| Aid basis, often | 16 |
| A cause of rebellion | 20 |
| "When I ___ you, I just close my eyes and I'm with you" | 69 |
| "What You ___" (1986 INXS hit) | 40 |
| "O, reason not the ___!" | 34 |
| "Mr. Watson ... I ___ you!" (A.G. Bell) | 49 |
| "I ___ a vacation!" | 29 |
| "All You ___ is Love" (Beatles) | 41 |
| "All men have ___ of the gods": Homer | 47 |
| "All I __": Jack Wagner hit | 37 |
| "___ a lift?" | 23 |
| "___ a hand?" (helpful query) | 39 |
| "__ a lift?" | 22 |
| --- to know basis | 17 |
| "___ body cry?": Burns | 32 |
| "I ___ vacation!" | 27 |
| "I ___ drink!" | 24 |
| "I __ vacation!" | 26 |
| "___ lift?" | 21 |
| "I __ hug!" | 21 |
| ''___ hand?'' (helpful query) | 45 |
| "Nothing can ___ lie": George Herbert | 47 |
| "Like I ___ hole in . . . " | 37 |
| "I Don't ___ Man" (2007 Pussycat Dolls single) | 60 |
| "I -- drink" | 22 |
| "I ___ Lover" (1979 John Cougar hit) | 46 |
| "I __ drink!" | 23 |
| "Heaven, I ___ Hug" (R. Kelly post-scandal track) | 59 |
| "--- lift?" | 21 |
| "___ ride?" | 21 |
| "___ lift?" (query to a hitchhiker) | 45 |
| "___ hand?" (helpful query) | 37 |
| "___ hand?" | 21 |
| "___ break?" | 22 |
| "___ body cry?" Burns | 31 |
| "___ body cry?" | 25 |
| "___ body cry?: Burns | 26 |
| "__ lift?" | 20 |
| " . . . nothing can ___ lie": G. Herbert | 50 |
| 'I -- vacation' | 23 |
| 'I -- nap!' | 19 |
| 'I -- hand' | 19 |
| 'I -- drink!' | 21 |
| 'I -- break!' | 21 |
| ''___ lift?'' | 29 |
| '-- lift?' | 18 |
| Request on a rush job | 21 |
| Phrase on an office memo | 24 |
| Note on a time-sensitive document | 33 |
| Must have now, to an exec | 25 |
| Must have now, in memo-speak | 28 |
| Can't wait to have | 22 |
| Can't wait for | 18 |
| Had to have | 11 |
| Was short | 9 |
| Want-ad word | 12 |
| More than wanted | 16 |
| Something nice to feel | 22 |
| Nice way to feel | 16 |
| Mandatory | 9 |
| Like fourth-down yardage | 24 |
| Couldn't do without | 23 |
| You ____ Me : Anne Murray hit | 31 |
| Obligatory | 10 |
| Not an option? | 14 |
| Not an option | 13 |
| Not a matter of choice | 22 |
| Like yardage on a fourth down | 29 |
| Hall & Oates: "They ___ Each Other" | 49 |
| Had use for | 11 |
| Had occasion for | 16 |
| Had more than a thirst for | 26 |
| Had a lack | 10 |
| Getting buzzed, say? | 20 |
| Couldn't live without | 25 |
| Couldn't go without | 23 |
| "You left me just when I ___ you most" | 48 |
| "If I ___ Someone," Beatles hit | 41 |
| Hardly independent ones | 23 |
| Underprivileged ones | 20 |
| The underprivileged | 19 |
| Indigent individuals | 20 |
| Stephen King title, with "Things" | 43 |
| Stephen King title word with "Things" | 47 |
| Stephen King title word | 23 |
| "___ say more?" | 25 |
| "--- say more?" | 25 |
| ''___ say more?'' | 33 |
| "__ say more?" | 24 |
| "___ go on?" | 22 |
| "__ go on?" | 21 |
| '-- say more?' | 22 |
| "_____ say more?" | 27 |
| "__ elaborate?" | 25 |
| " ___ say more?" | 26 |
| ''__ say more?'' | 32 |
| '-- remind you that ...?' | 33 |
| ____ say more? | 14 |
| Poorer | 6 |
| More indigent | 13 |