| Box-office hit, slangily | 24 |
| Box office smash | 16 |
| Box office hit, slangily | 24 |
| Big Broadway hit | 16 |
| Theater hit | 11 |
| Loud hearty laugh | 18 |
| Line that elicits a big laugh | 29 |
| Laugh, in showbiz slang | 23 |
| Hit, in Variety slang | 21 |
| Hit, in show biz | 16 |
| Hit, as on the noggin | 21 |
| Broadway hit, slangily | 22 |
| Big laugh elicitor | 18 |
| Big hit, in slang | 17 |
| Big hit on Broadway | 19 |
| Big Broadway hit, slangily | 26 |
| "Keep your distance!" | 31 |
| Sensational | 11 |
| Terrif | 6 |
| Fab | 3 |
| Like some shows | 15 |
| Super, in showbiz | 17 |
| Great, in "Variety" headlines | 39 |
| Extremely successful | 20 |
| Big, in Variety | 15 |
| Big hit, in Variety slang | 25 |
| Very good, in slang | 19 |
| Super-successful | 16 |
| Show biz headline word | 22 |
| Sensational, in showbiz | 23 |
| Wildly successful, in showbiz slang | 35 |
| Variety headline | 16 |
| Swell at the box office | 23 |
| Super, performancewise | 22 |
| Super, in retro reviews | 23 |
| Successful, in Variety slang | 28 |
| Successful, in Variety | 22 |
| Successful, in modern reviews | 29 |
| Smashing, in slanguage | 22 |
| Smashing, in show biz | 21 |
| Smashing, at the box office | 27 |
| Showbiz headline word | 21 |
| Show-biz-type headline | 22 |
| Show-biz word | 13 |
| Show biz-type headline | 22 |
| Sensational, slangily | 21 |
| Like some B'way performances | 32 |
| Like a showstopper | 18 |
| Hugely successful, in Variety | 29 |
| Huge, at the box office | 23 |
| Hit show: Slang | 15 |
| Highly successful, in Varietyese | 32 |
| Great, in Variety headlines | 27 |
| Fabulous, to a theater critic | 29 |
| Fab, in show biz | 16 |
| Doing big business, slangily | 28 |
| Big at the box office | 21 |
| Belly laughs | 12 |
| Smash hits, in slang | 20 |
| Broadway smashes, in slang | 26 |
| Variety hits | 12 |
| Has sex with | 12 |
| Has a quickie with | 18 |
| Box office hits | 15 |
| Swamp | 5 |
| Marsh | 5 |
| Quagmire | 8 |
| Wetland | 7 |
| Swampy ground | 13 |
| Fen | 3 |
| Mire | 4 |
| Slough | 6 |
| Morass | 6 |
| Swampy area | 11 |
| Peat source | 11 |
| Peat pit | 8 |
| Marshland | 9 |
| Cranberry territory | 19 |
| Where cranberries grow | 22 |
| Spongy ground | 13 |
| Wet ground | 10 |
| Cranberry source | 16 |
| Cranberry patch | 15 |
| Wetland area | 12 |
| Small swamp | 11 |
| Fenny tract | 11 |
| Peat's place | 16 |
| It can give you a sinking feeling | 33 |
| Cranberry-growing site | 22 |
| Where to find cranberries | 25 |
| Wet, spongy ground | 18 |
| Swampy place | 12 |
| Sphagnum source | 15 |
| Peat locale | 11 |
| Home to a cranberry crop | 24 |
| Wetlands area | 13 |
| Swampy region | 13 |
| Impede, with "down" | 29 |
| Impede (with ''down'') | 38 |
| Encumber (with ''down'') | 40 |