| "The thing is . . ." |
USA Today |
29 Jul 2025 |
| "Get it now?" |
USA Today |
01 Jun 2025 |
| "Now __ it..." (2 wds.) |
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| Fred Astaire begged, "Must you dance quite so close with your lips touching his face? Can't ... I'm longing to be in his place? Won't you change partners and dance with me?" (3,3) |
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Newsday |
21 Apr 2024 |
| "Get it?" |
New York Times |
21 Oct 2023 |
| "Make sense?" |
LA Times Daily |
01 Jul 2023 |
| Explainer's opening words |
Newsday |
11 Jul 2022 |
| Explainer's intro |
Newsday |
07 Jun 2022 |
| "Here's the thing ... " |
LA Times Daily |
13 Nov 2021 |
| "Here's the deal ..." |
Universal |
05 Oct 2021 |
| ''Here's the thing . . .'' |
Newsday |
29 Jun 2021 |
| 'The thing is . . .' |
USA Today |
05 Nov 2020 |
| "It's like this," and a phonetic hint to the five longest Across answers |
LA Times Daily |
02 Nov 2020 |
| 'It's like this,' and a phonetic hint to the five longest Across answers |
The Washington Post |
02 Nov 2020 |
| "Now ___ Me," 2013 heist thriller film starring Woody Harrelson as Merritt McKinney: 2 wds. |
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| 'Here's the deal...' |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Mar 2019 |
| "Here's the deal..." |
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| 'Here's the thing ...' |
New York Times |
15 Apr 2018 |
| 'Capeesh?' |
Premier Sunday |
25 Mar 2018 |
| "Here's the thing ..." |
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| 'Get it?' |
New York Times |
01 Jan 2018 |
| "Get it?" |
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| 'Get it?' |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Jul 2015 |
| 'Understand?' |
Wall Street Journal |
29 May 2015 |
| "Understand?" |
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| "Get it?" |
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| Explanation introducer |
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| Explainer's intro |
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| "It's like this ..." |
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| "It's like this . . ." |
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| "Get it?" |
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| "It's like this ..." |
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| "Capeesh?" |
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| "Capeesh?" |
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| Explanation starter |
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| "Here's the thing …" |
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| "Oh, say can ___ . . . " |
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| "Let me demonstrate" |
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