| It often includes a bio | 23 |
| It lists survivors, briefly | 27 |
| It has an expiration date | 25 |
| Dead beat writer's piece? | 29 |
| Column of a lifetime, briefly | 29 |
| Certain tribute in the paper | 28 |
| Brief passing comments? | 23 |
| Brief notice of departure | 25 |
| Back-of-paper news item | 23 |
| ___ dictum (passing remark) | 27 |
| __ dictum: passing remark | 25 |
| -- dictum (incidental remark) | 29 |
| __ dicta (incidental remarks) | 29 |
| "In memoriam" items | 29 |
| They may includes bios | 22 |
| The stories of our lives | 24 |
| Some news items for short | 26 |
| Sad notices, for short | 22 |
| Newspaper part with mini-bios | 29 |
| Newspaper notices, briefly | 26 |
| Death notices, informally | 25 |
| Death notices, briefly | 22 |
| Cub reporter's works | 24 |
| Back-of-newspaper section | 25 |
| "Star Wars" mentor | 28 |
| Transitive vb. follower | 23 |
| Part of a sentence: Abbr. | 25 |
| Word after a transitive vb. | 27 |
| Subj.'s counterpart | 23 |
| Part of a prepositional phr. | 28 |
| Noun following a prep. | 22 |
| Noun after a verb: Abbr. | 24 |
| Kind of case, in gram. | 22 |
| State one's disapproval | 27 |
| Rectangular shape: Abbr. | 24 |
| Beatles nonsense syllables | 26 |
| Beatles song syllables | 22 |
| Commit morally or legally | 25 |
| Do something as a favor | 23 |
| Like a stretched circle | 23 |
| Shaped like a fish stick | 24 |
| Shaped like a plum tomato | 25 |
| For-sale classified letters | 27 |
| Merchandise classified abbr. | 28 |
| Letters in a classified ad | 26 |
| Double-reed instrument | 22 |
| Mitch Miller's instrument | 29 |
| Philharmonic instrument | 23 |
| Woodwind lower than a piccolo | 29 |
| Wind quintet instrument | 23 |
| Shawm's descendant | 22 |
| Orchestra pitch-setter | 22 |
| Wind ensemble instrument | 24 |
| An orchestra tunes to one | 25 |
| Woodwind with a conical bore | 28 |
| English horn's cousin | 25 |
| Bassoon's little brother | 28 |
| Orchestral tuning instrument | 28 |
| Instrument in a wind quintet | 28 |
| High-pitched instrument | 23 |
| Heckelphone's cousin | 24 |
| Wind with a wide range | 22 |
| Soprano-range woodwind | 22 |
| Solti found it instrumental | 27 |
| Relative of the English horn | 28 |
| Instrument with finger holes | 28 |
| Double-reeded woodwind | 22 |
| Double reed instrument | 22 |
| Bassoon's relative | 22 |
| Woodwind with good range | 24 |
| Shawm's modern relative | 27 |
| Relative of an English horn | 27 |
| Reed section instrument | 23 |
| Peter and the Wolf duck | 26 |
| One-consonant instrument | 24 |
| Long, thin musical instrument | 29 |
| It's blown in the winds | 27 |
| English horn's kin | 22 |
| Cousin of the English horn | 26 |
| Conical-bore instrument | 23 |
| Chamber music instrument | 24 |
| Blown orchestral instrument | 27 |
| Tuning note instrument | 22 |
| Tuner of the orchestra | 22 |
| The orchestra tunes to one | 26 |
| Orchestras tune to this | 23 |
| Orchestral wind instrument | 26 |
| Orchestral pitch setter | 23 |
| One found in the woods | 22 |
| Kin of an English horn | 22 |
| It's seen among the reeds | 29 |
| It gives the orchestra an A | 27 |
| Instrument with metal keys | 26 |
| Instrument among the reeds | 26 |
| Cousin of an English horn | 25 |
| Clarinet's relative | 23 |
| Bassoon's smaller cousin | 28 |
| Bassoon's little cousin | 27 |
| Woodwind with nasal tones | 25 |
| Woodwind quintet member | 23 |