Answer: ITS
ITS is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 578 times.
Referring Clues:
- "___ alive!"
 - Part of T.G.I.F.
 - "___ De-Lovely"
 - "A bird," "a plane" or "Superman" preceder
 - Monty Python show opener
 - The thing is?
 - The "I" in T.G.I.F.
 - W. C. Fields film "___ a Gift"
 - "___ Not Unusual"
 - "___ a Joke, Son" (1947 flick)
 - "___ a Living"
 - Tag pursuers
 - "___ no use"
 - "When ___ Love" (Van Halen hit)
 - The "I" of T.G.I.F.
 - "___ Howdy Doody time!"
 - Catchers in tag
 - Tag players
 - Tommy Dorsey's "___ Always You"
 - "___ true!"
 - "___ Over" (1964 hit)
 - "___ Howdy Doody time..."
 - "___ your dime!"
 - "___ time"
 - "___ show time!"
 - With 112-Across, enthusiastic review
 - They're inhuman
 - With 52-Down, words of agreement
 - "___ a small world..."
 - "___ in the bag"
 - The “I” in T.G.I.F.
 - Leonard Bernstein's "___ Love"
 - "__ Howdy Doody time!"
 - "___ magic!"
 - "___ a girl!"
 - For what ___ worth
 - Gore's "___ My Party"
 - "___ the law"
 - Roy Orbison's "___ Over"
 - "___ a deal!"
 - "___ in his kiss" (1964 pop lyric)
 - "___ not fair!"
 - "___ You" (song from "The Music Man")
 - T.G.I.F. part
 - "___ a Blue World" (1940 hit)
 - "___ Too Late" (King hit)
 - "___ only me"
 - "___ Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas"
 - "___ So Easy"
 - Certain seekers
 - Possessive pronoun
 - They've been tagged
 - Ricky Nelson's "___ Late"
 - Carole King's "___ Too Late"
 - “___ Too Late” (Carole King hit)
 - "___ a small world ..."
 - "___ over!"
 - That one's
 - "___ a date!"
 - Tag antagonists
 - "___ been real!"
 - The "I" in the answer to 1-Across
 - Letters within the theme entries that are, literally, next to nothing
 - "__ been real!"
 - Part of FWIW
 - "For what ___ worth …"
 - Part of F.W.I.W.
 - "___ a go!"
 - Perry Como's "___ Impossible"
 - "Baby ___ You" (1962 hit)
 - The "I" in F.W.I.W.
 - Comforting words
 - "___ true"
 - "___ Alive!" (1974 thriller)
 - "___ my fault!"
 - Kind of elf
 - "___ O.K."
 - With 57-Across, welcome words when the check arrives
 - With 6-Down, "Curious ..."
 - "___ only money!"
 - Word before "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
 - "___ a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (1963 movie)
 - "___ So Easy" (Ronstadt hit)
 - "___ the truth!"
 - Where ___ at
 - "___ Alive!" (1974 camp classic)
 - Part of TGIF
 - "___ up to you"
 - "___ a Wonderful Life"
 - "___ showtime!"
 - TGIF part
 - Orbison's "___ Over"
 - Oft-mispunctuated pronoun
 - Word that often precedes "showtime"
 - "___ Impossible"
 - "___ a Sin" ('87 Pet Shop Boys hit)
 - "___ never too late!"
 - More of the quip
 - "___ no skin off my nose"
 - "___ a Long Way to Tipperary"
 - Possessive that often has an erroneous apostrophe
 - "___ a Most Unusual Day"
 - "___ About Time" (1960s sitcom)
 - "___ about time!"
 - Genderless ones
 - The "I" in TGIF
 - "___ now or never"
 - "___ been real"
 - "___ not my fault"
 - "___ a boy!"
 - Apostropheless possessive
 - "___ the economy, stupid"
 - "___ no use!"
 - "___ me"
 - "___ the economy, stupid!" (Bill Clinton, 1992)
 - "___ My Party" (1963 hit by Lesley Gore)
 - "___ your call"
 - "___ now or never!"
