| Ain't as it should be? |
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| "All __ lost" |
Newsday |
05 Oct 2025 |
| 007 movie The World ___ Enough (2,3) |
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| "It ___ Meant to Be" (Tame Impala song) |
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| "A House ___ ___ a Home" by Luther Vandross |
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| "That ___ true!" ("False!") |
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| "Nuh-uh!" |
Universal |
29 Nov 2024 |
| "That ___ my problem" |
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| OK Go's "All ___ Lost" |
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| "This ___ a drill!" |
Wall Street Journal |
01 Oct 2024 |
| Playground comeback |
Premier Sunday |
29 Sep 2024 |
| "This ___ a pipe" |
Universal |
16 Sep 2024 |
| "The World ___ Enough"; 007 film |
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| "Nuh-uh!" |
LA Times Daily |
16 Feb 2024 |
| "The World ___ Enough"; 007 movie |
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| "Failure - an option!" |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Jan 2024 |
| "Failure ? an option!" |
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| 007 flick starring Pierce Brosnan, "The World ___ ___ Enough" (1999) |
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| "All that glitters ___ gold": 2 wds. |
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| Ain’t, in other words |
New York Times |
15 Nov 2022 |
| Ain't, in other words |
New York Times |
15 Nov 2022 |
| "The World ___ Enough": 2 wds. (James Bond film) |
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| “The quality of mercy ___ strained” |
Wall Street Journal |
27 Sep 2022 |
| 'Failure ___ an option' |
New York Times |
31 Jul 2022 |
| "It ___ what I meant!" (you misunderstood me): 2 wds. |
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| Immature comeback |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jul 2022 |
| Contrarian's retort |
Premier Sunday |
30 Jan 2022 |
| "All that glitters ___ gold": 2 wds. |
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| 'Huh-uh!' |
New York Times |
06 Jan 2021 |
| "It ___ my cup of tea": 2 wds. |
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| Brief refutation |
Newsday |
14 Nov 2020 |
| "All ____ lost": 2 wds. |
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| 'This ___ a test' |
New York Times |
21 Jul 2020 |
| Formal “ain’t” |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Playground retort |
Universal |
09 Jul 2020 |
| Ripen, maybe |
New York Times |
30 Apr 2020 |
| "All that glitters ___ gold": 2 wds. |
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| "False!" on a playground |
Universal |
26 Nov 2019 |
| Childish comeback |
LA Times Daily |
06 Aug 2019 |
| Childish comeback |
The Washington Post |
06 Aug 2019 |
| "Wrong!" |
LA Times Daily |
20 Jul 2019 |
| 'Wrong!' |
The Washington Post |
20 Jul 2019 |
| Ain't correct? |
Premier Sunday |
14 Jul 2019 |
| "All ___ lost": 2 wds. |
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| "This ___ a test." ("It's the real deal, folks"): 2 wds. |
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| "All ___ lost": 2 wds. |
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| "All that glitters ___ gold": 2 wds. |
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| 'Wrong!' on a playground |
USA Today |
02 Mar 2019 |
| Tot's rebuttal |
LA Times Daily |
10 Feb 2019 |
| Tot's rebuttal |
The Washington Post |
10 Feb 2019 |
| "All that glitters ___ gold": 2 wds. |
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| "Wrong!" |
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| Childish comeback |
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| Tot's rebuttal |
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| "Wrong!" on a playground |
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| "The World ___ Enough" (1999 Bond movie): 2 wds. |
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| 'You're lying!' in a playground |
The Washington Post |
17 Oct 2018 |
| "You're lying!" in a playground |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2018 |
| "A house ___ a home": 2 wds. |
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| 'Love ___ a victory march' ('Hallelujah' lyric) |
New York Times |
25 Jul 2018 |
| Part 5 of today's quote |
Canadiana |
23 Jul 2018 |
| "This ___ how we do things down here.": 2 wds. |
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| "Chivalry ___ dead.": 2 wds. |
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| Recess retort: 2 wds. |
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| "You're lying!" in a playground |
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| "Love ___ a victory march" ("Hallelujah" lyric) |
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| Playground comeback |
Universal |
21 Oct 2017 |
| "This ___ a drill!": 2 wds |
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| Schoolyard retort |
USA Today |
20 May 2017 |
| "This ___ a drill!" (Announcement during a fire breakout): 2 wds. |
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| Schoolyard argument |
LA Times Daily |
12 Feb 2017 |
| Schoolyard retort |
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| Playground comeback |
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| Schoolyard argument |
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| 'All ___ lost' |
New York Times |
27 Dec 2016 |
| "Wrong!" on the playground |
USA Today |
30 Nov 2016 |
| Schoolyard retort |
The Washington Post |
28 Jul 2016 |
| Response to "is so " |
Canadiana |
18 Jul 2016 |
| �Comedy ___ Pretty!� (Steve Martin album) |
Wall Street Journal |
20 May 2016 |
| "All ___ lost" |
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| "Wrong!" on the playground |
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| 'This -- a test' |
Premier Sunday |
08 Nov 2015 |
| One side of a childish debate ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
New York Times |
04 Oct 2015 |
| Schoolyard retort |
New York Times |
20 Feb 2015 |
| "Liar!" in a playground |
LA Times Daily |
18 Feb 2015 |
| "This __ a drill!" |
LA Times Daily |
29 Jan 2015 |
| "This __ a drill!" |
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| "Liar!" in a playground |
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| One side of a childish debate ... or a phonetic hint to the answers to the four starred clues |
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| Schoolyard retort |
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| Ain't said right? |
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| 'This -- a test' |
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| Ain't spelled out? |
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| "Failure ___ an option" |
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| "This __ a drill" |
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| Schoolyard comeback |
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| Playground retort |
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| Playground retort |
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| Isn't expanded? |
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| Isn't expanded? |
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| "This ___ a drill!" |
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| "This ___ a test" |
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| 'A House -- a Home' |
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| 'Now -- the time' |
