| Despot's first name | 23 |
| Deposed dictator ___ Amin | 25 |
| 1970s Ugandan president Amin | 28 |
| '70s dictator Amin | 22 |
| Ruler succeeded by Yusuf Lule | 29 |
| Former Ugandan strongman | 24 |
| Dictator ousted in 1979 | 23 |
| 70's-80's despot | 24 |
| "Look what ___!" | 26 |
| "___ it my way" | 25 |
| "What ___ For Love" | 29 |
| "__ it my way" | 24 |
| "Yes, ___ it" | 23 |
| "Whodunit?" answer | 28 |
| "What --- for Love" | 29 |
| "Look what __!" | 25 |
| "___ my duty" | 23 |
| 'Look what --!' | 23 |
| '-- not know that!' | 27 |
| "Hurray for me!" | 26 |
| "Hooray for me!" | 26 |
| "Yay for me!" | 23 |
| Words of self-congratulation | 28 |
| Shout of accomplishment | 23 |
| Dramatic courtroom confession | 29 |
| "It was me!" | 22 |
| "Finally, success!" | 29 |
| "Finally finished!" | 29 |
| 'Hooray for me!' | 24 |
| "Got it, man!" | 24 |
| "Yeah, man!" | 22 |
| "Gotcha, man" | 23 |
| "Got it, man" | 23 |
| "Got it, dude" | 24 |
| "Gotcha, dude!" | 25 |
| "Got it, bro" | 23 |
| Cat's "Gotcha" | 28 |
| Bygone "Got it" | 25 |
| "Yeah, brah" | 22 |
| "Yeah man, groovy" | 28 |
| "Understood, man" | 27 |
| "Understood, man!" | 28 |
| "Understood, dude" | 28 |
| "Loud and clear!" | 27 |
| "Gotcha, man!" | 24 |
| "Gotcha, daddy-o" | 27 |
| "Gotcha, brah" | 24 |
| "Got it, Daddy-o!" | 28 |
| "Copacetic, man" | 26 |
| '60s "Gotcha" | 27 |
| "Cool, dude" | 22 |
| Admission of a tangent | 22 |
| Picking out of a lineup | 23 |
| Prefix with -syncratic | 22 |
| One's own: Comb. form | 25 |
| Prefix meaning peculiar | 23 |
| One's own, for a starter | 28 |
| It means "peculiar" | 29 |
| "Syncratic" prefix | 28 |
| "Peculiar" starter | 28 |
| "Peculiar" prefix | 27 |
| Three Stooges specialty | 23 |
| Opposite of sheer genius | 24 |
| Opposite of brilliance | 22 |
| It doesn't make sense | 25 |
| "Talk turkey," e.g. | 29 |
| Translator's challenge | 26 |
| Translator's obstacle | 25 |
| Tough phrase for foreigners | 27 |
| Shoot the breeze, e.g. | 22 |
| Language learner's hurdle | 29 |
| Immigrant's hurdle | 22 |
| Going to the dogs, e.g. | 23 |
| Fly off the handle, e.g. | 24 |
| Down in the dumps, say | 22 |
| By hook or by crook, e.g. | 25 |
| Under the weather, e.g. | 23 |
| Philologist's interest | 26 |
| One concern of a grammarian | 27 |
| Non-literal expression | 22 |
| Native speaker's language | 29 |
| Many a long crossword entry | 27 |
| Kick the bucket, for example | 28 |
| Hard-to-translate phrase | 24 |
| Get one's goat, e.g. | 24 |
| For crying out loud, e.g. | 25 |
| Firing on all cylinders, e.g. | 29 |
| Down in the dumps, e.g. | 23 |
| "For one," for one | 28 |
| "Eat crow" is one | 27 |
| "Eat crow," e.g. | 26 |
| Translator's challenges | 27 |
| Tough phrases for foreigners | 28 |
| They're hard to translate | 29 |
| They trip up foreigners | 23 |
| Some dictionary entries | 23 |
| Hurdles for language learners | 29 |
| Clever turns of phrases | 23 |
| Word said with a head slap | 26 |
| Not exactly a brainiac | 22 |