| Text | Length |
| Poe-tic middle name | 19 |
| One of Poe's names | 22 |
| New Brunswick's _____ Legere | 32 |
| Nebbishy comic Sherman | 22 |
| Middle name in macabre | 22 |
| Middle name | 11 |
| Lane who provided Mr. Ed's voice | 36 |
| Jazz-fusion virtuoso Holdsworth | 31 |
| Jazz guitarist Holdsworth | 25 |
| Introduction to Poe | 19 |
| Hoopster Houston | 16 |
| Haggard hero _____ Quatermain | 29 |
| Gumshoe Pinkerton | 17 |
| Fusion guy Holdsworth | 21 |
| Funny Sherman | 13 |
| English guitarist Holdsworth | 28 |
| Edgar ____ Poe | 14 |
| EAP part | 8 |
| Dirty ___ (gull-like bird) | 26 |
| Detective agency founder Pinkerton | 34 |
| David ___ Coe | 13 |
| Comic singer Sherman | 20 |
| Civil War historian Nevins | 26 |
| Camp Granada chronicler Sherman | 31 |
| Bud Selig's real first name | 31 |
| Blakeney or Fotheringham | 24 |
| Bass-baritone Monk | 18 |
| Astronomer Sandage, who codiscovered the first quasar | 53 |
| Adventurer Quartermain | 22 |
| "King Solomon's Mines" hero Quatermain | 52 |
| "___-a-Dale" | 22 |
| ___ ease (uncomfortable) | 24 |
| ___ once (suddenly) | 19 |
| ___ once | 8 |
| __ once (suddenly) | 18 |
| ____ once: suddenly | 19 |
| ___ sea (bewildered) | 20 |
| __ once | 7 |
| Simultaneously | 14 |
| Suddenly | 8 |
| Just like that | 14 |
| Out of the blue | 15 |
| Very suddenly | 13 |
| Calm | 4 |
| Relieve | 7 |
| Soothe | 6 |
| Temper | 6 |
| Quiet | 5 |
| Assuage | 7 |
| Quench | 6 |
| Appease | 7 |
| Soften | 6 |
| Pacify | 6 |
| Lighten | 7 |
| Put to rest | 11 |
| Quell | 5 |
| Put to rest, as fears | 21 |
| Calm, as fears | 14 |
| Slake | 5 |
| Make quiet | 10 |
| Ease, as anxieties | 18 |
| Set to rest | 11 |
| Ease, as fears | 14 |
| Dispel | 6 |
| Soothe, as worries | 18 |
| Soothe, as fears | 16 |
| Set to rest, as doubt | 21 |
| Quell, as concerns | 18 |
| Put at rest | 11 |
| Set to rest, as fears | 21 |
| Relieve; pacify | 15 |
| Quell, as fears | 15 |
| Put an apprehension to bed | 26 |
| Lessen, as fears | 16 |
| Calm one's fears | 20 |
| Toned down | 10 |
| Relieved | 8 |
| Calmed | 6 |
| Soothed | 7 |
| Moderated | 9 |
| Assuaged | 8 |
| Put fears to rest | 17 |
| Eased, as one's fears | 25 |
| Quieting influences | 19 |
| Soothing | 8 |
| Relieving | 9 |
| Putting to rest | 15 |
| Putting to rest, as fears | 25 |
| Soothes | 7 |
| Assuages | 8 |
| Mitigates | 9 |
| Quiets | 6 |
| Calms | 5 |
| Pacifies | 8 |
| Eases, as fears | 15 |
| Soothes, as fear | 16 |
| Relieves (as fears) | 19 |
| Puts to rest, as fears | 22 |
| Puts at rest | 12 |
| Dispels | 7 |
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