| Bookworm, in slang | 18 |
| Bookish sort, slangily | 22 |
| A policy expert, say | 20 |
| A grind: Slang | 14 |
| Kiddie-lit confectioner Willy | 29 |
| Dahl's candymaker | 21 |
| Dahl character with a factory | 29 |
| Willy with a chocolate factory | 30 |
| Willy played by Depp | 20 |
| Wilder part | 11 |
| Wilder character | 16 |
| Role played by Wilder and Depp | 30 |
| Role for Wilder or Depp | 23 |
| Roald Dahl's chocolatier | 28 |
| Oompa-Loompas' boss | 23 |
| Film role for Wilder and Depp | 29 |
| Fictional chocolatier | 21 |
| Depp role of 2005 | 17 |
| Dahl's Willy | 16 |
| Dahl entrepreneur | 17 |
| Dahl character | 14 |
| Confectioner of fiction | 23 |
| Candymaker of literature | 24 |
| Candy man played by Depp | 24 |
| Candy bar with golden tickets in its packaging | 46 |
| Bar manufacturer of film | 24 |
| Teleportation device for chocolate, in a 1971 film | 50 |
| Policy experts | 14 |
| Eggheaded experts | 17 |
| Policy gurus | 12 |
| Unsteady, to a Brit | 19 |
| Like some policy experts | 24 |
| Knowledgeable on arcane details of a subject | 44 |
| Was victorious, but not by knockout | 35 |
| Was victorious, but not by a knockout | 37 |
| Wound up first | 14 |
| Was triumphant in the end | 25 |
| Succeeded after a struggle | 26 |
| Disarmed | 8 |
| Old radio announcer Tony | 24 |
| Stubborn person's word | 26 |
| Uncooperative contraction | 25 |
| "I ___ tell" | 22 |
| "___ Get Fooled Again" (The Who) | 42 |
| ''___ you be my neighbor?'' | 43 |
| Will's opposite | 19 |
| Refuser's word | 18 |
| "This ___ take long" | 30 |
| "I ___ Grow Up" ("Peter Pan" song) | 54 |
| "___ you be my neighbor?" | 35 |
| ''This ___ hurt a bit'' | 39 |
| Usual habit | 11 |
| Tom Petty's "I --- Back Down" | 43 |
| The Who's "___ Get Fooled Again" | 46 |
| Terrible twos word | 18 |
| Spoiled child's word | 24 |
| Replacements "I ___" | 30 |
| Not going to | 12 |
| Kern tune, "I ___ Dance" | 34 |
| Isn't going to | 18 |
| Is obstinate | 12 |
| I ____ Grow Up | 14 |
| An established custom | 21 |
| "This ___ hurt a bit" | 31 |
| "This __ do!" | 23 |
| "I --- Grow Up" | 25 |
| "I ___ tell!" | 23 |
| "I ___ Grow Up" ("Peter Pan" tune) | 54 |
| "I ___ Dance," 1935 song | 34 |
| "I ___ dance . . . " | 30 |
| "I ___ Back Down" (Tom Petty hit) | 43 |
| "I ___ Back Down" (1989 Tom Petty song) | 49 |
| "Bill Bailey, ___ You Please Come Home" | 49 |
| "___ You Come Home, Bill Bailey?" | 43 |
| "___ you be my neighbor?": Mister Rogers | 50 |
| "___ Get Fooled Again" (last song on "Who's Next") | 74 |
| "__ you be my neighbor?": Mister Rogers | 49 |
| ''___ Get Fooled Again'' (The Who) | 50 |
| Is unacceptable | 15 |
| Is all wrong | 12 |
| Is not up to snuff | 18 |
| Is insufficient | 15 |
| Is inadequate | 13 |
| Last of the truism | 18 |
| "___ Fooled Again" The Who | 36 |
| "Hey, what did you think when you missed that last pit stop?" [The Who, 1971] | 87 |
| "And we ___ home till morning" | 40 |
| What Christian did at a costume party? | 38 |
| Had the right numbered balls | 28 |
| Doctor's assurance | 22 |
| Timeless tune by The Outsiders | 30 |
| Soup dumpling | 13 |
| Chinese soup dumpling | 21 |
| Soup on a Chinese buffet | 24 |
| Take-out soup, perhaps | 22 |
| Soup tidbit | 11 |
| Ravioli relative | 16 |
| Often-fried Chinese appetizer | 29 |
| Egg-drop alternative | 20 |
| Dumpling in Chinese soup | 24 |