| Snare of a sort | 15 |
| Snare for a steer | 17 |
| Slipknot formation | 18 |
| Rustler's wear | 18 |
| Rustler's neckwear | 22 |
| Rustler's neckpiece | 23 |
| Rustler's dread | 19 |
| Rustler's comeuppance | 25 |
| Running bowline, essentially | 28 |
| Running bowline, e.g. | 21 |
| Roundup loop | 12 |
| Rope's end, maybe | 21 |
| Rope slipknot | 13 |
| Rodeo essential | 15 |
| Riata part | 10 |
| Riata end perhaps | 18 |
| Prop for many a western | 23 |
| Potentially deadly loop | 23 |
| Posse's gear | 16 |
| Perfect Circle song that chokes you up (with "The")? | 62 |
| Part of a lariat | 16 |
| Opening of "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"? | 57 |
| One of Grafton's novel keywords | 35 |
| Old Western choker | 18 |
| Old West "necktie" | 28 |
| Oater "necktie" | 25 |
| Not the best thing to have at the end of one's rope | 55 |
| Necktie party item | 18 |
| Necktie of old West | 19 |
| Loop you prefer to be out of | 28 |
| Loop with a slipknot | 20 |
| Loop with a running knot | 24 |
| Loop of rope | 12 |
| Loop it's best to be out of | 31 |
| Loop in old Westerns | 20 |
| Loop for Capt. Lynch | 20 |
| Loop at the end of a rope | 25 |
| Loop and running knot | 21 |
| Lasso's loop | 16 |
| Lasso, basically | 16 |
| Lariat, essentially | 19 |
| Lariat knot | 11 |
| Lariat component | 16 |
| Knotted rope | 12 |
| Knotted loop | 12 |
| Kind of loop | 12 |
| John Brown's bane | 21 |
| Jed Cooper was rescued from one in "Hang 'Em High" | 64 |
| Item for men who are out to lynch | 33 |
| It's seen on a gallows | 26 |
| It may be left hanging | 22 |
| It could be at the end of one's rope | 40 |
| Image on a poster for Eastwood's "Hang 'Em High" | 66 |
| Hoss thief's neckpiece | 26 |
| Headstall's kin | 19 |
| Hangman's tool | 18 |
| Hangman's symbol | 20 |
| Hangman's prop | 18 |
| Hangman's gear | 18 |
| Hangman's drapery | 21 |
| Hanging need | 12 |
| Halter feature | 14 |
| Gibbet's adjunct | 20 |
| Gear for a horse thief | 22 |
| Featured item in a necktie party | 32 |
| Feature of a lariat | 19 |
| Fagin's end | 15 |
| End of one's rope | 21 |
| End of a lariat | 15 |
| Cowpoke's loop | 18 |
| Choking Offspring song (with "The")? | 46 |
| Cause of a pain in the neck | 27 |
| Cattle roper's need | 23 |
| Calf grabber | 12 |
| Black Rebel Motorcycle Club's is "Sympathetic" | 60 |
| “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” item | 48 |
| "Out-to-lynch" item | 29 |
| "No ___ is good news" (desperado's slogan) | 56 |
| "No ___ is good news" (bandit's motto) | 52 |
| "Necktie" | 19 |
| "I won't let you choke on the ___ around your neck" | 65 |
| Lassos | 6 |
| Rope loops | 10 |
| Hangmen's needs | 19 |
| Lasso parts | 11 |
| Gallows sights | 14 |
| Lariat loops | 12 |
| Hangman's loops | 19 |
| Gallows loops | 13 |
| Western loops? | 14 |
| Some snares | 11 |
| Snare parts | 11 |
| Slipknot loops | 14 |
| Rodeo loops | 11 |
| Old Wild Western warnings | 25 |
| Loops with running knots | 24 |
| Lasso loops | 11 |
| Hangmen's tools | 19 |
| Hangmen's ropes | 19 |
| Hangmen's loops | 19 |