| Use the sink | 12 |
| Preprandial order from Mom | 26 |
| Prepare for dinner, say | 23 |
| Mom's predinner order | 25 |
| Mom's pre-meal instruction | 30 |
| Get ready for dinner, say | 25 |
| Float ashore | 12 |
| Exhaust; finish | 15 |
| Drift onto the beach | 20 |
| Drift ashore | 12 |
| Do it before dinner | 19 |
| Cleansing process | 17 |
| Clean the hands before dinner | 29 |
| Clean oneself | 13 |
| Arrive on shore, in a way | 25 |
| Wishy-___ | 9 |
| Wishy's partner | 19 |
| Wishy- -- | 9 |
| Somewhat irresolute? | 20 |
| "What ___ thinking?" | 30 |
| "Now, where ___?" | 27 |
| "How __ to know?" | 27 |
| "Able ___ ere . . . " | 31 |
| "Who __ kidding?" | 27 |
| "Where ___?" (digression closer) | 42 |
| "What --- thinking?" | 30 |
| "What ___ thinking?!" | 31 |
| "What __ thinking?" | 29 |
| "OK, now where ___?" | 30 |
| "Now, where __?" | 26 |
| "Now where ___?" | 26 |
| "Now then, where ___?" | 32 |
| "Able ___ ere I saw Elba" | 35 |
| 'What -- to think?' | 27 |
| 'What -- to do?' | 24 |
| 'What -- thinking?!' | 28 |
| 'Now, where --?' | 24 |
| Had the flu, e.g. | 17 |
| Tiny Alaska city whose girls basketball team was state champ in 1982 | 68 |
| Hometown of abstinence-advocating mother Bristol Palin | 54 |
| City some 600 miles from Russia | 31 |
| Alaska city where Sarah Palin was mayor | 39 |
| Could be reached at the office | 30 |
| Stayed at home | 14 |
| Had office hours | 16 |
| Saw patients at the office, say | 31 |
| Sat at home | 11 |
| Counted, as a tennis shot | 25 |
| "When Flower ___ Knighthood" (1922 film) | 50 |
| "The king ___ his countinghouse" | 42 |
| "The king ___ his counting-house" | 43 |
| Enjoyed, as a hobby | 19 |
| Response to being elbowed, maybe | 32 |
| "How ___?" (question to a diner) | 42 |
| "How ___?" (question from a server) | 45 |
| "___ Rain?": 1937 song | 32 |
| "___ a vision . . . ?": Keats | 39 |
| "___ a cat I saw?" (palindrome) | 41 |
| "__ something I said?" | 32 |
| "__ a dream?" | 23 |
| "___ cat I saw?" (palindrome) | 39 |
| "Did I do the job?" | 29 |
| Accusing question | 17 |
| Had total authority | 19 |
| Regina's ______ Festival | 29 |
| Ran behind schedule | 19 |
| End of the item | 15 |
| End of the chemical reaction | 28 |
| Didn't go unfulfilled | 25 |
| "How Green ___ Valley" | 32 |
| "___ face red!" | 25 |
| Comment when recalling an embarrassing moment | 45 |
| Had not been | 12 |
| "That ___ lady ..." | 29 |
| ''That ___ lady . . .'' | 39 |
| "That --- lady ..." | 29 |
| "That ___ lady . . . " | 32 |
| "That ___ accident!" | 30 |
| ____ match for (couldn't compete with) | 42 |
| Didn't work properly | 24 |
| Didn't function properly | 28 |
| "Rome ___ built in a day" | 35 |
| "That --- my intention" | 33 |
| Verse: Part IV | 14 |
| Never existed | 13 |
| "That ___ so bad" | 27 |
| Failed to be | 12 |
| Didn't exist | 16 |
| "It ___ meant to be" | 30 |
| "The Man Who ___ There" | 33 |
| Contraction in an alibi, perhaps | 32 |
| "The Man Who ___ There" (2001 film) | 45 |
| "Rome __ built in a day" | 34 |
| "It ___ me!" | 22 |
| "It ___ All Velvet" (Mel Tormé autobiography) | 58 |
| "I met a man who ___ there" | 37 |
| "Fuzzy Wuzzy ___ fuzzy" | 33 |
| "... Fuzzy Wuzzy ___ fuzzy..." | 40 |
| Word before "meant to be" | 35 |
| Was not, condensed | 18 |