| Pessimist's word |
LA Times Daily |
21 Apr 2024 |
| "You ___ win 'em all" |
USA Today |
03 Apr 2024 |
| "Sorry, I'm busy" |
Universal |
19 Mar 2024 |
| Specialized jargon |
Wall Street Journal |
12 Mar 2024 |
| "White Men ___ Jump"; Wesley Snipes film |
|
|
| "___ argue with that!" (what you may say after being presented with a great idea) |
|
|
| Is unable to |
Newsday |
20 Feb 2024 |
| Slope or tilt |
|
|
| Hall & Oates song, "I ___'_ --> |
|
|
| Inclination to talk hypocritically |
The Guardian Cryptic |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Insincere moral talk |
|
|
| Hypocrisy? There's no such word! |
|
|
| "___ Buy Me Love"; Beatles song |
|
|
| Is unable to |
Newsday |
31 Jan 2024 |
| Was unable to list to one side .. (4) |
|
|
| List of pious platitudes |
|
|
| "I ___ talk right now!" ("Call back later!") |
|
|
| Language (of thieves) |
|
|
| Thieves' slang |
Puzzler Backwords |
04 Jan 2024 |
| Brian —, actor and presenter whose credits include BBC TV series Play School and Play Away |
Mirror Quiz |
30 Dec 2023 |
| Brian -, actor and presenter whose credits include BBC TV series Play School and Play Away (4) |
|
|
| Cannot abbreviate pretence |
Mirror Cryptic |
29 Dec 2023 |
| Hypocrisy |
Mirror Quick |
29 Dec 2023 |
| Brian -, actor and presenter whose credits include BBC TV series Play School and Play Away |
|
|
| Brian ___, narrator of Camberwick Green, Chigley and Trumpton (4) |
|
|
| ''You __ be serious!'' |
Newsday |
05 Dec 2023 |
| Lacks the ability to |
Commuter |
02 Dec 2023 |
| "I ___ even" |
USA Today |
28 Nov 2023 |
| "I ___ believe I did that" |
USA Today |
28 Oct 2023 |
| "Got other plans, sorry" |
LA Times Daily |
07 Oct 2023 |
| Is unable to |
Newsday |
26 Sep 2023 |
| Is unable to |
Newsday |
19 Sep 2023 |
| Sanctimonious talk |
The Guardian Speedy |
17 Sep 2023 |
| Isn't able to |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2023 |
| Is unable to |
Universal |
12 Aug 2023 |
| Is unable |
Newsday |
06 Jul 2023 |
| Is unable to |
Premier Sunday |
02 Jul 2023 |
| Talk of pi folk, thin on the ground but thinner on top |
The Telegraph Toughie |
02 Jun 2023 |
| Isn't able to |
Family Time |
15 May 2023 |
| Terse RSVP reply |
Wall Street Journal |
13 May 2023 |
| '___ hurt' |
New York Times |
06 May 2023 |
| Language common to a profession |
New York Times |
01 Apr 2023 |
| "Just ___ Get Enough," 2011 song by the Black Eyed Peas that peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 |
|
|
| "You __ be serious" |
LA Times Daily |
16 Feb 2023 |
| Jargon |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Jan 2023 |
| "___ Take My Eyes Off You," song by Frankie Valli |
|
|
| Is unable |
Newsday |
08 Jan 2023 |
| "__, or won't?" |
LA Times Daily |
28 Dec 2022 |
| Defeatist's word |
Universal |
24 Dec 2022 |
| Hypocrisy from bank |
The Telegraph Toughie |
17 Nov 2022 |
| Is unable to |
Newsday |
19 Oct 2022 |
| Isn't able to |
Universal |
11 Sep 2022 |
| "I ___ stand it!" |
Universal |
06 Sep 2022 |
| 'I ___ explain it' |
USA Today |
03 Aug 2022 |
| Is unable to |
Newsday |
05 Jul 2022 |
| Hypocritical talk |
The Guardian Quick |
04 Jun 2022 |
| '__ win 'em all' |
The Washington Post |
