100% | OED | 3 | Ref. whose first edition took decades to complete |
94% | OED | 3 | Ref. work whose first edition took decades to complete |
85% | OED | 3 | Reference work whose first edition took decades to complete (Abbr.) |
63% | OED | 3 | Reference work whose first ed. took decades to complete |
50% | OED | 3 | Publication whose first ed. took more than 70 years to complete |
40% | OED | 3 | Ref. whose second edition was dedicated to Queen Elizabeth II |
38% | OED | 3 | Ref. work that took 70 years to complete |
36% | OLD | 3 | What it takes decades to grow |
36% | OLD | 3 | It takes decades to grow this? |
34% | OED | 3 | Ref. work that took more than 70 years to complete |
34% | MOBYDICK | 8 | Novel whose first chapter is preceded by eighty epigraphs, none of which ought to be taken as “veritable gospel cetology,” per the author |
33% | OED | 3 | British ref. work that took 70 years to complete |
32% | YEAR | 4 | It takes months to complete |
32% | MONTH | 5 | It takes weeks to complete |
31% | TYLER | 5 | First president to take office by succession |
30% | THESES | 6 | Papers that take years to complete |
30% | AGEONE | 6 | Time to take first steps, maybe |
30% | LILWAYNE | 8 | Rapper whose first single to reach #1 was "Lollipop" (2 wds.) |
30% | PANAM | 5 | Bygone airline whose first flight was from Key West to Havana |
30% | OED | 3 | Book whose first vol. covered A to Ant |
30% | JOCKJAMS | 8 | Compilation-album series whose first edition included "Whoomp! (There It Is)" and "Y.M.C.A." |
30% | LEVEL | 5 | Students take First Lady to be equal |
30% | DEBUT | 5 | Obligation to take turn in first appearance |
30% | BASEPATH | 8 | What takes someone from first to second |
29% | NADAL | 5 | First man to complete tennis's Surface Slam |
29% | CYCLETIME | 9 | Period taken to complete one phase |
29% | ACTION | 6 | Step taken to complete a goal |
29% | POISON | 6 | 1980s hair band whose first Top 20 hit was "Talk Dirty to Me" |
29% | PANAMA | 6 | First airline to complete a round-the-world flight |
29% | FRANZ | 5 | Ferdinand whose death led to the First World War |