| Objection | 9 |
| Word of exception | 17 |
| Except that | 11 |
| Word of qualification | 21 |
| Word of protest | 15 |
| Objector's word | 19 |
| Mark Twain quote continued | 26 |
| "Close, ___ no cigar" | 31 |
| Weasel word | 11 |
| "On the other hand . . ." | 35 |
| Word repeated when things don't turn out your way | 53 |
| Word of objection | 17 |
| On the contrary | 15 |
| Objector's beginning | 24 |
| Objecting word | 14 |
| Exceptional word? | 17 |
| "Life is ___ a dream" | 31 |
| "However . . ." | 25 |
| "___ no-o-o ..." | 26 |
| "___ no-o-o . . ." | 28 |
| Twain comment: Part III | 23 |
| Start of an excuse | 18 |
| Part 6 of a Labour Day quotation | 32 |
| Nothing ___ the truth | 21 |
| It's "sed" to Caesar | 34 |
| Excuse maker's word | 23 |
| Exception introducer | 20 |
| Everything ___ the Girl | 23 |
| Bon mot: Part 3 | 15 |
| Blues Traveler "___ Anyway" | 37 |
| "That ... can't be ..." | 37 |
| "Thanks, ___ no thanks" | 33 |
| "Nothing ___ net" | 27 |
| "None ___ the brave . . . ": Dryden | 45 |
| "None ___ the brave . . . " | 37 |
| "Despite what I just said ..." | 40 |
| "... life is ___ a dream" | 35 |
| "... and nothing ___" | 31 |
| "___ seriously folks ..." | 35 |
| "___ seriously ..." | 29 |
| "___ I digress" | 25 |
| ''... life is ___ a dream'' | 43 |
| "Life is ___ dream" | 29 |
| "Nuthin' ___ 'G' Thang" (Dr. Dre song for which MTV censored the videO) | 93 |
| "Nothin' ___ Good Time" (1988 hit) | 48 |
| "Life is ___ day": Keats | 34 |
| "Life is ___ day at most": Burns | 42 |
| Flammable gas | 13 |
| Fuel gas | 8 |
| Lighter fuel | 12 |
| Lighter liquid | 14 |
| Lighter fluid | 13 |
| Flammable hydrocarbon | 21 |
| Zippo filler | 12 |
| Lighter fill | 12 |
| Gaseous fuel | 12 |
| Gas for lighters | 16 |
| Lighter stuff | 13 |
| Lighter gas | 11 |
| Lighter filler | 14 |
| Lighter contents | 16 |
| Lighter compound | 16 |
| Gas in torches | 14 |
| Gas in lighters | 15 |
| Fuel for a lighter | 18 |
| Compound used as a fuel gas | 27 |
| Cigarette lighter fill | 22 |
| Barbecuer's supply | 22 |
| Sundance's pal | 18 |
| Relative of Rover | 17 |
| Sundance Kid's partner, ___ Cassidy | 39 |
| Name for a meatman's boy | 28 |
| Haircut style | 13 |
| Decidedly masculine in manner | 29 |
| Companion of Rex and Rover | 26 |
| "Little Rascals" bully | 32 |
| "___ Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" | 44 |
| Quip, part 3 | 12 |
| Store owner's sign from above? (Part 2) | 44 |
| Quip (Part 3) | 13 |
| Gable role | 10 |
| Jeeves, for one | 15 |
| Downstairs person | 17 |
| Whodunit cliché | 18 |
| Servant of a sort | 17 |
| Lurch or Jeeves, e.g. | 21 |
| Gielgud's ''Arthur'' role | 45 |
| William ___ Yeats | 17 |
| Who often "did it" in a whodunit | 42 |
| Well-mannered manor man | 23 |
| Vanishing breed | 15 |
| Suspect in many murder mysteries | 32 |
| Role in a drawing-room mystery | 30 |
| Popular suspect | 15 |
| Poet Samuel who wrote "Hudibras" | 42 |
| Mitchell hero of literature | 27 |
| He did it in whodunits? | 23 |
| He did it in whodunits | 22 |
| Film character who says "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" | 77 |
| Estate-door answerer | 20 |