Referring Clues

• Altar answer
• Bachelor's last words
• Yes, at the altar
• Witness's reply
• When doubled, a David Merrick musical
• Words at the altar
• Swear words?
• Response to a bailiff's question
• Bride's words
• Bride's declaration
• Answer to a minister's question
• Promising words
• 49-Across's last words
• Oft-broken promise
• Phrase of commitment
• Groom's vow
• Words of commitment
• Altar assent
• "Yes"
• Words preceding a kiss
• Joining words
• Wedding vow
• Wedding words
• Words said at an altar
• Response to a bailiff
• Prenuptial agreement?
• Liz said it often
• Response to a court oath
• Witness stand oath
• Committed reply
• Chapel vow
• Last words of a 45-Across
• "Yes," at a wedding
• Altar reply
• Altar avowal
• ___-European
• Altar words
• Statement made at a 58-Across
• Nuptial agreement
• Declaration that leaves one in a bind?
• Swearing-in words
• Altar declaration
• Altar vow
• "If ___ say so myself"
• Response to a preacher
• Solemn wedding words
• Rite answer?
• Court oath
• Vow words
• Response to a minister
• Line before a reception
• Courtroom affirmation
• Bachelor's last words?
• Answer to "Who wants ...?"
• Words before a kiss?
• Words Pres. Buchanan never said
• Life-changing statement
• Pledge of allegiance
• See 29-Across
• Wedding 58-Down
• Words of promise
• Wedding declaration
• Union agreement
• Courtroom response
• Altar affirmations
• Words said with a raised hand
• Altar promise
• Words said while holding hands
• Inaugural oath starter
• Punch line to "What's the longest sentence in the English language?"
• Union agreement?
• Witness statement
• Swearing-in phrase
• Answer before exchanging rings
• Union words
• Words after "... as long as you both shall live?"
• Oath affirmation
• "___ solemnly swear ..."
• Words with a familiar ring?
• Veiled comment?
• Words before "You may kiss the bride"
• Prelude to many a kiss
• Courtroom vow
• Ceremonial utterance
• Words said after "... so help you God?"
• Bit of swearing in front of a church leader
• "And what if ___?"
• Pair of pair-making words
• Encouraging words at the altar
• Words from the bride and groom
• Promise "kept" in 17-, 26-, 47- and 61-Across
• When quintupled, a 1976 Abba hit
• Famous last words?
• Altar agreement
• "Who wants ice cream?" reply
• Half a Merrick musical
• Exchanged words
• License holder's response
• Swearing-in statement
• Inaugural response
• Union contract?
• Nuptial words
• Response from the altar
• Veiled vow?
• Last single statement?
• Words of union
• Vow that ends bachelorhood
• Oath taker's agreement
• Solemn vow
• Vow at the altar
• Inauguration phrase
• Altar affirmation
• "'Deed ___" (1948 hit for Lena Horne)
• "Who wants dessert?" reply
• Oath-confirming phrase
• Knot-tying phrase
• Words that end bachelorhood
• Wedding vow acceptance
• Swear words
• Veiled oath
• Vow before taking the stand
• Rite answer
• Vow-confirming phrase
• Words that are a prelude to a kiss
• Promising words?
• Nuptial confirmation
• Altar iteration
• "Who wants ice cream?" response
• Marriage agreement?
• Veiled oath?
• Twice, a musical about marriage
• Repeated four times, an Abba tune
• Words before a kiss
• Service line?
• Repeated, a Broadway musical of 1966
• "... and nothing but the truth?" response
• Altar consent
• Bonding words
• Veiled consent?
• Part of a mating ritual
• Vow after reading vows
• It may be said before a kiss
• "... shall live?" reply
• Lisa Loeb hit from the album "Firecracker"
• '99 98° hit
• Line that might have a ring to it?
• Engagement ender
• Last hit for the J. Geils Band
• Words said with one's right hand raised
• Said five times, a "Mamma Mia!" song
• Words said before stepping on a glass, maybe
• Reply to the officiant
• Nuptial affirmative
• Bride and groom's words
• Affirmation at the altar
• Words from a witness
• Response to "Who wants seconds?"
• Union-starting phrase
• When repeated, a 1966 musical based on "The Fourposter"
• Reply to a wedding officiant's question
• Prelude to a kiss
• Life sentence?
• Phrase that could end a single life
• Altar utterance
• Wedding promise: 2 wds.
• Altar oath
• Binding words
• Short sentence about a long term
• "Don't mind if ___"
• Committed declaration
• Answer to a minister
• A kiss may follow one
• "... shall live?" follower
• Short oath
• Witness's first words?
