| TMZSPORTS | News source that broke the Donald Sterling story |
| DRUDGEREPORT | Internet news source that was the first to break the Clinton/Lewinsky story |
| TASS | News source that covered Sputnik |
| NBA | Sports group that banned owner Donald Sterling for life: Abbr. |
| ONEILL | Ed who plays Donald Sterling in the miniseries "Clipped" |
| LASTSTRAW | Could this have been the one that broke the camel's back? No, this was the one that was unbearable ( |
| ONETOOMANY | The straw that broke the camel's back gave the drinker a headache (3,3,4) |
| CHICKEN | 2025 Jack Black track that broke the record for the shortest song ever to make the UK Top 40 Chart (6,4,7) |
| STEVESLAVA | 2025 Jack Black track that broke the record for the shortest song ever to make the UK Top 40 Chart (6,4,7) |
| GLOBE | Newspaper that broke the Paxson story |
| BAA | Sound that broke the silence of the lambs? |
| DEERE | Inventor of the "plow that broke the Plains" |
| STRAW | The last _ that broke the camel's back (5) |
| BACK | The straw that broke the camel's ____ |
| CHAFF | To mock could be the straw that broke the camel's back (5) |
| ERAS | "Taylor Swift: The ___ Tour" (movie that broke the record for highest-grossing concert film shortly after its release, in October, 2023) |
| BREAKINGPOINT | Straw that broke the camel's back |
| BITE | Guided by Voices song that broke the skin? |
| PROVERBIALSTRAW | Item that broke the camel's back |
| THRUST | ___ SSC, car driven by Andy Green that broke the sound barrier on land in 1997 (6) |
