| Let loose, as the dogs | 22 |
| Let loose, as a dog | 19 |
| Lets loose, in a way | 20 |
| Like matzoh | 11 |
| Matzo, e.g. | 11 |
| Guideless | 9 |
| Without direction | 17 |
| Proceeding independently | 24 |
| Headless | 8 |
| Without guidance | 16 |
| With no one to follow | 21 |
| Except if | 9 |
| Except on the condition | 23 |
| "Don't fire ___ fired upon" | 41 |
| Hedger's word | 17 |
| Except when | 11 |
| Word left behind by the Lorax | 29 |
| Hedge word | 10 |
| Word introducing an alternative | 31 |
| We Are Defiance "It's Not a Problem ___ You Make It One" | 70 |
| Threatener's word | 21 |
| Save if | 7 |
| Qualifier of a sort | 19 |
| Nisi to lawyers | 16 |
| If . . . not | 12 |
| Exception word | 14 |
| "Except on the condition ..." | 39 |
| "___ we get a little crazy" Seal lyric | 48 |
| Still for rent | 14 |
| Vacant, as an apartment | 23 |
| Tenantless | 10 |
| Still waiting for a tenant | 26 |
| Not rented out | 14 |
| Available for occupation | 24 |
| Not yet rented | 14 |
| Without tenants | 15 |
| Not leased | 10 |
| Like some empty apartments | 26 |
| Lacking tenants | 15 |
| Empty, as an apartment | 22 |
| Awaiting tenants | 16 |
| Yet to be rented | 16 |
| Still up on the apartment rental agency's page, say | 55 |
| Still on the market for rent | 28 |
| Still listed under rentals | 26 |
| Ready-to-move-into | 18 |
| Ready to move into | 18 |
| Like a vacant rental apartment | 30 |
| Like a vacant apartment | 23 |
| Lacking a renter | 16 |
| Empty, as rooms | 15 |
| Too awful even to fix up, as an apartment | 41 |
| Poorly educated | 15 |
| Lacking education | 17 |
| Like hilly land | 15 |
| Different from | 14 |
| Not characteristic of | 21 |
| Not similar to | 14 |
| Dissimilar to | 13 |
| Not similar | 11 |
| Not at all close to | 19 |
| Start of a mystery | 18 |
| With really long odds | 21 |
| With no restrictions | 20 |
| What Bill Gates has, you'd think | 36 |
| Money cornucopia | 16 |
| Like spring jackets | 19 |
| Like some looseleaf paper | 25 |
| Like some journal paper | 23 |
| Like blank paper | 16 |
| Separate, as chain parts | 24 |
| Separating a chain | 18 |
| Takes apart, as a bracelet | 26 |
| Disconnects, as a Web address | 29 |
| Like some phone numbers | 23 |
| Not on the roster | 17 |
| Not in the book | 15 |
| Like many a celebrity's phone number | 40 |
| Kind of telephone | 17 |
| Patriot's over-the-counter investment | 41 |
| Like a dark room | 16 |
| Like new matches | 16 |
| Dark, as some streets | 21 |
| Out, as a candle | 16 |
| Totally dark | 12 |
| Not yet burning | 15 |
| Like fresh matches | 18 |
| Like a candy cigar | 18 |
| Kept in the dark | 16 |
| Dark, as a room | 15 |
| Affording no illumination | 25 |
| Sober? | 6 |
| Not matched up? | 15 |
| Not ignited | 11 |
| Not burning yet | 15 |
| Not aflame | 10 |
| Needing a match | 15 |
| Like the inside of a closed refrigerator | 40 |
| Like some pilots in summer? | 27 |
| Like a burned-out bulb | 22 |