| Singular or plural pronoun |
USA Today |
29 Oct 2025 |
| Those folks |
Thomas Joseph |
21 Oct 2025 |
| "So ___ say . . ." |
USA Today |
17 Oct 2025 |
| Those people |
Newsday |
07 Oct 2025 |
| Ellos, north of the Mexican border |
|
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| ___/them |
USA Today |
26 Sep 2025 |
| "... or so ___ say" |
|
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| Pronoun for some |
Wall Street Journal |
21 Aug 2025 |
| "You know what ___ say..." |
|
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| Plural pronoun |
Commuter |
16 Jul 2025 |
| Sci-fi movie, ... Live |
|
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| ___/them |
Universal |
09 Jun 2025 |
| "The Things ___ Carried" (1990 story collection about the Vietnam War) |
|
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| Pronoun used by Bella Ramsey and Emma Corrin |
|
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| ____ Shoot Horses, Don't ____?, Great Depression novel |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
25 Apr 2025 |
| Savage and Aaradhna hit duet, ... Don't Know |
|
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| "As ___ say ..." |
|
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| Those persons |
|
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| Nonbinary pronoun |
New York Times Mini |
07 Apr 2025 |
| Those people's article ending in tragedy (4) |
|
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| & 5D 1988 sci-fi film starring Roddy Piper and Keith David (4,4) |
Mirror Quiz |
15 Mar 2025 |
| "You know what ___ say..." |
|
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| "That's what __ all say!" |
Commuter |
05 Mar 2025 |
| "And - lived happily ..." |
|
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| The last to vilify people in authority (4) |
|
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| "So ____ say", according to others |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
02 Feb 2025 |
| American Dialect Society's 2015 word of the year, as a singular |
|
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| "___ Call Me Mr. Tibbs!"; Sidney Poitier movie |
|
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| "That's what - all say" |
|
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| Those people |
The Telegraph Mini |
28 Nov 2024 |
| "The bigger ___ are, the harder ___ fall" |
|
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| ___/them |
USA Today |
22 Nov 2024 |
| The note is for you (4) |
|
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| Preferred pronoun for some |
Wall Street Journal |
13 Nov 2024 |
| "... or so ___ say" |
|
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| People in general |
Puzzler Backwords |
23 Oct 2024 |
| Nonbinary pronoun |
LA Times Daily |
23 Oct 2024 |
| "Don't count your chickens before ___ hatch" |
|
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| "____ think 33 Across all over ..." |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
14 Oct 2024 |
| We are denied the key part (4) |
|
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| Nonbinary pronoun |
Wall Street Journal |
02 Oct 2024 |
| Pronoun whose singular use is much more prominent than it used to be |
|
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| "... or so ___ say" |
|
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| Elton John's "I Guess That's Why ___ Call It the Blues" |
|
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| "...the harder __ fall" |
Newsday |
10 Sep 2024 |
| Those folks |
Newsday |
28 Aug 2024 |
| ___/them pronouns |
Universal |
19 Aug 2024 |
| "What will __ think of next?" |
LA Times Daily |
14 Aug 2024 |
| Those others |
Newsday |
04 Aug 2024 |
| ___/them (certain pronoun pair) |
USA Today |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Those folks |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jul 2024 |
| "You know what ___ say . . ." |
USA Today |
04 Jul 2024 |
| Not we or you |
|
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| The ones starting trouble with a cry |
|
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| He/___ pronouns |
USA Today |
26 Jun 2024 |
