| UNCHAINMYHEART | Hit for Joe Cocker that goes "Baby let me be / 'Cause you don't care...": 3 wds. |
| UPWHEREWEBELONG | Song by Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker that is in the soundtrack to the 1982 film An Officer and a Gentleman (2,5,2,6) |
| WEE | Go, baby! (3) |
| ARESO | "You ___ Beautiful"; hit song for Joe Cocker |
| OBE | 2008 honor for Joe Cocker: Abbr. |
| DOTHE | "Come on baby, let's ___ Twist" |
| CRUISE | "Baby, let's ___ away from here" (Smokey Robinson lyric) |
| FCC | "So the ___ won't let me be / Or let me be me, so let me see" (Eminem lyrics) |
| SMASH | 2010s show that earned a Grammy nomination for "Let Me Be Your Star" |
| BETRUE | "It-had-to-be-you;-I-wandered-around-and-finally-found-the-somebody-who;-Could-make-me-...,-could-make-me-be-blue;-And-even-be-glad,-just-to-be-sad-thinking-of-you"-(2,4) |
| TEDDYBEAR | (Let Me Be Your) -, 1957 hit for Elvis Presley (5, 4) |
| LISTEN | "Don't fence me in," begged Bing Crosby. "Let me be by myself in the evening breeze; And ... to the |
| THEANIMALS | English blues and rock band whose hits include Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (3,7) |
| SPORTSBALL | Jocular term used when you want to make it clear that you don't care about athletics |
| NEWSFLASH | "Hey, let me be the first to tell you ..." |
| ISAIDIWAS | "Let me be clear about that!" |
| INTENTIONS | "I'm just a soul whose _ are good": lyric from Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood, by The Animals (10) |
| CLEAR | Hemerocallis cultivar 'Let Me Be ___', and the ___view strain of dahlias! (5) |
| SWING | Bing Crosby sang, "But if you don't care a feather or a fig, You may grow up to be a pig," in the Os |
| ONA | Bing Crosby warned, "But if you don't care a feather or a fig; You may grow up to be a pig," in the |
