| Excavation in Chicago | 21 |
| Excavation hole | 15 |
| Excavation find | 15 |
| Excavation employee | 19 |
| Excavation | 10 |
| Excavating vehicle | 18 |
| Excavating machines | 19 |
| Excavating machine | 18 |
| Excavates, in a way | 19 |
| Excavates further | 17 |
| Excavates | 9 |
| Excavated resource | 18 |
| Excavated more | 14 |
| Excavated item, sometimes | 25 |
| Excavated item, maybe | 21 |
| Excavated item | 14 |
| Excavated areas | 15 |
| Excavated anew | 14 |
| Excavated again | 15 |
| Excavated (with "out") | 32 |
| Excavated | 9 |
| Excavate minerals | 17 |
| Excavate in the white cliffs? | 29 |
| Excavate further | 16 |
| Excavate anew | 13 |
| Excavate again | 14 |
| Excavate | 8 |
| Excalibur, for one | 18 |
| Excalibur, e.g. | 15 |
| Excalibur's handle | 22 |
| Excalibur wielder | 17 |
| Excalibur was one | 17 |
| Excalibur setting | 17 |
| Excalibur part | 14 |
| Excalibur owner | 15 |
| Excalibur holder | 16 |
| Excalibur had one | 17 |
| Excalibur and Glamdring | 23 |
| Excalibur | 9 |
| Ex–Secretary of State | 28 |
| Ex–Prime Minister | 24 |
| Ex–Miss America M.C. | 27 |
| Exasperation exclamation | 24 |
| Exasperation | 12 |
| Exasperatingly exacting | 23 |
| Exasperating experience | 23 |
| Exasperating | 12 |
| Exasperates | 11 |
| Exasperated words | 17 |
| Exasperated teacher's cry | 29 |
| Exasperated sounds | 18 |
| Exasperated response while starting chores | 42 |
| Exasperated response to "How was your day?" | 53 |
| Exasperated remark | 18 |
| Exasperated outcry | 18 |
| Exasperated outburst | 20 |
| Exasperated OK | 14 |
| Exasperated exhalation | 22 |
| Exasperated exclamations | 24 |
| Exasperated cry in a 1950's sitcom | 38 |
| Exasperated cry | 15 |
| Exasperated | 11 |
| Exasperate, metaphorically | 26 |
| Exasperate, as a neurologist? | 29 |
| Exasperate, as a motorist? | 26 |
| Exasperate, as a masseur? | 25 |
| Exasperate | 10 |
| Exanthem | 8 |
| Exanimate | 9 |
| Exams with three sects. | 23 |
| Exams with five 35-minute sections | 34 |
| Exams with committees | 21 |
| Exams with analytical reasoning parts: Abbr. | 44 |
| Exams with a reading comprehension section | 42 |
| Exams with a perfect score of 180 (abbr.) | 41 |
| Exams with a "Logic Games" section, for some reason | 61 |
| Exams with 37 quantitative questions | 36 |
| Exams used for National Merit Scholarships: Abbr. | 49 |
| Exams that require quick thinking | 33 |
| Exams taken by jrs. | 19 |
| Exams taken by both Romney and Obama: Abbr. | 43 |
| Exams required by Wharton | 25 |
| Exams required by ABA-approved schools | 38 |
| Exams on which many score over 100 | 34 |
| Exams offered four times a yr. | 30 |
| Exams of pupils, e.g. | 21 |
| Exams given by committee | 24 |
| Exams for would-be workers | 26 |
| Exams for would-be Ph.D.'s | 30 |
| Exams for would-be Natl. Merit Scholars | 39 |
| Exams for would-be Mensans | 26 |
| Exams for would-be Ed.D.'s | 30 |
| Exams for would-be attys. | 25 |
| Exams for would-be attorneys | 28 |
| Exams for wannabe constitutional scholars: Abbr. | 48 |
| Exams for students potentially most interested in this puzzle's theme, in brief | 83 |
| Exams for students of '60s and '70s military history? | 61 |
| Exams for srs. | 14 |
| Exams for sophs or jrs. | 23 |
| Exams for some srs. | 19 |