| Succeeds in a big way | 21 |
| Is a huge success | 17 |
| Accepts the challenge | 21 |
| Gets carried away | 17 |
| Becomes foolishly passionate (over) | 35 |
| Becomes foolishly enthusiastic (over) | 37 |
| Enters | 6 |
| Emulates an angry astronaut? | 28 |
| Perseveres | 10 |
| Keeps at it | 11 |
| Attends alone | 13 |
| Heads for | 9 |
| Sets out for | 12 |
| Seeks out | 9 |
| Doesn't skip | 16 |
| Attends, as an event | 20 |
| "It just ___ show you!" | 33 |
| ___ pot (deteriorates) | 22 |
| ___ bat for (supports) | 22 |
| Is ruined | 9 |
| FAILS | 5 |
| Demonstrates adaptability | 25 |
| Adapts sensibly | 15 |
| German poet | 11 |
| "Faust" dramatist | 27 |
| "Faust" author | 24 |
| "Faust" writer | 24 |
| Author of "Faust" | 27 |
| "The Sorrows of Young Werther" author | 47 |
| Who wrote "A true German can't stand the French, / Yet willingly he drinks their wines" | 101 |
| Romantic-era writer | 19 |
| German poet-dramatist | 21 |
| Faust poet | 13 |
| Creator of Faust | 18 |
| Author of "Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship" | 58 |
| Author of "Egmont" | 28 |
| "The Sorrows of Young Werther" novelist Johann | 56 |
| "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" poet | 46 |
| "Roman Elegies" author | 32 |
| "Faust" penner | 24 |
| 'Faust' playwright | 26 |
| 'Faust' dramatist | 25 |
| ''Faust'' author | 32 |
| Succeed in life | 15 |
| Be a big success | 16 |
| Succeed in spades | 17 |
| Succeed in business | 19 |
| Succeed big-time | 16 |
| Succeed beautifully | 19 |
| Really succeed | 14 |
| Have a string of successes | 26 |
| Be a success in life | 20 |
| Attain eminence | 15 |
| Achieve much | 12 |
| Accomplish lots of things | 25 |
| Lackey | 6 |
| Errand boy | 10 |
| Office flunky | 13 |
| Menial helper | 13 |
| Errand-runner | 13 |
| Summer intern, maybe | 20 |
| Staff errand runner | 19 |
| Pickup person | 13 |
| One making a coffee run, say | 28 |
| Office intern, often | 20 |
| Office errand-boy | 17 |
| Office boy | 10 |
| Low-level employee | 18 |
| Low person on a staff | 21 |
| Flunky on a movie set, e.g. | 27 |
| Errand boy: Slang | 17 |
| Errand boy, perhaps | 19 |
| Errand boy, informally | 22 |
| Employee on a coffee run | 24 |
| Coffee picker-upper? | 20 |
| Errand boys, e.g. | 17 |
| Personal assistants, really | 27 |
| Pages, perhaps | 14 |
| Lowly employees | 15 |
| Low-level helpers | 17 |
| Fetching ones? | 14 |
| Errand doers | 12 |
| "I don't get it" | 30 |
| Words of bemusement | 19 |
| Order to a C.P.A.? | 18 |
| Expression of bewilderment | 26 |
| Simple card game | 16 |
| Children's card game | 24 |
| Kid's card game | 19 |
| Order in a kids' card game | 30 |
| Game that involves drawing | 26 |
| Cry in a kids' card game | 28 |
| Cry before a children's drawing? | 36 |
| Card game in which a player might ask "Got any 8's?" | 66 |
| Card game for Izaak Walton? | 27 |
| Card game directive | 19 |
| Card game akin to Authors | 25 |
| "Sis and I played ___ ..." | 36 |
| "I don't have that card" | 38 |
| "Do you have any threes?" game | 40 |