| It is, ... are |
|
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| The bigger ____ are... |
|
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| "You know what - say ..." |
|
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| "Or so __ say" |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jun 2024 |
| Gender-neutral pronoun |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
03 Jun 2024 |
| Plural of 'it' |
|
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| ___/any pronouns |
USA Today |
07 Apr 2024 |
| Neither you nor I |
|
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| Those folks |
Newsday |
07 Apr 2024 |
| The powers that be (inf) (4) |
|
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| "___ Call Me Mister Tibbs"; Sidney Poitier film |
|
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| Refers to someone blithely rejecting bill |
|
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| People referred to on the 4th of July? |
|
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| "You know what ___ say..." |
|
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| Gender-neutral designation (4) |
|
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| "When ___ See Us" (2019 Netflix miniseries) |
|
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| Plural of 'it' (4) |
Puzzler |
20 Feb 2024 |
| ___/them pronouns |
New York Times |
12 Feb 2024 |
| Nonbinary pronoun |
Universal |
05 Feb 2024 |
| "___ Shoot Horses, Don't They?" |
|
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| That group |
|
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| Third- or first-person pronoun |
Universal |
28 Jan 2024 |
| Build it and ___ will come (Field of Dreams line) |
|
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| "___ say …" |
New York Times |
20 Jan 2024 |
| Gender-fluid pronoun |
LA Times Daily |
18 Jan 2024 |
| Blithe youngster includes pronoun |
|
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| "The bigger -- are ..." |
|
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| Government or Opposition (4) |
|
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| Those people |
Newsday |
12 Dec 2023 |
| ___ Live (1988 movie about aliens controlling us via consumerism) |
|
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| Nonbinary pronoun |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Oct 2023 |
| Gender-neutral pronoun |
New York Times |
13 Oct 2023 |
| "You know what ___ say..." |
|
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| And, of course, ___ lived |
New York Times |
30 Aug 2023 |
| Your old relative finally accepted personal pronoun |
The Telegraph Toughie |
15 Aug 2023 |
| Unnamed people |
Newsday |
06 Aug 2023 |
| "...or so ___ say" |
|
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| Those people |
Universal |
24 Jul 2023 |
| Third-person pronoun |
USA Today |
17 Jul 2023 |
| 'So ___ say' |
New York Times |
06 Jul 2023 |
| 'What will __ think of next?' |
Newsday |
04 Jul 2023 |
| Gender-neutral pronoun |
USA Today |
27 May 2023 |
| Gender-neutral pronoun |
Eugene Sheffer |
21 Apr 2023 |
| Gender-neutral pronoun |
USA Today |
20 Apr 2023 |
| Those people |
Universal |
11 Apr 2023 |
| Place to swim or play b-ball |
New York Times |
19 Feb 2023 |
| "___ went that-a-way officers!" |
|
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| 'What will __ think of next?' |
Newsday |
14 Feb 2023 |
| With 20-Down, gender-neutral pronoun pair |
USA Today |
21 Jan 2023 |
| "___ Don't Care About Us" (1995 song) |
|
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| '. . . the harder __ fall' |
Newsday |
26 Dec 2022 |
| Unnamed others |
Newsday |
25 Nov 2022 |
| ___/them pronouns |
New York Times |
23 Nov 2022 |
| Those ones |
Canadiana |
07 Nov 2022 |
| Nonbinary pronoun |
Wall Street Journal |
26 Oct 2022 |
| ___/them |
USA Today |
25 Oct 2022 |
| Yon folks |
Eugene Sheffer |
22 Oct 2022 |
| Place for swimming lessons, informally |
New York Times |
20 Oct 2022 |
| ___/them pronouns |
USA Today |
27 Sep 2022 |
| Designation on some pronoun pins |
New York Times |
25 Sep 2022 |
| '__ went thataway!' |
Newsday |
20 Sep 2022 |
| Gender-neutral pronoun |
LA Times Daily |
