| CCXL | Two hundred and forty two chapters... rather big! |
| TON | Two thousand two hundred and forty lb |
| ACRE | Four thousand eight hundred and forty square yards |
| SONIC | Oddly shown, witch flying at seven hundred and forty three mph! |
| SQMI | Six hundred and forty acres: Abbr. |
| WATT | One of about seven hundred and forty-five in one horsepower |
| GROSS | One hundred and forty-four |
| EVEN | Like two, twenty-two, and two hundred and twenty-two |
| CHAFFINCH | Two chapters about a very loud and popular bird (9) |
| RAIN | "And the ___ was upon the earth forty days and forty nights |
| RACCOON | American animal ran around two hundred and two ducks (7) |
| DESERTRAT | Soldier in the North African campaign (nineteen forty one to nineteen forty two) |
| CHOPLOGIC | Contentiously argue diary's written in Uto-Aztec in two chapters (4,5) |
| CCLEFS | Tone's set by these two chapters on self-destruction (1,5) |
| SIROCCO | Teacher loves to cover two chapters - it's just hot air (7) |
| AGESAND | At eight and nine, thirty and forty seems forever (4,3,4) |
| AGES | At eight and nine, thirty and forty seems forever (4,3,4) |
| LENTIL | Forty days of fasting and forty-nine with food (6) |
| BITTERN | A little bird and a rather big bird (7) |
| DUODECIMO | Two hundred and one in protest bound by the dozen (9) |
