| "Start the job" | 25 |
| "Start that job now!" | 31 |
| "Start already!" | 26 |
| "Keep a-movin'!" | 30 |
| 'Start that job now!' | 29 |
| Continue after a setback, as one's life | 43 |
| Shop for Eric Blair's birthday? | 35 |
| Publish | 7 |
| "Hit the road!" | 25 |
| "You're kidding!" | 31 |
| Become publicly known | 21 |
| Recover from | 12 |
| Reconcile oneself to | 20 |
| Move on | 7 |
| ''Let it go!'' (and hint to this puzzle's theme) | 68 |
| Advice for the brokenhearted ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle | 91 |
| "Time to move on" | 27 |
| "Stop your moping!" | 29 |
| "Quit your beefing!" | 30 |
| "Pull yourself together!" | 35 |
| 'Stop complaining!' | 27 |
| ''Deal with the situation!'' | 44 |
| Skeptical comment | 17 |
| ''I don't buy that!'' | 41 |
| Stop dreaming | 13 |
| "Don't be ridiculous!" | 36 |
| Words after "Oh, come on" | 35 |
| This puzzle's theme, succinctly | 35 |
| "Who are you kidding?!" | 33 |
| "That'll never happen!" | 37 |
| "Quit dreaming" | 25 |
| "Quit dreaming!" | 26 |
| "Puh-leeeze!" | 23 |
| "Are you nuts?!" | 26 |
| 'Be serious!' | 21 |
| ''Be serious!'' | 31 |
| Toss, with "of" | 25 |
| Comprehends | 11 |
| Obtains | 7 |
| Seizes | 6 |
| Prepares | 8 |
| Fathoms | 7 |
| Catches on | 10 |
| Grasps | 6 |
| Comes down with | 15 |
| Understands, as a joke | 22 |
| Fetches | 7 |
| Exacts revenge on | 17 |
| Catches on to | 13 |
| Comes by | 8 |
| Attains | 7 |
| Contracts | 9 |
| Understands the humor | 21 |
| Savvies | 7 |
| Groks | 5 |
| Comes into | 10 |
| Comes into possession of | 24 |
| Word with along or around | 25 |
| Sees the point of | 17 |
| Laughs at, say | 14 |
| "Smoke ___ in Your Eyes" | 34 |
| Retrieves | 9 |
| Lays one's hands on | 23 |
| Laughs at, perhaps | 18 |
| Is amused by | 12 |
| Baffles, or is no longer baffled | 32 |
| Word with ''along'' or ''around'' | 65 |
| What Lola does | 14 |
| Understands, as humor | 21 |
| Understands the point of | 24 |
| Takes vengeance on | 18 |
| Sees the point | 14 |
| Returns at Wimbledon | 20 |
| Lennon "Whatever ___ You Thru the Night" | 50 |
| Lead-in for across, along, or around | 36 |
| Lead-in for "across," "along," or "around" | 72 |
| Laughs at | 9 |
| Journalists' scoops, slangily | 33 |
| Is sentenced to | 15 |
| Is allowed (to) | 15 |
| Buys | 4 |
| "Smoke _____ in Your Eyes" | 36 |
| " . . . Lola wants, Lola ___" | 39 |
| ''Smoke ___ in Your Eyes'' | 42 |
| ___ even (retaliates) | 21 |
| Stops panicking | 15 |
| Stops acting irrationally | 25 |
| Controls one's emotions | 27 |
| Insinuates | 10 |
| Subtly suggests | 15 |
| Tries to prove | 14 |
| Suggests indirectly | 19 |
| Suggests in a roundabout way | 28 |
| Subtly refers to | 16 |
| Influences by bribery | 21 |
| Hints about | 11 |
| Doesn't quite reveal | 24 |
| Snuggles in | 11 |
| Make preparations | 17 |
| Starter's phrase | 20 |