• Promise in church, maybe
• Veiled words?
• Words of consent
• "Magic" words that are the theme of this puzzle
• Short vow
• Solemn agreement
• Chapel words
• Altar pronouncement
• Wedding phrase
• Witness words
• Words of agreement
• Union preceder
• Wedding whisper
• Words from the betrothed
• Groom's reply
• Terse vow
• Solemn affirmation
• Fiancé's last words
• Rite words
• Solemn promise
• Bride or groom phrase
• Words to wed by
• Oath words
• 5 Down phrase
• One way to say yes
• Words to a preacher
• Popular June phrase
• "If ___ say so myself"
• Words that will definitely get you a kiss
• Words that leave you in a bind?
• "... ___ believe, we shall overcome someday"
• End-of-the-aisle words
• Bride's oath
• It's a promise
• Words exchanged with love
• "Deep in my heart, ___ believe ..."
• Testifier's phrase
• Words with a ring to them?
• Common oath
• Phrase heard in court or church
• Union promise
• Rite response
• Conclusion of a singles match?
• Nuptial declaration
• Words with a certain ring?
• Mating call?
• Life-altaring words?
• What some bachelors will never say
• Pre-testimony utterance
• Bridal vow
• Union oath
• Court or church phrase
• Words at a union meeting?
• Words said before a kiss
• Life-changing declaration
• Ritual phrase
• Union oath?
• Rite words to say?
• Last words of a single person?
• Heartfelt promise
• Phrase in June, often
• Marriage agreement
• Phrase said before taking the stand
• Words sealed with a kiss
• 50 Down phrase
• Sworn statement
• Nuptial statement
• Answer to the pastor
• Words before testimony
• Vow-sealing words
• Single one's last words?
• Prelude to matrimony
• Wedding promise
• Courtroom or church affirmation
• When repeated, cry often made with a hand up
• Swear words in a swearing-in
• Snake's place
• Oath assent
• Response to "Who wants ice cream?"
• Vow before the altar
• Response to "Who wants ice cream?!"
• Oath response
• Bit of swearing
• Last words of a singles match?
• Words after "... so help you God?"
• "To have and to hold" affirmation
• Part of a union ritual
• Words that end an engagement
• What Valentines may say, eventually
• Phrase of confirmation
• Post-prenup statement
• Oath affirmation words
• Words from one about to be committed
• Last single statement
• Chapel line
• Vow just before exchanging rings
• "Deep in my heart, ___ believe ..."
• "… ___ believe, we shall overcome someday"
• "Don't mind if ___"
• Merger announcement?
• Answer to the chaplain
• Three-letter phrase
• Testifier's words
• Rite reply
• Kin of "you betcha"
• "Indeed ___!"
• Court promise
• Chapel promise
• Reply to the parson
• In-sickness-and-in-health words
• Phrase that must be said twice to really count
• *Phrase uttered in front of friends and family (1)
• Singles' final words?
• Civil ceremony words
• Words in front of the rabbi
• Sworn statement?
• Quintupled, an Abba song
• Short agreement
• Short agreement
• Adams hit "Everything ____"
• Words at an altar
• Words at a wedding
• Wedding pledge
• What the "Runaway Bride" wouldn't say
• What James Buchanan never said at the altar
• Words heard after no objections
• Wedding announcement
• Solemn assent
• Words from one about to be committed?
• Pre-kiss promise
• Expected response at the altar
• Vow at an altar
• What this puzzle's constructor is saying to his fiancée today
• Promise before a kiss
• Single person's last words?
• It may precede a kiss
• Court affirmation
• Altar affirmative
• Courtroom oath
• Berlin's 'What'll ___?'
• Bachelor's last utterance
• '___ not choose to run'
• Bachelor's final utterance
• Ceremony words
• Groom's answer
• Marrying words
• Swearing-in vow
• Marital promise
• Groom's promise
• Swearing-in promise
• Knot-tying promise
• Vegas vow
• Swearing-in oath
• Knot-tying words
• Merger words
• 'Berlin's 'What'll ___?'
• 21-Across, at the altar
• Reply to the J.P.
• Bachelor's final answer?
• Irving Berlin's 'What'll ___?'
• 'What can ___ for you?'
• Reply to a J.P.
• Wedding response
• Oath reply
• Nuptial vow
• Oath answer
• Bride's vow
• June vow
• Bride's promise
• Words said to be wed
• Witness stand words
• Simple vow
• Bride's reply
• Courtroom words
• Words spoken in front of witnesses
• Formal "yes"
• Nuptial affirmation
• Response to a minister's question
• Words said impulsively in Vegas
• 2011 Colbie Caillat hit
• Repeated words shouted after "Who wants ...?"
