| Text | Length |
| Estate door answerer | 20 |
| Culprit in a trite whodunit | 27 |
| Common suspect | 14 |
| Classic whodunit suspect | 24 |
| Alfred, at Wayne Manor | 22 |
| 'GWTW' hero | 19 |
| Thanks/thanks link | 18 |
| Words expressing a sad, surprising turn of events | 49 |
| Segue to a surprise story ending | 32 |
| John Belushi catchphrase | 24 |
| "Close, ___ cigar" | 28 |
| "Alas, it wasn't to be!" | 38 |
| Reservations | 12 |
| Qualifiers | 10 |
| Objections | 10 |
| Words of reservation | 20 |
| Protests | 8 |
| "No ifs, ands or ___" | 31 |
| "No ifs, ands, or ___" | 32 |
| Words of protest | 16 |
| Partner of ifs and ands | 23 |
| Exceptions | 10 |
| ". . . ands, or ___" | 30 |
| Repeated words from one who's been rebuffed | 47 |
| Partner of "ifs" and "ands" | 47 |
| No ifs, ands or ___ | 19 |
| Negotiation hurdles | 19 |
| Companion of ifs and ands | 25 |
| "No ifs, ands or ---" | 31 |
| "No ifs, ands or ___!" | 32 |
| ". . . ands, or __" | 29 |
| 'No ifs, ands or --!' | 29 |
| ''No ifs, ands or ___!'' | 40 |
| . . . ands or ___ | 17 |
| Victim | 6 |
| Scapegoat | 9 |
| Pork portion | 12 |
| Smoker's discard | 20 |
| Target of a joke | 16 |
| Ashtray item | 12 |
| Joke target | 11 |
| Cigar leftover | 14 |
| Smoker's throwaway | 22 |
| Object of ridicule | 18 |
| Goat's assault | 18 |
| Ashtray remnant | 15 |
| Ashtray detritus | 16 |
| You might grind it out | 22 |
| Thing in an ashtray | 19 |
| Target, as of a prank | 21 |
| Set end to end | 14 |
| Ram's ram | 13 |
| Prankster's patsy | 21 |
| Prank's target | 18 |
| Moon object? | 12 |
| Joke's target | 17 |
| Joke object | 11 |
| Item in an ashtray | 18 |
| Intrude, with ''in'' | 36 |
| Hit with the head, as a ram | 27 |
| Hit with the head, as a goat | 28 |
| Goat's attack | 17 |
| Fag | 3 |
| Cigarette fragment | 18 |
| Cigar remains | 13 |
| Brent Leroy portrayer | 21 |
| Act like a goat | 15 |
| A lazy person might need to get off theirs | 42 |
| __ in (intrude) | 15 |
| Flat-topped hill | 16 |
| Montana city | 12 |
| Monument Valley sight | 21 |
| Flat-topped formation | 21 |
| Western hill | 12 |
| Montana mining city | 19 |
| Isolated hill | 13 |
| Desert feature | 14 |
| Mesa's kin | 14 |
| Small mountain | 14 |
| Mesa's cousin | 17 |
| Western elevation | 17 |
| Montana metropolis | 18 |
| Grand Canyon feature | 20 |
| Geological formation | 20 |
| City in Montana | 15 |
| Mesa relative | 13 |
| Big Sky Country city | 20 |
| Steep-sided hill | 16 |
| Western formation | 17 |
| Seat of Silver Bow County | 25 |
| Seat of Montana's Silver Bow County | 39 |
| Neighbor of Helena | 18 |
| Montana mining center | 21 |
| Mont. city | 10 |
| Mesa kin | 8 |
| Home of the World Museum of Mining | 34 |
| Western mining center | 21 |
| Western high point | 18 |
| Western copper center | 21 |
| The Montana Standard is its daily paper | 39 |
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