AINT
- ___ She Sweet?” nyt 1952 AINTREE English steeplechase track. nyt 1952 AINU Aborigine of Japan. nyt 1952 AINU Racial ancestor of the Japanese. nyt 1952 AIR Finletter's bailiwick. nyt 1952 AIR Gas station commodity. nyt 1952 AIR Melody. nyt 1952 AIR Way to travel. nyt 1952 AIR Where Sabre meets Mig. nyt 1952 AIR With 25 Down, a landing place. nyt 1952 AIRANDSEA Pertaining to action in two elements: 3 wds. nyt 1952 AIRCOOLS Removes heat. nyt 1952 AIRE French river. nyt 1952 AIRE It flows through Leeds, England. nyt 1952 AIRE River in France, tributary of the Aisne. nyt 1952 AIRE River in Yorkshire. nyt 1952 AIRE Tributary of the Aisne. nyt 1952 AIRED Displayed. nyt 1952 AIRED Published. nyt 1952 AIRER Frame for clothes drying. nyt 1952 AIRERS Frames for drying clothes. nyt 1952 AIRES Buenos ___. nyt 1952 AIRES Buenos ___. nyt 1952 AIRGUN Child's popper. nyt 1952 AIRLINES Modern transportation systems. nyt 1952 AIRMAILS Puts 6c in stamps on the envelope. nyt 1952 AIRMAILS Puts a six-cent stamp on a letter. nyt 1952 AIRMAN Member of Gen. Weyland's command. nyt 1952 AIRMEN Gen. Twining's forces. nyt 1952 AIRPOCKET Atmospheric airplane hazard. nyt 1952 AIRPORT Gander or Goose Bay. nyt 1952 AIRPORT Orly is one. nyt 1952 AIRPORT Orly or Gander. nyt 1952 AIRS Affected manners. nyt 1952 AIRS Affected manners. nyt 1952 AIRS Disdainful mien. nyt 1952 AIRS Publicizes. nyt 1952 AIRS Songs. nyt 1952 AIRTRAP Part of a drainage system. nyt 1952 AIRVESSEL Any flying craft: 2 wds. nyt 1952 AIRY Unsubstantial. nyt 1952 AIS Sloths. nyt 1952 AISLED Having passages between seats. nyt 1952 AISNE Tributary of the Oise. nyt 1952 AIT Islet. nyt 1952 AIT River island. nyt 1952 AIT River islet. nyt 1952 AIT Tiny island. nyt 1952 AITS Small islands. nyt 1952 AIX ___-la-Chapelle. nyt 1952 AJAR Open. nyt 1952 AJAR Out of harmony. nyt 1952 AJOG Moving at a slow pace. nyt 1952 AKENE Dandelion seed, for instance: Var. nyt 1952 AKIHITO Son in line for Hirohito's throne. nyt 1952 AKIN Allied. nyt 1952 AKIN Related to. nyt 1952 AKIN Related. nyt 1952 AKIN Very like. nyt 1952 AKKA Belgian Congo pygmy. nyt 1952 AKKA Pygmy of the Belgian Congo. nyt 1952 AKRON City of 274,605 in Ohio. nyt 1952 AKRON City of 274,605 in Ohio. nyt 1952 AKRON City south of Cleveland. nyt 1952 AKRON Ohio city. nyt 1952 AKRON Rubber products center. nyt 1952 AKRON U. S. rubber center. nyt 1952 ALA Chicken ___ king. nyt 1952 ALA Gov. Person's state: Abbr. nyt 1952 ALA Governor Persons' state: Abbr. nyt 1952 ALA In the mode of. nyt 1952 ALA Iranian diplomat. nyt 1952 ALA Iranian diplomat. nyt 1952 ALA Pie ___ mode. nyt 1952 ALA Sen. Sparkman's state: Abbr. nyt 1952 ALA Where Montgomery is: Abbr. nyt 1952 ALA Where Muscle Shoals is: Abbr. nyt 1952 ALA Where Selma is: Abbr. nyt 1952 ALA Where Tuscaloosa is: Abbr. nyt 1952 ALA Where the Azalea Trail is: Abbr. nyt 1952 ALA Where the Coosa flows: Abbr. nyt 1952 ALA With, in cookery. nyt 1952 ALA With, in cookery. nyt 1952 ALABAMA First