| THELAWSOFGEOMETRY | "Leaning over me, he was trying to explain ___" (Abba, When I Kissed the Teacher) |
| GLEE | 'In the midst of the word he was trying to say, In the midst of his laughter and ..., He had softly and suddenly vanished away, For the Snark was a Boojum, you see' |
| MCBRIDE | "At a wedding recently I kissed the ___" |
| ITALL | "Clarissa Explains ___ ___" (1991-94) |
| IT | "Clarissa Explains ___ All" |
| EARTH | What Amelia Earhart was trying to fly around when she disappeared over the Pacific on July 2, 1937 |
| MILTONDAMEREL | I broke down last weekend, a mile west of Lamerton -- I was trying to get to a village between Sutcombe and Shebbear (6,7) |
| OLCHARD | My old car broke down in the middle of nowhere -- I was trying to get to a village near Chudleigh (7) |
| IMEAN | Scot embracing me - that's what I was trying to say (1,4) |
| BOTTLE | The abstainer in the tree trunk was trying to stay off it (6) |
| ROLLOVERIRAQ | What the US was trying to do in the Gulf War? |
| AHA | "That's the answer I was trying to remember!" |
| QUODERATDEMONSTRANDUM | I was trying to show that a nasty pair thread into concert-hall behind queen |
| OCTET | When composing some music, one was trying to concoct ethereal effect (5) |
| DIZZYDEAN | "The Good Lord was good to me. He gave me a strong right arm, a good body, and a weak mind." |
| THEGRANDPIER | An hour after my aunt left Pentridge she broke down -- she was trying to get to a tourist attraction in Weston-super- Mare (3,5,4) |
| EARL | Jason Lee was trying to make amends in this (My Nameis----) |
| CAUGHTSHORT | Laid your mitts on actor Martin, who was trying to get away again? |
| LUKEWARMNESS | What Han was trying to achieve by wrapping his friend in a tauntaun carcass overnight? |
| NECKTIE | Hanger-on collared, having kissed the first person to speak? (7) |
