| ''Once ___ a Mattress'' | 39 |
| ''. . . ___ a midnight dreary'' | 47 |
| ''___ my word'' | 31 |
| ___ reflection | 14 |
| Word with reflection or my word | 31 |
| Word in some British place names | 32 |
| Wish ___ a star | 15 |
| Well acquainted with | 20 |
| The Drifters' "___ the Roof" | 42 |
| Take ___ oneself | 16 |
| Supported by | 12 |
| Shortly following | 17 |
| Set ___: attack | 15 |
| Second word of fairy tale openings | 34 |
| Second word in many a fairy tale | 32 |
| Second word in "The Raven" | 36 |
| Seated atop | 11 |
| Read ___ (study) | 16 |
| Radiohead: "___ the Ladder" | 37 |
| Preposition in British place names | 34 |
| Passion Pit "Smile ___ Me" | 36 |
| Part of many British place names | 32 |
| One-___ (superior to) | 21 |
| Once ____ a time . . . | 22 |
| Once ___ a time | 15 |
| Nursery rhyme word | 18 |
| Knowledgeable of | 16 |
| Knowing, slangily | 17 |
| Just after | 10 |
| It Came ___ the Midnight Clear" | 36 |
| Has the latest info | 19 |
| Fully familiar with | 19 |
| Frequent follower of once | 25 |
| Frequent follower of "Once" | 37 |
| Follower of once? | 17 |
| Follower of here or there | 25 |
| First word said by a referee after reviewing a challenge, often | 63 |
| Drifters' "--- the Roof" | 38 |
| Drifters' "___ the Roof" | 38 |
| Drifters classic "___ the Roof" | 41 |
| Directly over | 13 |
| Directly above | 14 |
| Come ___ (find) | 15 |
| Chance --- (meet accidentally) | 30 |
| Chance _____ (meet accidentally) | 32 |
| Chance ___ (meet accidentally) | 30 |
| Brush ___ (review) | 18 |
| Browning's "Calydon ___ Setebos" | 46 |
| Broadway's "Once --- a Mattress" | 46 |
| Broadway's "Once ___ a Mattress" | 46 |
| Bone ___ (cram) | 15 |
| Between once and a time | 23 |
| Bedtime-story word | 18 |
| Bedtime-story intro word | 24 |
| Aware of, as the latest | 23 |
| Au courant about | 16 |
| At the very moment of | 21 |
| At the occasion of | 18 |
| At the moment of | 16 |
| Agreed ___ | 10 |
| "Once --- a time" | 27 |
| "Once --- a Mattress" | 31 |
| "Once ___ a Time" Tony Bennett | 40 |
| "Once ___ a Time" Smashing Pumpkins | 45 |
| "Once ___ a time" | 27 |
| "Once ___ a midnight dreary . . . " | 45 |
| "Once ___ a midnight . . . ": Poe | 43 |
| "Once __ a midnight dreary ..." | 41 |
| "Once __ a midnight ..." | 34 |
| "Once __ ..." | 23 |
| "It came ___ the midnight . . . " | 43 |
| "He wound ___ the wrong end of a gun" Allman Bros. lyric | 66 |
| "Don't give ___ us, baby" | 39 |
| "Climb ____ my knee, Sonny Boy ..." | 45 |
| "Climb ___ my knee . . . " | 36 |
| "... ___ a midnight dreary ..." | 41 |
| "... ___ a midnight ..." | 34 |
| "--- the Roof" (Drifters) | 35 |
| "--- my word!" | 24 |
| "--- futher review..." | 32 |
| "_____ the Roof" (1963 hit) | 37 |
| "___ the Roof" (1963 hit) | 35 |
| "___ the Roof" (1963 Drifters hit) | 44 |
| "___ the Roof" (1962-63 hit for the Drifters) | 55 |
| "___ the Roof," 1963 tune | 35 |
| "___ the Roof," 1962 song | 35 |
| "___ the housetop..." (Christmas lyric) | 49 |
| "___ my honor!" | 25 |
| "___ further reflection ..." | 38 |
| "___ Cripple Creek" (1969 hit for "The Band") | 65 |
| "__ the Roof" (Drifters song) | 39 |
| "__ further review . . ." | 35 |
| " . . . wish ___ a star" | 34 |
| " . . . and ___ this rock . . . " | 43 |
| " . . . alone ___ the house top": Psalm 102 | 53 |
| " . . . ___ a painted ocean": Coleridge | 49 |
| 'Once -- atime ...' | 27 |
| ''... ___ a midnight dreary'' | 45 |
| '-- further review ...' | 31 |
| ____ my word! | 13 |