| Future louse | 12 |
| Tiny criticism | 14 |
| Oft-picked thing | 16 |
| Kind of picker | 14 |
| Basketball tourn. | 17 |
| Petty complaint | 15 |
| Lousy pick? | 11 |
| Lousy egg? | 10 |
| Louse egg | 9 |
| Coll. hoops competition | 23 |
| Young parasite | 14 |
| Trivial point | 13 |
| Tiny louse | 10 |
| Small point to pick | 19 |
| Minor complaint | 15 |
| Egg of a parasitic insect | 25 |
| Basketball tourney: Abbr. | 25 |
| Annual sports event | 19 |
| Annual hoops event, familiarly | 30 |
| Wit or pick preceder | 20 |
| Trivial criticism | 17 |
| Trifling fault | 14 |
| Thing to pick | 13 |
| Thing to be picked | 18 |
| Start to pick? | 14 |
| Something the picky pick? | 25 |
| Small grouse | 12 |
| Small beef | 10 |
| Picker's trivial concern? | 29 |
| Picker's intro | 18 |
| Oldest basketball tourney in the U.S. | 37 |
| N.Y.C. court tournament | 23 |
| Minor objection | 15 |
| Minor imperfection | 18 |
| Little thing to pick | 20 |
| Kind of wit or pick? | 20 |
| Complaint that's "picked" | 39 |
| College basketball tourney, for short | 37 |
| Coll. basketball tourney | 24 |
| Baby beef? | 10 |
| Annual coll. basketball competition | 35 |
| "Picked" complaint | 28 |
| ''Wit'' and ''pick'' lead-in | 60 |
| With picking, trivial fault-finding | 35 |
| Wit preceder | 12 |
| Wit and pick lead-in | 20 |
| What a picky person may pick | 28 |
| What a petty person may pick | 28 |
| Very minor point | 16 |
| Unit equal to one candela per square meter | 42 |
| Trivial point to pick | 21 |
| Trivial picking point | 21 |
| Trivial gripe | 13 |
| Tiny point to argue | 19 |
| Tiny peeve | 10 |
| Tiny gripe | 10 |
| Tiny criticism to "pick" | 34 |
| Tiny carp? | 10 |
| Tiny beef | 9 |
| Thing that's picked | 23 |
| Thing picked by a quibbler? | 27 |
| Start for "wit" or "picker" | 47 |
| Spring coll. tournament | 23 |
| Something to be picked | 22 |
| Something that's picked | 27 |
| Something small to pick | 23 |
| Small problem | 13 |
| Small point to criticize | 24 |
| Small gripe | 11 |
| Small criticism, slangily | 25 |
| Putative louse | 14 |
| Prelude to pick? | 16 |
| Postseason hoops competition, for short | 39 |
| Postseason contest, for short | 29 |
| Postseason coll. hoopsters' contest | 39 |
| Point trivially picked | 22 |
| Point to argue | 14 |
| Piddling point to pick | 22 |
| Picky problem | 13 |
| Picker's point | 18 |
| Picker's issue | 18 |
| Picker lead-in | 14 |
| Picked thing | 12 |
| Picked peeve | 12 |
| Picked beef? | 12 |
| Pick preceder | 13 |
| Pick or wit preceder | 20 |
| Pick or wit | 11 |
| Pick opening | 12 |
| Pick lead-in | 12 |
| Picayune point to pick | 22 |
| Pedantic quibble | 16 |
| Parasite's egg or young | 27 |
| Parasite's egg | 18 |
| Parasite egg | 12 |
| Oldest U.S. hoops contest | 25 |
| Oft-picked item | 15 |
| Niggling detail | 15 |
| Niggling criticism | 18 |
| N.Y.C. hoops contest | 20 |