| "Please explain" | 26 |
| "I demand an explanation" | 35 |
| "Give me a reason" | 28 |
| "Could you explain that?" | 35 |
| "Because" evoker | 26 |
| "Because I said so!" elicitor | 39 |
| "___ England Slept," J.F.K. book | 42 |
| "___ Do I Love You?": 1927 song | 41 |
| 'What for?' | 19 |
| 'Explain, please' | 25 |
| 'Explain yourself!' | 27 |
| '-- duck?' (Chico Marx question) | 40 |
| Existential musing | 18 |
| Talkative one's question, part 3 | 36 |
| Questionable alliance? | 22 |
| "Is it any use?" | 26 |
| Slacker's motto | 19 |
| "There's really no point" | 39 |
| "It's no use!" | 28 |
| 'What's the point?' | 31 |
| Start of an exhausting question | 31 |
| Store exchange-window complaint | 31 |
| Verse, part 7 | 13 |
| Charlady's ad | 17 |
| "___ you do it?" (interrogator's question) | 56 |
| Start of joke #1 | 16 |
| Start of a thought-provoking quip | 33 |
| "___ Love You?" | 25 |
| Query from the adventurous | 26 |
| Q: ___ A: I don't need one | 31 |
| Friend's punny response to complaint | 40 |
| Part II of "lament" | 29 |
| He answered "In 1971. But ..." | 40 |
| "___ oughta . . ." (threat from Moe) | 46 |
| Moe Howard catchphrase | 22 |
| English class question (Part 1) | 31 |
| Comic's answer | 18 |
| Wonderer's question | 23 |
| Little kid's question | 25 |
| "What did I do to deserve this?" | 42 |
| Lamenter's question | 23 |
| Unlucky one's question | 26 |
| Unlucky one's query | 23 |
| Question from the picked-upon | 29 |
| Job-type's question | 23 |
| Cry from someone who's been aggrieved | 41 |
| Complainer's plaint | 23 |
| Born loser's lament | 23 |
| "Pick someone else, pleeease?" | 40 |
| "I'm so unlucky!" | 31 |
| "Couldn't this happen to someone else?" | 53 |
| Quippy question, part one | 25 |
| Borrower's question (Part 1) | 32 |
| Rhetorical question | 19 |
| Darer's question | 20 |
| Challenging reply | 17 |
| "What do you have to lose?" | 37 |
| "Oh, what the heck?" | 30 |
| 'Let's do it!' | 26 |
| 1984 #1 country hit by the Judds | 32 |
| Jimmy Carter autobiography | 26 |
| Reason for Earth's existence? | 33 |
| Philosopher's state? | 24 |
| "What did Bill do to earn this check, anyway?"? | 57 |
| Discounter's pitch | 22 |
| Wherefores' companions | 26 |
| Partners of wherefores | 22 |
| ___ and wherefores | 18 |
| Explanations | 12 |
| Wherefores' mates | 21 |
| Wherefores partners | 19 |
| Toddler's questions | 23 |
| Philosophers' questions | 27 |
| Partner of wherefores | 21 |
| Kids' questions | 19 |
| Wherefores' partners | 24 |
| Tot's repeated questions | 28 |
| The -- and wherefores | 21 |
| Rationales | 10 |
| Existential questions | 21 |
| and wherefores | 14 |
| __ and wherefores | 17 |
| Start of a curious query | 24 |
| Financial newbie's question (Part 1) | 40 |
| What's the point of annoying Leno's sheep? | 50 |
| Quarterback's question to blitzing defenders? | 49 |
| "No need to hurry, is there?" | 39 |
| Words to a glum guy | 19 |
| Slowdown request | 16 |
| "I got this under control!" | 37 |
| "Don't fret!" as a question | 41 |
| Nitpicker's headscratcher (Part 1) | 38 |
| Question to a busybody | 22 |
| Surprised person's agreement | 32 |
| Surprised affirmation | 21 |
| "Of course! | 16 |
| "As a matter of fact, I do" | 37 |
| Angry parent's yell | 23 |
| Compliment to a young genius? | 29 |
| Womens org. | 11 |