| Text | Length |
| What happened? | 14 |
| It's all in the past | 24 |
| Class that dwells on the past | 29 |
| Schlesinger's field | 23 |
| It repeats itself | 17 |
| Herodotus' sphere | 21 |
| Forte of S. E. Morison | 22 |
| Beard's field | 17 |
| American or World follower, in school | 37 |
| "Gossip well told," per Elbert Hubbard | 48 |
| "A set of lies agreed upon": Napoleon | 47 |
| "___ is bunk": Henry Ford | 35 |
| Expert at a TV station? | 23 |
| Civil War fan, for one | 22 |
| Familiar pattern of events | 26 |
| No turkey | 9 |
| Collide with | 12 |
| Blockbuster | 11 |
| Producer's dream | 20 |
| Best-seller | 11 |
| Battleship score | 16 |
| Flop's opposite | 19 |
| Battleship success | 18 |
| Success | 7 |
| Smash into | 10 |
| Broadway success | 16 |
| Bomb's opposite | 19 |
| Billboard listing | 17 |
| Successful turn in Battleship | 29 |
| Successful song | 15 |
| Successful show | 15 |
| S.R.O. show | 11 |
| Pummel | 6 |
| Swat | 4 |
| Sock or belt | 12 |
| Homer, e.g. | 11 |
| Bang | 4 |
| Web search result | 17 |
| Success in the offing? | 22 |
| Producer's hope | 19 |
| Best seller | 11 |
| Any of the Billboard Top 40 | 27 |
| Angel's delight | 19 |
| Top tune | 8 |
| Toke | 4 |
| Skeet feat | 10 |
| Single or homer | 15 |
| Popular success | 15 |
| Popular favorite | 16 |
| Land on | 7 |
| Googler's success | 21 |
| Double, for one | 15 |
| Chart maker | 11 |
| Box-office smash | 16 |
| Box-office bonanza | 18 |
| #1 song | 7 |
| Website visit | 13 |
| Visit, for a website | 20 |
| Try to get to first base | 24 |
| Successful film | 15 |
| Successful song | 16 |
| Stage success | 13 |
| Single or double, e.g. | 22 |
| Severely affected | 17 |
| Search engine result | 20 |
| S.R.O. offering | 15 |
| Popular show | 12 |
| Popular number | 14 |
| Nice at-bat result | 18 |
| Miss partner | 12 |
| Miss alternative | 16 |
| Item on a Billboard list | 24 |
| Google result | 13 |
| Google finding | 14 |
| Gold-record earner | 18 |
| Box score notation | 18 |
| Boffo | 5 |
| Black jack dealer's action | 30 |
| Bing result | 11 |
| Best-selling | 12 |
| Battleships player's goal | 29 |
| Batting average fattener | 24 |
| Batter's objective | 22 |
| Any of the Top 40 | 17 |
| Angel's hope | 16 |
| ''Iron Man,'' e.g. | 34 |
| ''___ the deck!'' | 33 |
| ___ the deck | 12 |
| What every rocker wants to have | 31 |
| What Casey didn't get | 25 |
| What a sleeper turns out to be | 30 |
| Web-page visit | 14 |
| Triple, say | 11 |
| Triple, e.g. | 12 |
| Top-rated record | 16 |
| Top-10 tune | 11 |
| Top ten item | 12 |
| Top 40 song | 11 |
| Top 10 tune | 11 |
| Top 10 song, say | 16 |
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