| IHAVENOTHINGTO | Wildean response to vetting in New York: "Oh, gee!", exclaimed Oscar. "Up the revolution!" (1,4,7,2, |
| VIGNETTE | Character sketch providing early start to vetting process |
| VOICEOVER | What actor may say, failing to hold Oscar up (5-4) |
| IDONTBELIEVEIT | Pull the other one! (1,4,7,2) |
| GOSH | "Oh, gee!" |
| CRIPES | Oh gee! |
| LYRICAL | Poetic and logical. Why are letters substituting? Oh gee! (7) |
| ERIE | County in New York, Ohio or |
| NOTTO | "Wait a minute. I'll decide with whom my wife's going to have dinner and whom she's going to kill!" exclaimed Jack Benny in the 1942 comedy classic, To Be Or ... Be (3,2) |
| RACES | "I haven't seen so much mudslinging since the last election!" exclaimed Groucho Marx in A Day At The |
| NOW | "O Jerry, don't let's ask for the moon! We have the stars!" exclaimed Bette Davis at the end of ... |
| ATUS | "Look ___ ___, aren't we the pair!" ...exclaimed the friends sharing memories over the old photo album |
| EUREKA | Rub-a-dub-dub splashed a man in the tub: "Got it!"exclaimed he... which is all Greek to me! (6) |
| SECURITYCLEARANCE | Developed vetting is the highest level of ____ in work for the UK government |
| AWOMANOFNOIMPORTANCE | Is she paradoxically indispensable to this Wildean satire? |
| COUPDETAT | Caught up-to-date broadcast - it's a revolution! (4,5) |
| GUTTER | A cullis, ditch or drain frequented by a Wildean star-gazing type or historically a street urchin or "snipe" (6) |
| DEARME | 'Oh gee' |
| IFI | All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front .... lyrics, "Gosh, oh gee, how happy I would be, ... could only whistle" (2,1) |
| NEARBEER | Malt liquor that is almost alcohol-free and frequently free - new bar/tavern's revolution! (4,4) |