name in convention roll calls. nyt 1952 ALABAMA Gov. Persons' state. nyt 1952 ALABAMA National convention's first vote. nyt 1952 ALABAMA Sparkman's state. nyt 1952 ALABAMA Where Mobile is. nyt 1952 ALABAMA Where Tombigbee River flows. nyt 1952 ALABAMAN Senator Hill is one. nyt 1952 ALABAMANS Governor Persons and Senator Hill. nyt 1952 ALABAMAS Sparkman and Hill are ___ Senators. nyt 1952 ALACK Ah me! nyt 1952 ALACK Oldtime word of dismay. nyt 1952 ALAE Botanical wings. nyt 1952 ALAE Winglike parts. nyt 1952 ALAE Winglike petals. nyt 1952 ALAE Wings of a Roman army. nyt 1952 ALAE Wings. nyt 1952 ALAE Wings. nyt 1952 ALAE Wings. nyt 1952 ALAE Wings. nyt 1952 ALAE Wings. nyt 1952 ALAE Wings: Anat. nyt 1952 ALAGOAS A state in Brazil. nyt 1952 ALAI Half of a Spanish game. nyt 1952 ALAI Jai ___, Cuban game. nyt 1952 ALAI Jai ___, Spanish game. nyt 1952 ALAI Jai ___, Spanish game. nyt 1952 ALAI Jai ___, also called pelota. nyt 1952 ALAI Jai ___, game resembling squash. nyt 1952 ALAI Jai ___. nyt 1952 ALAI Jai ___. nyt 1952 ALAI Merry: Spanish. nyt 1952 ALAI Mountain range in the Tien Shan system. nyt 1952 ALAI Mountains in Asia. nyt 1952 ALAI Mountains in Kirgiz. nyt 1952 ALAI Mountains of Kirghiz. nyt 1952 ALAI Mountains of Kirghiz. nyt 1952 ALAI Turkish regiment. nyt 1952 ALAMEDA Naval air base site in Calif. nyt 1952 ALAMEIN Where the Desert Fox was turned back. nyt 1952 ALAMO A Pyrrhic victory for Santa Anna. nyt 1952 ALAMO James Bowie fell here, 1836. nyt 1952 ALAMO San Antonio's historic mission. nyt 1952 ALAMO Shrine at San Antonio. nyt 1952 ALAMO Texan shrine built in 1722. nyt 1952 ALAMO Texan's war cry, Remember the ___."
- AINT
- __ Misbehavin'
- __ That A Shame?
- __ Too Proud to Beg
- Non-standard contraction
- ___ Misbehavin'
- ___ She Sweet
- 39-Down's opposite
- ___ that a bitch?
- Bugs Bunny line: "__ I a stinker?"
- And that ___ hay!
- Isn't wrong?
- You ___ about that life!
- You ___ kidding!
- Grammar taboo
- Second word in Elvis's hit "Hound Dog"
- ___ It Cool News
- Is not on the street?
- Isn't relaxed?
- I ___ no joke!
- Grammarian's bugaboo
- Is not incorrect?
- Isn't commonly
- Isn't, alternatively
- It __ Necessarily So
- Is not ungrammatical?
- __ She Sweet?
- Isn't in the vernacular
- __ We Got Fun?
- Bugaboo of a verb
- Is not wrong?
- Commonly isn't?
- Nonstandard negative
- ____ It Funky Now (1969 James Brown hit)
- _____ It Fun (2013 Paramore hit)
- First word of many a double negative
- Substandard contraction
- ___ Nobody's Business (blues standard)
- Frowned-upon contraction
- ___ No Mountain High Enough
- _____ No Other Man (2006 Christina Aguilera hit)
- _____ Them Bodies Saints (2013 Rooney Mara/Casey Affleck film)
- _____ Worth the Whiskey (2014 #1 country hit)
- Coarse shortening
- See 32-Across
- You _____ all that
- _____ She Tweet (1952 Looney Tunes cartoon)
- First word of the chorus of the 1983 hit "Break My Stride"
- Word in a "Porgy and Bess" song title
- You ___ seen nothin' yet!
