| Text | Length |
| A dime a minute, etc. | 21 |
| $25/hour and the like | 21 |
| Basil with a magnifying glass | 29 |
| Longtime Holmes portrayer | 25 |
| Basil who played Sherlock Holmes | 32 |
| Actor Basil | 11 |
| 1940's Holmes player | 24 |
| Newsman Dan | 11 |
| Preference word | 15 |
| Newscaster Dan | 14 |
| Yes, indeed | 11 |
| Prefer to | 9 |
| Cronkite successor | 18 |
| TV's Dan | 12 |
| TV news name | 12 |
| To the contrary | 15 |
| Somewhat, Dan | 13 |
| Schieffer's predecessor | 27 |
| Rival of Brokaw | 15 |
| More readily | 12 |
| Manchester Orchestra "I'd ___ Have" | 49 |
| Former Brokaw rival | 19 |
| Dan from Wharton, Texas | 23 |
| Dan ___ likes TV news | 21 |
| Chung's partner | 19 |
| Chung's co-anchor | 21 |
| Brit's accented reply | 25 |
| Anchorman Dan | 13 |
| A rival of Jennings | 19 |
| A Brokaw rival | 14 |
| "I'd ___ be right . . . " | 39 |
| Filthy quarters | 15 |
| No place for a neatnik | 22 |
| Squalid environment | 19 |
| Small, nasty home | 17 |
| Seedy hotel room | 16 |
| Not a great place to live | 25 |
| Ignoble digs | 12 |
| Filthy dwelling | 15 |
| $500 apartment near the Loop, probably | 38 |
| Confirm with a vote, e.g. | 25 |
| Confirm with a vote | 19 |
| Approve, as a law | 17 |
| G, for one | 10 |
| TV producer's concern | 25 |
| Reviewer's decision | 23 |
| R or X | 6 |
| PG-13, e.g. | 11 |
| Number of stars, perhaps | 24 |
| TV-MA, e.g. | 11 |
| TV statistic | 12 |
| TV guide? | 9 |
| R, e.g. | 7 |
| PG-13, for one | 14 |
| PG or X | 7 |
| PG or R | 7 |
| Nielsen number | 14 |
| Half a star, maybe | 18 |
| G's opposite | 16 |
| G or R | 6 |
| AU ___ POTATOES | 15 |
| Nielsen stats | 13 |
| Nielsen output | 14 |
| Film stars? | 11 |
| TV producers' concerns | 26 |
| TV network's concern | 24 |
| TV measurement? | 15 |
| TV guides, nowadays | 19 |
| Sweeps Week concern | 19 |
| Super Bowl stats that are usually high | 38 |
| Network concern | 15 |
| Media measurements | 18 |
| G and R | 7 |
| Mathematical comparison | 23 |
| Math comparison | 15 |
| Pi, for one | 11 |
| Sine or cosine | 14 |
| Math proportion | 15 |
| Ten-to-one, e.g. | 16 |
| Price-to-earnings, for one | 26 |
| Batting average, e.g. | 21 |
| Pi, for instance | 16 |
| Numerical comparison | 20 |
| Fixed relation | 14 |
| Price/earnings, for one | 23 |
| Mathematical proportion | 23 |
| It has a colon in the middle | 28 |
| Sine, cosine or tangent | 23 |
| Sine or tangent, e.g. | 21 |
| Sine or cosine, e.g. | 20 |
| Pi, for example | 15 |
| One to one, e.g. | 16 |
| Mathematical relationship | 25 |
| It may be denoted by a colon | 28 |
| IQ, e.g. | 8 |
| Betting odds, e.g. | 18 |
| 3:1 or 7:2, e.g. | 16 |
| 1:10, for one | 13 |
| Two-to-one, for one | 19 |
| Three to one, e.g. | 18 |
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