| VIVALAUGHLIN | Cancelled 2007 CBS dramedy that "comes close" to being "the worst show in the history of television, |
| TVHELL | 1990s BBC Two theme night that took a look at the worst shows ever broadcast (2,4) |
| RUBY | "Due to lack of interest tomorrow is cancelled", 2007 (4) |
| BOBBARKER | 1972-2007 CBS game show host: 2 wds. |
| SOCLE | Plain plinth comes close to being destroyed (5) |
| NEARS | Comes close to being under arrest, regularly (5) |
| LYING | Harry S Truman described Richard Nixon as, 'One of the few in the history of this country to run for high office talking out of both sides of his mouth at the same time and ... out of both side' |
| ANORA | The 30th Critics' Choice Awards were held on Friday in Santa Monica; Best Picture went unexpectedly to this dramedy that had failed to win any of the other six categories in which it was nominated |
| SNUGGLESUP | Comes close to love part of the bar that's great for uplifting function in backward place (8,2) |
| MARYROSE | The excavation of this ship was one of the most important in the history of marine archaeology. It was the most powerful of Henry VIII's warships, his pride and joy, and it was probably named after hi |
| TIGHT | Close to being the opposite of 13 (5) |
| NEAR | Close to being the central feature of fine arts |
| DRED | ___ Scott v. Sandford (1857 decision widely regarded as one of the worst in the history of the Supreme Court) |
| TIGHTEST | Very close to being the most drunk |
| ITALIAN | "...the pride taken by the ___ s in their gifted women is among the most important facts in the history of their Renaissance" -- Walter Shaw Sparrow (7) |
| CHRIS | Who is the only player to score two hundreds in the history of the tournament so far, the most by any player? (5) |
| THEODORA | Wife of Emperor Justinian I considered the most influential and powerful woman in the history of the Byzantine Empire |
| IWOJIMA | One of the bloodiest battles in the history of the U.S. Marine Corps (3,4) |
| ESTUARY | Here one comes close to the main form of English |
| OKCORRAL | The most famous gunfight in the history of the Old West took place at this site in Tombstone, Arizona (1,1,6) |
