| Text | Length |
| Termite, e.g. | 13 |
| Drill for penetrating rock | 26 |
| Auger or drill | 14 |
| Teredo | 6 |
| Shipworm, e.g. | 14 |
| Hole-making bug | 15 |
| Destructive beetle | 18 |
| Auger or destructive bug | 24 |
| Hole-making pest | 16 |
| Uninvited cornfield guest | 25 |
| Tree-harming beetle | 19 |
| Tree-damaging insect | 20 |
| Tree enemy | 10 |
| Tool used for making holes | 26 |
| Termite, for one | 16 |
| Shipworm or boll weevil | 23 |
| Ruiner of ears? | 15 |
| Orchardist's woe | 20 |
| Longhorn beetle, for one | 24 |
| Leaf-attacking insect | 21 |
| Invasive insect | 15 |
| Hole-making bug or tool | 23 |
| Gimlet, for example | 19 |
| Fruit-tree foe | 14 |
| Drilling bug | 12 |
| Damaging bug | 12 |
| Bug found in trunks | 19 |
| Boll weevil, e.g. | 17 |
| Beetle, at work | 15 |
| Bark beetle | 11 |
| Awl, for example | 16 |
| Auger, e.g. | 11 |
| Auger or destructive beetle | 27 |
| Augers | 6 |
| Moles, e.g. | 11 |
| Destructive insects | 19 |
| Corn pests | 10 |
| Woodpeckers | 11 |
| Wood-damaging insects | 21 |
| Weevils | 7 |
| They're penetrating | 23 |
| Shipworms, e.g. | 15 |
| Orchard menaces | 15 |
| Iris pests | 10 |
| Insects found in trunks | 23 |
| Farmers' bêtes noires | 28 |
| Destructive bugs | 16 |
| Damaging insects | 16 |
| Bugs that live in trees | 23 |
| Tires | 5 |
| Drags | 5 |
| Wearies | 7 |
| Digs in | 7 |
| Tiresome ones | 13 |
| Makes yawn | 10 |
| Drips | 5 |
| Yawn inducers | 13 |
| They make you yawn | 18 |
| Makes holes | 11 |
| Is wearisome | 12 |
| Tiresome talkers | 16 |
| Sleep inducers | 14 |
| Gun parts | 9 |
| Ear benders | 11 |
| Drills a hole | 13 |
| Digs into | 9 |
| Calibers | 8 |
| Big yawns | 9 |
| Yawners | 7 |
| Yawn-spawning speakers | 22 |
| Yawn producers | 14 |
| Wet blankets and drips | 22 |
| Uses an auger | 13 |
| Uses a gimlet | 13 |
| Uses a drill | 12 |
| Uninteresting persons | 21 |
| Uninspiring lecturers, e.g. | 27 |
| Snoozers | 8 |
| Sleepiness inducers | 19 |
| Pills at parties | 16 |
| People who make you yawn | 24 |
| Loses the attention of | 22 |
| Long-winded ones | 16 |
| Inferior speakers | 17 |
| Induces ennui | 13 |
| Hardly the best guests | 22 |
| Hardly engages | 14 |
| Gun calibers | 12 |
| Goes on and on about the recent changes in your child's nap schedule, e.g. | 78 |
| Evokes yawns | 12 |
| Earbenders, generally | 21 |
| Earbenders | 10 |
| Ear-benders | 11 |
| Dull folks | 10 |
| Didactic types, often | 21 |
| Deadheads | 9 |
| Dangerous tidal flows | 21 |
| Crummy dates | 12 |
| Causes yawns | 12 |
| Causes yawning perhaps | 23 |
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