Referring Clues

• Scale notes
• Old-fashioned contraction
• "___ the season..."
• Third word of "America"
• "___ better to have loved..."
• "___ the season ..."
• "___ the season to be jolly"
• "___ in my memory lock'd": Ophelia
• Seasonal contraction
• Opposite of 'tain't
• Woody Herman's "___ Autumn"
• "___ a pity"
• "Whether ___ nobler..."
• Carol contraction
• It comes before the season
• Poetic contraction
• It is contracted
• Last word of "Angela's Ashes"
• 1999 Frank McCourt memoir
• "___ in the breath of heaven...": Keats
• "Deck the Halls" word
• "___ the season ..."
• "___ Me, O Lord" (spiritual)
• "Angela's Ashes" follow-up
• Frank McCourt memoir
• Third word in "America"
• Notes after las
• Follow-up to the best seller "Angela's Ashes"
• "My country" follower
• Frank McCourt title
• Sequel to "Angela's Ashes"
• "___ So Sweet" (gospel song)
• Preceder of the season
• "___ for the tears were shed to save me" ("M-O-T-H-E-R" lyrics)
• "___ the Last Rose of Summer" (old song standard)
• "___ Autumn" (Woody Herman hit)
• Rejoinder to "'tain't!"
• "___ the season ..."
• Bard's contraction
• It's in poetry
• "___ better to have loved ..."
• "___ Autumn" (hit 1941 song)
• "Here ___"
• "My country, ___ of thee"
• 1999 best-selling memoir
• Word repeated in Emily Dickinson's "___ so much joy! ___ so much joy!"
• "___ now the very witching time of night": Hamlet
• "___ the season!"
• "My country, ___ of thee..."
• "Whether ___ nobler in the mind..." ("Hamlet")
• "___ folly to be wise"
• "Deck the Halls" contraction
• "___ the season... "
• E's in the key of F
• Poet's contraction
• Third word of America
• "Deck the Halls" contraction
• Follow-up to "Angela's Ashes"
• Last word of, and sequel to, "Angela's Ashes"
• "___ the season ... "
• "___ folly to be wise" (Gray)
• It's in poetry
• Third word before "to be jolly"
• It's in much poetry
• "___ the season to be jolly ..."
• "That's right," quaintly
• "___ better to have loved and lost ..."
• "America" contraction
• Sonneteer's contraction
• "Fa la la la la, la la la la" follower
• 1999 Frank McCourt book
• Memoir that preceded "Teacher Man"
• They come before dos
• 1999 memoir that was a bestseller
• "... ___ a consummation devoutly to be wish'd": Hamlet
• Noel contraction
• "My country ___ of thee ..."
• "___ folly to be wise": Gray
• Not counting fas and las, word after "holly"
• "Whether ___ nobler ...": Hamlet
• It's found in poetry?
• "Whether ___ nobler in the mind ...": Hamlet
• McCourt memoir
• "Angela's Ashes" sequel
• It's in a carol?
• "___ better to have loved ...": Tennyson
• It's from the old days
• Musical sevenths
• Word after "la la la la"
• "___ the year's midnight ...": Donne
• The season opener?
• "___ a pity"
• "___ the season to be ..."
• Quaint contraction
• "My country ___ ..."
• "My country ___ . . ."
• "___ the season . . ."
• Scale notes after las
• McCourt work
• McCourt book
• "___ pleasure, sure, to see one's name in print": Byron
• "My country, ___ of thee"
• Third word of "America"
• "___ better to have loved . . ."
• "Deck the Halls" contraction
• "___ better to have loved ..."
• Rejoinder to "'tain't!"
• "Whether ___ nobler in the mind ..." ("Hamlet")
• 'Twas in the present?
• "____ a pity"
• '"Taint" comeback
• "'Tain't" retort
• "___ the season ..."
• "'Tain't" rebuttal
• "___ the season . . ."
• "My Country ___ of Thee"
• "Whether ___ nobler . . ."
• "___ nobler in the mind . . ."
• "My country" follower, in song
• "___ better to have loved . . ."
• "'Tain't" rebuttal
• It is, that is
• "___ in my memory lock'd" (Ophelia)
• It starts the season
• It is shorter?
