- POOR
- Down-and-out
- Not so hot
- Badly off
- Hardly worth a D
- Lacking in value
- Less than good
- Standard's partner
- Far from the 1%
- Low-quality
- ___ thing ...
- Hard up
- Second-rate
- Shoddy
- Hurting, in a way
- Like a starving artist, stereotypically
- Without two pennies to rub together
- Like a D
- In a state with no capital?
- Not so good
- Third-rate
- In need of a handout
- Impecunious
- Among the have-nots
- Indigent
- Needing alms
- Shabby, as an excuse
- Needing dough
- Unsatisfactory
- With "the", subject of many Jacob Riis photographs
- Impoverished
- Box or boy preceder
- Fifth-rate
- Inferior
- Like Yorick
- Like church mice
- Penniless
- Just awful
- One of the blessed groups, per the Beatitudes
- Bad word on a report card
- Insufficient
- Needy
- Word with box or boy
- Like a church mouse
- Not even fair
- Hapless
- What F may mean
- Give me your tired, your ___...
- Worth a D
- Worth a D, maybe
- Destitute
- Like the proverbial church mouse
- Not up to snuff
- Strapped
- Like Richard and Yorick?
- Earning a low grade
- Below par
- Give me your tired, your ___ ... (Emma Lazarus)
- Those that Robin Hood protected
- Of inferior quality
- Worthy of a low grade
- Far from rolling in dough
- Far from flush
- Hardscrabble
- Not worthy of a good grade
- Of low quality
- Pretty bad
- Those protected by Robin Hood
- <<NO CLUE>>
- Inadequate
- Not good
- Unskillful
- Like Franklin's Richard
- Subpar
- Below C level?
- Pathetic
- Unskilled
- Inept
- What a "D" may indicate
- Not flush
- Like some excuses
- In need
- Like D's, gradewise
- See 38-Across
- Slipshod
- What a "D" often means
- What one star may mean
- Disadvantaged
- __ Tax: $15 Monopoly fee
- Lame, as an excuse
- Substandard
- Like a D, gradewise
- Not well done
- Like Richard of Almanack fame
- Not good at all
- Below 71-Across
- Below average
- Like a grade of D
- Barely passable
- Like a one-star review
- Not great
- __ Things: Oscar-winning Lanthimos film
- Like Robin Hood's beneficiaries
- Shoddy in quality
- Earning a D
- Woebegone
- D-worthy
- Deserving a D
- Unfortunate
- Zero-star
- Beneficiaries of Robin Hood
- Worse than fair
- Deficient
- Far below par
- Far from inspired
- Paltry
- Far below fine
- Not satisfactory at all
- Very low-quality
- Lousy
- Poverty-stricken
- How ___ are they that have not patience!—Othello.
- Insignificant.
- ___ splendid wings.
- Unworthy.
- ___ Butterfly.
- Richard or Butterfly.
- A kind of house.
- ___ Richard.
- ___ Richard's Almanac.
- Worthy of pity.
- Adjective for Yorick.
- Richard-like.
- Imperfect.
- Scanty.
- Barren.
- Unfavorable.
- Adjective for Butterfly.
- ___ Clare (nun)
- Meager.
- Low rating
- Near-flunking mark
- Like Richard of the almanac
- Word for Richard
- Churchmouse status
- Kind of boy
- Richard or boy
- Straitened
- Unacceptable
- Blessed are the ___ in spirit
- Kind of box or boy
- Kind of boy or box
- Low-grade
- Less than fair
- Like Butterfly or Richard
- Salem ___, black Revolutionary War hero
- Lacking ability
- On one's uppers
- ___ boy (hero sandwich)
- Penurious
- Kind of relation
- Like a student's D
- Faulty
- Less than adequate
- Adjective for Richard
- Kind of farm or house
- They need help
- ___ Richard of Almanack fame
- Alas! ___ Yorick
- Not even mediocre
- Rating a D
- Alas ____ Yorick...
- Opposite of rich
- D
- Robin's beneficiaries
- Hood's beneficiaries, with "the"
- Not fair?
- Like Ali Baba, at first
- Mean
- Description of 15-Down
- Robin Hood's beneficiaries, with "the"
- Ones protected by a safety net, with "the"
- Start of a word ladder whose first and last words are suggested by 36-Across
- What "D" means
- You ___ thing!
- Third-class
- Like a young Jay Gatsby
- How ___ are they that have not patience!: Iago
- Lame
- Have-nots, with "the"
- Meriting a "D," say
- Rich's opposite
- Not up to expectations
- 1 on a scale of 1 to 5, maybe
- D, gradewise
- Below C level, say
- Deserving an F, perhaps
- Deserving of a D, say
- ___ Unfortunate Souls (solo for Ursula)
- Word before "form" or "thing"
- ___ People's Campaign
- Moneyless
- Willy and the ___ Boys (CCR)
- What Willie's "Boys" were, to CCR
- Willie and the ___ boys are playing, bring a nickel, tap your feet
- Aspiring rocker, perhaps
- On the dole
- ___ baby!
- Unsatisfactory, as a performance
- Word with mouth or excuse
- Hardly worth billions
- Very out of pocket
- Adjective for Richard's Almanac
- Lacking resources
- Word with box or excuse
- Little rich girl adjective
- Rich Man, ___ Man
- Adjective for the little rich girl?
- Far from wealthy
- Far from rich
- Hardly worth millions
- With very little in one's bank account
- Extremely out of pocket
- Not at all rich
- Perpetually broke
- U-turn from wealthy
- Describing a "D" grade
- Worthy of a D
- Like a "D" grade
- Deserving a "D" grade
- Wanting
- Flat broke
- With 19 Across convent dweller
- Out of funds
- Without lettuce?
- Pathetic, as an excuse
- Flimsy, as an excuse
- In want
- Church mouse descriptor
- With empty pockets
- Like a proverbial church mouse
- Worth a D, perhaps
- Worth a D, say
- Deserving one star, perhaps
- Eligible for food stamps
- Like the Clampetts, at first
- Like a lame excuse
- ___ Unfortunate Souls
- The ___ People's Campaign (1968 economic justice campaign)
- Aww, ___ baby!
- Steal from the rich and give to the ___
- See 63-Across
- Bad off
- With pockets everted, stereotypically
- Short bread?
- Oh, you ___ thing!
- ___ sport (postgame complainer)
- Broke
- Leading a hardscrabble life
- Salvation Army beneficiaries
- Needing much improvement
- Robin Hood's beneficiaries
- Feeble, as an excuse
- Lacking means
