| Kind of stick or ball | 21 |
| Kind of card or ball | 20 |
| Kind of ball or stick | 21 |
| Kind of ball or bid | 19 |
| Kind of ''card'' or ''stick'' | 61 |
| It's waited for in the wings | 32 |
| It's sometimes behind the eight ball | 40 |
| It's long at a pool hall | 28 |
| It's chalked between shots | 30 |
| It's chalked before a shot | 30 |
| It strikes the ball | 19 |
| It may be missed onstage | 24 |
| It may be missed | 16 |
| It can help you with your english | 33 |
| It can get behind the eight ball | 32 |
| It can be behind the eightball | 30 |
| Introductory words, maybe | 25 |
| In one sense, it's used in breaking, and in another, in entering | 68 |
| Implement with which to break | 29 |
| Hoppe's "weapon" | 30 |
| Hoppe tool | 10 |
| Help on stage | 13 |
| Hand a line? | 12 |
| Ham helper | 10 |
| Go on to signal | 15 |
| Finger-pointing, maybe | 22 |
| Feed a line to | 14 |
| Fast Eddie's stick | 22 |
| Equipment for Mosconi | 21 |
| English source | 14 |
| End of another actor's line, maybe | 38 |
| Emcee's prompt | 18 |
| Eightball player's need | 27 |
| Conductor's signal | 22 |
| Breaking need? | 14 |
| Billiards tool | 14 |
| Billiards rod | 13 |
| Billiards ball | 14 |
| Billiard necessity | 18 |
| Billiard adjunct | 16 |
| Ball breaker? | 13 |
| Balabushka product | 18 |
| Aural guide | 11 |
| Actor's prompter | 20 |
| Actor's need | 16 |
| Actor's card | 16 |
| Act as a prompter | 17 |
| A shark may carry one | 21 |
| 8-Ball need | 11 |
| "The Color of Money" prop | 35 |
| "Good-morrow, cousin," for Romeo | 42 |
| ''You're on!'' e.g. | 39 |
| ''Good morrow, cousin,'' for Romeo | 50 |
| ___ cards | 9 |
| It's white with no number | 29 |
| When you pocket it, you scratch | 31 |
| Snooker sphere | 14 |
| Item seldom seen in pockets | 27 |
| It's hit in a pool hall | 27 |
| Breaker? | 8 |
| Prompted | 8 |
| Ready to be played | 18 |
| Gave a stage signal | 19 |
| Signaled backstage, perhaps | 27 |
| Reminded | 8 |
| Prompted in a play | 18 |
| Handed a line | 13 |
| Fed lines | 9 |
| Threw a line | 12 |
| Helped with a line | 18 |
| Helped out, in a way | 20 |
| Gave prompts to | 15 |
| Gave lines to | 13 |
| Fed a line to | 13 |
| Fed a line | 10 |
| Was prompter | 12 |
| Told when to start, say | 23 |
| Told to enter, e.g. | 19 |
| Tipped off an actor | 19 |
| Threw a line? | 13 |
| Signaled to speak | 17 |
| Signaled to enter, say | 22 |
| Signaled on stage | 17 |
| Signaled an actor | 17 |
| Signaled a thespian | 19 |
| Said the line before, say | 25 |
| Said "You're on!" to, say | 39 |
| Said "You're on!" to | 34 |
| Ready to play, with "up" | 34 |
| Readied to play | 15 |
| Pushed pause on iTunes, say | 27 |
| Prompted onstage | 16 |
| Prompted on stage | 17 |
| Prompted an actor | 17 |
| Prompted a thespian | 19 |
| Like some actors going on stage | 31 |
| Like many a forgetful actor | 27 |
| Hit, in billiards | 17 |
| Helped on stage | 15 |
| Helped a forgetful actor | 24 |