| Performed the role of | 21 |
| Part of T.W.T.W. | 16 |
| Part of "TW 3" | 24 |
| Part of "T.W.T.W.T." | 30 |
| Once lived | 10 |
| No longer is | 12 |
| NFC East team on scoreboards | 28 |
| Looked up? | 10 |
| It ____ a Very Good Year | 24 |
| Is, in history? | 15 |
| Is past? | 8 |
| Had the quality of being | 24 |
| Formerly acted as | 17 |
| Existed once | 12 |
| Eighth word of "A Tale of Two Cities" | 47 |
| Did exist | 9 |
| Common word in history texts | 28 |
| Auxiliary of the past? | 22 |
| Ain't no more | 17 |
| "Who ___ that masked man?" | 36 |
| "Who ___ that lady . . . " | 36 |
| "Who __ that masked man?" | 35 |
| "When I ___ just a boy, ..." | 38 |
| "When I ___ a lad . . . " | 35 |
| "What ___ I thinking?" | 32 |
| "What ___ I saying?" | 30 |
| "What __ I thinking?" | 31 |
| "We ___ robbed!": Joe Jacobs | 38 |
| "Till There --- You" | 30 |
| "This ___ fun!" | 25 |
| "There once" follower | 31 |
| "There ___ an old woman ..." | 38 |
| "There ___ an old . . . " | 35 |
| "The Week That ___" | 29 |
| "The Nearly ___ Mine" | 31 |
| "That --- then, this ..." | 35 |
| "That --- no lady..." | 31 |
| "That ___ no lady ..." | 32 |
| "That ___ easy ..." | 29 |
| "That ___ close" | 26 |
| "That __ close" | 25 |
| "That __ close!" | 26 |
| "Since Hector ___ a pup" | 34 |
| "Papa ___ a Rollin' Stone" | 40 |
| "Kilroy __ here" | 26 |
| "It ___ a Very Good Year" | 35 |
| "It __ I": 1959 hit | 29 |
| "I ___ there!" | 24 |
| "First I __ afraid, I was petrified" | 46 |
| "Dark ___ the Night" (2009 hipster charity CD) | 56 |
| "At first I ___ afraid, I was petrified" | 50 |
| "As I ___ saying . . . " | 34 |
| "As I __ saying . . ." | 32 |
| "And the earth --- without form" | 42 |
| "And the earth ___ without form" | 42 |
| "And She ___" (Talking Heads tune) | 44 |
| "A Fool There ___" | 28 |
| "A fool there ___, and he . . . " | 43 |
| "... afraid, I ___ petrified" | 39 |
| ". . . flag ___ still there" | 38 |
| "___it a vision . . . ": Keats | 40 |
| "___ this the face . . . ?" | 37 |
| "___ it a vision . . . ?": Keats | 42 |
| "__ I dreaming?" | 26 |
| 'How -- I to know?' | 27 |
| ''Who __ that masked man?'' | 43 |
| ''That ___ no lady ...'' | 40 |
| ''Now, where __ I?'' | 36 |
| ''It ___ a Very Good Year'' | 43 |
| ''And the earth ___ without form'' | 50 |
| ''... flag ___ still there'' | 44 |
| "It ___ Very Good Year" | 33 |
| "Fuzzy Wuzzy ___ bear . . ." | 38 |
| Porter's "DuBarry ___ Lady" | 41 |
| Ice Cube's "It ___ Good Day" | 42 |
| "When I ___ lad" | 26 |
| "When I ___ lad . . . " | 33 |
| "When I __ kid ..." | 29 |
| "There ___ young..." (common limerick start) | 54 |
| "That ___ close one" | 30 |
| "That ___ close one!" | 31 |
| "Taffy ___ Welshman" | 30 |
| "Papa ___ Rollin' Stone" | 38 |
| "It --- Very Good Year" | 33 |
| "It __ Very Good Year" | 32 |
| "I ___ Teenage Werewolf" | 34 |
| "I __ Teenage Werewolf" | 33 |
| "Fuzzy Wuzzy ___..." | 30 |
| "Fuzzy Wuzzy ___ bear ..." | 36 |
| "Edie ___ lady" | 25 |
| 'There once --man from ...' | 35 |
| 'There once -- man from ...' | 36 |
| 'I -- Male War Bride' | 29 |
| Sushi bar condiment | 19 |
| Horseradish condiment | 21 |
| Sushi side | 10 |
| Japanese mustard | 16 |
| Horseradish relative | 20 |
| Condiment for sushi | 19 |
| Tangy green condiment | 21 |