| TAWT | "I ___ I taw a puddy ..." |
| TAT | "I taut I taw a puddy ... a-creeping up on me," complained Tweety Pie |
| TWEETYBIRD | "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" speaker |
| TWEETY | "I tawt I taw a puddy tat!" speaker |
| ITAWT | Tweety Pie observed, '... I taw a puddy tat' (1,4) |
| PUDDY | "I tawt I taw a __ tat!" |
| NICKER | Dutch word for a clay marble; a seed like said commoney, used in taw; a water demon; a soft neigh, whicker or whinny; a snigger; a thief; or, a pound sterling, quid, squid or smacker (6) |
| MAY | "I wish I ___, I wish I might..." |
| ERE | "Able was I ___ I saw Elba" (loquacious claim from someone distracted by sexy British actor Idris, and also a palindrome I guess) |
| CAME | "I ___, I saw, I conquered" (Julius Caesar quote) |
| HOPE | "I ___ I Get It" (song from "A Chorus Line") |
| NEEDYOU | Elvis hit, I Want You, I ___, I Love You |
| ODDS | P_O_A_I_I_Y? (4) |
| SAW | I came I ___ I conquered |
| OWE | "I ___, I ___, so off to work I go..." |
| WISH | "I ___ I had an answer to that because I'm tired of answering that question" (Yogi Berra) |
| LITTHETORCH | "I ____, I looked to the east, and I crossed the Rubicon" (Bob Dylan, Crossing the Rubicon) |
| HAITI | Island nation formed by inserting a piece of headwear into _ _ I _ I |
| AM | "I ___...I Said"; Neil Diamond song |
| BET | I_: I am sure? |
