- ICANT
- Quitter's comment
- ___ begin to tell you...
- Whiner's cry
- Sorry, busy that day
- That's gonna be impossible for me ...
- Words of ineffectualness
- Previous engagement, sorry!
- Sorry
- Un-unh
- That's impossible
- Quitter's claim
- ___ go on like this!
- ___ wait!
- It's all too much!
- Shut up, before I make you!
- This is too emotional
- Ugh... this is too stressful
- Familiar excuse
- First words of "Satisfaction"
- Regretful response
- Defeatist's words
- Out of the question
- Defeatist's plaint
- Quitter's cry
- ___ Stand It (1981 Clapton hit)
- ___ Stop Loving You
- Defeatist's cry
- Sorry, have plans
- No way for me to do that!
- Sorry, no
- Words from a defeatist
- Words of a pessimist
- Defeatist's statement
- Answer to "Will you attend?"
- ___believe...
- ___ help myself
- ___ Help Myself: Four Tops hit
- Unwilling words
- ___ help it
- Apologetic admission
- No way
- __ Stop Loving You
- Pessimist's words
- Defeatist's declaration
- __ Stop Loving You: #1 Ray Charles hit
- Defeatist's refrain
- Quitter's words
- Not possible
- Terse refusal
- Sorry, impossible
- Risky boot camp response
- __ even!
- __ help it
- __ do it: "Sorry"
- __ Get Started With You
- MIDDLE OF QUOTE
- Defeatist's phrase
- Exclamation of frustration
- Pessimist's comment
- Get someone else
- Ask someone else
- Pessimistic plaint
- No
- Words of frustration
- ___ Do the Sum, song in "Babes in Toyland."
- ___ Do the Sum.
- ___ Remember.
- ___ do that sum.
- ___ give you . . .
- Don't tell me ___ do it
- ___ Begin to Tell You, 1945 song
- ___ Give You Anything . . .
- ___ Do This Sum
- ___ Do This Sum, V. Herbert song
- ___ Get Started With You, 1936 song
- ___ Sleep, Odets play
- ___ Get Next To You, 1970 song
- ___ Go On, 1955 song
- Pessimist's phrase
- It is countered with "You must!"
- Pessimist's reply
- Impossible
- Terse turndown to an invitation
- Defeatist's sentiment
- Quitter's assertion
- Turndown from the overcommitted
- Sorry, unavailable
- Words from one who's defeated
- Pessimist's plaint
- Sorry, already have plans
- ___ even
- That's beyond me
- Too frustrating for me!
- That's out of the question
- This is too much for me
- Sorry, ask someone else
- Defeatist's assertion
- Defeatist's wail
- Sorry, my schedule's packed
- Sorry, too busy
- 'That's impossible for me'
- Bonnie Raitt "___ Make You Love Me"
- Queen "___ Live With You"
- Talking Heads "___ seem to face up to the facts"
- Ann Peebles "___ Stand the Rain"
- Eagles "___ Tell You Why"
- Cry from one with qualms
- There are no words
- It's too ridiculous to discuss
- Sorry, maybe some other time
- Words from someone with too much on their plate already
- _____ Stop Loving You
- ___ get no satisfaction ...
- ___ Get Next to You, (1969 song)
- Words of defeat
- Sorry, got plans
- It's impossible!
- Words from one who's unable
- This is unbearable!
- Defeatist phrase
- It's too hard for me!
- Sorry, too busy (In this clue's answer, note the last 3 letters + the first 3 of 21-Across)
- That is just TOO much for me!
- Today's a no-go for me
- Busy person's response to an invitation
- That's not possible for me
- Totally impossible
- ____ stand it!
- If ____ Have You : 1976 hit song
- Words from a quitter
- ___ Get Next to You (Temptations hit)
- Sorry, made other plans
- Sorry, already got plans
- It's just too much for me
- Sorry, it's impossible for me
- That's too much for me
- Negative response to an invite
- Words of regret
- Sorry, got other plans
- There's no way to do it!
- No way, José
- Unable to make it, sorry
- Defeatist's utterance
- Defeatist comment