| "Despite that ..." | 28 |
| "But still ..." | 25 |
| "Even so ..." | 23 |
| Handy ___ (good repairmen) | 26 |
| Fifties' kids TV show | 25 |
| Actress Sue ___ Langdon | 23 |
| Suffix with meth- or eth- | 25 |
| Actress Sue _____ Langdon | 25 |
| Wheel spinner's buy | 23 |
| What makes a man mean? | 22 |
| Wheel of Fortune request | 27 |
| Wheel of Fortune purchase | 28 |
| Suffix with meth- or prop- | 26 |
| Actress Sue ____ Langdon | 24 |
| TV's Sue ___ Langdon | 24 |
| Suffix with prop- or hex- | 25 |
| Suffix with prop or meth | 24 |
| Suffix with meth-orhex- | 23 |
| Suffix for prop or meth | 23 |
| Suffix for a hydrocarbon | 24 |
| Sue Langdon's middle name | 29 |
| Robert Burns's one | 22 |
| Most common draw in Scrabble | 28 |
| Hydrocarbon's suffix | 24 |
| Ending with meth and oct | 24 |
| Ending for prop- or meth- | 25 |
| Ending for prop- or hex- | 24 |
| Common request for Pat Sajak | 28 |
| Beauvais beast of burden | 24 |
| Beast of burden, in Brest | 25 |
| Actress Sue -- Langdon | 22 |
| Poet's preposition | 22 |
| Bend ___ (listen attentively) | 29 |
| Keep ___ to the ground | 22 |
| Something to lend or bend | 25 |
| What a sympathizer lends | 24 |
| "Lend ___" (Listen) | 29 |
| Words with bend or lend | 23 |
| Puts ___ to the ground | 22 |
| Lend ___ (pay attention) | 24 |
| Have ___ to the ground | 22 |
| Words after bend or lend | 24 |
| What the sympathizer lends | 26 |
| Lend ___ (be attentive) | 23 |
| Keep --- to the ground | 22 |
| Attentive thing to lend | 23 |
| Within sight of, in verse | 25 |
| With ___ to the ground | 22 |
| Something to bend or lend | 25 |
| Puts --- to the ground | 22 |
| Puts ____ to the ground | 23 |
| Proximate to, to poets | 22 |
| Not far from, in poetry | 23 |
| Lend --- (listen intently) | 26 |
| Lend -- (be attentive) | 22 |
| Lend _____ (listen to) | 22 |
| Lend ___ (listen intently) | 26 |
| Keep ____ to the ground | 23 |
| Just around yon corner | 22 |
| It's lent by a listener | 27 |
| In the vicinity of, once | 24 |
| Get close to, old-style | 23 |
| Close, in an old quatrain | 25 |
| Pertaining to a short account | 29 |
| Nonscientific, as evidence | 26 |
| Like some unreliable evidence | 29 |
| Speechmaker's story | 23 |
| Speaker's opening, often | 28 |
| Toast lead-in, at times | 23 |
| Tale told by an oldster | 23 |
| Speechmaker's icebreaker | 28 |
| Speech opener, at times | 23 |
| Speaker's warm-up, often | 28 |
| Raconteur's recital | 23 |
| Opening of many a speech | 24 |
| Garrison Keillor specialty | 26 |
| Frequent speech starter | 23 |
| Brief, interesting tale | 23 |
| Toastmasters' stock | 23 |
| They're often amusing | 25 |
| Speech elements, often | 22 |
| Mark Twain specialties | 22 |
| Emcees' specialties | 23 |
| A lot of talk show talk | 23 |
| Words after crack or fry | 24 |
| Lay -- (fail miserably) | 23 |
| Anoint with oil, archaically | 28 |
| Anoint as part of last rites | 28 |
| Apply chrism, old style | 23 |
| Anoint, in bygone days | 22 |
| Administer unction, old style | 29 |
| Iron-poor blood condition | 25 |
| Hemoglobin-deprived condition | 29 |
| Red blood cell deficiency | 25 |
| Low-hemoglobin condition | 24 |
| Iron deficiency problem | 23 |
| Deficiency of red blood cells | 29 |
| Cause of weakness, perhaps | 26 |
| Cause for a lack of vitality | 28 |
| What Procrit may treat | 22 |