• Maiden's last words?
• When repeated, response to "Who wants ice cream?"
• Response at the altar
• Promise preceding a pronouncement
• Oath acceptance
• When sung five times, an Abba hit
• Oath phrase
• What Liz said twice to Richard
• Life-changing promise
• Alter sentence
• Words that have a certain ring to them?
• Terse agreement
• Agreement to enter an institution?
• Nuptial agreement?
• Brief 54-Down
• Affirmation uttered at an altar
• Words that affirm some oaths
• Brief affirmation
• Words before an important kiss
• Planned promise from Theroux to Aniston
• Courtroom promise
• Answer to an officiant
• "Indeed ___"
• Three-letter, union-forming phrase
• Confirmation at the witness stand
• Promise at the altar
• Vow-accepting confirmation
• Promise before a parson
• Improved Esperanto
• Enthusiastic response to "Who wants cookies?"
• Words solemnly sworn
• Words before a ceremonial kiss
• It's a rite answer
• Words spoken at altars
• Union accord?
• Line that has a ring to it?
• Union-forming phrase
• Brief commitment
• When repeated, response to "Who wants dessert?"
• It may be said with a raised hand
• Fiancé's last words?
• Response known to preclude its question
• Wedding utterance
• Affirmation phrase
• Nuptials response
• Words made more broadly applicable by the Supreme Court's decision in United States v. Windsor
• Vow to be truthful
• Words often said in front of a priest
• Response on the stand
• Part of an altar exchange
• Line before a recption?
• Promising words (and what's hidden in this puzzle's four longest entries)
• Words that make two one?
• Affirmative answer
• Courtroom vowel
• Wedding vow words
• 50% of a Merrick musical, or 20% of an Abba hit
• "Absolutely"
• Oath-taking phrase
• Promise that doesn't always work out
• Trial witness's promise
• Wedding decleration
• "Yes!"
• Bachelorhood-ending phrase
• Binding promise
• Vow on a stand
• Witness's words
• Bachelor's final answer
• Betrothal words
• Brief vow
• Altar phrase
• Bachelorette's final answer?
• Wedding chapel vow
• Labor agreement
• Altar line
• Words after walking down the aisle
• Groom's guarantee
• Words often heard near 24 Across
• Binding agreement
• Statement of agreement
• Oft-heard phrase on soaps
• Words for entering a united state
• Fiancee's last words
• Answer to the parson
• Bachelorette's final answer
• Marriage oath
• Bride's response
• Pronouncement before a kiss
• Groom's response
• Wedding words after no objections
• When repeated, reply to "Who wants dessert?"
• Words before a major pronouncement
• Answer to a judge
• Response that has a nice ring to it?
• ' not choose to run'
• "What'll ___?"
• Hearing promise
• Statement made in church, often
• "honest ___"
• Words spoken before a toast
• Short assent
• Words said in church
• Binding oath
• Life-altering words
• Formal agreement
• Marriage vow
• Ringing endorsement?
• Ceremonial vow
• Swearing-in affirmation
• Berlin's 'What'll ?'
• Marriage declaration
• Witness affirmation
• Common court response
• Chapel reply
• Common pledge
• Words with a certain ring
• Line at a wedding
• Under-oath words
• Engagement-ending words
• Vow that's mostly vowels
• Word said with right hand raised
• Single man's last words
• Declaration made with a raised right hand
• "Who wants chocolate?" reply
• It's said at the exchange of Os
• Words exchanged at a wedding
• Ringing words?
• Wedders' declaration
• Awaited words at a wedding
• Solemn "Yes"
• Vow for the nuptials
• Liz's oft-side phrase
• Words said before a pastor
• Agreement preceding a kiss
• Church vow
• What people wait to hear at a wedding
• Statement that makes two one
• Veiled promise?
• Words exchanged at the altar
• "___ believe ..."
• Matrimonial words
• Life altar-ing words?
• Rite answer in a church?
• Words often spoken with a hand on the Bible
• "Yes, agreed"
• Swearing-in response
• Last words of an engagement
• Reply to the minister
• Vow from a bride or groom
• Witness's pledge
• Promise often made in church
• Personal commitment?
• Words said at the altar
• Answer at the altar
• Words that unite a couple
• Vow before testifying
• See 53-Across
• "Oh, But ___" (1946 song)
• Familiar vow
• About-to-be spouse's words
• Words often exchanged
• Words often heard after "shall live?"
• Phrase that has a ring to it?