- ___ I a stinker? (Bugs Bunny line)
- I ___ Got Nobody
- It ___ Necessarily So
- Aretha Franklin's "___ No Way"
- Dialectical contraction
- ___ I a stinker? (Bugs Bunny)
- ___ No Sunshine (Bill Withers hit)
- ___ it the truth!
- Fats Domino's "___ That a Shame"
- If it ___ broke, don't fix it!
- ___ Too Proud to Beg (1966 song)
- ___ I a stinker?
- ___ That a Shame
- Say it ___ so!
- ___ that the truth!
- ___ We Got Fun
- That ___ hay!
- If it ___ broke ...
- ___ No Mountain High Enough (1967 song)
- Isn't poorly?
- Controversial contraction
- English class taboo
- Grammatical no-no
- You ___ heard nothing yet!
- ___ No Mountain High Enough (1970 chart-topper)
- Is not spoken wrong?
- Is You Is or Is You ___ My Baby? (Louis Jordan song)
- It ___ over 'til it's over
- ___ No Mountain High Enough (1970 #1 hit)
- ___ that somethin'?
- Isn't uncorrected?
- You ___ heard nothin' yet!
- Maligned contraction
- It ___ over till it's over (Yogi Berra)
- Say it ___ so, Joe
- English class no-no
- Isn't incorrect?
- It ___ Me, Babe (Dylan song)
- ___ No Sunshine (1971 Bill Withers song)
- ___ Too Proud to Beg (1966 song by The Temptations)
- Isn't amiss?
- It ___ Me Babe (Dylan hit)
- Contempt-gathering contraction
- Aren't wrong?
- ___ I a Woman? (Sojourner Truth speech)
- Song title word that precedes "No Sunshine" and "No Mountain High Enough"
- ___ No Woman (Like the One I've Got)
- ___ that something!
- - We Got Fun?
- Waller's "____ Misbehavin'"
- ____ She Sweet
- ____Misbehavin'
- Isn't on the street?
- ___ Nobody's Business: 1949 hit
- Grammar class no-no
- Frowned-on verb in grammar class
- Grammar lesson no-no
- __ No Sunshine: 1971 hit
- You __ heard nothin' yet
- It __ over till it's over: Berra
- 77-Down wrong?
- Kids may be corrected for saying it
- That __ hay!
- __ No Sunshine: 1971 Bill Withers hit
- __ That a Shame: Domino hit
- Denial __ just a river in Egypt: Twain
- 50-Across wrong?
- The future __ what it used to be: Yogi Berra
- __ I a stinker?: Bugs Bunny
- Is not misused?
- A good deed __ ever forgot: "Huckleberry Finn"
- He __ Heavy, He's My Brother
- __ No Sunshine: Bill Withers hit
- Informal negative
- Improper 41-Across
- __ gonna happen
- If it __ broke ...
- It __ Necessarily So: Gershwin song
- __ Nobody's Business: blues standard
- Informal contraction
- __ Misbehavin': Fats Waller song
- __ that the truth!
- Isn't informal?
- It __ over till it's over
- You __ seen nothin' yet
- 62-Across, improperly
- Casual contraction
- __ No Sunshine ('71 tune)
- Common solecism
- Ungrammatical contraction
- __ No Mountain High Enough
- Isn't bad?
- . . . and that __ hay!
- Say it __ so!
- __ No Sunshine
- Wherever He __ ("Mack & Mabel" song)
- Isn't, nonstandardly
- Is You Is or Is You __ . . .
- Colloquial contraction
- Is not, slangily
- __ it the truth?
- I __ Marching Anymore (protest song)
- Oklahoma! contraction
- Slangy negative
- Word often heard in "Oklahoma!"
- Informal version of 73 Down
- Is so! retort
- Politics __ beanbag
- If you done it, it __ bragging: Whitman
- Is! rebuttal
- Porgy and Bess contraction
- It __ over . . .
- Informal opposite of "is"
- It __ over till . . .
- __ life grand?