15 May 2022 |
| "__ win 'em all" |
LA Times Daily |
15 May 2022 |
| Brief "Out of the question" |
LA Times Daily |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Brief 'Out of the question' |
The Washington Post |
10 Apr 2022 |
| Jargon |
Premier Sunday |
27 Feb 2022 |
| Isn't capable of |
Family Time |
06 Feb 2022 |
| Is unable to |
USA Today |
13 Jan 2022 |
| “___ wait!” |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jan 2022 |
| Is too busy, say |
LA Times Daily |
15 Dec 2021 |
| Lively Scottish slang |
|
|
| Jargon |
Canadiana |
18 Oct 2021 |
| Insincere talk when philosopher is given a hearing |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Oct 2021 |
| Is unable to |
Newsday |
03 Aug 2021 |
| Jargon |
The Times Concise |
11 Jul 2021 |
| Has no ability to |
Newsday |
04 Jul 2021 |
| Usher's "___ Stop, Won't Stop" |
|
|
| 'I ___ be bothered' |
USA Today |
19 Jun 2021 |
| Key worker's jargon |
|
|
| Jargon |
Thomas Joseph |
06 May 2021 |
| "I ___ take you anywhere!" |
Universal |
10 Apr 2021 |
| Quitter’s word |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Apr 2021 |
| Jargon |
LA Times Daily |
14 Feb 2021 |
| Jargon |
The Washington Post |
14 Feb 2021 |
| "___ Help Falling in Love" (Elvis Presley hit) |
|
|
| 'I ___ even' |
USA Today |
27 Jan 2021 |
| Is unable to |
The Washington Post Sunday |
17 Jan 2021 |
| Is unable to |
The Washington Post |
19 Dec 2020 |
| Is unable to |
LA Times Daily |
19 Dec 2020 |
| Jargon |
New York Times |
07 Dec 2020 |
| Justin Timberlake's "___ Stop the Feeling" |
|
|
| Is unable |
Canadiana |
28 Sep 2020 |
| Lacks the ability to |
Family Time |
17 Aug 2020 |
| Pessimist's word |
New York Times |
13 Aug 2020 |
| Jargon |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Aug 2020 |
| 'You ___ win 'em all' |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Aug 2020 |
| Is powerless to |
Universal |
31 Jul 2020 |
| '___ relate' |
USA Today |
27 Jul 2020 |
| Is incapable of |
Universal |
26 Jun 2020 |
| Insincerity not working in part of Switzerland |
|
|
| Isn't able to |
Family Time |
08 Jun 2020 |
| 'Too busy' |
New York Times |
24 May 2020 |
| Is unable to |
Wall Street Journal |
20 Apr 2020 |
| Admission of incompetence and insincerity |
|
|
| "I ___ wait!" |
Universal |
13 Mar 2020 |
| Isn't able to |
Newsday |
02 Mar 2020 |
| Is unable to swing round |
|
|
| "___ Buy Me Love" (Beatles hit) |
|
|
| Quitter's word |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Dec 2019 |
| Lacks the know-how |
USA Today |
03 Nov 2019 |
| Tilt |
LA Times Daily |
06 Oct 2019 |
| Tilt |
The Washington Post |
06 Oct 2019 |
| Possible RSVP reply |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Oct 2019 |
| "This ___ be done!" (not possible) |
|
|
| Lively tune followed by tenor |
|
|
| Lacks the means to |
USA Today |
09 Sep 2019 |
| Hypocritical talk |
The Times Concise |
09 Sep 2019 |
| "Too busy" |
Universal |
11 Aug 2019 |
| . Bank lingo |
|
|
| Lacks the ability to |
The Washington Post |
15 Jul 2019 |
| Inclination / to make a lot pay? |
|
|
| Insincerity |
The Telegraph Quick |
03 May 2019 |
| "You ____ handle the truth!" (dialogue from "A Few Good Men") |
|
|
