| Party choice | 12 |
| One who is honored and hopeful | 30 |
| One on a slate | 14 |
| Name on a slate | 15 |
| Convention VIP | 14 |
| Slate part | 10 |
| Slate entry | 11 |
| Potential vote-getter | 21 |
| Party's chosen candidate | 28 |
| Oscar night hopeful | 19 |
| Oscar contender, e.g. | 21 |
| One running for office | 22 |
| Name on a ticket | 16 |
| Name on a ballot | 16 |
| Name in an envelope | 19 |
| Humphrey in '68 | 19 |
| Hopeful campaigner | 18 |
| Excited Oscars attendee | 23 |
| Convention's choice | 23 |
| Convention choice | 17 |
| Choice of a political party | 27 |
| Pitcher Hideo | 13 |
| Hurler Hideo | 12 |
| Baseball's Hideo | 20 |
| 1995 N.L. Rookie of the Year | 28 |
| 1995 Dodger phenom Hideo | 24 |
| Pitcher nicknamed "Tornado" | 37 |
| Pitcher Hideo ___ | 17 |
| Pitcher from Japan | 18 |
| Baseball's Hideo ___ | 24 |
| 1995 Dodgers pitching phenom Hideo | 34 |
| Pitcher who was the 1995 N.L. Rookie of the Year | 48 |
| Pitcher nicknamed "The Tornado" who threw no-hitters in 1996 and 2001 | 79 |
| Osaka-born pitcher | 18 |
| Only Japanese MLB player to pitch a no-hitter (he had two) | 58 |
| Major-leaguer from Osaka who threw two no-hitters | 49 |
| Japanese pitcher Hideo with two no-hitters | 42 |
| Hideo, Major League Baseball's winningest Japanese pitcher | 62 |
| Hideo with two career no-hitters | 32 |
| Hideo who threw two no-hitters | 30 |
| Hideo of baseball | 17 |
| Former hurler Hideo | 19 |
| Dodgers pitcher Hideo | 21 |
| Dodger phenom Hideo | 19 |
| Dodger hurler Hideo | 19 |
| Ace who threw the first no-hitter at Denver's Coors Field in 1996 | 69 |
| 1995 NL Rookie of the Year | 26 |
| 1995 National League Rookie of the Year | 39 |
| "It Ain't Gonna Rain ---" | 39 |
| "It Ain't Gonna Rain ___" | 39 |
| "It Ain't Gonna Rain ___," 1923 song | 50 |
| "All done!" | 21 |
| "I've had enough!" | 32 |
| 'Enough!' | 17 |
| Ruark's "Poor ___" | 32 |
| "That'll do" | 26 |
| "--- Mr. Nice Guy!" | 29 |
| Words before ''Mr. Nice Guy!'' | 46 |
| Introduction to Mr. Nice Guy? | 29 |
| Introduction to Mr. Nice Guy | 28 |
| ENOUGH! | 7 |
| "I've had enough" | 31 |
| ''Enough!'' | 27 |
| Words with "Mr. Nice Guy!" | 36 |
| Words before Mr. Nice Guy | 25 |
| Not any longer | 14 |
| N. Coward's "Sigh ___" | 36 |
| Muddy Waters "Trouble ___" | 36 |
| "Weep ___, my lady" | 29 |
| "Weep ___, my lady . . . " | 36 |
| "Weep ___, . . . " | 28 |
| "To die: to sleep,/___": Hamlet | 41 |
| "Never again!" | 24 |
| "Make it stop!" | 25 |
| "I'm fed up!" | 27 |
| "I ain't gonna study war ___" | 43 |
| 'That's enough!' | 28 |
| ''Never again!'' | 32 |
| ''I've had enough!'' | 40 |
| Strategy-change declaration | 27 |
| Glover self-help book for conflict-avoiding men | 47 |
| Emigrant from a city of southern France? | 40 |
| Description of a man who isn't a Riviera city dweller any longer? | 69 |
| 1973 Alice Cooper song | 22 |
| "Getting serious now" change-of-strategy comment | 58 |
| "Hands down!" | 23 |
| Nice handles? | 13 |
| ___ de plume (pen names) | 24 |
| Henri et Pierre | 15 |
| Pierre, François, etc. | 25 |
| Paris names | 11 |
| Nice names | 10 |
| Names, in Paris | 15 |
| Names, in Nancy | 15 |
| Munches on, like an LOLcat | 26 |
| Marseilles monikers | 19 |
| Jules et Jim, par exemple | 25 |
| Jules et Jim, e.g. | 18 |
| Jules "et" Jim | 24 |
| Jacques et Pierre, par exemple | 30 |