- Is not, informally
- Bugs Bunny contraction
- Contraction spoken in "The Jazz Singer"
- Fails to be, casually
- Informal "isn't"
- I __ kidding!
- Inventin' jokes __ easy: Rocky Balboa
- You __ kidding!
- __ that somethin'!
- Contraction heard in the first "Jazz Singer"
- Informality favored by Twain
- Is not in a slang dictionary?
- Broadway's "___ Misbehavin'"
- Contraction disliked by grammarians
- Gershwin's "It ___ Necessarily So"
- Hit 'em where they ___
- It ___ Me Babe (hit for the Turtles)
- ___ Talkin' (Bob Dylan song)
- ___ no thang
- The Who's "Love ___ for Keeping"
- ___ It Cool News (film website)
- Common contraction.
- Acceptable contraction for "am not."
- Colloquial negative contraction.
- Dialectal contraction.
- Ungrammatical negative.
- I ___ Got Nobody.” nyt 1954 AINT It ___ Necessarily So."
- It ___ gonna rain no more.
- ___ She Sweet.” nyt 1954 AINT Contraction accepted by some authorities. nyt 1954 AINT Inelegant verb form. nyt 1954 AINT Isn't, improperly. nyt 1954 AINU Eastern aborigine. nyt 1954 AINU Japanese aborigine. nyt 1954 AINUS Early Japanese. nyt 1954 AIR Carol. nyt 1954 AIR Earthy envelope. nyt 1954 AIR Harold Talbott's bailiwick. nyt 1954 AIR Semblance. nyt 1954 AIRARMS The USAF and the RAF. nyt 1954 AIRBASES Factors in U. S. global strategy. nyt 1954 AIRCONDITIONING Relief for city swelterers. nyt 1954 AIRCRAFTCARRIER Coral Sea or Midway. nyt 1954 AIRDROMES Orly, Le Bourget, etc. nyt 1954 AIRE French river. nyt 1954 AIRED Brought into the open. nyt 1954 AIRED Discussed openly. nyt 1954 AIRED Put on the line. nyt 1954 AIRED Ventilated. nyt 1954 AIRGUN Toy rifle. nyt 1954 AIRLANE Highway in the sky. nyt 1954 AIRLANE Sky way. nyt 1954 AIRLINE Great-circle route between two places. nyt 1954 AIRMAIL Expanding Post Office service. nyt 1954 AIRPLANE The Columbine, for instance. nyt 1954 AIRPLANESPIN Wrestler's hold. nyt 1954 AIRROUTE Idlewild to Orly. nyt 1954 AIRS Affectations. nyt 1954 AIRS Affected manners. nyt 1954 AIRS Affected manners. nyt 1954 AIRS Brings to public notice. nyt 1954 AIRS Displays. nyt 1954 AIRS Hoity-toity behavior. nyt 1954 AIRS Main melodies. nyt 1954 AIRS Pretensions. nyt 1954 AIRWAY Plane lane. nyt 1954 AIRY Flippant. nyt 1954 AIRY Sprightly. nyt 1954 AIRY Unsubstantial. nyt 1954 AIS Sloths. nyt 1954 AIS Sloths. nyt 1954 AISE Ease: Fr. nyt 1954 AISLE Bridal path. nyt 1954 AISLE Passage. nyt 1954 AISLE Seat location for a reviewer. nyt 1954 AISLE Usher's bailiwick. nyt 1954 AISNE Oise tributary. nyt 1954 AISNE River bordering Argonne Forest. nyt 1954 AIT Islet. nyt 1954 AIT River isle. nyt 1954 AITS Islets in a lake. nyt 1954 AITS River islands. nyt 1954 AITS River islets. nyt 1954 AIX City near Marseilles. nyt 1954 AJAR Door position. nyt 1954 AJAR Not in harmony. nyt 1954 AJAR Partly open. nyt 1954 AKIHITO Royal visitor to U. S. nyt 1954 AKIMBO Describing a hand-on-hip stance. nyt 1954 AKIMBO Hands-on-hips stance. nyt 1954 AKIN Related. nyt 1954 AKIN Similar. nyt 1954 AKIN Similar. nyt 1954 AKRON Rubber city. nyt 1954 AKU Hawaiian fish. nyt 1954 ALA According to. nyt 1954 ALA Gov. Persons' state: Abbr. nyt 1954 ALA In the style of. nyt 1954 ALA Lizard State: Abbr. nyt 1954 ALA Pie ___ mode. nyt 1954 ALA Sparkman's state: Abbr. nyt 1954 ALA Where Gadsden is: Abbr. nyt 1954 ALA ___ carte. nyt 1954 ALA ___ king. nyt 1954 ALA ___ mode. nyt 1954 ALABAM Where the midnight choo-choo" goes.
