| '''Tis better to have ___ and lost . . .'' | 62 |
| Waugh's "The ___ One" | 35 |
| Was nuts about | 14 |
| Was enamored with | 17 |
| Papa Roach "...To Be ___" | 35 |
| Everly Brothers "When Will I Be ___" | 46 |
| Emulated Hero | 13 |
| Emulated Annabel Lee | 20 |
| "The ___ One," Waugh novel | 36 |
| "'Tis better to have ___ and lost ...": Tennyson | 62 |
| "'Tis better to have ___ . . . " | 46 |
| Close relation | 14 |
| Dear family member | 18 |
| Close family member | 19 |
| Friends and family | 18 |
| Adored bills? | 13 |
| Vanessa Williams/Brian McKnight duet | 36 |
| Cutesy one-frame comic | 22 |
| Comic strip with two naked main characters | 42 |
| Brian McKnight/Vanessa Williams duet with the line "It conquers all" | 78 |
| Brian McKnight/Vanessa Williams duet | 36 |
| 2009 Ruben Studdard album | 25 |
| Billet-doux | 11 |
| Sweetheart's treasure | 25 |
| Mail from a sweetheart | 22 |
| Amorous epistle | 15 |
| "A bullet from a fucking gun!," per Frank Booth in "Blue Velvet" | 84 |
| Pat Boone tune of '57 | 25 |
| Like Romeo before meeting Juliet | 32 |
| Pining, perhaps | 15 |
| Forsaken, in a way | 18 |
| Ultimatum | 9 |
| Kennel club member's sentiment | 34 |
| Saying in the ''warts and all'' spirit | 54 |
| Pet expression? | 15 |
| Kennel club sentiment | 21 |
| Cynophile's adage | 21 |
| "Fido is part of the package" | 39 |
| Biker's sentiment? | 22 |
| Song of mixed emotions | 22 |
| Song identified with Ruth Etting | 32 |
| Song from "Whoopee" | 29 |
| Ruth Etting's trademark tune | 32 |
| Kahn-Donaldson song: 1928 | 25 |
| Film of Ruth Etting's life | 30 |
| Doris Day film with the song "Ten Cents a Dance" | 58 |
| Classic ultimatum | 17 |
| Adamant egotist's musical request? (Doris Day) | 50 |
| 1955 film starring Doris Day and James Cagney | 45 |
| 1928 trademark song for Ruth Etting | 35 |
| Preparation that makes folks hot? | 33 |
| Number Nine in a rock song | 26 |
| Magical romantic brew | 21 |
| Drink before going to bed? | 26 |
| Brew for the smitten | 20 |
| Paramour | 8 |
| Amorist | 7 |
| What "-phile" means | 29 |
| Romantic sort | 13 |
| Romantic one | 12 |
| Rodgers & Hart song | 23 |
| One hit by Cupid's arrow | 28 |
| Oliver Mellors, to Lady Chatterley | 34 |
| Adorer | 6 |
| "Dream ___" (Bobby Darin hit) | 39 |
| What -phile means | 17 |
| Tryst participant | 17 |
| Troilus or Orlando | 18 |
| Shakespeare's third age of man | 34 |
| Samuel ___, Irish novelist | 26 |
| Romeo or Lothario | 17 |
| Romeo or Don Juan | 17 |
| Romeo to Juliet | 16 |
| Romantic triangle participant | 29 |
| Romantic partner | 16 |
| Rodgers-Hart song: 1933 | 23 |
| Rodgers-Hart hit: 1933 | 22 |
| Peggy Lee tune | 14 |
| Novelist Samuel ___ | 19 |
| Man's third age | 19 |
| Man of affairs? | 15 |
| Leander, to Hero | 16 |
| Lady Chatterley had one | 23 |
| Hero, to Leander | 16 |
| Guinevere, to Lancelot | 22 |
| Devendra Banhart song about amour? | 34 |
| Billy Idol "To Be a ___" | 34 |
| Alden, to Mullens | 17 |
| "Scratch a ___, and find a foe" | 41 |
| "Let Me Go, ___" | 26 |
| "Dream ___" (Darin hit) | 33 |
| "___, Come Back to Me" | 32 |
| Hope of one placing a personal ad? | 34 |
| Romeo and Juliet | 16 |
| Casanovas | 9 |
| Hero and Leander, e.g. | 22 |
| What Frankie and Johnny were | 28 |
| Trysting pair | 13 |
| Tristram and Isolde, e.g. | 25 |
| Romeos | 6 |