| Text | Length |
| The Silence of the ____ | 23 |
| Symbols of meekness | 19 |
| Symbols of gentleness | 21 |
| Short sheep? | 12 |
| Petting zoo babies | 18 |
| Pastoral gambolers | 18 |
| Off-Broadway's "Silence of ___" | 45 |
| N.Y.C. social club | 18 |
| Meek creatures | 14 |
| Little bighorns | 15 |
| Lemmings | 8 |
| Kids who enjoy gamboling? | 25 |
| Gwen Stefani purses | 19 |
| Frisky ones | 11 |
| Flock newcomers | 15 |
| Fleeced ones | 12 |
| Farm newborns | 13 |
| Ewe's babies | 16 |
| Easter arrivals? | 16 |
| Charles et al. | 14 |
| Baby ovines | 11 |
| Altar offerings, maybe | 22 |
| "... and little __ eat ivy" | 37 |
| 'Silence of the --' | 27 |
| ___ wool (soft material) | 24 |
| Escaped con's entrée? | 28 |
| Shiny fabric | 12 |
| Ineffectual | 11 |
| Hobbling | 8 |
| Not cool | 8 |
| Poor, as an excuse | 18 |
| Hobbled | 7 |
| Flimsy, as an excuse | 20 |
| Metallic fabric | 15 |
| Uncool | 6 |
| Brocaded fabric | 15 |
| Unconvincing, as an excuse | 26 |
| Gown fabric | 11 |
| Fabric with metallic threads | 28 |
| Poor, as excuses go | 19 |
| Kind of brain | 13 |
| Disabled, as a horse | 20 |
| Shimmery fabric | 15 |
| Kind of excuse | 14 |
| Exhibiting a limp | 17 |
| Type of excuse | 14 |
| Type of duck or excuse | 22 |
| Hardly believable | 17 |
| Hamstring | 9 |
| Decidedly uncool | 16 |
| ___ duck | 8 |
| Rich material | 13 |
| Like a poor excuse | 18 |
| Glittery fabric | 15 |
| Formal fabric | 13 |
| Evening gown fabric | 19 |
| What some excuses are | 21 |
| Unsatisfactory, as an excuse | 28 |
| Unable to walk | 14 |
| Some excuses | 12 |
| Shiny gold fabric | 17 |
| Shiny cloth | 11 |
| Kind of duck? | 13 |
| Implausible | 11 |
| Hamstrung | 9 |
| Glittery material | 17 |
| Fabric with gold threads | 24 |
| Cloth of gold | 13 |
| Weak, as an effort | 18 |
| Weak and ineffectual | 20 |
| Unsatisfactory, as excuses | 26 |
| Unimpressive, as an excuse | 26 |
| Uncool Unwritten Law song? | 26 |
| Suckworthy | 10 |
| Sparkly fabric | 14 |
| Slinky material | 15 |
| Quite uncool | 12 |
| Not really believable | 21 |
| More than footsore | 18 |
| Metallic cloth | 14 |
| Like bad excuses | 16 |
| Kind of duck or excuse | 22 |
| Kind of duck or brain | 21 |
| Golden fabric | 13 |
| Gold cloth | 10 |
| Gold ___ | 8 |
| Gimpy | 5 |
| Fabric with ornamental threads | 30 |
| Fabric with gold or silver threads | 34 |
| Decidedly unhip | 15 |
| Chanteuse's fabric | 22 |
| Certain brocaded fabric | 23 |
| Brain or duck | 13 |
| Barely believable | 17 |
| Word with brain or duck | 23 |
| Word with "duck" or "excuse" | 48 |
| Woefully weak, as an excuse | 27 |
| Weak, excuse-wise | 17 |
| Weak, as excuses go | 19 |
| Uneventful show | 15 |
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