| Text | Length |
| Operatives: Abbr. | 17 |
| FBI investigators | 17 |
| Cut takers: Abbr. | 17 |
| 007 et al.: Abbr. | 17 |
| Water, to Juanita | 17 |
| The rain in Spain | 17 |
| Water, in Seville | 17 |
| Diego's water | 17 |
| Water, to Joaquin | 17 |
| Water, to Domingo | 17 |
| Water, in Uruguay | 17 |
| Water, in Nogales | 17 |
| Water, in Caracas | 17 |
| Liquid in un lago | 17 |
| Golfo de Cádiz | 17 |
| Content of la mar | 17 |
| Bolivian beverage | 17 |
| Fever with chills | 17 |
| Hot-and-cold fits | 17 |
| Flu-like symptoms | 17 |
| Fevers and chills | 17 |
| Hot and cold fits | 17 |
| Fever and shivers | 17 |
| Chills and fevers | 17 |
| Attack of tremors | 17 |
| Malarial symptoms | 17 |
| Malarial episodes | 17 |
| Feverish feelings | 17 |
| 'Eureka!' | 17 |
| “Eureka!” | 17 |
| Sound of surprise | 17 |
| Light-dawning cry | 17 |
| Villain's cry | 17 |
| Brainstorming cry | 17 |
| Solution reaction | 17 |
| So that's it! | 17 |
| 'Gotcha!' | 17 |
| Word of discovery | 17 |
| Student's cry | 17 |
| Sneak's shout | 17 |
| Light bulb flash? | 17 |
| Epiphany follower | 17 |
| 'Got ya!' | 17 |
| Fictional captain | 17 |
| Moby Dick pursuer | 17 |
| Gregory Peck role | 17 |
| Whaler of fiction | 17 |
| Fictional skipper | 17 |
| Ill-fated captain | 17 |
| Fictional mariner | 17 |
| Peck role of 1956 | 17 |
| One-legged whaler | 17 |
| Lend ___ (assist) | 17 |
| Drive ___ bargain | 17 |
| Cries of surprise | 17 |
| Shouts of triumph | 17 |
| Sounds of insight | 17 |
| Triumphant shouts | 17 |
| Triumphant sounds | 17 |
| Enlightened cries | 17 |
| At the drop of __ | 17 |
| At the drop of -- | 17 |
| Blessing elicitor | 17 |
| Directly in front | 17 |
| Later, on a clock | 17 |
| Toward the future | 17 |
| To be encountered | 17 |
| In the foreground | 17 |
| Get ___ (succeed) | 17 |
| Forward or onward | 17 |
| Henry Luce, once? | 17 |
| In ___ (piled up) | 17 |
| Sounded contented | 17 |
| Bid for attention | 17 |
| Oral interruption | 17 |
| Interrupting word | 17 |
| Breaking-in sound | 17 |
| Attention getters | 17 |
| Attention-getters | 17 |
| Shower wand sound | 17 |
| Patient response? | 17 |
| Sashimi selection | 17 |
| Hawaiian delicacy | 17 |
| Vedic sky serpent | 17 |
| Take ___ (inhale) | 17 |
| American muralist | 17 |
| "Alas!" | 17 |
| Woeful expression | 17 |
| World-weary words | 17 |
| Words of distress | 17 |
| "Sigh!" | 17 |
| Words of futility | 17 |
| Get ___ of (grab) | 17 |
| Get -- of (reach) | 17 |
| Get __ of: locate | 17 |
| Get __ of (grasp) | 17 |
| Give _____ (care) | 17 |
| Today, in Tijuana | 17 |
| Now, in Nicaragua | 17 |
| Now, to a niño | 17 |
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