• Last word in "Angela's Ashes"
• McCourt title
• ". . . ___ of thee"
• "--- the season ..."
• "___ better to have loved and lost . . ."
• "___ the last rose of summer" (start of a Thomas Moore poem)
• "... ___ an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers": "Romeo and Juliet"
• "___ not so deep as a well": Shak.
• "___the season ..."
• Frank McCourt's follow-up to "Angela's Ashes"
• "___ so appalling - it exhilarates": Dickinson
• It's contracted
• "Whether ___ nobler in the mind ..." (Hamlet)
• "___ the season to be ..."
• Frank McCourt sequel
• "___ the season to be jolly ..."
• Quaint "Quite!"
• "My country, ___ of thee ..."
• "___ better to have loved …"
• "___ the season …"
• It’s in poetry
• "Whether ___ nobler ..."
• "'Taint" comeback
• "'Tain't" retort
• "___ better to have loved ..."
• "Whether ___ nobler ...": Hamlet
• "My country ___ ..."
• "Whether ___ nobler in the mind ...": Hamlet
• "My country ___ of thee ..."
• "___ the year's midnight ...": Donne
• "___ better to have loved ...": Tennyson
• "___ folly to be wise": Gray
• "... ___ an ill cook that cannot lick his own fingers": "Romeo and Juliet"
• "Whether --- nobler..."
• "--- folly to be wise"
• It's another way
• Seventh tones
• Christmas contraction
• Carol's contraction
• "___ nobler in the mind ..."
• "___ pleasure, sure, to see one's name in print": Byron
• "... ___ of thee"
• “Deck the Halls” contraction
• "___ a dainty thing to command": Cervantes
• Old-timey affirmation
• It is, poetically
• It is, condensed
• Poet's it is
• It is, to Tennyson
• Frank McCourt book
• Sit back?
• Carol opener
• It comes before the season?
• "Tain't" retort
• "That so?" reply
• Poetic "it is"
• It's in poetry?
• Polynesian plant
• Polynesian plant(s)
• "___ the season"
• My country's follower?
• Yule contraction
• "My country, ___ ..."
• '___ the season ...'
• '___ folly to be wise'
• 'My country ___ of thee'
• 'My country ___ of thee'
• Third word of 'America'
• 'My country, ___ of thee'
• 'My country, ___ ...'
• '___ the season...'
• 'Angela's Ashes' sequel
• They're between las and dos
• Frank McCourt bestseller
• '___ a pity ...'
• '___ the season!'
• '___ a pity'
• '___ a shame'
• '___ the season to be jolly'
• 'Whether ___ nobler ...'
• 'My country ___ of thee ...',
• "Indeedy"
• It's in an old way
• Quaint affirmation
• It's in a lot of poetry?
• "Tain't" rebuttal
• "'___ the season to be jolly"
• Indeed, archaically
• Word before "the season to be jolly"
• Beginning of "the season to be jolly"
• "True dat," quaintly
• McCourt memoir after "Angela's Ashes"
• "___ true"
• Bard's word
• It is poetically
• It is, to Tennyson
• It is abbreviated
• Contracted agreement
• "___ an old tale, and often told" (Scott)
• "___ the last rose of summer" (Thomas Moore poem starter)
• It's in many poems
• "___ So Sweet to Trust in Jesus"
• Word that begins with an apostrophe
• "My country, ___ ... "
• It is,poetically
• "___ not for you to hear what I can speak": "Macbeth"
• Contraction missing an i
• Frank McCourt best-seller
• It is, in verse
• "Verily"
• It is, to Keats
• ' the season ...'
• Musical notes
• "My country ___ ... "
• "___ the gift to be simple ... ": Shaker song
• "Whether ___ nobler in the mind ..."
• "___ the year's midnight ... ": Donne
• Sole word in the last chapter of "Angela's Ashes"
• "My country, ___ of ..."
• 'America' contraction
• Poets' it is
• " . . . ___ time to do : Lady Macbeth
• What precedes the season?
• "___ well" (George Washington's last words)
• "___ the season to ..."
• "T'ain't" retort
• Retort to "T'aint!"
