| Text | Length |
| Laughter, in Lyon | 17 |
| Swell, as a river | 17 |
| Stairstep measure | 17 |
| Soufflés do it | 17 |
| Provoked response | 17 |
| Provoked reaction | 17 |
| Expand in the pan | 17 |
| On one's feet | 17 |
| Above the horizon | 17 |
| Gone up, as fever | 17 |
| Anagram for siren | 17 |
| Anagram for serin | 17 |
| Flight components | 17 |
| Stands for choirs | 17 |
| What the sun does | 17 |
| The Sun Also ____ | 17 |
| Disposed to laugh | 17 |
| Investment factor | 17 |
| Global board game | 17 |
| Takes a chance on | 17 |
| Daredevil dangers | 17 |
| Italian rice dish | 17 |
| Upstate N.Y. sch. | 17 |
| Slowing, in music | 17 |
| Brand to dye for? | 17 |
| Hurricane of 2005 | 17 |
| Comedienne Rudner | 17 |
| Metermaid of song | 17 |
| Lovely meter maid | 17 |
| Funnywoman Rudner | 17 |
| Funny lady Rudner | 17 |
| Moreno and Rudner | 17 |
| Rudner and Moreno | 17 |
| Solemn observance | 17 |
| Sacred observance | 17 |
| Marriage, for one | 17 |
| Christening, e.g. | 17 |
| Formal observance | 17 |
| Bas mitzvah, e.g. | 17 |
| Baby naming, e.g. | 17 |
| Scottish, for one | 17 |
| Prescribed custom | 17 |
| Mass, for example | 17 |
| Latin or Anglican | 17 |
| Initiation, often | 17 |
| Confirmation, say | 17 |
| Church observance | 17 |
| Bar mitzvah e.g. | 17 |
| Anglican, for one | 17 |
| Formal ceremonies | 17 |
| Solemn ceremonies | 17 |
| Solemn procedures | 17 |
| Sacred ceremonies | 17 |
| Weddings and such | 17 |
| Passage practices | 17 |
| Formal procedures | 17 |
| John of TV comedy | 17 |
| Cowboy singer Tex | 17 |
| Country great Tex | 17 |
| Ceremonial doings | 17 |
| Hotelier César | 17 |
| Like a posh hotel | 17 |
| Ohio, e.g.: Abbr. | 17 |
| Mo. or Ohio, e.g. | 17 |
| Shore, in Palermo | 17 |
| Pretty well equal | 17 |
| Fellow contestant | 17 |
| Ardent competitor | 17 |
| Romantic opponent | 17 |
| Crock-Pot company | 17 |
| Holds a candle to | 17 |
| ___ Gauche, Paris | 17 |
| French river bank | 17 |
| Bank of the Seine | 17 |
| Mississippi, e.g. | 17 |
| Red, among others | 17 |
| Potomac or Danube | 17 |
| Place for birling | 17 |
| Pee Dee or Hudson | 17 |
| Colorado, for one | 17 |
| Spot for a casino | 17 |
| Slow-moving craft | 17 |
| Fuselage fastener | 17 |
| Shipyard fastener | 17 |
| Beam-joining bolt | 17 |
| Rosie's bolts | 17 |
| Hardware on jeans | 17 |
| Saint-Tropez site | 17 |
| French playground | 17 |
| Onetime MGM rival | 17 |
| M-G-M rival, once | 17 |
| Some old theaters | 17 |
| Kidnapped auth. | 17 |
| D.D.E.'s veep | 17 |
| He yielded to GRF | 17 |
| GRF succeeded him | 17 |
| Local govt. units | 17 |
| Hotel guest qtrs. | 17 |
| Apt. compartments | 17 |
| Rental sign abbr. | 17 |
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