| IDCRY | 1967 Stevie Wonder title lyric that's followed by "If you leave me sad and blue" |
| MIMI | She's "got me sad and dreamy" |
| IMWONDERING | 1967 Stevie Wonder hit that's especially fitting for this puzzle (2 wds.) |
| WAS | 1967 Stevie Wonder hit: "I ___ Made to love her" |
| YESTERME | Beginning of a 1969 Stevie Wonder title |
| DOIDO | 1982 Stevie Wonder title query |
| AMOUR | Love, in a Stevie Wonder title |
| CHICAGOLOOP | If You Leave Me Now band playing the same tune over and over? |
| CHICAGO | If You Leave Me Now rock band and recipient of the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020 |
| SEE | "So you ___ I love you so much, and I don't want to watch you leave me babe" (song lyric from 1967) |
| EARWAX | What are you troubled by if you have excess cerumen? (6) |
| THESEDAYS | Sophie Tucker declared, "And when you leave me, I know 'twill grieve me; You'll miss your little bab |
| IGETIDEAS | 1950s title lyric after "When we are dancing and you're dangerously near me ..." |
| BUTTERFLY | Flutter by if you like, madam |
| SENECA | Roman philosopher who said "Life is never incomplete if it is an honorable one. At whatever point you leave life, if you leave it in the right way, it is whole" |
| SIDEWALK | Movement of crab perhaps that's followed by Miami pedestrians (8) |
| ECHO | Copy part of the choreography that's followed by foxtrot (4) |
| VOW | Connie Francis asked, "Who's sorry now, who's sorry now? Whose heart is aching for breaking each ...? Who's sad and blue, who's crying too? Just like I cried over you" |
| SANTATELLME | Ariana Grande holiday hit whose title lyric precedes ". . . if you're really there" |
| POLLYGONE | What you may find if you leave the bird-cage door open? |