 - "... till ___ over"
 - For what __ worth
 - "__ no use!"
 - "__ only money"
 - With 23-Down, "Duck soup!"
 - Part of 46-Down
 - "__ show time!"
 - "___ Growing" (Temptations hit)
 - "___ party time!"
 - "Don't judge a book by ___ cover"
 - FWIW part
 - I Can't Believe ___ Not Butter! (bread spread brand)
 - "Every dog has ___ day"
 - Word at the start of "Monty Python's Flying Circus"
 - "... ___ how you play the game"
 - "___ a long story"
 - "___ the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown"
 - "___ Not About the Bike" (Lance Armstrong book)
 - "___ My Party" (1963 #1 hit for Lesley Gore)
 - With 39-Down, words found on some balloons
 - The "I" in 23-Down
 - "__ on me"
 - "___ no big deal"
 - "__ only a game"
 - "... for what __ worth"
 - "__ a Wonderful Life"
 - "__ now or never!"
 - Oft-mistyped possessive
 - Where-at link
 - With 23-Down, "You're on!"
 - Tag chasers
 - "__ my turn"
 - "__ in the bag!"
 - "__ not my problem"
 - It is in most dialogue?
 - "__ a girl!"
 - "__ in the bag"
 - "__ been fun"
 - ''__ your move!''
 - ''__ been real!''
 - A thing's
 - ''__ a Wonderful Life''
 - ''__ a living''
 - ''__ about time!''
 - ''__ yours!''
 - Some tag players
 - Tag needs
 - ''__ time!''
 - ''__ a deal!''
 - ''For what __ worth . . .''
 - ''__ De-Lovely''
 - ''__ Not for Me to Say''
 - ''__ Not Unusual''
 - That thing's
 - ''___ Now or Never''
 - ''... for what ___ worth''
 - "___ your move"
 - "For what ___ worth ..."
 - "... for what ___ worth"
 - "___ a bird ..."
 - Word often mistakenly apostrophized
 - "Live from New York, ___ Saturday Night!"
 - Not his or hers
 - ''___ My Party''
 - Word often given an unnecessary apostrophe
 - ''___ a girl!''
 - ''___ alive!''
 - ''___ Not Unusual''
 - Oft-misspelled possessive
 - Of a thing
 - Genderless possessive
 - ''___ a deal!''
 - Tagged game-players
 - "___ always something"
 - Sexless possessive
 - Every dog has ___ day
 - ". . . ___ how you play the game"
 - Sit, differently
 - "___ My Party"
 - Start of Mr. Rogers' song
 - "___ the least I can do"
 - "___ Magic" (Doris Day hit)
 - "___ not for me to say . . ."
 - "___ a small world . . ."
 - Antagonists in the game of tag
 - "___ Not for Me to Say"
 - Start of a Carole King song title
 - TV's "--- Academic"
 - "___ Alive" (1974 thriller)
 - "___ you!"
 - Often-misspelled possessive
 - ___ "a Gift "(W.C. Fields film)
 - "___ only a game"
 - Neutral possessive pronoun
 - "___ a beautiful day in the neighborhood"
 - "___ no skin off my back"
 - "___ So Easy" (Linda Ronstadt hit)
 - "__ a date!"
 - Where __ at
 - "__ a done deal"
 - Roy Orbison's "__ Over"
 - "__ complicated"
 - "___ only money"
 - "___ Raining Men"
 - "__ all in your mind"
 - The thing's
 - The "I" in FWIW
 - "__ for me to know ..."
 - "___ all in your mind"
 - The I in T.G.I.F.
 - ___ Too Late (Carole King hit)
 - "For what ___ worth "
 - "___ been fun"
 - "___ my turn"
 - "___ not my problem"
 - "___ in the bag!"
 - "___ on me"
 - "___ a done deal"
 - "___ complicated"
 - Belonging to the Thing?
