| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| "Heavens!" | Family Time | 14 Feb 2021 |
| Quaint oath | The Sun Two Speed | 30 Jan 2021 |
| Expletive from aged Dicky | The Sun Two Speed | 30 Jan 2021 |
| 'Holy moly!' | New York Times | 25 Jan 2021 |
| "Zounds!" | Eugene Sheffer | 24 Dec 2020 |
| 'Wow!,' quaintly | New York Times | 18 Dec 2020 |
| Old-fashioned oath | Universal | 16 Dec 2020 |
| Wow! Red Guard oddly dismissed | The Telegraph Toughie | 11 Dec 2020 |
| Quaint cry of surprise | Wall Street Journal | 10 Nov 2020 |
| 'Good grief!' | The Washington Post | 27 Oct 2020 |
| "Good grief!" | LA Times Daily | 27 Oct 2020 |
| 'My word!' | USA Today | 16 Oct 2020 |
| My word once accepted by renegade | The Telegraph Toughie | 06 Oct 2020 |
| 'Zounds!' | The Washington Post | 25 Sep 2020 |
| Old-timey exclamation | Wall Street Journal | 18 Sep 2020 |
| 'My, my!' | New York Times | 11 Sep 2020 |
| Old-style "Holy smokes!" | Universal | 12 Aug 2020 |
| 'Omigosh!' | New York Times | 27 Jul 2020 |
| 'Jiminy cricket!' | The Washington Post | 10 Jul 2020 |
| "Jiminy cricket!" | LA Times Daily | 10 Jul 2020 |
| Mild curse | Canadiana | 22 Jun 2020 |
| Zounds! | Canadiana | 15 Jun 2020 |
| Archaic expression of surprise | The Times Concise | 02 Jun 2020 |
| “Zounds!” | Wall Street Journal | 30 May 2020 |
| "My goodness!" | LA Times Daily | 21 Apr 2020 |
| 'My goodness!' | The Washington Post | 21 Apr 2020 |
| Oh God, once | Canadiana | 20 Apr 2020 |
| Old-style ''Yikes!'' | Newsday | 12 Apr 2020 |
| 'By jove!' | Jonesin | 07 Apr 2020 |
| "Good heavens!" | Universal | 05 Apr 2020 |
| "By Jove!" | Universal | 21 Mar 2020 |
| Quaint ''Golly!'' | Newsday | 17 Mar 2020 |
| Old-style "Holy moly!" | Universal | 15 Mar 2020 |
| 'Oh my stars!' | USA Today | 14 Mar 2020 |
| Old-style oath | Newsday | 11 Mar 2020 |
| Quaint cry | Wall Street Journal | 05 Mar 2020 |
| "You're kidding!" | LA Times Daily | 14 Feb 2020 |
| 'You're kidding!' | The Washington Post | 14 Feb 2020 |
| Quaint complaint | Newsday | 09 Feb 2020 |
| "Zoinks!" | ||
| "Yikes!" | LA Times Daily | 19 Jan 2020 |
| 'Yikes!' | The Washington Post | 19 Jan 2020 |
| "Ods bodkins!" | Family Time | 13 Jan 2020 |
| "Omigosh!" | ||
| "Jiminy Christmas!" | ||
| 'Heavens to Murgatroyd!' | The Washington Post | 19 Dec 2019 |
| "Heavens to Murgatroyd!" | LA Times Daily | 19 Dec 2019 |
| Old-timey "Yikes!" | Universal | 17 Dec 2019 |
| ''Great Scott!'' | Newsday | 15 Dec 2019 |
| “Heavens to Betsy!” | Wall Street Journal | 25 Nov 2019 |
| "Great Scott!" | Universal | 18 Nov 2019 |
| 'By gosh!' | Jonesin | 12 Nov 2019 |
| "Good lord!" | Universal | 07 Nov 2019 |
| Archaic oath | Wall Street Journal | 07 Nov 2019 |
| "Holy smokes!" | Universal | 19 Sep 2019 |
| 'Good heavens!' | New York Times | 02 Sep 2019 |
| Quaint ''Oh my!'' | Newsday | 27 Aug 2019 |
| 'Jeepers' | The Washington Post | 03 Jul 2019 |
| "Jeepers" | LA Times Daily | 03 Jul 2019 |
| "Holy moly!" relative | Family Time | 23 Jun 2019 |
| 'Gracious!' | New York Times | 21 Jun 2019 |
| 'Holy Moses!' | The Washington Post Sunday | 16 Jun 2019 |
| 'Great Scott!' | The Washington Post | 14 Jun 2019 |
| "My stars!" | Universal | 07 Mar 2019 |
| Old oath | Newsday | 03 Mar 2019 |
| 'Good gravy!' | New York Times | 27 Feb 2019 |
| Oh god, politely | Canadiana | 07 Jan 2019 |
| "My word!" | ||
| "Gracious!" | ||
| "Good gravy!" | ||
| 'Yipes!' | New York Times | 26 Dec 2018 |
| Quaint 'Yikes!' | The Washington Post | 07 Dec 2018 |
| Quaint "Yikes!" | LA Times Daily | 07 Dec 2018 |
| Old-style 'Wow!' | The Washington Post | 30 Nov 2018 |
| Old-style "Wow!" | LA Times Daily | 30 Nov 2018 |
| 'Heavens!' | New York Times | 21 Oct 2018 |
| Relative of "What?!" | Universal | 28 Sep 2018 |
| Old-fashioned outburst | Newsday | 21 Sep 2018 |
| "Yikes!" kin | Universal | 17 Sep 2018 |
| 'Heavens to Betsy!' | Wall Street Journal | 17 Sep 2018 |
| Old-time oath | Newsday | 11 Sep 2018 |
| Mild expletive | Canadiana | 10 Sep 2018 |
| ''Holy moly!'' | Family Time | 09 Sep 2018 |
| "Holy moly!" | Family Time | 02 Sep 2018 |
| Victorian expletive | Jonesin | 21 Aug 2018 |
| 'Holy Toledo!' | New York Times | 07 Aug 2018 |
| Old "What!" | Universal | 17 Jun 2018 |
| "Good gravy!" kin | Universal | 16 Jun 2018 |
| "Bejabbers!" relative | Universal | 21 May 2018 |
| Watsonian exclamation | Jonesin | 03 Apr 2018 |
| Old-timey oath | Newsday | 11 Mar 2018 |
| 'My stars!' | New York Times | 04 Feb 2018 |
| "Bejabbers!" kin | Universal | 15 Jan 2018 |
| Quaint 'Holy moly!' | The Washington Post | 09 Jan 2018 |
| Quaint "Holy moly!" | LA Times Daily | 09 Jan 2018 |
| Posh exclamation | ||
| "Heavens to Betsy!" | ||
| "Yipes!" | ||
| "Holy Toledo!" | ||
| Sherlock Hemlock's catchphrase on 'Sesame Street' | Jonesin | 05 Dec 2017 |