| Was personally meaningful | 25 |
| Was personally invested | 23 |
| Was perpetually dishonest | 25 |
| Was permanently undone | 22 |
| Was perfectly tailored | 22 |
| Was patriotic, in a way | 23 |
| Was part of the cast of | 23 |
| Was part of a campaign | 22 |
| Was paralyzed with fear, say | 28 |
| Was overly hot, as a pan | 24 |
| Was overindulgent, perhaps | 26 |
| Was out for the afternoon? | 26 |
| Was out for a little while | 26 |
| WAS opponent, in the NL East | 28 |
| Was on the same page as | 23 |
| Was on the broadcast schedule | 29 |
| Was on the bench, perhaps | 25 |
| Was on one's rocker? | 24 |
| Was OK'd by Playtex? | 24 |
| Was off one's feed | 22 |
| Was obviously impressed | 23 |
| Was obviously displeased with | 29 |
| Was obsequious, informally | 26 |
| Was not off one's rocker? | 29 |
| Was not off one's rocker | 28 |
| Was nice to the babysitter | 26 |
| Was nice to the baby sitter | 27 |
| Was nearly out of stock | 23 |
| Was mortified, hyperbolically | 29 |
| Was more than misleading | 24 |
| Was more than inventive | 23 |
| Was more important than | 23 |
| Was merciful, in a way | 22 |
| Was mentioned, as a name | 24 |
| Was married to an Amazon? | 25 |
| Was logically consistent | 24 |
| Was less than warm toward | 25 |
| Was left out, facetiously | 25 |
| Was just what was needed | 24 |
| Was just getting started | 24 |
| Was irritating, in a way | 24 |
| Was irritating to hear | 22 |
| Was inventive, and then some | 28 |
| Was intuitively certain | 23 |
| Was inactive or indifferent | 27 |
| Was in the running for | 22 |
| Was in the grip of la grippe | 28 |
| Was in the driver's seat | 28 |
| Was in the arms of Morpheus | 27 |
| Was in session, as Congress | 27 |
| Was in need of a rubdown | 24 |
| Was in need of a good rubdown | 29 |
| Was in command in the cockpit | 29 |
| Was in agreement (with) | 23 |
| Was in a no-win situation? | 26 |
| Was immobile, in a way | 22 |
| Was imminent, as a deadline | 27 |
| Was heard from the herd | 23 |
| Was head of the Family Stone | 28 |
| Was head of the class? | 22 |
| Was hardly indifferent | 22 |
| Was guided by intuition | 23 |
| Was Grinch-like, in a way | 25 |
| Was given the right to vote | 27 |
| Was given no alternative | 24 |
| Was genuinely concerned | 23 |
| Was friendly, in a way | 22 |
| Was for several people? | 23 |
| Was for several people | 22 |
| Was fleetingly brilliant | 24 |
| Was fierce, as a storm | 22 |
| Was fed by Wolfgang Puck, say | 29 |
| Was fast, or wasn't fast | 28 |
| Was fast . . . or wasn't | 28 |
| Was far from respectful | 23 |
| Was familiar with Britain? | 26 |
| Was false to the world | 22 |
| Was even on a golf round | 24 |
| Was enthusiastic about | 22 |
| Was doubly sentimental? | 23 |
| Was doomed from day one | 23 |
| Was deficient in a comparison | 29 |
| Was costumed to look like | 25 |
| Was contrite, and more | 22 |
| Was considered special | 22 |
| Was confirmed to be true | 24 |
| Was completely indifferent | 26 |
| Was completely filled (with) | 28 |
| Was clearly in no hurry | 23 |
| Was caught in the rain, say | 27 |
| Was carried by, as a bus | 24 |
| Was burdened by trouble | 23 |
| Was broad on the boards | 23 |
| Was bright, as the sun | 22 |
| Was audibly surprised, maybe | 28 |
| Was audibly shocked by | 22 |
| Was an obedient dog, perhaps | 28 |
| Was an obedient dog, in a way | 29 |
| Was an expert on diamonds | 25 |
| Was an awful security guard | 27 |