- Was a kvetch
- Was a late riser
- Was a leadfoot
- Was a letter
- Was a little too fond
- Was a lookout for, perhaps
- Was a makeup artist?
- Was a marathoner
- Was a member
- Was a mentor to
- Was a mole
- Was a mole, perhaps
- Was a motor-mouth
- Was a motormouth
- Was a nag
- Was a neighbor of
- Was a noisy sleeper
- Was a nomad
- Was a nudnik
- Was a pain in the neck?
- Was a pain to
- Was a parasite
- Was a passenger
- Was a passenger on
- Was a piece of cake
- Was a pioneer
- Was a poor night watchman
- Was a porch pirate
- Was a precursor of
- Was a prelude
- Was a prelude (to)
- Was a proxy to
- Was a rat
- Was a rat fink
- Was a ratfink
- Was a real stinker
- Was a rebuker
- Was a retailer in
- Was a roast host, say
- Was a rocker?
- Was a rolling stone
- was a roughrider
- Was a rude member of the gallery
- Was a secret agent
- Was a sign of
- Was a slug
- Was a snitch
- Was a snoop
- Was a sore loser, say
- Was a sorry sort?
- Was a sound sleeper?
- Was a sounding board
- Was a spellbinder
- Was a star?
- Was a stoolie
- Was a straphanger
- Was a sub
- Was a sub at the office
- Was a substitute
- Was a success
- Was a successful 25-Across
- Was a tattletale
- Was a threat
- Was a threat or menace
- Was a threat to
- Was a trailblazer
- Was a trendsetter
- Was a tributary for
- Was a tributary of
- Was a true consumer
- Was a turkey
- Was a valedictorian, e.g.
- Was a visionary
- Was a wallflower
- Was a wanderer
- Was a wheelman for, say
- Was a whiz on a quiz
- Was a witness
- Was a yes-man
- was able
- Was able to
- Was able to acquire, informally
- Was able to answer on a test
- Was able to laugh at
- Was able to place
- Was able to reach
- was able to see the Holy Grail
- Was about to blow up
- Was about to fall over
- Was about to nod, maybe
- Was absent from
- Was absent, yet recast? Not Stan Laurel
- was absolutely obsessed with the girl
- Was absolutely sure
- Was absorbed in thought
- Was abundant
- Was acceptable
- Was acceptable to
- Was accepted
- Was accepted as a member
- Was accepted by
- Was accommodating
- Was acquainted with
- Was acquainted with an antelope?
- Was active at an auction
- Was addicted to
- Was adequate
- Was adjacent to
- Was admitted
- Was admitted to
- Was adventurous
- Was affected by
- Was affected by too heavy a weight, say
- Was afflicted with
- Was afoot
- Was afraid of losing
- Was against
- Was agitated
- Was ahead
- Was ahead in points
- Was ahead of everyone else
- Was ahead of the rest
- Was all over social media
- Was all smiles
- Was allowed to pay later
- Was almost out of stock
- Was amazed by, with "at"
- Was an accountant?
- was an actor
- Was an adorer
- was an agent for
- Was an agent, say
- Was an aggressive baserunner
- Was an awful night watchman
- Was an awful security guard
- Was an errant driver?
- Was an informant
- Was an obedient dog
- Was an obedient dog, in a way
- Was an obedient dog, perhaps
- Was an obedient doggie, in a way
- Was an omen of
- Was angry to the max
- Was angry, informally
- Was annoying to
- Was anti-weed?
- Was apparently lit
- Was appealing
- Was appealing?
- Was apprehensive of
- Was armed, in old-fashioned slang
- Was around
- Was arraigned
- Was artificially cooled, for short
- Was as good as
- Was aswarm
- Was at fault
- Was at one time, but ___ now
- Was at the Colosseum?
- Was at the forum?
- Was at the front
- Was at the helm
- Was atop
- Was atrocious
- Was attentive
- Was attractive (to)
- Was attractive?
- Was audibly impressed
- Was audibly pleased
- Was awarded
- Was aware
- Was aware of
- Was aware that doing something was bad
- Was awesome
- Was awful
- Was awful at the Improv
- Was awful, in slang
- Was babbling
- Was bad
- Was bankrupt, say
- Was barely heard
- Was beaten by
- Was bedbound
- Was begging for a citation
- Was behind
- Was behind a register, maybe
- Was behind in the match
- Was behind schedule
- Was behind the wheel
- Was behind, in a way
- Was beholden to
- Was belligerent
- Was benched
- Was benched, say
- Was beside
- Was best in the Olympics
- Was bested
- Was bested by
- Was biased
- Was bleeped on TV
- Was blessed with longtime good fortune
- Was blinding
- was blod
- was blue
- Was boiling mad
- Was boisterous
- Was bold
- Was bold enough
- Was boring, as a meeting
- was born Trajan Year conquered Dacia
- Was boss of
- Was bossy?
- Was bought
- Was brave enough
- Was Breathalyzed
- Was bright
- Was bright, as the sun
- Was brilliant
- Was brimming
- Was broad on the boards
- Was broadcast
- Was brought back out for airing
- Was bugged in winter?
- Was buoyant
- Was busy
- Was busy at a bee?
- Was canned
- Was capable of
- was capital of the Confederacy during the American Civil War
- was capital of the Spanish empire in the New World until the 19th century
- WAS carried
- Was carried by, as a bus
- Was certain
- Was certain of
- Was charitable
- Was charmed, with "out"
- Was charming?
- Was chauffeured
- Was checkmated
- Was chicken, say
- Was circumlocutory
- Was clad in
- Was close to failure
- Was clothed in
- Was cognizant of
- Was colossally bad
- Was compassionate
- Was compatible
- Was compelled
- Was completely exhausted