| Rub the wrong way | 17 |
| Grate | 5 |
| Erode | 5 |
| Wear down | 9 |
| Scrape | 6 |
| Excoriate | 9 |
| Chafe | 5 |
| Rub off | 7 |
| Rub | 3 |
| Irritate by rubbing | 19 |
| Scrape off | 10 |
| Scrape roughly | 14 |
| Rub the wrong way? | 18 |
| Wear by rubbing | 15 |
| Rub down | 8 |
| Rub away | 8 |
| Roughen | 7 |
| Use sandpaper | 13 |
| Use a rasp on | 13 |
| Use a pumice stone | 18 |
| Wear roughly | 12 |
| Wear off | 8 |
| Use a file, e.g. | 16 |
| Get grating | 11 |
| What a beard might do | 21 |
| Wear off by scraping | 20 |
| Use sandpaper on, say | 21 |
| Use emery on | 12 |
| Use emery cloth | 15 |
| Use emery | 9 |
| Use a rasp | 10 |
| Scour, e.g. | 11 |
| Scour a surface | 15 |
| Sandpaper | 9 |
| Rub with a rasp | 15 |
| Rub harshly against | 19 |
| Irritates | 9 |
| Bothers | 7 |
| Rubs the wrong way | 18 |
| Wears away | 10 |
| Wears | 5 |
| Chafes | 6 |
| Grates | 6 |
| Files | 5 |
| Scrapes | 7 |
| Rubs | 4 |
| Sandpapers | 10 |
| Wears off | 9 |
| Scuffs | 6 |
| Scrapes off | 11 |
| Scrapes away | 12 |
| Sands, e.g. | 11 |
| Biblical patriarch | 18 |
| Isaac's father | 18 |
| He had a Lot to contend with | 28 |
| Father of Isaac | 15 |
| Promised Land promisee | 22 |
| Patriarch of Judaism | 20 |
| Oscar winner for "Amadeus" | 36 |
| Uncle of Lot | 12 |
| Quebec's Plains of ___ | 26 |
| Presidential first name that comes from Genesis | 47 |
| Name thought to mean "father of many" | 47 |
| Name that means "father of many" | 42 |
| Lot's uncle | 15 |
| Leader of an ancient tribe | 26 |
| Jefferson's 1860's opposite | 35 |
| Ishmael's father | 20 |
| Father of Judaism | 17 |
| Father of Ishmael | 17 |
| F. Murray of "Amadeus" | 32 |
| F. Murray ____ | 14 |
| Covenant recipient (Gen. 17:9) | 30 |
| Biblical name meaning "father of many" | 48 |
| 1860s Jefferson contemporary | 28 |
| "The Rail Splitter" | 29 |
| "Amadeus" star, 1984 | 30 |
| '--, Martin and John' | 29 |
| Biblical pair | 13 |
| U.S. president, 1861-1865 | 25 |
| U.S. president, 1861 to 1865 | 28 |
| His picture is in many wallets | 30 |
| Five-dollar-bill president | 26 |
| War-era president | 17 |
| The Great Emancipator | 21 |
| Subject of Copland's "Portrait" | 45 |
| Notable born 2/12/1809 | 22 |
| North leader | 12 |
| His first capital was Springfield | 33 |
| First Republican President | 26 |
| A U.S. president | 16 |
| ==}:?]] | 7 |
| "Hot Shots!" director | 31 |
| ___ bosom (heaven) | 18 |
| Presidential middle name | 24 |
| Garfield's middle name | 26 |
| Genesis patriarch | 17 |
| Norm of "This Old House" | 34 |
| President Garfield's middle name | 36 |
| James ___ Garfield | 18 |