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| Contrarian's retort |
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| Ain't fixed? |
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| "Nuh uh!" |
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| Schoolyard retort |
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| Playground retort |
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| "Failure __ an option" |
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| Ain't right? |
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| Schoolyard comeback |
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| "War ___ the answer" |
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| Playground response to 51-Across |
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| Ain't fixed? |
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| Playground retort |
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| Playground response to 51-Across |
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| Playground retort |
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| "Once ___ Enough" |
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| "You're wrong," on the playground |
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| Playground comeback |
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| 'Failure -- an option' |
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| Playground comeback |
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| Fails to be |
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| Recess retort |
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| Words in arguments between kids, perhaps |
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| Playground comeback |
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| Playground comeback |
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| "This ___ a drill!" |
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| "This __ a test" |
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| Schoolyard comeback |
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| Schoolyard comeback |
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| "This __ a test" |
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| "Failure ___ an option!" |
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| "The fault, dear Brutus, ___ in our stars ..." |
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| Schoolyard retort, and hint to this puzzle's theme |
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| Fails to be |
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| Schoolyard retort, and hint to this puzzle's theme |
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| "This __ a drill!" |
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| Schoolyard comeback |
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| "What ___ to like?" |
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| Playground retort |
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| Comeback in a kids' argument |
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| "Once __ Enough" |
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| "Ain't" completely? |
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| 'Ours -- to reason why' |
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| Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Love ___ All" |
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| "Once ___ Enough" |
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| "This __ a drill!" |
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| "A house __ a home" |
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| "Once ___ Enough" |
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| 'This -- a drill' |
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| Comeback in a kids' argument |
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| "The quality of mercy ___ strain'd" |
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| Playground comeback |
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| Playground rejoinder |
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| "The World ___ Enough" (1999 Bond film) |
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| "This ___ a test!" |
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| "This ___ a test" |
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| "A house ___ a home" (alternate title for this puzzle?) |
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| Words heard in arguments between kids |
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| "A house ___ a home" |
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| Comeback in a kids' argument |
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| Polly Adler's "A House _____ a Home" |
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| "The fault, dear Brutus, ___ in our stars" |
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| Polly Adler's A House ___ a Home |
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| "Once ___ Enough" |
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| "This ___ happening!" |
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| "Ours ___ to reason why..." |
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| Argumentative words |
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| Ain't right? |
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| Susann's "Once ___ Enough" |
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| Ain't, properly |
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| "Love ___ All": Millay |
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| "All that glisters ___ gold": Shak. |
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| "A House ___ a Home": Adler |
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| " . . . mercy ___ strained": Shak. |
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| "All ___ gold that glitters" |
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| "God ___ a man . . . " |
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| "He ___ a God of the dead . . . " |
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| "A House ___ a Home" |
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| "He that ___ with me is against me." |
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| "The game ___ worth the candle." |
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| "All ___ gold." |
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| "The quality of mercy ___ strained . . . " |
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| Negative declaration: 2 wds. |
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| Two plus two ___ five. |
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| Lacks being: 2 wds. |
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| "The fault, dear Brutus, ___ in our stars . . . " |
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| "This Film ___ Yet Rated" |
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| See 29 Down. |
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| "The race ___ to the swift . . . " |
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| "All ___ gold . . . " |
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| Has no being. |
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| Frequently contracted phrase. |
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| "The race ___ to the swift." |
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| Non est. |
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| Doesn't exist |
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