| Not flexible | 12 |
| Like some rules | 15 |
| Unwilling to compromise | 23 |
| Scrupulously exact | 18 |
| Not pliant | 10 |
| Like drumstick | 14 |
| Kind of airship | 15 |
| Infrangible | 11 |
| Fixed in position | 17 |
| Verdi work about a hunchback jester | 35 |
| Operatic jester | 15 |
| Opera set in Mantua | 19 |
| Opera based on Victor Hugo's "Le roi s'amuse" | 63 |
| Opera about a hunchbacked jester | 32 |
| Hunchbacked jester of the Duke of Mantua | 40 |
| Gilda's father, in opera | 28 |
| Severity | 8 |
| Strictness | 10 |
| Austerity | 9 |
| Harshness | 9 |
| Inflexibility | 13 |
| Extreme hardship | 16 |
| Stiffness | 9 |
| Lack of laxness | 15 |
| Extreme severity | 16 |
| Stringency | 10 |
| Exactitude | 10 |
| Excessive sternness | 19 |
| Strict precision | 16 |
| Laxity's opposite | 21 |
| It's hard to endure | 23 |
| Boot camp experience | 20 |
| Severity, as of rules | 21 |
| Severeness | 10 |
| Scrupulousness | 14 |
| Ordeal's quality | 20 |
| No-nonsense nature | 18 |
| Martinet's quality | 22 |
| Martinet's imposition | 25 |
| Lack of flexibility | 19 |
| Intellectual precision | 22 |
| Inexorability | 13 |
| Demanding standard | 18 |
| Careful scrutiny | 16 |
| _____ mortis | 12 |
| ___ mortis | 10 |
| Difficulties | 12 |
| Harsh conditions | 16 |
| Tough circumstances | 19 |
| These cause tough going | 23 |
| Severities | 10 |
| Harsh circumstances | 19 |
| Hard conditions | 15 |
| Extremities of cold, etc. | 25 |
| Conditions of severity | 22 |
| Manipulates | 11 |
| Highway weigh station targets | 29 |
| Big trucks | 10 |
| 18-wheelers | 11 |
| Tractor-trailers | 16 |
| Highway haulers | 15 |
| Eighteen-wheelers | 17 |
| Fixes, as a fight | 17 |
| Some trucks | 11 |
| Semis | 5 |
| Fixes, as an election | 21 |
| Tampers with | 12 |
| Fixes, as a carnival game | 25 |
| Fixes illegally | 15 |
| Trucks | 6 |
| Fixes dishonestly | 17 |
| Manipulates, as a carnival game | 31 |
| Convoy components | 17 |
| Truck stop stoppers | 19 |
| They're in it for the long haul | 35 |
| Manipulates, as prices | 22 |
| Makes unfair | 12 |
| "Arranges" a prize fight | 34 |
| Tractor trailers | 16 |
| Throws together | 15 |
| Predetermines the outcome | 25 |
| Manipulates the outcome of a contest | 36 |
| Fixes, as election results | 26 |
| Convoy lineup | 13 |
| Arranges, as a prize fight | 26 |
| Arranges the outcome | 20 |
| Arranges a prize fight? | 23 |
| Villainously contrives | 22 |
| Truckers' trucks | 20 |
| Truckers' outfits | 21 |
| Teamsters' vehicles | 23 |
| Sets up, as a title match? | 26 |
| Puts up sails | 13 |
| Puts in proper order, nautically | 32 |
| Prearranges illegally | 21 |
| Pre-fixes | 9 |
| Pre-arranges the outcome | 24 |
| Oil apparatuses | 15 |
| Manipulates, as an election | 27 |
| Manipulates the outcome | 23 |