| EBONYEYES | "She'll smile at me and I know she will be my beautiful ___", Everly Brothers (5-4) |
| HASTINGS | In 3.4, this character is sentenced to death by Richard. His last words are, "They smile at me who shortly shall be dead." Who says this? |
| TRAITOR | Olivia Rodrigo song whose chorus starts "You betrayed me and I know that you'll never feel sorry" |
| OFLAGUNA | "I know she likes me; I know she likes me; Because she said so; She is my Lily ...; She is my lily and my rose" (2,6) |
| IFEELFINE | Beatles song with the lyrics "Baby says she's mine, you know / She tells me all the time" |
| IMPROMPTU | Demented Trump posts including "me" and "I" and off-the-cuft routines (9,4) |
| NOONEELSE | "We'll build a world of our own that ... can share; All our sorrows we'll leave far behind us there; And I know you will find there'll be peace of mind; When we live in a world of our own" (2-3,4) |
| DANDAILEY | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for When My Baby Smiles At Me (3,6) |
| KANYEWEST | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy artist who cameoed in the movie The Love Guru as himself: 2 wds. |
| LEARN | "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I ___": Benjamin Franklin (5) |
| SWEARS | Shakespeare lament, 'When my love ... that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she |
| MAEWEST | In 1940, which screen star said "I've been in Who's Who, and I know what's what, but it'll be the first time I ever made the dictionary}? (3,4) |
| GOON | *"You're here, there's nothing I fear, and I know that my heart will ___ ___" |
| IGOTORIO | Classic song that starts "When my baby / When my baby smiles at me" |
| LOVED | She Will Be -, Maroon 5 hit (5) |
| AIN | "You Will Be My ___ True Love" (Sting and Alison Krauss song from "Cold Mountain") |
| ASAGUESS | If you ask me, and I don't know, African country returns area to judge (2,1,5) |
| SETS | Demented Trump posts including "me" and "I" and off-the-cuft routines (9,4) |
| DREAM | "All I Have to Do Is ________," Everly Brothers song |
| CLOWN | Cathy's ___, Everly Brothers song (5) |