| Text | Length |
| Pussy-cat's partner | 23 |
| It gives a hoot, really | 23 |
| Flat-faced bird of prey | 23 |
| "Wise" hooter | 23 |
| "Whoo" caller | 23 |
| "Hooty," e.g. | 23 |
| Billie Holiday classic? | 23 |
| Chick that gives a hoot | 23 |
| They hardly give a hoot | 23 |
| Rowling mail deliverers | 23 |
| Avian symbols of wisdom | 23 |
| Wise ones, proverbially | 23 |
| They swoop down on mice | 23 |
| Solemn, nocturnal group | 23 |
| Nocturnal birds of prey | 23 |
| Impressive head-turners | 23 |
| Feathered mouse-hunters | 23 |
| Pay off the mortgage on | 23 |
| Dominate in competition | 23 |
| ___ goal (soccer error) | 23 |
| Outscores in every game | 23 |
| Expressions of distress | 23 |
| Cries from the woodshed | 23 |
| U-shaped part of a yoke | 23 |
| Bovine beasts of burden | 23 |
| Gaurs and aurochs, e.g. | 23 |
| Bullwhackers whack them | 23 |
| Yellow-and-white flower | 23 |
| Sunflowerlike perennial | 23 |
| Word after zinc or iron | 23 |
| Iron and zinc compounds | 23 |
| Compounds in rust, etc. | 23 |
| Useless tic-tac-toe row | 23 |
| Tic-tac-toe losing line | 23 |
| British beef cube brand | 23 |
| Nickname in the oil biz | 23 |
| Goal of deep breathing? | 23 |
| Light heavyweight, e.g. | 23 |
| Hell's Angels, e.g. | 23 |
| Guest host, for example | 23 |
| Deafening silence, e.g. | 23 |
| "___ Como Va" | 23 |
| Open hearings in courts | 23 |
| Popeye's love Olive | 23 |
| Thimble Theatre surname | 23 |
| "Popeye" name | 23 |
| Yiddish cries of dismay | 23 |
| Distressed exclamations | 23 |
| Hangtown fry ingredient | 23 |
| Pearl harborer, perhaps | 23 |
| Mother-of-pearl housing | 23 |
| Certain stew ingredient | 23 |
| Chesapeake Bay products | 23 |
| Comment from a kvetcher | 23 |
| "Oh brother!" | 23 |
| Boston Mountains locale | 23 |
| Shenyang-born conductor | 23 |
| Boston Symphony maestro | 23 |
| Layer with a hole in it | 23 |
| Upper atmospheric layer | 23 |
| Ultraviolet ray blocker | 23 |
| Gas in the stratosphere | 23 |
| Ultraviolet-ray blocker | 23 |
| Swimming-pool sanitizer | 23 |
| Layer in the atmosphere | 23 |
| Important type of layer | 23 |
| Certain atmospheric gas | 23 |
| Allotrope of element #8 | 23 |
| Harriet's TV spouse | 23 |
| Former TV host Jack ___ | 23 |
| Early late-night talker | 23 |
| Average talk-show host? | 23 |
| 1950s-'60s NBC host | 23 |
| Letters on beach lotion | 23 |
| Spanish painter Picasso | 23 |
| Owner of Lone Star Beer | 23 |
| Blue Ribbon beer brewer | 23 |
| 1893 blue-ribbon winner | 23 |
| Shoe worn inside a boot | 23 |
| MoveOn.org, e.g.: Abbr. | 23 |
| Lobbyist-employing org. | 23 |
| Cold-weather inner shoe | 23 |
| Busy election-year org. | 23 |
| "12" preceder | 23 |
| '-- -Man Fever' | 23 |
| Central American rodent | 23 |
| Expectant fathers do it | 23 |
| Auto racer's warmup | 23 |
| Horse in a harness race | 23 |
| Standardbred at Yonkers | 23 |
| Expectant father, often | 23 |
| Conseco Fieldhouse team | 23 |
| Meadowlands competitors | 23 |
| They're in the lead | 23 |
| Indiana basketball team | 23 |
| 'Scarface' star | 23 |
| Al with two Tony Awards | 23 |
| Do a pre-vacation chore | 23 |
| Group of wolves or lies | 23 |
| Fill one's suitcase | 23 |
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