| Text | Length |
| Get the lard out | 16 |
| Dispose of the adipose part | 27 |
| Loss | 4 |
| Waterloo | 8 |
| Overcome in battle | 18 |
| Conquer, as an enemy | 20 |
| Lick your rival | 15 |
| Conquest | 8 |
| Best or worst | 13 |
| Best ... or worst | 17 |
| Award season heartache | 22 |
| Beats | 5 |
| Bests | 5 |
| Takes down | 10 |
| Overcomes in battle | 19 |
| Imperfection | 12 |
| Switch sides | 12 |
| Recall reason | 13 |
| Reason for a merchandise return | 31 |
| Cause for a recall | 18 |
| Assembly line's screw-up | 28 |
| Guard | 5 |
| Stand up for | 12 |
| Stick up for | 12 |
| Keep safe | 9 |
| Do a goalkeeper's job | 25 |
| Try to keep, as a title | 23 |
| Represent in court | 18 |
| Presidential oath verb | 22 |
| Play safety | 11 |
| Hold the fort, say | 18 |
| Endure a siege | 14 |
| Answer the critics of | 21 |
| Accused | 7 |
| Person on trial | 15 |
| Perry Mason's client | 24 |
| Plea bargaining party | 21 |
| Stuck up for | 12 |
| Stood up for | 12 |
| TV court drama with The | 27 |
| Cornerbacks and safeties | 24 |
| Brooklyn auto parts? | 20 |
| Part of DoD | 11 |
| Resistance against attack | 25 |
| National Guard concern | 22 |
| Grandstand cry | 14 |
| Goalie's job | 16 |
| What Ray Lewis played | 21 |
| What Ed "Too Tall" Jones played | 41 |
| They play with blocks | 21 |
| Side on a football field | 24 |
| Secondary side | 14 |
| Sec. Brown's concern | 24 |
| Purpose of the DEW line | 23 |
| One side in court | 17 |
| Moat purpose | 12 |
| Matlock's forte | 19 |
| Linebacker's forte | 22 |
| Goalie's gig | 16 |
| Fraise, e.g. | 12 |
| Department where Hagel is honcho | 32 |
| Department twice headed by Rumsfeld | 35 |
| Cry heard at an N.B.A. game | 27 |
| Cry at N.B.A. games | 19 |
| Cry at a basketball game | 24 |
| Cry at a basketball arena | 25 |
| Crowd's chant during a basketball game | 42 |
| Courtside chant | 15 |
| Cheney's erstwhile bailiwick | 32 |
| Chant at a basketball game | 26 |
| Belli's concern | 19 |
| Arena chant | 11 |
| Alibi, often | 12 |
| Perry Mason, e.g. | 17 |
| Pentagon advocate? | 18 |
| Johnnie Cochran, at the Simpson trial | 37 |
| Johnnie Cochran was one | 23 |
| Courtroom questioner | 20 |
| Counsel to a cabinet department? | 32 |
| Justifications | 14 |
| What QB's must "read" | 35 |
| Some football teams | 19 |
| Protective measures | 19 |
| Parts of all football teams | 27 |
| Legal strategies | 16 |
| Insanity and others | 19 |
| Concerns of coaches | 19 |
| "My ___ Are Down," 1946 Berlin song | 45 |
| Delay | 5 |
| Table | 5 |
| Hold off | 8 |
| Shelve | 6 |
| Put on the back burner | 22 |
| Put on hold | 11 |
| Pass the buck | 13 |
| Push back | 9 |
| Put off till later | 18 |
| Postpone, as enrollment | 23 |
| Postpone an action | 18 |
| Delay, as payments | 18 |
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