 - Word often mis-apostrophized
 - "--- now or never!"
 - "--- show time!"
 - "--- about time!"
 - "For what --- worth ..."
 - "--- your move"
 - "--- a deal"
 - Synonym (and anagram) of 79 Down
 - "___ your move!"
 - "___ yours!"
 - "___ time!"
 - "___ not for me to say ..."
 - "___ for me to know ..."
 - Possessive adjective
 - Word with an extraneous apostrophe, often
 - Contraction that gives many spellers trouble
 - With 1-Down, "Piece of cake!"
 - "___ official ..."
 - "___ mine!"
 - "___ mine!"
 - Some players in tag
 - Lead-in to a date?
 - First word of "A Hard Day's Night"
 - It is, condensed
 - It is, condensed
 - Often-misused possessive
 - "___ later than you think"
 - "___ not my fault!"
 - "___ me" (phone comment)
 - With 13-Across, coming-out phrase?
 - Word often missing an apostrophe
 - Impersonal pronoun
 - Cole Porter's "___ De-Lovely"
 - "___ just not fair"
 - "___ on now!" (fighter's words)
 - Before-time link
 - Part 3 of the quotation
 - 'Monty Python' opener
 - '___ Impossible'
 - 'Monty Python' intro
 - '___ your loss!'
 - '___ been real!'
 - Roy Orbison's '___ Over'
 - '___ been swell!'
 - '___ a deal!'
 - '___ been real'
 - '___ All in the Game'
 - '___ a girl!'
 - '___ Not Unusual'
 - '___ a Small World'
 - '___ Now or Never'
 - '___ Not for Me to Say'
 - '___ a Cryin' Shame'
 - '... ___ Superman!'
 - '___ a Wonderful Life'
 - With 25-Down, '___ Unusual'
 - '___ De-Lovely'
 - 'Monty Python' starter
 - With 10-Down, '___ Unusual'
 - 'No, ___ Superman!'
 - 'If ___ Tuesday, ...'
 - '___ My Party'
 - '___ a Mad, Mad, ...'
 - '___ Now or Never'
 - '___ now or never!'
 - With 40-Across, breakup statement
 - '___ a boy!'
 - '___ so you!'
 - 'I' of TGIF
 - '___ about time!'
 - '___ a living!'
 - '___ a long story'
 - '___ a go!'
 - '___ magic!'
 - '___ over!'
 - '___ all true!'
 - '___ showtime!'
 - '___ all good'
 - '___ a date!'
 - '___ in there!'
 - '___ the law'
 - '___ a snap!'
 - "___ too risky"
 - Word with an erroneous apostrophe, sometimes
 - Inhuman creatures
 - 'TGIF' part
 - "Baby ___ You": Shirelles hit
 - Nitpicky word for grammarians
 - Word with a mistaken apostrophe, often
 - "___ Hard" (1982 album by the Who)
 - Word with a gratuitous apostrophe, often
 - '___ that time'
 - Identification introduction
 - '___ only a paper moon, ...'
 - With 40-Across, a chorus line ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme
 - '___ in the bag!'
 - "___ disposable!"
 - TGIF's 'I'
 - "___ open!"
 - "___ all in the wrist"
 - "___ Too Late" (Carole King hit)
 - Word often given an incorrect apostrophe
 - '___ all good!'
 - '___ Complicated'
 - "___ a trap!"
 - "___ a fact!"
 - Doris Day hit "___ Magic"
 - Word with an incorrect apostrophe, often
 - "___ never going to work!"
 - '___ alive!' (Frankenstein cry)
 - Monster's possessive
 - With 18-Down, exclamation in "Frankenstein"
 - "It is" variation
 - "___ Always Sunny in Philadelphia"
 - TGIF segment
 - "___ snowing!"
 - With 36-Down, "Easy!"
 - "___ Now or Never" (Presley hit)
 - Common possessive
 - "Don't Think Twice, ___ All Right"
 - "___ Greek to me"
 - Oft-mispunctuated possessive
 - "___ like I said ..."
