| 2026-03-15 | Digressive remark |
| 2026-03-05 | Parenthetical remark |
| 2026-01-21 | Comment that breaks the fourth wall |
| 2025-11-04 | The half with the hit song, typically |
| 2025-09-10 | Remark to the audience |
| 2025-06-23 | Onstage comment to the audience |
| 2025-04-20 | One might start "Incidentally …" |
| 2024-12-22 | Way to be brushed or pulled |
| 2024-07-25 | Digression of sorts |
| 2024-07-14 | Comment that breaks the fourth wall |
| 2023-10-02 | Many a stage whisper |
| 2023-08-16 | "All kidding ___ …" |
| 2023-07-16 | Digression |
| 2023-07-04 | Apart (from) |
| 2023-04-27 | Digression |
| 2023-03-02 | Line at a theater, maybe |
| 2022-09-12 | Parenthetical comment |
| 2022-06-07 | Brief comment to an audience |
| 2022-05-18 | Performer's comment to the audience |
| 2022-03-02 | Line to the house |
| 2022-02-07 | Comment from a stage actor directly to the audience |
| 2022-01-18 | As an ___ (parenthetically) |
| 2021-12-27 | Parenthetical comment |
| 2021-12-24 | Many a confession on a theater stage |
| 2021-06-30 | Stage digression |
| 2021-06-17 | Words to the audience |
| 2020-10-23 | Dramatic device |
| 2020-09-29 | Apart (from) |
| 2020-02-22 | Digression |
| 2019-07-02 | Parenthetical comment |
| 2018-08-10 | One way to stand |
| 2018-05-31 | Out of the way |
| 2017-10-08 | Tangent line? |
| 2017-09-30 | Something bracketed |
| 2016-05-29 | Step ___ |
| 2016-04-29 | Fourth-wall breaker |
| 2015-08-23 | Digression |
| 2015-07-26 | Comment that might start with 96-Across |
| 2015-06-11 | Comment starting "By the way ..." |
| 2015-02-26 | Elvis's "What'd I Say" vis-à-vis "Viva Las Vegas" |
| 2015-02-22 | Brief digression |
| 2014-07-09 | Out of the way |
| 2013-11-09 | One way to stand |
| 2012-12-26 | Out of the way |
| 2012-11-21 | "Hey Jude" vis-à-vis "Revolution," e.g. |
| 2012-08-01 | In reserve |
| 2011-05-27 | Obiter dictum |
| 2011-01-11 | Most-played part of a 45 |
| 2010-12-28 | Comment to the audience |
| 2009-11-29 | "Don't Be Cruel" vis-à-vis "Hound Dog" |
| 2009-11-22 | Play byplay |
| 2008-10-20 | Parenthetical remark |
| 2008-03-06 | It might start "By the way ..." |
| 2007-12-16 | In reserve |
| 2007-05-13 | Private line |
| 2007-02-05 | In reserve |
| 2006-11-20 | Off the direct path |
| 2006-10-23 | Off the direct course |
| 2006-09-18 | Comment to the audience |
| 2005-11-11 | Bracketed material |
| 2005-07-26 | Stage mutter |
| 2005-03-30 | To the left or right |
| 2005-01-18 | Parenthetical comment |
| 2004-11-25 | Private lines |
| 2004-11-09 | Stage digression |
| 2004-06-01 | In reserve |
| 2004-02-29 | Parenthetical passage |
| 2004-01-19 | Actor's whisper |
| 2003-09-03 | "Oh, by the way" comment |
| 2003-05-14 | Line to the audience |
| 2002-12-05 | Out of the way |
| 2002-09-29 | It's not on the main 83-Across |
| 2002-06-11 | In reserve |
| 2002-05-27 | Parenthetical comment |
| 2002-03-19 | Line to the audience |
| 2001-12-19 | In reserve |
| 2001-12-10 | Set ___ (save) |
| 2001-12-09 | Parenthetical bit |
| 2001-10-11 | Comment off the main point |
| 2001-10-05 | Where a needle is usually put? |
| 2001-09-21 | Presley's "Don't," e.g., not "I Beg of You" |
| 2001-02-13 | Off from the center |
| 2001-01-31 | Half of a 45 |
| 2000-09-17 | Discourse detour |
| 2000-09-09 | It might be in parentheses |
| 2000-02-24 | In escrow |
| 2000-01-03 | Comment to the audience |
| 1999-10-17 | "All kidding ___..." |
| 1999-08-25 | LP half |
| 1998-12-20 | Top of a platter |
| 1998-11-27 | Private lines, perhaps |
| 1998-10-27 | Casual comment |
| 1998-09-26 | "Love Me Do" vis-à-vis "P.S. I Love You" |
| 1998-05-30 | "Stand ___!" |
| 1998-05-12 | "All kidding ___..." |
| 1998-04-15 | Stage comment |
| 1997-12-17 | In reserve |
| 1997-12-16 | "All kidding ___..." |
| 1997-11-11 | Much-played part of a 45 |
| 1997-09-03 | Words to no one in particular |
| 1997-08-10 | Digression |
| 1997-06-25 | "Penny Lane," not "Strawberry Fields Forever" |
| 1997-05-14 | Offhand remark |
| 1997-04-02 | Parenthetical comment |
| 1997-03-25 | Stage remark |
| 1997-02-05 | Words to an audience |
| 1996-12-08 | Song much played on the radio |
| 1996-10-05 | Monologue ad-lib |
| 1996-09-24 | Out of the way |
| 1996-09-22 | Digression |
| 1996-08-26 | Parenthetical remark |
| 1996-07-28 | Words never "heard" on stage |
| 1996-03-21 | Words to the audience |
| 1996-02-26 | All kidding___ |
| 1995-12-25 | "All kidding ____..." |
| 1995-12-04 | Parenthetical comment |
| 1995-10-12 | In a separate place |
| 1995-03-14 | Stage comment |
| 1995-01-13 | Parenthetical comment |
| 1994-12-27 | Stage mutter |
| 1994-12-21 | Stage comment |
| 1994-12-07 | Tangential remark |
| 1994-07-10 | Out of the way |
| 1994-02-28 | Stage whisper |
| 1993-12-19 | "All kidding ___ ..." |
| 1993-12-12 | Out of the way |