15 Sep 2022 |
| Hypothesis that has no alternative for these people |
The Guardian Cryptic |
29 Jun 2022 |
| Yon folks |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jun 2022 |
| Yon folks |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 Jun 2022 |
| Vague group creates idea that lacks alternative |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Jun 2022 |
| Plural pronoun, now also used as a gender-neutral substitute for 'she' or 'he' |
The Guardian Quick |
14 Jun 2022 |
| Yon folks |
Eugene Sheffer |
16 May 2022 |
| Those people |
Family Time |
15 May 2022 |
| Nonbinary pronoun |
Universal |
30 Apr 2022 |
| ___/them pronouns |
USA Today |
06 Apr 2022 |
| Yon folks |
Eugene Sheffer |
02 Apr 2022 |
| Those people |
Family Time |
28 Mar 2022 |
| ''. . . the harder __ fall'' |
Newsday |
21 Mar 2022 |
| General group heads for The Hague every year |
The Guardian Quiptic |
14 Feb 2022 |
| General group heads for The Hague every year |
|
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| “What were ___ thinking?” |
New York Times |
07 Feb 2022 |
| Those folks |
Premier Sunday |
30 Jan 2022 |
| '___ said yes' (engagement announcement) |
USA Today |
21 Dec 2021 |
| Gender-neutral pronoun |
USA Today |
21 Oct 2021 |
| Those people |
Thomas Joseph |
28 Sep 2021 |
| '... or so ___ say' |
New York Times |
03 Aug 2021 |
| "___ went that-a-way" |
|
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| "...or so ___ say" |
|
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| ___/them pronouns |
Universal |
09 May 2021 |
| 'When ___ See Us' |
USA Today |
30 Apr 2021 |
| Nonbinary pronoun |
New York Times |
26 Apr 2021 |
| Unnamed ones |
Newsday |
21 Apr 2021 |
| ___/them |
USA Today |
26 Mar 2021 |
| Those people |
Premier Sunday |
21 Feb 2021 |
| "When ___ See Us" |
|
|
| Plural or singular pronoun |
USA Today |
19 Jan 2021 |
| Official figures hot parts still rising |
The Telegraph Toughie |
01 Jan 2021 |
| Unnamed ones |
The Washington Post |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Unnamed ones |
LA Times Daily |
27 Nov 2020 |
| Nonbinary gender pronoun |
LA Times Daily |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Nonbinary gender pronoun |
The Washington Post |
15 Nov 2020 |
| Non-binary pronoun |
|
|
| Those people |
Irish Times Simplex |
02 Oct 2020 |
| ___/them pronouns |
USA Today |
27 Aug 2020 |
| "The Times ____ Are a-Changin'," Bob Dylan's studio album |
|
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| Unspecific others |
Wall Street Journal |
16 Jul 2020 |
| 'So ___ say' |
USA Today |
26 Jun 2020 |
| He and she, e.g |
Premier Sunday |
21 Jun 2020 |
| "So __ say" |
LA Times Daily |
03 Jun 2020 |
| 'So __ say' |
The Washington Post |
03 Jun 2020 |
| Gender-neutral pronoun |
Wall Street Journal |
30 Apr 2020 |
| Those folks |
Thomas Joseph |
30 Mar 2020 |
| "The Times ___ Are a-Changin'" |
Universal |
28 Mar 2020 |
| Nonbinary pronoun |
Universal |
18 Mar 2020 |
| ''. . . the harder __ fall'' |
Newsday |
04 Mar 2020 |
| Gender-neutral pronoun |
The Washington Post Sunday |
09 Feb 2020 |
| Those people |
Family Time |
05 Jan 2020 |
| "You know what ____ say..." |
|
|
| Those folks |
Universal |
06 Nov 2019 |
| Bridge scorecard heading |
|
|
| Bridge scorecard heading |
New York Times |
24 Oct 2019 |
| '. . . or so ___ say' |
USA Today |
07 Sep 2019 |
| Place to swim or work out, informally |
New York Times |
11 Aug 2019 |
| '___ went thataway!' |
USA Today |
09 Aug 2019 |
| Yon folks |
Eugene Sheffer |
09 Apr 2019 |
| Rock music's __ Might Be Giants |
LA Times Daily |
25 Mar 2019 |
| Rock music's __ Might Be Giants |
The Washington Post |
25 Mar 2019 |
| Place to go to swim, informally |
New York Times |
13 Mar 2019 |
| "So ___ say" |
|
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| "So ___ say!" |
|
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| Unnamed others |
Newsday |
04 Jan 2019 |
| Rock music's __ Might Be Giants |
|
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| "___ went thataway!" |
|
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| ". . . or so ___ say" |
|
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| Place to go to swim, informally |
|