• Marriage portion
• Coupling words
• Veiled reply, perhaps
• "Yes," at the altar
• Words that make two one
• Reply to "You think so?"
• About-to-be husband's words
• What a bride says
• What a groom says
• Two words said at the altar
• Altar answer (2 words)
• What a bride says (2 words)
• What the groom says
• Groom's answer (2 words)
• Wedding vow words (2 words)
• Two words heard at a wedding
• Words a groom says at the altar
• Words at the altar (2 words)
• Phrase heard at a wedding (2 words)
• Wedding promise (2 words)
• Two words spoken at a wedding
• Words spoken at the altar (2 words)
• Two words people say when getting married
• 2 words spoken at the altar
• What a bride says to a groom (2 words)
• Two words spoken at the altar
• Two words spoken when people get married
• Words exchanged in a church (2 words)
• Words heard at a wedding (2 words)
• Artificial language
• Words exchanged on the big day
• It's said before a kiss
• Altar-ed statement?
• "To have and to hold" answer
• Part of a Vegas exchange
• Words exchanged before a kiss
• Words that end bachelorhood (2 words)
• Pre-kiss statement
• Marriage starter
• Altar reply, traditionally
• Groom's response (2 wds.)
• Bride's response (2 wds.)
• Groom's vow (2 wds.)
• Altar response (2 wds.)
• Bride's vow (2 wds.)
• Wedding vow (2 wds.)
• Altar vow (2 wds.)
• Vow following a prenup
• "___ (Cherish You)" by 98 Degrees
• '80s J. Geils hit
• Jewel "Perfectly Clear" song
• "I Want You to Hurt Like ___" Randy Newman
• "You Know How ___" Taking Back Sunday
• Oath-of-office reply
• J. Geils hit cover from '82
• "Like the Way ___" Melissa Etheridge
• Bryan Adams "(Everything ___) I Do It for You"
• Affirmative Lisa Loeb song?
• Melissa Etheridge "Like the Way ___"
• J. Geils & Lisa Loeb hits with same name
• J. Geils Band '80s hit
• '80s J. Geils hit cover
• Colbie Caillat song about wedding?
• 98 Degrees "___ (Cherish You)"
• "I love you my baby, yes ___" J. Geils
• Positive J. Geils hit from '82
• Star student lost tongue
• Merger agreement?
• Words heard at 42-Across
• Pre-ring promise
• Testifying promise
• Chapel commitment
• Vow from the heart
• See 1
• Pronouncement before kissing
• The rite answer?
• Repeated five times, a song by 1-Across
• Affirming words
• It may be heard before a reception
• Joyful answer
• Good answer at the altar
• Words from 18-Down
• -
• Couple of words for many couples
• Church vow, maybe
• Bachelorhood adieu
• Short sentence
• Answer to a bailiff
• Answer to the preacher
• Wedder's phrase
• "___ declare!"
• Wedding ceremony vow: 2 wds.
• Veiled oath?
• Couple's coupling words
• Phrase in a swearing-in ceremony: 2 wds.
• Altar statement
• Wedding vow response: 2 wds.
• Ceremonial affirmation
• What newlyweds recently said: 2 wds.
• Future spouse's vow: 2 wds.
• Wedding ceremony phrase: 2 wds.
• Bridal line?
• Response to "Who wants dessert?": 2 wds.
• Wedding day promise
• Rite answer?
• Wedding words (2 words)
• "What did ___ to deserve this?": 2 wds.
• "May ___ the honors?": 2 wds.
• Sworn words
• The rite response
• Pledge heard near the end of a wedding: 2 wds.
• Response at the altar: 2 wds.
• Uniting phrase
• Phrase you say before the priest pronounces you husband and wife: 2 wds.
• Marry me? Yes
• Words of assent
• Predictable reply at the altar
• Hitching promise
• Words given under oath
• Reply at the altar
• Ceremony vow
• Terse affirmation
• Frequent court statement
• Common June phrase
• Reply to a minister
• Common vow
• Enthusiastic response
• Chapel affirmation
• June phrase, for many
• Uniting words
• Union-making words
• Nuptial pledge
• Pre-reception promise
• Testifier's first answer
• "Yes for me"
• Words exchanged at an altar
• "Who wants one?" response
• Certain affirmative answer
• Starry-eyed agreement, often
• "Who wants dessert?" response
• Last words before being pronounced husband and wife
• Wedding affirmation
• Bachelor's last words?
• Simple promise
• Court oath affirmation
• Oath-taker's reply
• Vow on the big day
• Vow before a kiss
• Swear words?
• They say that in marriage libido is reduced by 50% ...
