| SOMETHINGCAMEUP | "It turns out I actually can't make it" |
| NUTRITIVE | Nourishing it, turn out I have concluded it (9) |
| AISLE | Passage extracted from novels I actually recalled (5) |
| ASIA | Was I actually involving whole continent? (4) |
| WOODROW | First name used by the president of the United States during World War I, actually his second forename |
| INFACT | Actually can't, if that's the way one puts it (2,4) |
| ANTIC | I can't make it, it's such a caper (5) |
| ASGOOD | "This is ___ as it gets" (I can't make it any better) |
| BETHEREINSPIRIT | "I can't make it in person but I will...": 4 wds |
| RAINCHECK | You might take it when you can't make it |
| BAIL | Send a last-minute text saying "I can't make it" |
| REGRETS | "I can't make it" |
| RSVP | Say "I'll be there" or "Sorry, can't make it" |
| INTACT | It can't make it whole (6) |
| DIRTY | I'd try but just can't make it clean! (5) |
| PLAINER | "I can't make it any ___." |
| IATE | "...Yes, there were times, I'm sure you knew, when I bit off more than I could chew. But through it all, when there was doubt, _ _ _ _ it up and spit it out, I faced it all, and I stood tall, and did |
| CENTRIFUGAL | Right: if glue can't make it, it's fleeing the centre (11) |
| ERMA | Bombeck who said, "If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it" |
| TRY | Can't make it if you don't do this |
