| Feel remorse | 12 |
| Feel contrition | 15 |
| Contrite feeling | 16 |
| Feel contrite | 13 |
| Word in a famous Hale quote | 27 |
| Kick oneself over | 17 |
| Kick oneself for | 16 |
| Kick oneself | 12 |
| First filly to win the Kentucky Derby | 37 |
| Emulate Miss Otis | 17 |
| Tantric song they wish undone? | 30 |
| Sense of dissatisfaction | 24 |
| Rue the day | 11 |
| Rejection-slip word | 19 |
| Product of hindsight, sometimes | 31 |
| Penitent's feeling | 22 |
| Having "but one life to give for my country," to Hale | 63 |
| Have misgivings | 15 |
| Derby-winning filly: 1915 | 25 |
| Derby winner: 1915 | 18 |
| Be compunctious | 15 |
| Apology stimulus | 16 |
| Apology element | 15 |
| "What if" feeling | 27 |
| "To ___ deeply is to live afresh": Thoreau | 52 |
| "That I have but one life to lose for my country," to Hale | 68 |
| Feels remorse | 13 |
| Is sorry for | 12 |
| Rues | 4 |
| Brief turndown to an invitation | 31 |
| Terse R.S.V.P. | 14 |
| Invitation turndown | 19 |
| What Miss Otis does | 19 |
| Send ___ (refuse politely) | 26 |
| Rues the day | 12 |
| RSVP turndown | 13 |
| RSVP option | 11 |
| RSVP bad news | 13 |
| Possible RSVP reply | 19 |
| Porter's "Miss Otis ___" | 38 |
| Polite turndown of an invitation | 32 |
| Polite RSVP reply | 17 |
| Note declining an invitation | 28 |
| Negative RSVP | 13 |
| Has misgivings | 14 |
| "Sorry, I can't come" | 35 |
| "Miss Otis ___" | 25 |
| Rules, for short | 16 |
| Mil. units | 10 |
| Bylaws, in brief | 16 |
| Rules, briefly | 14 |
| Bylaws, briefly | 15 |
| Rules and ___ | 13 |
| Handbook list, briefly | 22 |
| Rules' partners, briefly | 28 |
| Rules: Abbr. | 12 |
| Rules, quickly | 14 |
| Regulations, for short | 22 |
| Military units: Abbr. | 21 |
| Bylaws, for short | 17 |
| Terrs. | 6 |
| Subs' superiors | 19 |
| Standards, briefly | 18 |
| Size category for shirts, briefly | 33 |
| Rules, shortly | 14 |
| Rules, informally | 17 |
| Rules, in brief | 15 |
| Rules partners, briefly | 23 |
| Rules partner, briefly | 22 |
| Rules partner | 13 |
| Rules of conduct for short | 27 |
| Rules and ___ (administrative law collection) | 45 |
| Regions of shifting sands | 25 |
| Parts of divs. | 14 |
| Parts of a div. | 15 |
| Partner of rules, slangily | 26 |
| Partner of rules, briefly | 25 |
| List of dos and don'ts, briefly | 35 |
| Laws, informally | 16 |
| Handbook info | 13 |
| Govt. rules | 11 |
| Governmental rules, for short | 29 |
| Directives, in brief | 20 |
| Conduct directors, for short | 28 |
| Cols.' commands | 19 |
| Brief bylaws | 12 |
| Grp. of battalions | 18 |
| Colonel's command (Abbr.) | 29 |
| Armory grp. | 11 |
| Colonel's command: Abbr. | 28 |
| U.S. Army unit | 14 |
| Soldiers' group: Abbr. | 26 |
| Mil. unit below a division | 26 |
| Mil. force | 10 |
| Inf. unit | 9 |
| Gp. of battalions | 17 |
| Colonel's div. | 18 |
| Battle gp. | 10 |
| Army unit (Abbr.) | 17 |
| Army gp. | 8 |