| Quote that reveals presidential timber? | 39 |
| Part of a Washington address? | 29 |
| Golfer's lament about failing to recognize different ball positions? | 72 |
| Apocryphal admission | 20 |
| "Just watch me!" | 26 |
| Response to a doubter | 21 |
| Rejoinder to a doubter | 22 |
| Playground affirmation | 22 |
| Response to a naysayer | 22 |
| Response to a doubting Thomas | 29 |
| Response to a doubter of one's abilities | 44 |
| Reply to "No way!" | 28 |
| Determined response | 19 |
| Defensive response to a doubter | 31 |
| Daredevil's retort | 22 |
| Comeback to a skeptic | 21 |
| Argumentative comeback | 22 |
| Quitter's cry | 17 |
| "___ Stop Loving You" | 31 |
| Words of defeat | 15 |
| "Sorry" | 17 |
| Quitter's comment | 21 |
| Defeatist's words | 21 |
| Quitter's words | 19 |
| "Impossible" | 22 |
| Defeatist's cry | 19 |
| Pessimist's words | 21 |
| Pessimist's phrase | 22 |
| Defeatist's declaration | 27 |
| "--- Stop Loving You" | 31 |
| Pessimist's plaint | 22 |
| "___ Sleep," Odets play | 33 |
| "___ Help Myself" (Four Tops hit) | 43 |
| Words from a quitter | 20 |
| Terse refusal | 13 |
| Quitter's assertion | 23 |
| "Sorry, no" | 21 |
| "No way, José" | 27 |
| "___ help it" | 23 |
| "___ Give You Anything . . . " | 40 |
| "___ Get Started With You," 1936 song | 47 |
| "___ Get Next to You" (Temptations hit) | 49 |
| ''___ Stop Loving You'' | 39 |
| Words from a defeatist | 22 |
| Turndown from the overcommitted | 31 |
| Terse turndown to an invitation | 31 |
| QuitterÂ’s comment | 21 |
| Queen "___ Live With You" | 35 |
| Pessimist's reply | 21 |
| It is countered with "You must!" | 42 |
| If ____ Have You : 1976 hit song | 34 |
| First words of ''Satisfaction'' | 47 |
| Eagles "___ Tell You Why" | 35 |
| Defeatist's sentiment | 25 |
| Defeatist's refrain | 23 |
| Defeatist's plaint | 22 |
| Defeatist's phrase | 22 |
| Bonnie Raitt "___ Make You Love Me" | 45 |
| Ann Peebles "___ Stand the Rain" | 42 |
| "Sorry, have plans" | 29 |
| "Sorry, got plans" | 28 |
| "Sorry, already have plans" | 37 |
| "Don't tell me ___ do it" | 39 |
| "--- hear you" | 24 |
| "___ Stand It" (1981 Clapton hit) | 43 |
| "___ Go On," 1955 song | 32 |
| "___ get no satisfaction ..." | 39 |
| "___ Get Next to You," (1969 song) | 44 |
| "___ Do This Sum" | 27 |
| "___ Do This Sum," V. Herbert song | 44 |
| "___ Begin to Tell You" | 33 |
| "___ Begin to Tell You," 1945 song | 44 |
| "___ Get Next To You," 1970 song | 43 |
| "__ Stop Loving You": #1 Ray Charles hit | 50 |
| 'That's impossible for me' | 38 |
| ____ stand it! | 14 |
| Comment from the cellar? | 24 |
| T: How about we just split the difference? A: __ (Hall & Oates) | 67 |
| "Maybe" | 17 |
| Waffler's words | 19 |
| "Maybe yes, maybe no" | 31 |
| "My mind isn't made up yet" | 41 |
| Wishy-washy reply to a proposal | 31 |
| Cry of anticipation | 19 |
| Impatient plaint | 16 |
| Kid's Christmas Eve cry | 27 |
| Words of anticipation | 21 |
| Statement of impatience | 23 |
| Remark of impatience | 20 |
| "The suspense is killing me!" | 39 |
| "Oh, joy" | 19 |
| "Let's do this, NOW!" | 35 |
| Hoarse hound's complaint? | 29 |
| Words of compassion | 19 |
| Comforting words | 16 |
| "You can count on me" | 31 |
| Words of empathy | 16 |
| Words of concern | 16 |
| Comforting comment | 18 |
| Empathetic words | 16 |