| Pious platitudes |
The Guardian Speedy |
10 Mar 2019 |
| "___ Buy Me Love" (Lennon-McCartney song) |
|
|
| Lacks the means to |
|
|
| Tilt |
|
|
| Lacks the know-how |
|
|
| Lacks the ability to |
|
|
| "Too busy" |
|
|
| Possible RSVP reply |
|
|
| Quitter's contraction |
USA Today |
15 Dec 2018 |
| Ron Shelton's "White Men ___ Jump" |
|
|
| Ray Charles' 'I __ Stop Loving You' |
The Washington Post |
19 Nov 2018 |
| Ray Charles' "I __ Stop Loving You" |
LA Times Daily |
19 Nov 2018 |
| Pessimist's word |
USA Today |
25 Sep 2018 |
| Is unable |
Premier Sunday |
26 Aug 2018 |
| Quitter's word |
Universal |
10 Apr 2018 |
| Is unable to |
Newsday |
10 Apr 2018 |
| Quitter's contraction |
|
|
| Jargon |
|
|
| Ray Charles' "I __ Stop Loving You" |
|
|
| Contraction on an RSVP, maybe |
|
|
| Pessimist's word |
|
|
| Quitter's word |
|
|
| Hasn't the ability for hypocrisy |
|
|
| Insincere talk |
The Telegraph Quick |
20 Nov 2017 |
| An inclination for insincerity |
|
|
| Jargon |
Canadiana |
09 Oct 2017 |
| Lingo |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
29 Sep 2017 |
| Is unable |
Newsday |
24 Aug 2017 |
| Has no ability to |
Newsday |
20 Aug 2017 |
| Prominent angle |
LA Times Daily |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Prominent angle |
The Washington Post |
13 Aug 2017 |
| Lean |
New York Times |
01 Jul 2017 |
| Terse refusal |
New York Times |
09 Jun 2017 |
| Opposite of "can" |
|
|
| Jargon |
Newsday |
26 Feb 2017 |
| Not just won't |
Universal |
12 Jan 2017 |
| Lean |
|
|
| Prominent angle |
|
|
| Terse refusal |
|
|
| Jargon |
|
|
| Lingo |
|
|
| Not just won't |
|
|
| Defeatist's word |
USA Today |
22 Dec 2016 |
| Tilted position |
LA Times Daily |
25 Nov 2016 |
| "___ you read?" |
USA Today |
30 Sep 2016 |
| There's no such word, some say – it's slang |
|
|
| Isn't able to |
Universal |
13 Jun 2016 |
| "You ___ be serious!" |
USA Today |
08 Jun 2016 |
| Inclination to hypocrisy |
|
|
| Insincere talk |
Newsday |
05 May 2016 |
| Negative contraction |
Family Time |
18 Apr 2016 |
| "You ___ be serious!" |
Family Time |
03 Apr 2016 |
| Hypocrisy about social worker |
|
|
| "___ you read?" |
|
|
| Defeatist's word |
|
|
| "___ wait!" |
|
|
| Isn't able to |
|
|
| "You ___ be serious!" |
|
|
| "__ Buy Me Love": Beatles hit |
LA Times Daily |
22 Dec 2015 |
| In speech, philosopher is unable to use specialised language |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
01 Nov 2015 |
| Is unable to |
New York Times |
27 Sep 2015 |
| Inclination to use jargon |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Jul 2015 |
| 'It -- be!' |
Premier Sunday |
07 Jun 2015 |
| "Out of the question" |
USA Today |
25 May 2015 |
| 'Why ___ we be friends?' |
New York Times |
06 Apr 2015 |
| Defeatist's word |
Family Time |
09 Feb 2015 |
| Hypocritical talk embodied by American trader |
|
|
| Lacks the capacity |
Newsday |
15 Jan 2015 |
| Insincere talk |
|
|
| "__ Buy Me Love": Beatles hit |
|
|
| Is unable to |
|
|
| Lacks the capacity |
|
|
| 'It -- be!' |
|
|
| "Out of the question" |
|
|
| Is unable to |
|
|
| Pessimist's word |
|
|
| "Why ___ we be friends?" |
|
|
| Is unable to |
|
|
| Isn't able to |
|
|
