| Imprecatory remark | 18 |
| Good Scouts keep it | 19 |
| Electee's first act | 23 |
| Darn, for example | 17 |
| Curse or vow, e.g. | 18 |
| Courtroom ritual | 16 |
| Courtroom pledge | 16 |
| "Right hand on holy book" situation | 45 |
| "I do" preceder | 25 |
| "Egad!" or "Drat!" | 38 |
| "Drat!" is a mild one | 31 |
| "@#$%!," e.g. | 23 |
| 'I do,' e.g. | 20 |
| _____ of office | 15 |
| Zounds, e.g. | 12 |
| Words sworn | 11 |
| Witness' affirmation | 24 |
| Witness-stand pledge | 20 |
| What a winning candidate takes | 30 |
| What a senator must take | 24 |
| Vow; pledge | 11 |
| Under __ | 8 |
| Trial promise | 13 |
| Thing taken at an inauguration | 30 |
| The President took it | 21 |
| The Hippocratic ___ | 19 |
| Testimony prelude | 17 |
| Sworn word | 10 |
| Sworn statement from the witness stand | 38 |
| Sworn promise | 13 |
| Swearing-in utterance | 21 |
| Swearing-in ritual | 18 |
| Swearing-in recitation | 22 |
| Swearing-in formality | 21 |
| Swearing-in ceremony highlight | 30 |
| Swearing-in ceremony | 20 |
| Swearer's words? | 20 |
| Subject for a censor | 20 |
| Statement from the witness stand | 32 |
| Stand words | 11 |
| Something to bleep, maybe | 25 |
| Something taken on the stand | 28 |
| Something taken by a scout | 26 |
| Some people are under it | 24 |
| Solemn pronouncement | 20 |
| Scout's recitation | 22 |
| Sacred vow | 10 |
| Ritual promise | 14 |
| Reason to swear | 15 |
| Quadrennial White House administration | 38 |
| Promising Kiss song off "The Elder," with "The"? | 68 |
| Promise in court | 16 |
| Promise from one on the stand | 29 |
| Presidents pledge | 17 |
| Presidential pledge | 19 |
| Pledge of Allegiance, e.g. | 26 |
| Pledge at court | 15 |
| Officeholder's promise | 26 |
| Officeholder's initial promise | 34 |
| Naughty word | 12 |
| Minced words? | 13 |
| Mild swear | 10 |
| Means of showing earnestness | 28 |
| Manowar "The ___" | 27 |
| M.D.'s Hippocratic ___ | 26 |
| Loyalty ___ | 11 |
| Kiss song: "The ___" | 30 |
| Kiss song that makes a pledge (with "The")? | 53 |
| Juration | 8 |
| Juramentum | 10 |
| Judicial administration? | 24 |
| It's sworn at a swearing-in | 31 |
| It may be bleeped out | 21 |
| It follows "Repeat after me" | 38 |
| Irreverant uttering | 19 |
| Induction requirement, often | 28 |
| Inauguration feature | 20 |
| Inauguration detail | 19 |
| Inauguration Day words | 22 |
| Inauguration Day recitation | 27 |
| Inauguration Day pledge | 23 |
| Inauguration ceremony | 21 |
| Inaugural recitation | 20 |
| Inaugural pledge | 16 |
| Inaugural highlight | 19 |
| Inaugural feature | 17 |
| Hand-on-the-Bible vow | 21 |
| Hand-on-the-Bible utterance | 27 |
| Hand-on-Bible ritual | 20 |
| Gosh or golly | 13 |
| Gadzooks, for one | 17 |
| Gadzooks, e.g. | 14 |
| Four-letter word, aptly | 23 |
| Formal affirmation | 18 |
| Firm vow | 8 |
| Egad, for example | 17 |
| Egad or drat | 12 |
| Egad or dang | 12 |
| Drat! or Darn! | 14 |
| Deuce, for instance | 19 |