| Text | Length |
| Illinois senator Barack | 23 |
| Illinois junior senator | 23 |
| Romney's 2012 rival | 23 |
| President with a Grammy | 23 |
| Honolulu-born president | 23 |
| 2009 Nobel Prize winner | 23 |
| Honor bestowed by Eliz. | 23 |
| Kind of school for dogs | 23 |
| Old manuscript markings | 23 |
| Ancient reference marks | 23 |
| Noted Ohio conservatory | 23 |
| First U.S. coed college | 23 |
| Dietetically challenged | 23 |
| With a BMI 30 or higher | 23 |
| Opposite of wasted away | 23 |
| Endowed with embonpoint | 23 |
| Dramatically overweight | 23 |
| Calorically challenged? | 23 |
| "Do as I say" | 23 |
| Passe marriage vow word | 23 |
| Don't ask questions | 23 |
| Complied with a command | 23 |
| A geisha may tie one on | 23 |
| Cummerbund for a geisha | 23 |
| "Mikado" sash | 23 |
| ___-Wan (Guinness role) | 23 |
| Sash or African sorcery | 23 |
| Samurai's accessory | 23 |
| Nigerian ceremonial hut | 23 |
| Item tied in a drum bow | 23 |
| Geisha's waist wrap | 23 |
| Attire for M. Butterfly | 23 |
| A shogun may tie one on | 23 |
| "Shogun" sash | 23 |
| "Shogun" belt | 23 |
| Sam Shepard's award | 23 |
| Big Apple theater award | 23 |
| The Village Voice award | 23 |
| Benson of the Four Tops | 23 |
| Award for Eric Bogosian | 23 |
| Awards for Edward Albee | 23 |
| New York theater awards | 23 |
| Drama awards since 1955 | 23 |
| Awards for Tony Kushner | 23 |
| Geishas' adornments | 23 |
| Geishas often draw them | 23 |
| San Luis __, California | 23 |
| Brief notice in passing | 23 |
| Departure announcement? | 23 |
| Death notice, for short | 23 |
| A few words in passing? | 23 |
| Passing notice, briefly | 23 |
| Final notice, for short | 23 |
| Sad notice in the paper | 23 |
| Quick glimpse of a life | 23 |
| News section, for short | 23 |
| Last words, so to speak | 23 |
| Last "write"? | 23 |
| Last ``write''? | 23 |
| Item on blogofdeath.com | 23 |
| It often includes a bio | 23 |
| Brief passing comments? | 23 |
| Back-of-paper news item | 23 |
| Transitive vb. follower | 23 |
| Subj.'s counterpart | 23 |
| Do something as a favor | 23 |
| Like a stretched circle | 23 |
| Philharmonic instrument | 23 |
| Wind quintet instrument | 23 |
| High-pitched instrument | 23 |
| Reed section instrument | 23 |
| Conical-bore instrument | 23 |
| Orchestras tune to this | 23 |
| Orchestral pitch setter | 23 |
| Clarinet's relative | 23 |
| Woodwind quintet member | 23 |
| Slender wind instrument | 23 |
| Relative of the bassoon | 23 |
| Plaintive wind, perhaps | 23 |
| It's long and blown | 23 |
| It may be blown onstage | 23 |
| Cousin of a heckelphone | 23 |
| Cousin of a cor anglais | 23 |
| Clarinet's neighbor | 23 |
| Certain wind instrument | 23 |
| Certain reed instrument | 23 |
| Woodwind family members | 23 |
| Double-reeded woodwinds | 23 |
| They have conical bores | 23 |
| Shawm's descendants | 23 |
| Certain woodwind player | 23 |
| Woodwind section member | 23 |
| One among the woodwinds | 23 |
| Chamber ensemble player | 23 |
| Some Juilliard students | 23 |
| Ancient coins of Greece | 23 |
| Out-of-date, in a dict. | 23 |
| Out of date, in a dict. | 23 |
| Labor leaders, briefly? | 23 |
| Like some X-rated films | 23 |
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