| YOUER | *"Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is ____ than you." |
| THENEWYORKERCROSSWORD | 2021: Congratulations! Today, you are making history by conquering ___ (or so we hope!) |
| OLDER | Your father is ___ than you (5) |
| AALIYAH | "Are You That Somebody?" singer |
| TODAY | "___ you are you! That is truer than true! There is no one alive who is you-er than you!": Dr. Seuss |
| SEUSS | Children's author who wrote "There is no one alive who is you-er than you!" |
| DRSEUSS | Source of the line "There is no one alive who is you-er than you!" |
| LORAX | He told the Once-ler, "Sir! You are crazy with greed. There is no one on earth who would buy that fo |
| THECOASTISCLEAR | There is no one there to see or catch you! (3,5,2,5) |
| REAL | It is true there are some more aliens |
| SWEARS | Says what one says is true, there being fashion in craft (6) |
| CONFESS | Admit it is true there are many on iron vessel (7) |
| TOAD | Kid-lit character who tells his ailing friend, "Today you look very green, even for a frog" |
| WAR | "You can no more win a ___ than you can win an earthquake": Jeannette Rankin |
| KENNEDY | Only winner of People's Sexiest Man Alive who's no longer alive |
| BRADLEYCOOPER | 2011's Sexiest Man Alive who sang on the 2018 hit soundtrack from "A Star Is Born": 2 wds. |
| ASKILLFULSWIMMER | One of the dictionary definitions of 122-5-74-84-42: A woman who is ___ |
| VOUS | French word for "you" that is the "V" in "RSVP" |
| ASAMATTEROFFACT | Actually, if it happens to be true, there's your clue! (2,1,6,2,4) |
| JONATHANBAILEY | 2025's Sexiest Man Alive who sang on the 2024 hit soundtrack from "Wicked": 2 wds. |