- She ___ what she used to be . . .
- Bit of bad grammar.
- Grammarian's horror.
- Grammatical slip.
- Contraction of "are not," "am not," etc.
- Negative verbal contraction.
- Much-used solecism.
- Is not.
- That word in the new dict.
- Controversial verbal contraction.
- Grammatical liability.
- Verbal contraction.
- Grammarian's problem.
- Solecistic contraction.
- ___ what she used . . .
- Coarse contraction.
- Common vulgarism.
- Slangy contraction.
- There ___ no Santa Claus
- Common contraction of sorts
- Negative contraction of sorts
- Familiar solecism
- It isn't isn't
- Unscholarly contraction
- Vulgar negative
- Contraction of sorts
- Hit 'em where they ___: Keeler
- ___ fit night . . .
- Solecist's word
- It ___ a fit night . . .
- Solecism
- Solecistic word
- Negative no-no
- ___ Misbehavin' (Waller, Brooks, Razaf)
- Grammatical goof
- Start of a B'way title: 1978
- ___ That a Shame: 1955 tune
- ___ Misbehavin', 1929 song
- ___ She Sweet?: 1927 song
- ___ We Got Fun?: 1921 song
- ___ Misbehavin', Waller hit
- Solecist's contraction
- You ___ heard nothin' . . .
- I ___ Got Nobody, 1916 song
- I _____ Got Nobody (20's hit)
- Is so! rebuttal
- _____ We Got Fun?
- Old song "_____ She Sweet?"
- Temptations' "_____ Too Proud to Beg"
- Grammarian's eyebrow raiser
- Four Tops hit "__No Woman"
- ___ That a Shame (1955 hit)
- 1971 Grammy song "___ No Sunshine"
- It ___ pretty!
- ___ That a Shame (#1 hit for 18-Across)
- ___ Too Proud to Beg (1966 hit)
- Picnic pest, in this puzzle?
- ___ No Sunshine (1971 hit)
- Pat Boone's "___ That a Shame"
- You ___ kiddin'!
- Is no more, informally
- It may get under a grammarian's skin
- Verb not in the king's English
- Marvin Gaye's "___ That Peculiar"
- Fats Waller's "___ Misbehavin'"
- ___ Nobody (1983 Chaka Khan hit)
- Isn't misused?
- Politics ___ beanbag (Mr. Dooley maxim)
- ___ No Sunshine (1971 Grammy-winning song)
- With 48-Across, "... and that ___!"
- ___ Got No ("Hair" song)
- ___ No Woman, 1973 hit for the Four Tops
- It ___ right
- Is you is or is you ___ ma' baby?
- It ___ over till ...
- ___ Nobody's Business (old blues standard)
- 25-Down, nonstandardly
- What shouldn't follow you?
- It ___ happenin'
- Sorry, that ___ happenin'!
- You ___ Seen Nothing Yet (1974 #1 hit)
- Slangy rebuttal to 65-Across
- Slangy form of 60-Across
- ___ It Fun (2014 Best Rock Song Grammy winner)
- ___ No Sunshine (1971 hit for Bill Withers)
- ___ so ("Nuh-uh")
- Informal negation
- Slangy negative contraction
- ___ That Good News, 1964 Sam Cooke album
- ___ 2 Proud 2 Beg (TLC hit)
- ___ Nobody (hit for Rufus and Chaka Khan)
- ___ Too Proud (hit musical about the Temptations)
- ___ It Fun (hit song by Paramore)
- ___ No Sunshine (Bill Withers classic)
- Rufus and Chaka Khan's "___ Nobody"
- The Beatles' "___ She Sweet"
- Word before "Nobody" or "No Sunshine" in R&B titles
- ___ I a Woman?
