Acquired family member | 22 |
| Acquired however possible | 25 |
| Acquired illegally | 18 |
| Acquired in-laws | 16 |
| Acquired kin | 12 |
| Acquired or understood | 22 |
| Acquired pattern of behavior | 28 |
| Acquired pop | 12 |
| Acquired relation | 17 |
| Acquired relative | 17 |
| Acquired relatives | 18 |
| Acquired some more | 18 |
| Acquired some roots | 19 |
| Acquired some stock? | 20 |
| Acquired through effort | 23 |
| Acquired traits | 15 |
| Acquired via heredity | 21 |
| Acquired with little or no effort | 33 |
| Acquired-by-marriage relative | 29 |
| Acquirer of more than 1,000 patents | 35 |
| Acquirer of Netscape in 1998 | 28 |
| Acquirers | 9 |
| Acquirers of lost property | 26 |
| Acquires | 8 |
| Acquires a green coating | 24 |
| Acquires a green film | 21 |
| Acquires a liking for | 21 |
| Acquires copiously | 18 |
| Acquires elegance | 17 |
| Acquires from the field | 23 |
| Acquires in large amounts | 25 |