| Text | Length |
| Slow, sad song | 14 |
| Plaintive piece | 15 |
| Mourning song | 13 |
| Monody | 6 |
| Lament for the dead | 19 |
| Funereal music | 14 |
| Funeral music | 13 |
| Funeral lament | 14 |
| Dreary sound | 12 |
| Doleful ditty | 13 |
| Unhappy music | 13 |
| Tennyson's "Break, Break, Break," e.g. | 52 |
| Somber tune | 11 |
| Solemn music | 12 |
| Slow march, maybe | 17 |
| Scottish coronach | 17 |
| Sad psalm | 9 |
| Sad music | 9 |
| Obsequy song | 12 |
| Music unlikely to be played at a party | 38 |
| Music for mourners | 18 |
| Mournful composition | 20 |
| Melancholy music | 16 |
| Hymn of grief | 13 |
| Hardly a peppy tune | 19 |
| Funeral notes | 13 |
| Elegiac music | 13 |
| Doleful air | 11 |
| Bagpipe music, maybe | 20 |
| "O Captain! My Captain!," e.g. | 40 |
| "Dies Irae" is one | 28 |
| Ships whose rudders don't touch water | 41 |
| Actor Bogarde | 13 |
| Scottish dagger | 15 |
| Nowitzki of the NBA | 19 |
| Highlands dagger | 16 |
| Long dagger | 11 |
| Benedict of "The A-Team" | 34 |
| Cussler's Pitt | 18 |
| Weapon in old hand-to-hand fighting | 35 |
| Weapon in old hand-to-hand combat | 33 |
| Straight-bladed dagger | 22 |
| Stiletto relative | 17 |
| Skean | 5 |
| Quaint weapon | 13 |
| Quaint dagger | 13 |
| Pitt, hero of many Clive Cussler novels | 39 |
| Pirate's blade | 18 |
| Nowitzki of the Mavericks | 25 |
| NBA MVP between Steve and Kobe | 30 |
| Long dagger with a straight blade | 33 |
| Highlands weapon | 16 |
| Highlander's weapon | 23 |
| Highlander's dagger | 23 |
| Clive Cussler hero Pitt | 23 |
| Bogarde of "Darling" | 30 |
| 2006-07 NBA MVP Nowitzki | 24 |
| "Darling" actor Bogarde | 33 |
| "Boogie Nights" character Diggler | 43 |
| Oktoberfest dresses | 19 |
| Oktoberfest attire | 18 |
| Frocks for Fraus | 16 |
| Fräulein's frocks | 24 |
| Alpine jumpers | 14 |
| Board members: Abbr. | 20 |
| C.E.O.'s | 12 |
| Some board members: Abbr. | 25 |
| Ones who make scenes?: Abbr. | 28 |
| N, S, E and W | 13 |
| Members of the board (abbr.) | 28 |
| Filmdom V.I.P.'s | 20 |
| Board men: Abbr. | 16 |
| Board folk, briefly | 19 |
| Back lot biggies (abbr.) | 24 |
| Scuttlebutt | 11 |
| Ground cover | 12 |
| Grime | 5 |
| Topsoil | 7 |
| The skinny | 10 |
| Malicious gossip | 16 |
| The lowdown | 11 |
| Garden soil | 11 |
| Kind of farmer | 14 |
| Juicy gossip | 12 |
| Gossip, slangily | 16 |
| Corruption | 10 |
| Detergent target | 16 |
| Scandalous gossip | 17 |
| Kind of bike | 12 |
| Gossip material | 15 |
| Type of bike | 12 |
| Reputation ruiner | 17 |
| Inside scoop | 12 |
| Gossip's delight | 20 |
| Gossip fodder | 13 |
| Squalor | 7 |
| Scandalmonger's love | 24 |
| Makeup of some beds | 19 |
| Gossip's interest | 21 |
| Tide target | 11 |
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