| Words before a happy note? | 26 |
| Words before a flip | 19 |
| Words before a fight? | 21 |
| Words before a drink | 20 |
| Words before a discounted price | 31 |
| Words before a disappearing act? | 32 |
| Words before a deadline | 23 |
| Words before a date | 19 |
| Words before a conclusion | 25 |
| Words before a climactic mystery novel revelation | 49 |
| Words before a clarification | 28 |
| Words before a ceremonial kiss | 30 |
| Words before a bungee jump, perhaps | 35 |
| Words before a breakup: 2 wds. | 30 |
| Words before a benediction | 26 |
| Words before "your life depended on it!" | 50 |
| Words before "You're on!" | 39 |
| Words before "You may kiss the bride" | 47 |
| Words before "What have we here?" | 43 |
| Words before "wear" or "serve" | 50 |
| Words before "TV" or "each other" | 53 |
| Words before "trap" | 29 |
| Words before "Tonight" in a 1954 song title | 53 |
| Words before "tomato" or "potato" | 53 |
| Words before "to rend" and "to sew" | 55 |
| Words before "to be born" and "to die" in Ecclesiastes | 74 |
| Words before "to be alive" or "to be back" | 62 |
| Words before "tizzy" or "funk" | 50 |
| Words before "time" or "the line" | 53 |
| Words before "though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful" | 75 |
| Words before "things in life are free" | 48 |
| Words before "the road" or "the money" | 58 |
| Words before "the order of" | 37 |
| Words before "the occasion" | 37 |
| Words before "the minute" or "no good" | 58 |
| Words before "the great and powerful" | 47 |
| Words before "Take a Walk on the Wild Side," in the lyrics | 68 |
| Words before "spell" or "wide net" | 54 |
| Words before "So sue me!" | 35 |
| Words before "signed, sealed, delivered" in a Stevie Wonder hit | 73 |
| Words before "show" or "class" | 50 |
| Words before "self-defense" or "good faith" | 63 |
| Words before "run" and "hide," in a Doors song | 66 |
| Words before "roll" or "tear" | 49 |
| Words before "roll" or "budget" | 51 |
| Words before "resolved," in minutes | 45 |
| Words before "Remember" and "Forget," in song titles | 72 |
| Words before "red" or "running" | 51 |
| Words before "record" or "trap" | 51 |
| Words before "record" or "good example" | 59 |
| Words before "record" or "goal" | 51 |
| Words before "Pretty" and "Fine" in song | 60 |
| Words before "precedent" or "good example" | 62 |
| Words before "precedent" | 34 |
| Words before "plume" or "guerre" | 52 |
| Words before "penny" and "pound" | 52 |
| Words before "Our home and native land!" | 50 |
| Words before "open fire" in a holiday song | 52 |
| Words before "on the line" | 36 |
| Words before "old chap" | 33 |
| Words before "of time" or "of talent" | 57 |
| Words before "of thieves" | 35 |
| Words before "of rules" or "of china" | 57 |
| Words before "of rules" | 33 |
| Words before "of money" or "of gold" | 56 |
| Words before "of kindness" or "of sugar" | 60 |
| Words before "of humor" or "of smell" | 57 |
| Words before "of gold" | 32 |
| Words before "of emergency" | 37 |
| Words before "occasion" or "account" | 56 |
| Words before "nutshell" | 33 |
| Words before "not again" | 34 |
| Words before "nose" or "hair" | 49 |
| Words before "new world's record" | 47 |
| Words before "new world record" | 41 |
| Words before "Much!" in a Four Lads hit | 49 |
| Words before "miss" | 29 |
| Words before "merry" | 30 |
| Words before "mercy" or "scraps" | 52 |
| Words before "many words" or "many ways" | 60 |
| Words before "many words" | 35 |
| Words before "Man shall not live by bread alone" | 58 |
| Words before "Love" on screen and in song | 51 |
| Words before "long way" | 33 |
| Words before "lies the rub" | 37 |
| Words before "king" or "mode" | 49 |
| Words before "king" or "carte" | 50 |
| Words before "king" | 29 |
| Words before "kindness" and "the Apostles" | 62 |
| Words before "job" or "life" | 48 |
| Words before "jiffy" or "pinch" | 51 |
| Words before "It's still early" | 45 |
| Words before "is human" | 33 |
| Words before "interpretation" or "the public" | 65 |
| Words before "instant" or "uproar" | 54 |
| Words before "iniquity" or "thieves" | 56 |
| Words before "in the face" | 36 |
| Words before "in the arm" or "in the dark" | 62 |
| Words before "impasse" | 32 |
| Words before "Ideas" and "Around" in song titles | 68 |