| "Out of the question" |
|
|
| Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's "___ Hold Us" |
|
|
| Specialized lingo |
|
|
| Inclination |
|
|
| Bevel |
|
|
| "I ___ blame you" |
|
|
| Slacker's word |
|
|
| Is unable to |
|
|
| 'White Men -- Jump' |
|
|
| Van Halen "___ Stop Loving You" |
|
|
| Lacks the power to |
|
|
| "You ___ be serious!" |
|
|
| More than won't |
|
|
| Pretentiousness about books |
|
|
| Lacks the power to |
|
|
| Quitter's word |
|
|
| "I'm busy that day" |
|
|
| "You __ be serious!" |
|
|
| Tilt |
|
|
| Stevie Nicks "I ___ Wait" |
|
|
| "Got other plans, sorry" |
|
|
| Is unable to |
|
|
| Isn't capable of |
|
|
| Pessimist's word |
|
|
| Incline |
|
|
| Word avoided by optimists |
|
|
| "Not doable" |
|
|
| Slope |
|
|
| Word avoided by optimists |
|
|
| Lacks the wherewithal |
|
|
| Frankie Valli's "___ Take My Eyes Off You" |
|
|
| Tilted position |
|
|
| Lacks what it takes |
|
|
| Word for quitters |
|
|
| 'This -- be!' |
|
|
| Jargon |
|
|
| Is unable |
|
|
| "You ___ take it with you" |
|
|
| "You ___ handle the truth!" |
|
|
| Isn't able |
|
|
| "You ___ take it with you" |
|
|
| Jargon |
|
|
| "I'm busy then" |
|
|
| Word avoided by optimists |
|
|
| Hasn't the wherewithal |
|
|
| Slope |
|
|
| "You ___ fight city hall" |
|
|
| Secret lingo |
|
|
| With 23-across, Elvis hit about senior instability? |
|
|
| Doesn't have what it takes |
|
|
| Word avoided by optimists |
|
|
| Singsong speech |
|
|
| Pessimist's word |
|
|
| "You __ fight City Hall" |
|
|
| Defeatist's word |
|
|
| Tilted position |
|
|
| Defeatist's word |
|
|
| Tilted position |
|
|
| Pious platitude |
|
|
| "__ Smile Without You": 1978 hit |
|
|
| "__ you take a hint?" |
|
|
| Oblique line |
|
|
| "You ___ Stop the Beat" ("Hairspray" song) |
|
|
| Is unable to |
|
|
| Tilt |
|
|
| "This ___ be!" |
|
|
| "__ Smile Without You": 1978 hit |
|
|
| Insincere talk |
|
|
| Is unable to |
|
|
| "___ or won't? |
|
|
| Unable to |
|
|
| Is unable to |
|
|
| "You __ be serious!" |
|
|
| Lacks the means to |
|
|
| Jargon |
|
|
| Pessimist's word |
|
|
| "You __ be serious!" |
|
|
| Tilt |
|
|
| Jargon |
|
|
| Pessimist's word |
|
|
| Defeatist's word |
|
|
| Slanted surface |
|
|
| "This __ be!" |
|
|
| "You ___ fight city hall" |
|
|
| Argot |
|
|
| Defeatist's word |
|
|
| Isn't capable of |
|
|
| Lean to one side |
|
|
| Slanting surface |
|
|
| Isn't able |
|
|
| Inclination |
|
|
| Quitter's word |
|
|
| Quitter's word |
|
|
| Word of frustration |
|
|
| Tilt |
|
|
| Defeatist's word |
|
|
| Finds it impossible |
|
|
| Is unable |
|
|
| Pitch to one side |
|
|
| Word of frustration |
|
|
| "You ___ fight city hall" |
|
|
| Jargons |
|
|
| Lacks the wherewithal to |
|
|
| Underworld lingo |
|
|
| "Out of the question" |
|
|
| Fling |
|
|
| False piety |
|
|
| More than struggles with |
|
|
| "I ___ hear you!" |
|
|
| Lingo |
|
|
| Lacks the ability to |
|
|
| "Sheesh, __ you read?" |
|
|
| Quitter's contraction |
|
|
| More than struggles with |
|
|
| "White Men ___ Jump" |
|
|
| "Sheesh, __ you read?" |
|
|
| Defeatist's word |
|
|
| "Sheesh, ___ you read?" |
|
|
| Defeatist's word |
|
|
| Conspicuous angle |
|
|
| "__, or won't?" |
|
|