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| Place to swim or work out, informally |
|
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| Those people |
|
|
| The other side |
Jonesin |
09 Oct 2018 |
| So ___ say |
|
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| "... see how ___ run" |
Family Time |
30 Sep 2018 |
| Unnamed persons |
The Washington Post |
16 Sep 2018 |
| Unnamed persons |
LA Times Daily |
16 Sep 2018 |
| Those folks |
USA Today |
20 Aug 2018 |
| Those people hurt finally call for attention |
|
|
| "___ went thataway" |
Universal |
14 Jul 2018 |
| "Those people..." (Pointer's word) |
|
|
| Unspecified folks |
LA Times Daily |
22 Mar 2018 |
| Unspecified folks |
The Washington Post |
22 Mar 2018 |
| "___ have yet to arrive" |
|
|
| The fourth of July, for people in general |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
07 Jan 2018 |
| Those folks |
|
|
| Unnamed persons |
|
|
| Column heading on a bridge tally |
|
|
| "___ went thataway" |
|
|
| Pronoun for a group |
Family Time |
19 Nov 2017 |
| Unspecified news source, often |
|
|
| Bridge tally heading |
Wall Street Journal |
09 Nov 2017 |
| Those people |
|
|
| Finger-pointer's pronoun |
USA Today |
23 Oct 2017 |
| 'Where are -- now?' |
Premier Sunday |
15 Oct 2017 |
| Not we or us |
Universal |
17 Sep 2017 |
| Nebulous rumor source |
Newsday |
05 Aug 2017 |
| Unidentified gossip source, often |
New York Times |
16 Jun 2017 |
| "___ went thataway!" |
USA Today |
16 Apr 2017 |
| People in general |
Newsday |
26 Mar 2017 |
| Unnamed ones |
Universal |
30 Jan 2017 |
| Bridge score-pad word |
Newsday |
20 Jan 2017 |
| Not we |
New York Times |
15 Jan 2017 |
| Pronoun for a group |
Universal |
12 Jan 2017 |
| '___ shut me up in Prose' (Emily Dickinson poem) |
New York Times |
06 Jan 2017 |
| "___ shut me up in Prose" (Emily Dickinson poem) |
|
|
| Not we or us |
|
|
| Pronoun for a group |
|
|
| Unnamed ones |
|
|
| Unidentified gossip source, often |
|
|
| Finger-pointer's pronoun |
|
|
| Not we |
|
|
| "So __ say" |
|
|
| Anonymous news source |
New York Times |
17 Dec 2016 |
| Part 6 of today's quote |
Canadiana |
26 Sep 2016 |
| He and she |
Newsday |
14 Sep 2016 |
| Part 5 of today's quote |
Canadiana |
27 Jun 2016 |
| Those people that will turn lad into lady! |
The Telegraph Toughie |
21 Jun 2016 |
| 'So -- say' |
Premier Sunday |
24 Apr 2016 |
| ''What will __ think of next?'' |
Newsday |
11 Apr 2016 |
| Those folks |
Newsday |
29 Mar 2016 |
| "___ went thataway!" |
Universal |
26 Feb 2016 |
| Bridge scorepad column |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
26 Feb 2016 |
| Those people |
Newsday |
05 Jan 2016 |
| Bridge scorepad column |
|
|
| Anonymous news source |
|
|
| Rock's ___ Might Be Giants |
New York Times |
30 Nov 2015 |
| "So ___ say" |
Universal |
22 Oct 2015 |
| He and she |
USA Today |
05 Sep 2015 |
| Unspecified people |
Newsday |
12 Jul 2015 |
| He and she |
Universal |
04 Jun 2015 |
| "So ___ say" |
USA Today |
25 Feb 2015 |
| Unspecified news source, often |
New York Times |
20 Feb 2015 |
| Unidentified rumor source |
USA Today |
16 Jan 2015 |
| "___ Live" (1988 John Carpenter horror satire starring Roddy Piper) |
|
|
| Unspecified people |
|
|
| Unspecified news source, often |
|
|
| Rock's ___ Might Be Giants |
|
|
| He and she |
|
|
| "So ___ say" |
|
|
| Unidentified rumor source |
|
|
| He and she |
|
|
| "So ___ say" |
|
|
| "... or so ___ say" |
|
|
| "___ went thataway!" |
|
|
| Unspecified culprits |
|
|
| "What will ___ think of next?" |
|
|
| With 69-Across, what 20-, 38- and 57-Across do |
|
|
| "__ went thataway!" |
|
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| Those folks |
|
|
| Unnamed others |
|
|
| Those folks |
|
|
| "Where are ___ now?" |
|
|
| "__ are the we of me": McCullers |
|
|
| Those people |
|
|
| The other side |
|
|
| He and she |
|
|
| Unnamed others |
|
|
| "So __ say" |
|
|
| People in general |
|
|
| Locale for a Village People hit, informally |
|
|
| The other people |
|
|
| Unnamed ones |
|
|
| Quip, Part 5 |
|
|
| He and she |
|
|
| ___ Might Be Giants |
|
|
| "What were ___ thinking?" |
|
|
| Bridge side |
|
|
| Other people |
|
|
| See 9-across |
|
|
| " ... or so ___ say" |
|
|
| Those folks |
|
|
