| STIVES | Where, in the riddle, I was going to when I met a many with seven wives |
| MEMORY | Answer to the riddle "I form in an instant and last a lifetime. What am I?" |
| ASHIP | Answer to the riddle "I have one bow but no arrows. What am I?" |
| CANE | One of man's three legs, in the riddle of the Sphinx |
| SPYSTORY | Pick out point by British politician in The Riddle of the Sands, for instance (3,5) |
| AIMS | Intends to, when I am through (4) |
| IMPUTE | Attribute to, when I myself get put inside (6) |
| IVES | "As I was going to St ___, I met a man with seven wives" |
| MET | "As I was going to St. Ives, I ___ a man with seven wives ..." |
| UNTIL | Up to the time when I met Phil, a top salesman from Huntspill, I was unhappy (5) |
| META | "As I was going to St. Ives, I ___ man with seven wives..." |
| WAITRESS | "You were working as a ___ in a cocktail bar / when I met you" |
| RUDNER | Comic who said "I was going to have cosmetic surgery until I noticed that the doctor's office was full of portraits by Picasso." |
| ITEM | For a change, I met a couple in a relationship |
| MAN | "I met a ___ with seven wives ..." |
| GIRL | Bill from Hope at 2016 DNCinPhilly: "In the spring of 1971, I met a ___" |
| GETOFFOFMYQUESO | "You're standing on the burrito cheese I was going to use!"? |
| INERTIA | Inactivity observed when I met an alien in the rain |
| BALD | "I knew I was going ___ when it was taking longer and longer to wash my face": Harry Hill |
| EPITOME | Me! I met a poet who was a typical example (7) |
