| Text | Length |
| Went over time | 14 |
| Went long, as a sentence | 24 |
| Wasn't short | 16 |
| Was a motormouth | 16 |
| Talked too long | 15 |
| Talked heedlessly | 17 |
| Talked endlessly | 16 |
| Spoke nonstop | 13 |
| Prated | 6 |
| Overextended the sentence | 25 |
| Nattered ad nauseam | 19 |
| Nattered | 8 |
| Monopolized the conversation | 28 |
| Kept talking, and talking ... | 29 |
| Kept talking and talking and talking.... | 40 |
| Kept talking and talking | 24 |
| Kept going, like a grammatically incorrect sentence | 51 |
| Kept going and going and... | 27 |
| Just kept yakking | 17 |
| Hardly spoke tersely | 20 |
| Gabbed, gabbed, gabbed | 22 |
| Filibustered, say | 17 |
| Didn't stop talking | 23 |
| Didn't stop at the finish line? | 35 |
| Continued uninterruptedly | 25 |
| Continued tiresomely | 20 |
| Continued sans interruption | 27 |
| Blathered away | 14 |
| Blabbered | 9 |
| Became wearisome | 16 |
| Babbled ad nauseam | 18 |
| Emptied | 7 |
| Had none left | 13 |
| Became depleted | 15 |
| Were completely depleted | 24 |
| Wasn't renewed in time | 26 |
| Used something up | 17 |
| Sold all one's stock? | 25 |
| Lapsed, as a subscription | 25 |
| Used up the subs? | 17 |
| Completely tuckered out | 23 |
| Wore out | 8 |
| Disturbed the peace | 19 |
| Went crazy | 10 |
| Looted | 6 |
| Went amok | 9 |
| Grew profusely | 14 |
| Got out of control | 18 |
| Acted wildly | 12 |
| Also-___ (losers) | 17 |
| Also-__: losers | 15 |
| Also-___ (race losers) | 22 |
| Also ___ (losers) | 17 |
| Searched thoroughly | 19 |
| Went through vigorously | 23 |
| Rifled through | 14 |
| Turns inside out | 16 |
| Searches thoroughly | 19 |
| Rifles through | 14 |
| Pillages for loot | 17 |
| Hunts high and low | 18 |
| Kidnapper's demand | 22 |
| Deliverance | 11 |
| Pre-release demand | 18 |
| Buy back | 8 |
| O. Henry's "The ___ of Red Chief" | 47 |
| Return payment? | 15 |
| Kidnap demand | 13 |
| Abductor's demand | 21 |
| Release payment | 15 |
| Price of redemption | 19 |
| Price of freedom? | 17 |
| Poet John Crowe ___ | 19 |
| Kidnap cost | 11 |
| Forced fee for freedom | 22 |
| 1996 Mel Gibson film | 20 |
| Unfortunate price to pay | 24 |
| Suitcase contents, in some thrillers | 36 |
| Snatch money | 12 |
| Release price | 13 |
| Redemption price | 16 |
| Redeem the hard way | 19 |
| Rate of return? | 15 |
| Purchase release | 16 |
| Price for Red Chief | 19 |
| Pirate's demand | 19 |
| Payoff of a sort | 16 |
| Payment for release | 19 |
| Novel by Jay McInerney | 22 |
| Money of exchange | 17 |
| Money left at a secret location, maybe | 38 |
| Money in the bag, maybe | 23 |
| Money for a person | 18 |
| King's _____ | 16 |
| King's ___ (large amount of money) | 38 |
| King's __ (much money) | 26 |
| King's __ (large amount of money) | 37 |
| King's __ | 13 |
| Kidnapper's objective | 25 |
| Kidnapper's concern | 23 |
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