• Witness' oath
• Bachelorette's final words
• Knot-tying vow
• Pledge of allegiance, maybe
• Vow hidden in "maid of honor"
• Vow sworn at the altar
• Ceremonial promise
• Reply to "Who wants ice cream?"
• Ringing endorsement?
• Declaration just before a kiss
• Terse promise
• Pre-marital (just barely) promise
• Witness's promise
• Promise sealed with a kiss
• Bachelor's famous last words?
• Bachelor’s last words
• Two-vowel vow
• Words of assurance
• Solemn commitment
• Vow renewal words
• Response following "... and nothing but the truth?"
• Possible reply to "You think so?"
• Altar response
• Words from the brides
• Witness swearing-in words
• Merger announcement, of a sort
• Way to 47 Down
• "Who wants wedding cake?" reply
• Two words that end bachelorhood
• Half an altar exchange
• What a bride says on her wedding day (2 words)
• Words from bride to bride
• Words to a minister (2 words)
• Bit of swearing in church?
• Wedding day phrase
• "Who wants this?" response
• Vow hidden in "said OK"
• Two words that make a wife
• "What can ___?"
• Words between wives-to-be
• Vow before a judge
• Wedding assent
• Vow avowal
• Words from a groom
• "Yes, indeed!"
• Words from groom to groom
• Affirmation of commitment
• Brief confirmation
• Declaration in a swearing-in ceremony
• Important words of affirmation in a relationship?
• Tying-the-knot phrase
• Two words that scream "bachelor no more"
• "Affirmative"
• Words at an unveiling?
• What to say to 22-Across (2 words)
• Response to "Who wants some?"
• Wedding reply
• Phrase from groom to groom
• "Did ___ something wrong?"
• Words with a ring to them?
• Nuptial phrase (2 words)
• Berlin's "What'll ___?"
• Wedding answer
• Newlywed's answer to "Do you want ice cream?"
• Words that have a ring to them?
• Words from a bride and groom
• Phrase spoken under a chuppah
• Something 1-Across said (2 words)
• "What will ___ now?"
• Words said before a big reception
• Tying-the-knot words
• Bonding and binding words
• Words exchanged after vows
• Groom's words
• Vow renewal phrase
• Words from an altar ego?
• Tying words?
• Union pledge
• See 23-Across
• Response to a wedding officiant
• "Yes, ___!"
• Response from a groom
• Phrase with a hand raise
• Start of a courtroom oath
• Wedding phrase before a kiss
• Newly wedded couple's promise (2 words)
• Promise that has a ring to it? (2 words)
• Phrase exchanged after vows
• A vow avowal
• Words that turn nearlyweds into newlyweds
• Wedding vow (2 words)
• A chocoholic's response to "Who wants a brownie?" (2 words)
• Words exchanged between brides
• Words after exchanging rings
• Promising words?
• Phrase at the altar
• Words that make a groom a husband (2 words)
• Promising reply
• Promise in front of a judge
• Final words of an engagement
• Prelude to a kiss?
• Solemn vow (2 words)
• Words from a promising couple?
• Altar-ed words?
• Marriage agreement?
• Wedding "yes"
• Declaration delivered (or not) in a "Love Is Blind" finale
• "From this day forward" vow
• Possible response to "Who wants to solve a crossword with me?"
• Wedding 11-Across
• Assent from a bride or groom
• Possible response to "Who wants ice cream?!"
• What to say on your wedding day (2 words)
• Words exchanged before kissing a new spouse
• This solution has a ring to it? (2 words)
• Words one hopes to hear at the altar
• Phrase preceding "By the power vested in me ..."
• Single person's last statement? (2 words)
• Final words before your fiance becomes your spouse
• Utterance with one's hand on a Bible, maybe
• Sworn statement?
• Union contract?
• "Yes, let's be married!"
• Words that end an engagement (2 words)
• Possible response to "Who wants cake?"
• Words exchanged before a bride or groom is kissed
• "Me!"
• Promise exchanged at the altar
• Merger agreement?
• Eager reply to "Who wants this cookie?"
• Affirmation that's often echoed
• Unmarried person's last words
• Terse oath
• "Who wants cake?" response
• Wedding ceremony words
• Words that turn a miss into a Mrs. (2 words)
• Union agreement?
• Affirmation not usually spoken at a Jewish wedding
• Words one utters in an altar-ed state?
• Response to "Who wants to go to Disneyland?"
• Groom's utterance
• Words before "believe" or "declare"
• Agreeable words
• Words in front of a minister or a judge
• Vow renewal vow
• Chapel oath
• Statement from a witness
• Altar-ed statement?
• Words of avowal
• Spousal vow