| ASAGUESS | If you ask me, and I don't know, African country returns area to judge (2,1,5) |
| NOTMYCUPOFTEA | It wasn't poured for me and I don't like it anyway (3,2,3,2,3) |
| WHITNEY | ___ Houston How Will I Know African-American singer who is lovingly called The Voice |
| BACKLOADED | With stuff on board for return, area block dead silly |
| IMO | Brief "If you ask me (and even if you didn't)" |
| BETTYWHITE | She narrates the audiobook version of her memoir "If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)": 2 wds. |
| BETTY | With 33-Across, "Hot in Cleveland" star who won a Spoken Word Grammy for "If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won't)" |
| ALPHONSE | "I'm ___ and I don't like your typeface! Just kidding." |
| NOTHANKS | It doesn't belong to Henry, and I don't want it |
| SOLECISM | Note misuse of "me" and "I", borders on careless one |
| LEARN | "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I ___": Benjamin Franklin (5) |
| BASEMEN | Who, What and I Don't Know, in Abbott and Costello's "Who's on First?" routine |
| LOCUM | Doctor and I don't know what to say after colonel turns up |
| IMINA | "___ Hurry (And I Don't Know Why)" (Alabama song covered by Florida Georgia Line) |
| SEE | "So you ___ I love you so much, and I don't want to watch you leave me babe" (song lyric from 1967) |
| TRAITOR | Olivia Rodrigo song whose chorus starts "You betrayed me and I know that you'll never feel sorry" |
| ABBOTT | Notable utterer of "who," what," and "I don't know" |
| ONO | "Why" and "I Don't Know Why" singer Yoko |
| EREMITE | Come to this tree with me and I will show you a hermit in it (7) |
| MAKEAMENDS | Holding me tight, ask me and set right (4,6) |
