| Text | Length |
| Momentary rest | 14 |
| Halt briefly | 12 |
| Function on a remote | 20 |
| Exercycle button | 16 |
| Comma, essentially | 18 |
| Comma connotation | 17 |
| Children's Hour, e.g. | 25 |
| Button marked with two vertical bars | 36 |
| || on a YouTube video | 21 |
| Took a break | 12 |
| Took five | 9 |
| Took a breather | 15 |
| Waited for the laughter to die down | 35 |
| Stopped briefly | 15 |
| Stopped the tape | 16 |
| Like some DVDs in DVD players | 29 |
| Didn't immediately go on | 28 |
| Didn't go on right away | 27 |
| Takes a breather | 16 |
| Short stops | 11 |
| Brief halts | 11 |
| They may be pregnant | 20 |
| Takes a moment | 14 |
| Stops the tape temporarily | 26 |
| Purposes of commas | 18 |
| Obeys a comma | 13 |
| Ers and ums | 11 |
| Dash results | 12 |
| Commas signal them | 18 |
| Brief respites | 14 |
| Breaks; rests | 13 |
| Stately old dance | 17 |
| Renaissance dance (Var.) | 24 |
| Court dance | 11 |
| 17th-century court dance | 24 |
| Stately old court dance | 23 |
| Old court dance | 15 |
| Minuet's kin | 16 |
| Dance of the 16th century | 25 |
| Court dance for two | 19 |
| 17th century court dance | 24 |
| Vocalist who gave his farewell performance at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin | 79 |
| Tourer with Carreras and Domingo | 32 |
| Singer noted for "Nessun Dorma" | 41 |
| Opera legend Luciano | 20 |
| One of "The Three Tenors" | 35 |
| Noted musical death of September 6, 2007 | 40 |
| Great Italian tenor of today | 28 |
| "King of the High C's" | 36 |
| Macadamize | 10 |
| Do road work | 12 |
| Do roadwork | 11 |
| Smooth, in a way | 16 |
| Work on the street | 18 |
| Do some roadwork | 16 |
| Work on the road | 16 |
| Make roads | 10 |
| Cover with concrete | 19 |
| Cover with asphalt | 18 |
| Cover some ground? | 18 |
| Put blacktop on | 15 |
| Apply asphalt | 13 |
| Prepare the way | 15 |
| Make way? | 9 |
| Install a sidewalk | 18 |
| Fix some potholes | 17 |
| Do a road job | 13 |
| Apply macadam to | 16 |
| Surface a road | 14 |
| Finish a drive? | 15 |
| Cover with stone, e.g. | 22 |
| Cover some ground | 17 |
| Cover a lot of ground? | 22 |
| ___ the way | 11 |
| Work on a road | 14 |
| Surface, in a way | 17 |
| Put down asphalt | 16 |
| Prepare, as the way | 19 |
| Make lots | 9 |
| Lay down Tarmac | 15 |
| Lay concrete | 12 |
| Lay asphalt | 11 |
| Improve a road | 14 |
| Finish the road | 15 |
| Do some road work | 17 |
| Do a cover-up job? | 18 |
| Cover with blacktop | 19 |
| Cover the road | 14 |
| Cover a road | 12 |
| Cobble, for example | 19 |
| Asphalt, e.g. | 13 |
| Apply blacktop to | 17 |
| ___ the way (lead) | 18 |
| Work with tar, perhaps | 22 |
| Work with tar | 13 |
| Work on potholes | 16 |
| Work on a roadway | 17 |
| Work on a lane | 14 |
| Type of gem setting | 19 |
| Turn into a parking lot | 23 |
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