| Text | Length |
| Tape player spec: Abbr. | 23 |
| Manuscript abbreviation | 23 |
| Decree by Hussein, e.g. | 23 |
| Payout to many retirees | 23 |
| Neighbor of Syria: Var. | 23 |
| Many a Mosul inhabitant | 23 |
| "Granted ..." | 23 |
| Jack Jones's mother | 23 |
| Crocus or freesia, e.g. | 23 |
| Like some avian plumage | 23 |
| Medicinal iris extracts | 23 |
| Metal in surgical tools | 23 |
| "My Wild ___" | 23 |
| Going against the grain | 23 |
| One using twisted humor | 23 |
| Tree for a hungry koala | 23 |
| Circus animal enclosure | 23 |
| Liquids used in perfume | 23 |
| Estate security feature | 23 |
| Mr. Ed being sarcastic? | 23 |
| Rule without exceptions | 23 |
| Rule with no exceptions | 23 |
| Medieval dungeon device | 23 |
| Mesabi Range excavation | 23 |
| Certain design transfer | 23 |
| Resolve, as differences | 23 |
| Totalitarian government | 23 |
| Blacksmith's output | 23 |
| Expose to UV waves, say | 23 |
| Van Heusen/Cahn classic | 23 |
| Self-aggrandizing boast | 23 |
| Discussion-ending words | 23 |
| Kind of oil from Africa | 23 |
| "The die ___" | 23 |
| Acts the apple polisher | 23 |
| Human or vocal follower | 23 |
| "__ kidding?" | 23 |
| Aesthete's question | 23 |
| Sharia law prohibition? | 23 |
| Madagascar, to a native | 23 |
| Home of the Blue Grotto | 23 |
| L. I. town near Babylon | 23 |
| City on Great South Bay | 23 |
| Molokai and Maui: Abbr. | 23 |
| "The end ___" | 23 |
| Part III of observation | 23 |
| Left for the day, maybe | 23 |
| Query for clarification | 23 |
| Rodgers and Hart ballad | 23 |
| "Nifty, huh?" | 23 |
| Common contraction: Pl. | 23 |
| Unprotected chess piece | 23 |
| Opposite of combinative | 23 |
| Dance of the woodlouse? | 23 |
| 1966 Charles Boyer film | 23 |
| TV show in the Mideast? | 23 |
| City on the Golden Horn | 23 |
| Vincent d'Indy opus | 23 |
| Admission of ineptitude | 23 |
| Bygone Honda CR-V rival | 23 |
| 'The battle --' | 23 |
| Roman "Roman" | 23 |
| Romance tongue, locally | 23 |
| Slant one's writing | 23 |
| Slanted type, for short | 23 |
| Catania citizens: Abbr. | 23 |
| "Try ___ see" | 23 |
| Put ___ (quit handling) | 23 |
| Do tax work, in Britain | 23 |
| One way to reduce taxes | 23 |
| People using Schedule A | 23 |
| Files a Schedule A, say | 23 |
| 'When will --?' | 23 |
| Start of January riddle | 23 |
| Start of second passage | 23 |
| Japanese admiral et al. | 23 |
| It never rains but ____ | 23 |
| Genie's affirmative | 23 |
| "Did my best" | 23 |
| "Easy as pie" | 23 |
| ...on Christmas morning | 23 |
| 1987 Pet Shop Boys song | 23 |
| Where -- (the hip spot) | 23 |
| "Last chance" | 23 |
| 1977 Linda Ronstadt hit | 23 |
| "__ die for!" | 23 |
| "___ die for" | 23 |
| Spanish pianist José | 23 |
| ___ Toguri (Tokyo Rose) | 23 |
| Sam Spade's admirer | 23 |
| Czech-born sports great | 23 |
| Joint tsar with Peter I | 23 |
| Joint czar with Peter I | 23 |
| "Not now ..." | 23 |
| Start of a Groucho quip | 23 |
| Parental advice, part 1 | 23 |
| Highlighted with vines? | 23 |
| Bit of I.C.U. equipment | 23 |
| 1957 hit for Perry Como | 23 |
| "You got me!" | 23 |
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