• Contraction in Hamlet's soliloquy
• Sequel to a 1996 Pulitzer memoir
• Scale tones
• "___ the Voice of the Lobster" ("Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" poem)
• 'Twas today?
• Christmas song contraction
• Apt "it's" anagram
• "T'aint!" opposite
• "___ my first night beneath the Sun" (Dickinson poem)
• Start of the season?
• "'___ some visitor,' I muttered ... ": Poe
• Song syllables
• Not 'tain't
• It's poetic
• Antiquated affirmative
• Confirmation that you can sit back?
• It's wrong merely to sit back
• It's different when you sit up
• This'll make you sit up!
• Positive denial of taint?
• Affirmation of Britishness?
• Confirmation to make you sit up!
• Archaic "agreed"
• Apostrophized affirmative
• Archaic agreement
• Contraction of the season
• "___ the last rose of summer"
• ___ the season to be jolly ('3)
• It is (poetic) ('3)
• It is (poetic)
• "Where ignorance is bliss, ___ folly to be wise"
• La followers
• Maybe it's of British extraction
• "___ better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all"
• 18-Down, in the present tense
• It's different for some of the British
• It's in old poems
• It is fancy?
• "___ Autumn" (1941 jazz standard)
• Briefly, it's positively assertive
• "___ midnight, but small thoughts have I of sleep": Coleridge
• Contraction in "America"
• Follower of "My country"
• Contraction in a Christmas song
• "___ a consummation devoutly to be wished": Hamlet
• "___ but a scratch" (line from the Black Knight after losing his arm, in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail")
• Confirmation can make you sit up
• Yuletide contraction
• Archaic contraction
• Say it's so
• Scale syllables
• Christmas carol contraction
• “___ the wind and nothing more!” (“The Raven”)
• This is breathlessly assertive!
• What precedes the season?
• “Deck the Halls” contraction
• “Whether ___ nobler in the mind to suffer...”: Hamlet
• “___ the Voice of the Lobster” (Lewis Carroll poem)
• “Aye, true!”
• Poetic contraction usually at the start of a line
• "Absolutely," for short
• “___ better to be vile than vile esteemed”: Shakespeare
• 'Twas in the present?
• "___ but a scratch ..."
• "___ So Sweet to Trust in Jesus" (hymn)
• The assurance of a true artist
• The season opener?
• Present-tense 'twas
• Lead-in to "the season"
• It's made to sit up
• Brief confirmation
• Quaint agreement
• It's changed, but not significantly
• Contractor's confirmation?
• "___ but a scratch" (Monty Python quote)
• Stanza contraction
• "___ the Damn Season" (2020 Taylor Swift song)
• "___ destiny unshunnable, like death": "Othello"
• Twas, presently
• First word of the song "Simple Gifts"
• Confirmation that you can sit back?
• Can be said to be the opposite of taint
• 'Twas right now?
• Contraction that drops an "i"
• "___ but a scratch": Monty Python
• Quaint confirmation
• "My country - of thee"
• It's changed, but the meaning's the same
• Brief affirmation of artistry
• "Where ignorance is bliss, ___ folly to be wise": Thomas Gray
• "Ah yes, yes indeed"
• Present tense of 'twas
• It's possible to sit in the dentist's chair
• "___ but a scratch": oft-quoted Monty Python line
• Present-tense version of 'twas
• Contraction in "Deck the Halls"
• Positive denial of taint?
• "___ Love That Makes Us Happy" (hymn)
• A brief confirmation
• Affirmation of Britishness?
• "Indeed!," quaintly
• Affirmation of artistry
• 'Twas, in the present tense
• "Bear with him, Brutus; ___ his fashion": Cassius
• Seventh notes on scales
• "___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift song)
• It's another way to sit in an artist's studio
• "___ the Voice of the Lobster" (Lewis Carroll poem)
• 'Twas presently?
• Quaint "True"
• "___ the Damn Season" (Taylor Swift holiday song)
• 'Twas, now
• "Quite so"
• "If it be now, ___ not to come": Hamlet
• Abs-working exercise, literally
• First word of "Simple Gifts"
• "Indeed"