| Text | Length |
| Close, to Coleridge | 19 |
| Close, in poesy | 15 |
| Close, in poems | 15 |
| Close to, in poetry | 19 |
| Close to, in poems | 18 |
| Close by, old-style | 19 |
| At hand, to a bard | 18 |
| At hand, poetically | 19 |
| At hand, in poems | 17 |
| Something lent | 14 |
| Pull nigh to | 12 |
| Proximate, to poets | 19 |
| Poetically close | 16 |
| Poet's almost | 17 |
| Lend____: listen | 16 |
| Lend --- (listen) | 17 |
| Lend __: listen | 15 |
| Lend ___ (hark) | 15 |
| Handy, to poets | 15 |
| Draw nigh to | 12 |
| Close, of yore | 14 |
| Close to, once | 14 |
| Close by: Poetic | 16 |
| Close by, to Poe | 16 |
| Close by, to a poet | 19 |
| Close by, once | 14 |
| Close by, of yore | 17 |
| Close by, long ago | 18 |
| Beside, in poetry | 17 |
| At hand, to poets | 17 |
| At hand, once | 13 |
| Approach, in poetry | 19 |
| Almost, to the Bard | 19 |
| Unscientific | 12 |
| Hardly conclusive | 17 |
| Short narrative | 15 |
| Personal account | 16 |
| Speaker's aid | 17 |
| Stand-up bit | 12 |
| Often-amusing story | 19 |
| Stand-up segment | 16 |
| Speech enlivener | 16 |
| Speaker's story | 19 |
| Short reminiscence | 18 |
| Short illustration | 18 |
| Light sketch | 12 |
| Amusing tale | 12 |
| Short stories | 13 |
| Short narratives | 16 |
| Interesting stories | 19 |
| Amusing yarns | 13 |
| Amusing tales | 13 |
| Slippery as ___ | 15 |
| Slippery as __ | 14 |
| Slippery as ____ | 16 |
| As slippery as -- | 17 |
| Lay ___ (bomb) | 14 |
| Lay ___ (flop) | 14 |
| What Horton hatched | 19 |
| Lay ___ (fail) | 14 |
| Anoint, old style | 17 |
| Bless with oil | 14 |
| Anoint with oil | 15 |
| Apply chrism | 12 |
| Anoint, old-style | 17 |
| Anoint, once | 12 |
| Bless, old-style | 16 |
| Bless old style | 16 |
| Anoint, formerly | 16 |
| Anoint, archaically | 19 |
| Lack of vigor | 13 |
| Lack of vitality | 16 |
| Absence of oomph | 16 |
| Lack of energy | 14 |
| Cause of weakness | 17 |
| Shortage of punch | 17 |
| Iron deficiency | 15 |
| Weakness cause | 14 |
| Lifelessness | 12 |
| Energy shortage? | 16 |
| Cause of fatigue | 16 |
| Weakness of a sort | 18 |
| Rundown condition | 17 |
| Pallor cause | 12 |
| Lack of power | 13 |
| Geritol target | 14 |
| Energy shortage | 15 |
| Blood disease | 13 |
| Weak feeling | 12 |
| Vigorless condition | 19 |
| Sickle-cell disease | 19 |
| Paucity of pep | 14 |
| Lack of vivacity | 16 |
| Lack of pizazz | 14 |
| Iron shortage | 13 |
| Hematology concern | 18 |
| Energy problem | 14 |
| Blood defect | 12 |
| Blood condition | 15 |
| Blood ailment | 13 |
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