| Tracy Ullman's "___ Don't Know" |
|
|
| Michael Jackson "___ Don't Care About Us" |
|
|
| "If ___ only knew!" |
|
|
| Michael Jackson: "___ Don't Care About Us" |
|
|
| Place to swim and play b-ball, say |
|
|
| Place with a pool, informally |
|
|
| "... the harder ___ fall" |
|
|
| "___ went that-a-way!" |
|
|
| Plural pronoun |
|
|
| He and she |
|
|
| Community hangout, informally |
|
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| Place with a gym |
|
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| Place with a pool, informally |
|
|
| "Where are ___ now?" |
|
|
| "So ___ say" ("That's what I hear") |
|
|
| Anonymous ones |
|
|
| Anonymous perpetrators |
|
|
| Unidentified rumor source |
|
|
| Unnamed ones |
|
|
| Unnamed culprits |
|
|
| Oft-quoted unnamed ones |
|
|
| Column on a bridge scorepad |
|
|
| "__ went thataway!" |
|
|
| "__ went thataway!" |
|
|
| Unnamed culprits |
|
|
| "What were ___ thinking?" |
|
|
| Unidentified rumor source |
|
|
| Group's pronoun |
|
|
| People in general |
|
|
| ___ Might Be Giants |
|
|
| "___ Say," 1939 #1 Artie Shaw hit |
|
|
| ___ Might Be Giants (rock group) |
|
|
| "What will ___ think of next?" |
|
|
| "__ went thataway" |
|
|
| "... the harder ___ fall" |
|
|
| "So __ say" |
|
|
| "___ Can't Take That Away From Me" |
|
|
| "__ Might Be Giants" |
|
|
| Unnamed ones |
|
|
| Rec building |
|
|
| Aphorism sayers? |
|
|
| Unnamed ones |
|
|
| Anonymous perpetrators |
|
|
| Rec building |
|
|
| Unspecified culprits |
|
|
| Anonymous perpetrators |
|
|
| "___ also serve ..." |
|
|
| Unspecified culprits |
|
|
| "___ also serve ... " |
|
|
| "___ went thataway!" |
|
|
| Unnamed ones |
|
|
| "___ went thataway!" |
|
|
| Place to swim or take classes |
|
|
| People in general |
|
|
| Eulogy, Part 2 |
|
|
| People in general |
|
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| Who went thataway? |
|
|
| Pool locale, briefly |
|
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| Pool locale, briefly |
|
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| Everybody else |
|
|
| "If ___ only knew!" |
|
|
| He and she |
|
|
| Not we |
|
|
| Place to swim or play b-ball |
|
|
| "So ___ say" |
|
|
| "He is; ___ are" |
|
|
| "__ Were Expendable": 1945 war film |
|
|
| "__ Were Expendable": 1945 war film |
|
|
| Yonder folk |
|
|
| "___ Came to Cordura": 1959 film |
|
|
| Those people |
|
|
| "So __ say" |
|
|
| "___ Came to Cordura": 1959 film |
|
|
| "___ Call Me MISTER Tibbs!" |
|
|
| "The Harder ___ Fall" |
|
|
| Bridge opponents |
|
|
| "___ went thataway!" |
|
|
| Group's pronoun |
|
|
| The other ones |
|
|
| Those previously mentioned |
|
|
| "-- Were Expendable" (Ford classic) |
|
|
| "What will ___ think of next?" |
|
|
| The others |
|
|
| Those people |
|
|
| "___ went thataway!" |
|
|
| "So __ say" |
|
|
| Not we |
|
|
| Recreational place, familiarly |
|
|
| "_____ went thataway!" |
|
|
| "__ All Laughed" |
|
|
| "So ___ say" |
|
|
| "___ All Laughed": Gershwin |
|
|
| Bridge opponents |
|
|
| "So ___ say" ("That's what I hear") |
|
|
| Unnamed authorities |
|
|
| ___ Might Be Giants (rock band) |
|
|
| Part IV of quip |
|
|
| Others |
|
|
| Group's pronoun |
|
|
| ____ also serve who . . . |
|
|
| Those |
|
|
| "___went thataway" |
|
|
| "_____ also serve who ..." |
|
|
| Community center, for short |
|
|
| "___ asked me how I knew..." |
|
|
| People generally |
|
|
| Bridge-score column |
|
|
| "___ also serve . . . " |
|
|
| "___ All Laughed," 1981 film |
|
|
| People, generally |
|
|
| "___ also serve . . . ": Milton |
|
|
| Start of a Milton quote re cafes? |
|
|
| Personal pronoun |
|
|
| People in general |
|
|
| "___ stumble that run fast": Shak. |
|
|
| __ Drive by Night |
|
|
| Others |
|
|
| The others |
|
|
| "___ also serve . . . " |
|
|
| Pronoun |
|
|
| ___ say |
|
|
| People in general. |
|
|
| "... or so ___ say" |
|
|
| People who "say." |
|
|
| "You know what ___ say ..." |
|
|
| People generally. |
|
|
| People. |
|
|
| Those who "say." |
|
|
| Popular quotees. |
|
|
| The ones who said "it couldn't be done." |
|
|
| People indefinitely. |
|
|
| Pronoun. |
|
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| ___ Might Be Giants |
|
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