| "___ better believe it!" | 34 |
| "I thought ___ never ask!" | 36 |
| "___ be surprised!" | 29 |
| Berlin's "___ Be Surprised" | 41 |
| "I knew ___ say that!" | 32 |
| "___ better watch out . . ." | 38 |
| "___ be surprised" | 28 |
| ''___ better believe it!'' | 42 |
| '-- be surprised' | 25 |
| Irving Berlin's "___ Be Surprised" | 48 |
| Death Cab's "Why ___ Want to Live Here" | 53 |
| Death Cab: "Why ___ Want to Live Here" | 48 |
| "--- better believe it!" | 34 |
| "___ better watch out ..." | 36 |
| "___ Be Surprised" (Irving Berlin song) | 49 |
| "__ better not" | 25 |
| "__ Be Surprised": Berlin tune | 40 |
| "__ be surprised" | 27 |
| "__ be amazed" | 24 |
| ____ Better Come Home : 1965 hit song | 39 |
| "Way to go, bro!" | 27 |
| "Bravo, bro!" | 23 |
| Praise for a scholar? | 21 |
| "I know it's not my business, but if you were a laser ..." | 72 |
| Start of a Dolly Parton quote | 29 |
| "Leave me out of this" | 32 |
| W.S. on baseball ("Othello" III, 3) | 45 |
| Words to a third runner-up | 26 |
| Cool cat's "Get it?" | 34 |
| "Get it, daddy-o?" | 28 |
| What Cagney never said in any film | 34 |
| "___ Something to Me" | 31 |
| Question after a surprising claim | 33 |
| "That Thing ---" | 26 |
| "That Thing ___!" (Tom Hanks film) | 44 |
| "___ Something to Me," 1929 song | 42 |
| ''__ Something to Me'' (Porter tune) | 52 |
| Start of a Sam Levenson book title | 34 |
| 2010 HBO movie where Al Pacino plays Dr. Kevorkian | 50 |
| "What a dummy!" | 25 |
| Worst doctor's suggestion (Part 3) | 38 |
| "If I could digress for a moment ..." | 47 |
| Half of a quote | 15 |
| "Gosh!," to a mime? | 29 |
| ASK FOR IT | 10 |
| Appalled question from Bob Barker on "The Price Is Right"? | 68 |
| "I'm not the only one!" | 37 |
| "Stop being such a pest!" | 35 |
| "___ if met where any bar is": Hardy | 46 |
| "___ lost me" | 23 |
| Fine sauterne | 13 |
| "Lead the way!", and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme | 73 |
| "I'm not gonna start" | 35 |
| "I'll just watch for now" | 39 |
| Complaint after a reluctant act | 31 |
| Annoyed "Hel-LO!" | 27 |
| "Don't scare people like that!" | 45 |
| ''___ girl!'' (slangy compliment) | 49 |
| Pink: "There ___" | 27 |
| "__, girl!": words of encouragement | 45 |
| "That's telling them, sister!" | 44 |
| "Rock on, sister!" | 28 |
| "Right on, sister!" | 29 |
| "Do it, sister!" | 26 |
| Query from a hungry friend, maybe | 33 |
| Compliment paid to an artful hit man? | 37 |
| Roy Orbison hit of 1989 | 23 |
| "Happy to fill that request!" | 39 |
| “Dunno” | 15 |
| "No clue ..." | 23 |
| "I don't know" | 28 |
| "Guilty as charged" | 29 |
| "Darned if I know!" | 29 |
| Poker quitter's comment | 27 |
| Bready agreement? | 17 |
| Movie line spoken by Renée Zellweger after "Just shut up" | 70 |
| Vegetarian's "Duh!" response to why they hate their formerly vegan pal? | 85 |
| Cruise line response | 20 |
| ... Renée Zellweger | 22 |
| Acknowledgment from Gen. Montgomery? | 36 |
| "It's not an option" | 34 |
| A HA'PENNY WILL DO | 22 |
| Editor's order to the sheep tender at the daily paper? | 58 |
| Fats Domino's "It's ___ Love" | 47 |
| Part 7 of a Neil Young lyric | 28 |
| Outburst from Ren | 17 |
| Shocked response in conversation | 32 |
| Query at the start of a poker game | 34 |
| Query at a poker table | 22 |
| "Wanna play?" | 23 |
| ''Are ___ or out?'' (dealer's question) | 59 |
| Rebuke to a thankless wretch | 28 |
| "C'mon, that can't be true!" | 46 |
| Rational one's thought (Part 2) | 35 |
| "The more I think about it ..." | 41 |
| "It occurs to me ..." | 31 |
| "Isn't that always true?" | 39 |
| Smug comment said while shrugging | 33 |
| Retort to a trash talker | 24 |
| ''No explanation necessary'' | 44 |