| Thing taken to a slip | 21 |
| The less-used end | 17 |
| Test-taking tip? | 16 |
| Takeout item? | 13 |
| Stick of gum? | 13 |
| Solver's "undo" implement | 39 |
| Slip-removing tip | 17 |
| Slip remover | 12 |
| Slip hider | 10 |
| Slate clearer | 13 |
| Slate adjunct | 13 |
| Sketcher's need | 19 |
| Script scraper | 14 |
| School-board standby | 20 |
| School item | 11 |
| Rubbery rubber | 14 |
| Rubber-outer | 12 |
| Puzzler's tool | 18 |
| Puzzler's precaution | 24 |
| Puzzler's necessity | 23 |
| Problem solver, in a way | 24 |
| Point's opposite? | 21 |
| Pink tip | 8 |
| Pink end of a pencil | 20 |
| Pink end | 8 |
| Piece of classroom equipment | 28 |
| Pencil utensil | 14 |
| Pencil pusher's need | 24 |
| Pencil end, usually | 19 |
| Pencil attachment | 17 |
| Pencil adjunct | 14 |
| Pencil "helmet" | 25 |
| Opposite end of the point | 25 |
| One way to take back one's words? | 37 |
| One end of a pencil | 19 |
| Obsolete typewriter accessory | 29 |
| No. 2 end | 9 |
| Necessity for a bad speller | 27 |
| Mistake maker's need | 24 |
| Mechanical pencil end | 21 |
| Mark remover | 12 |
| Manual typist's accessory, perhaps | 38 |
| Literary device? | 16 |
| Lead's counterpart | 22 |
| Knockout, in boxing slang | 25 |
| Knockout punch, in boxing slang | 31 |
| Kids clean it | 13 |
| It may help when changing your mind | 35 |
| It may contain traces of lead | 29 |
| It may be felt by a blackboard | 30 |
| It goes by the boards | 21 |
| It gets the graphite out | 24 |
| Hit man's gat | 17 |
| Helpful tip for a puzzle solver? | 32 |
| Error-removal aid | 17 |
| Error fixer | 11 |
| End of some pencils | 19 |
| End of a #2 | 11 |
| Editorial aid | 13 |
| Draftsman's need | 20 |
| Doodle remover | 14 |
| Crossword-puzzle maker's aid | 32 |
| Crossword puzzler's need | 28 |
| Corrective tool | 15 |
| Correcting aid | 14 |
| Copy-editor's need | 22 |
| Clearing aid | 12 |
| Classroom missile? | 18 |
| Classroom essential | 19 |
| Chalkrail item | 14 |
| Chalkboard need | 15 |
| Chalkboard cleaner | 18 |
| Chalkboard adjunct | 18 |
| Chalk's effacer | 19 |
| Chalk-mark remover | 18 |
| Chalk talk item | 15 |
| Chalk go-with | 13 |
| Boo-boo fixer of sorts | 22 |
| Boner remover | 13 |
| Board cleaner | 13 |
| Blank maker | 11 |
| Blackboard necessity | 20 |
| Blackboard cleaner | 18 |
| Blackboard appurtenance | 23 |
| Basic correction device | 23 |
| Backspace key, at times | 23 |
| Artist's gum | 16 |
| Alternative to crossing out | 27 |
| A use for art gum | 17 |
| A golf pencil doesn't have one | 34 |
| 1996 Schwarzenegger movie | 25 |
| 1996 Arnold Schwarzenegger film | 31 |
| 1996 Arnold movie | 17 |
| '96 Arnold Schwarzenegger film | 34 |
| Pencil ends | 11 |
| Classroom supplies | 18 |
| Utensils on pencils | 19 |
| They get the lead out | 21 |
| Pencil parts | 12 |
| Office supplies | 15 |