| "This ___ be!" |
|
|
| Defeatist's word |
|
|
| Patois |
|
|
| Quitter's word |
|
|
| Is unable |
|
|
| Slope |
|
|
| Tilted position |
|
|
| "This ___ be!" |
|
|
| "__, or won't?" |
|
|
| Talk hypocritically |
|
|
| Conspicuous angle |
|
|
| Hypocrisy |
|
|
| "___ Buy Me Love" |
|
|
| Set at an angle |
|
|
| With 1-Across, is very important |
|
|
| Is unable to |
|
|
| Bevel |
|
|
| "You _____ take it with you" |
|
|
| "This ___ be happening!" |
|
|
| Jargon |
|
|
| Self-defeating word |
|
|
| Tilt or bevel |
|
|
| Is unable |
|
|
| Private language |
|
|
| Hypocrisy |
|
|
| "This ___ be happening!" |
|
|
| "___ Buy Me Love": Beatles |
|
|
| Pious platitude |
|
|
| Secret slang of thieves |
|
|
| Pessimist's word |
|
|
| Tilted position |
|
|
| In unable to |
|
|
| "__ We Be Friends?" |
|
|
| Pour off |
|
|
| Doesn't have the wherewithal |
|
|
| Isn't up to it |
|
|
| Doesn't have what it takes |
|
|
| Isn't able to |
|
|
| Conspicuous angel |
|
|
| Empty talk |
|
|
| Shoptalk |
|
|
| Taboo word for optimists |
|
|
| Singsong speech |
|
|
| Defeatist's word |
|
|
| Bevel |
|
|
| Doesn't have the wherewithal |
|
|
| Tilt |
|
|
| Argot |
|
|
| False talk |
|
|
| Slope |
|
|
| Isn't able to |
|
|
| Tip to one side |
|
|
| Conspicuous angle |
|
|
| Isn't able |
|
|
| Argot |
|
|
| Slope |
|
|
| Oblique line |
|
|
| Wimp's word |
|
|
| Shoptalk |
|
|
| Projecting angle |
|
|
| "___ Stop The Music," 1980 film |
|
|
| Bevel; tilt |
|
|
| Slanting motion |
|
|
| Hypocritical talk |
|
|
| "This ___ Be Love" |
|
|
| Insincere language |
|
|
| Pious talk |
|
|
| Incline |
|
|
| Humbug |
|
|
| "___ Help Singing," 1944 song |
|
|
| Tilt; tip up |
|
|
| Insincerity |
|
|
| Insincere statements |
|
|
| Whine |
|
|
| Salient angle |
|
|
| Pious insincerity |
|
|
| Heel over |
|
|
| Pious jargon |
|
|
| Pompous talk |
|
|
| Pious language |
|
|
| Whining speech |
|
|
| Jargon |
|
|
| Pretend piety |
|
|
| Whine or beg |
|
|
| Bevel |
|
|
| Hypocrisy |
|
|
| Affected speech |
|
|
| Insincere palaver |
|
|
| Pious platitude |
|
|
| Common contraction |
|
|
| List |
|
|
| Slant |
|
|
| Jargon. |
|
|
| Verbal contraction. |
|
|
| Tilt. |
|
|
| Insincere talk. |
|
|
| Beveled edge. |
|
|
| Slope. |
|
|
| Is unable. |
|
|
| Outer angle. |
|
|
| Lean. |
|
|
| Argot. |
|
|
| Tip up. |
|
|
| Idiom. |
|
|
| Lingo. |
|
|
| Hypocrisy. |
|
|
| Oblique line. |
|
|
| External angle. |
|
|
| Affected, singsong speech. |
|
|
| Peteman for safeblower. |
|
|
| Bevel. |
|
|
| Special argot. |
|
|
| Pious mumbo-jumbo. |
|
|
| Sloping surface. |
|
|
| Salient angle. |
|
|
| Tip. |
|
|
| Negative verbal contraction. |
|
|
| Tilt up. |
|
|
| Pitch. |
|
|
| Pessimist's pet word. |
|
|
| Overturn. |
|
|
| Song of Songs: Abbr. |
|
|
| Incline. |
|
|
| Pessimist's word. |
|
|
| Double-talk. |
|
|
| Secret jargon. |
|
|
| See 1 Down. |
|
|
| Secret jargon of thieves. |
|
|
| Hollow talk. |
|
|
| Hypocritical talk. |
|
|
| Insincere speech or writing. |
|
|
| Oily talk. |
|
|
| Insincere speech. |
|
|
| Tilt; tip. |
|
|
| Slope or bevel. |
|
|
| Inclination. |
|
|
| A slope or bevel. |
|
|
| "No time!" |
|
|
| Is unable to |
|
|
| "I ___ sleep!" |
|
|
| Hypocritical talk |
|
|