| Exceptional occasion | 20 |
| Enough's companion | 22 |
| Enough, sometimes | 17 |
| Enough, often | 13 |
| Eleven, in Ensanada | 19 |
| Eleven, in Ecuador | 18 |
| Eleven, in Cuba | 15 |
| Eleven, in Ãvila | 19 |
| Dishwalla "___ in a While" | 36 |
| Common story starter | 20 |
| Columbus was ___ imprisoned | 27 |
| Children's story opener | 27 |
| Best way to make a mistake | 26 |
| Beginning of a fairy tale | 25 |
| Bedtime story opening | 21 |
| Bedtime story opener | 20 |
| At some prior point | 19 |
| At some earlier time | 20 |
| At a time in the past | 21 |
| At ___ (pronto) | 15 |
| At ___ (now) | 12 |
| Almost never, maybe | 19 |
| All at ___ (suddenly) | 21 |
| All at ___ | 10 |
| A time more than never | 22 |
| A third of thrice | 17 |
| A single occasion | 17 |
| A Grimm beginning? | 18 |
| A bit more than never | 21 |
| 2012 Best Musical Tony winner | 29 |
| 2006 Irish musical film | 23 |
| 1949 hit "_____ in Love With Amy" | 43 |
| 110% of diez | 12 |
| "You're only young ___" | 37 |
| "When I was a lad ..." | 32 |
| "Three Bears" opener | 30 |
| "There was this time when..." | 39 |
| "There ___ was a ..." | 31 |
| "The Raven" starter | 29 |
| "Measure twice, cut ---" | 34 |
| "Just this __" | 24 |
| "Just this ___..." | 28 |
| "Just this __ ..." | 28 |
| "If I've told you ___..." | 39 |
| "If I've told you ___ ..." | 40 |
| "If I told you ___ ..." | 33 |
| "If I told you __ ..." | 32 |
| "I'm only gonna say this ___ ..." | 47 |
| "I'll try anything __" | 36 |
| "Going ---..." (phrase heard at an auction) | 53 |
| "Going __, going ..." | 31 |
| "Going ___, going..." | 31 |
| "Going ___ ..." (auctioneer's cry) | 48 |
| "Going ___ ..." | 25 |
| "For all" companion | 29 |
| "Fool me __, shame on you ..." | 40 |
| "Fool me ___, shame on you; fool me twice ..." | 56 |
| "Fool me ___, shame on ..." | 38 |
| "... __ and for all!" | 31 |
| "--- bitten, twice shy" | 33 |
| "___ Upon a Mattress," 1959 show | 42 |
| "___ upon a . . . " | 29 |
| "___ over lightly" | 28 |
| "___ More, With Feeling," 1960 film | 45 |
| "___ more unto the breach" | 36 |
| "___ more unto the breach . . . ": Shak. | 50 |
| "___ is enough" | 25 |
| "___ in a blue moon" | 30 |
| "___ I built a railroad . . . " | 41 |
| "___ Bitten" (1985 Jim Carrey comedy) | 47 |
| "___ bitten..." | 25 |
| "___ bitten ..." | 26 |
| "__ upon a time ..." | 30 |
| "__ upon a midnight dreary ..." | 41 |
| "__ I built a railroad ...": Depression song lyrics | 61 |
| ''The Raven'' opening | 37 |
| ''Measure twice, cut ___'' | 42 |
| ''Going ___, going ...'' | 40 |
| ''For ___ in My Life'' (Stevie Wonder) | 54 |
| ''___ upon a time ...'' | 39 |
| ''___ upon a midnight dreary ...'' | 50 |
| ___-over lightly | 16 |
| _____-over | 10 |
| _____ over lightly | 18 |
| ____ and for all | 16 |
| ___ over-lightly | 16 |
| ___ or twice | 12 |
| ___ year (annually) | 19 |
| First words of "Waltzing Matilda" | 43 |
| "___ Thief" (1950 movie) | 34 |
| "___ jolly swagman..." ("Waltzing Matilda" start) | 69 |
| First two words of "Waltzing Matilda" | 47 |
| "___-Year Day" ("The Pajama Game" tune) | 59 |
| "___ Thief" (1950) | 28 |
| "___ king in Narnia...": C. S. Lewis | 46 |
| '-- Thief' (John Woo film) | 34 |
| _____ year (annually) | 21 |
| ___ day (doseage instruction) | 29 |
| "___ had a secret love" (Doris Day lyric) | 51 |
| "___ had a secret love" (Doris Day lyric of 1953) | 59 |