| Oft-mistyped possessive | 23 |
| Nitpicky word for grammarians | 29 |
| Genderless possessive | 21 |
| Carole King's "___ Too Late" | 42 |
| Before-time link | 16 |
| Antagonists in the game of tag | 30 |
| "For what ___ worth ..." | 34 |
| "Don't judge a book by ___ cover" | 47 |
| "... for what ___ worth" | 34 |
| "... for what __ worth" | 33 |
| "--- Howdy Doody time!" | 33 |
| "--- alive!" | 22 |
| "___ true" | 20 |
| "___ party time!" | 27 |
| "___ only money!" | 27 |
| "___ Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas" | 54 |
| "___ a long way . . . " | 33 |
| "___ a date!" | 23 |
| '-- been real' | 22 |
| Word with a mistaken apostrophe, often | 38 |
| They've been tagged | 23 |
| That one's | 14 |
| Tag needs | 9 |
| Tag chasers | 11 |
| Start of a Carole King song title | 33 |
| Roy Orbison's "_____ Over" | 40 |
| Roy Orbison's "___ Over" | 38 |
| Ricky Nelson's "___ Late" | 39 |
| Neutral possessive pronoun | 26 |
| Neither his nor hers | 20 |
| It is, condensed | 17 |
| Impersonal pronoun | 18 |
| Genderless ones | 15 |
| For what ___ worth | 18 |
| First word of "A Hard Day's Night" | 48 |
| Favorite word of nitpicky grammarians | 37 |
| Every dog has ___ day | 21 |
| Commonly mistyped word | 22 |
| Antepenultimate word in the opening sketch of "Saturday Night Live" | 77 |
| "Where ___ at" | 24 |
| "Live from New York, ___ Saturday Night!" | 51 |
| "For what __ worth . . ." | 35 |
| "... ___ how you play the game" | 41 |
| "--- a deal!" | 23 |
| "___ your turn" | 25 |
| "___ You" (song from "The Music Man") | 57 |
| "___ true!" | 21 |
| "___ the economy, stupid" | 35 |
| "___ Superman!" | 25 |
| "___ So Easy" (Linda Ronstadt hit) | 44 |
| "___ Over" | 20 |
| "___ open!" | 21 |
| "___ only me" | 23 |
| "___ Not Unusual" | 27 |
| "___ Not Unusual," Tom Jones hit | 42 |
| "___ Not for Me to Say" | 33 |
| "___ none of your business" | 37 |
| "___ no use" | 22 |
| "___ no skin off my back" | 35 |
| "___ never too late!" | 31 |
| "___ never going to work!" | 36 |
| "___ magic" | 21 |
| "___ just what I've always wanted!" | 49 |
| "___ in the bag!" | 27 |
| "___ Greek to me" | 27 |
| "___ De-Lovely," 1936 hit | 35 |
| "___ complicated" | 27 |
| "___ been real!" | 26 |
| "___ always something" | 32 |
| "___ all in your mind" | 32 |
| "___ all in the game" | 31 |
| "___ Alive" (1974 thriller) | 37 |
| "___ a warm wind . . . ": Masefield | 45 |
| "___ a small world . . ." | 35 |
| "___ a long way to Tipperary" | 39 |
| "___ a hit!" | 22 |
| "___ a bird ..." | 26 |
| "__ open!" | 20 |
| "__ only money" | 25 |
| "__ on me" | 20 |
| "__ now or never" | 27 |
| "__ in the bag!" | 26 |
| "__ complicated" | 26 |
| "__ a deal!" | 22 |
| 'Monty Python' starter | 30 |
| ''. . . ___ how you play the game'' | 51 |
| ''___ the least I can do'' | 42 |
| ''___ now or never!'' | 37 |
| ''___ not for me to say . . .'' | 47 |
| ''___ in the bag'' | 34 |
| ''___ Howdy Doody time!'' | 41 |
| ''___ a small world . . .'' | 43 |
| ''___ a Long Way to Tipperary'' | 47 |
| ''__ been real!'' | 33 |
| '-- Now or Never' | 25 |
| ____ now or never! | 18 |
| ___ a girl! | 11 |
| Word with an often omitted or extraneous apostrophe | 51 |
| Word with an incorrect apostrophe, often | 40 |
| Word with an extraneous apostrophe, often | 41 |