- Dylan's "It ___ Me Babe"
- More informal version of 70-Across
- ___ Too Proud To Beg
- Isn't for some people?
- '_____ No Sunshine' ('71 hit)
- '-- She Sweet' ('27 song)
- '-- That a Shame' ('55 hit)
- 'That -- hay!'
- '-- No Sunshine ('71 hit)'
- '-- it the truth!'
- '-- Misbehavin' '
- '-- it grand?'
- '... and that -- hay!'
- 'You -- kiddin'!'
- '-- She Sweet'
- 'If it -- broke ...'
- 'Say it -- so, Joe!'
- Allmans "___ Wastin' Time No More"
- Bill Withers "___ no sunshine when she's gone"
- Beatles "___ She Sweet"
- He ___ Heavy, He's My Brother Hollies
- This ___ a Love Song Bon Jovi
- Withers "___ No Sunshine"
- I ___ sorry (refrain on Beyoncé's "Sorry")
- ___ It Fun (2014 Paramore hit)
- Cousin of "amn't"
- Domino's "___ It A Shame"
- Tom Petty's "___ Love Strange"
- ___ I a Woman? (1851 Sojourner Truth address)
- A Hero ___ Nothin' but a Sandwich (Alice Childress novel)
- ___ I a stinker? (Bugs Bunny catchphrase)
- ___ It Fun (Grammy-winning Paramore hit)
- ___ Too Proud to Beg (1966 hit for the Temptations)
- ___ Too Proud to Beg (song by the Temptations)
- That _____ hay!
- _____ Misbehavin'
- _____ I a stinker? (Bugs Bunny quote)
- _____ it the truth!
- Isn't the wrong way
- The "non-existent" contraction
- _____ that the truth!
- _____ That a Shame
- _____ Too Proud to Beg
- Are not, in a way
- It ___ hay!
- _____ She Sweet?
- Strict grammarian's bane
- ___ I a stinker? (Bugs Bunny quote)
- Grammarian's bane
- That-hay link
- Word that gets under a grammarian's skin
- Is not, in dialect
- Is not, wrongly
- Word that raises a grammarian's eyebrows
- It ___ over till it's over
- Is not improper?
- Isn't badly?
- Wrong "is not"
- You ___ seen nothing yet!
- ___ Misbehavin' (stride jazz classic)
- ___ No Sunshine
- 65-Across, alternatively
- ___ gonna happen!
- You ___ lyin'!
- ___ No Sunshine (Bill Withers song)
- Isn't another way?
- ___ ___ a word (grammar pedant's ironic statement)
- Sojourner Truth's "___ I a Woman?"
- ___ Too Proud (jukebox musical)
- ____ it the truth!
- Country contraction
- Grammarian's no-no
- Start of a Fats Domino title
- Word that makes grammarians cringe
- ___ Misbehavin' (1978 Tony winner)
- Eyebrow-raising word to a grammarian
- ___ that a kick in the head?
- Contraction not in the king's English
- Is not, to some
- Isn't for the uneducated?
- Taboo contraction, to a grammar purist
- If I ___ Got You (Alicia Keys single)
- Equivalent of "isn't"
- Less formal "isn't"
- Opposite of 35-Across
- ___ 2 Proud 2 Beg (TLC single)
- ___ 2 Proud 2 Beg (TLC song)
- ___ She Sweet (old song)
- ___ She Sweet? (pop song)
- -- we got fun: Kahn
- Politics ___ beanbag
- Bugaboo for the grammar police
- I ___ reading all that (meme posted in reaction to a long series of Twitter posts)
- You ___ nothin' but a hound dog
- Dylan's "It ____ Me, Babe"
- Grammar teacher's bane
- Condemned contraction
- Jennifer Lopez's "___ It Funny"
- Grammar purist's bane
- Isn't in the sticks?
- Coulda been, maybe
- Contraction that annoys the grammar police
- ___ No Way (Aretha Franklin song)
- ___ It Funky (James Brown album)
- Isn't improperly used?
- Isn't for informal speakers?