 - "___ My Party": Lesley Gore hit
 - Contraction that gives trouble to many
 - Ran ___ course
 - "___ a rip-off!"
 - Common contraction
 - Oft-mismarked possessive
 - " ... book by ___ cover"
 - With 11-Down, "See you then!"
 - "Where ___ at"
 - "___ magic"
 - Neutral pronoun
 - "... and everything in ___ place"
 - It is shortened?
 - The Who's "___ Hard"
 - Belonging to that thing
 - 'Every dog has ___ day'
 - Word repeated in the "Superman" intro
 - Commonly mistyped word
 - Porter's "___ De-Lovely"
 - "___ official"
 - "___ over"
 - "___ Too Late" (Carole King)
 - "___ all good"
 - "___ none of your business"
 - '___ my party and ...'
 - What c'est can mean
 - Frequently mispunctuated word
 - "___ Not Unusual" (Tom Jones)
 - '___ all over!'
 - The "I" of TGIF
 - Neutral possessive
 - Handler best seller "Are You There, Vodka? ___ Me, Chelsea"
 - '___ a living'
 - Oft-mispunctuated word
 - Cheez- ___ (crackers)
 - Neither his nor hers
 - "___ a most unusal day"
 - On ___ own terms
 - "___ My Life" (Bon Jovi song)
 - "___ Complicated" (Meryl Streep movie)
 - ' Impossible'
 - "___ Now or Never" (1960 chart-topper by Elvis Presley)
 - ' De-Lovely'
 - "___ a miracle!"
 - Inhuman ones
 - "___ Showtime at the Apollo"
 - "___ a beautiful morning"
 - Word with "too late"
 - Pronoun
 - With 45-Down, phrase accompanying a handshake
 - "___ no biggie"
 - "___ a beautiful morning" (Rascals lyric)
 - FW*W
 - "___ only love"
 - "___ Late" (Ricky Nelson hit)
 - "Look, ___ a miracle!"
 - ___ a boy!
 - Belonging to a thing
 - "- true!"
 - "Really, ___ nothing"
 - Mail carrier's pun (part 4)
 - "Are you sure ___ OK?"
 - "Hey Vern, ___ Ernest!"
 - "___ Magic," Doris Day hit
 - Not his or hers?
 - I, in some initialisms
 - 'FWIW' part
 - "So ___ you"
 - "___ a trick!"
 - "___ not what you think!"
 - Post-___
 - ____ a boy!
 - With 12-Down, "Gimme that!"
 - They play tag
 - Word enoting ownership
 - "___ a Small World"
 - "___ never too late"
 - "___ no problem!"
 - Word that is not possessive with an apostrophe
 - ' been real'
 - Word often wrongly apostrophized
 - With 50 Down, frustration exclamation
 - Introduction introducer
 - "___ All Too Much" (Beatles song)
 - With 42-Down, "We have the OK"
 - First word said after a birth
 - Something often preceding "you" or "yours"
 - Part 7 of today's quote
 - Possessive often containing a mistaken apostrophe
 - Neuter possessive
 - Often-incorrectly apostrophized pronoun
 - Identification lead-in
 - Possessive often written incorrectly
 - "___ so you!"
 - "___ a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"
 - "___ my pleasure!"
 - "___ been a while"
 - Of that one
 - Old TV's "___ Academic"
 - With 37-Across, "No problem"
 - "___ Not Easy Being Green"
 - Seekers in a kid's game
 - ' a deal!'
 - Gender-neutral possessive
 - '___ a go'
 - "___ only me!"
 - Word often improperly punctuated
 - "___ All Over Now" (Rolling Stones hit)
 - "___ a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" (1963 film)
 - With 11-Down, 1970 Perry Como hit
 - "___ you I love"
 - "___ not up to me"
 - '___ all true'
 - ' a Wonderful Life'
 - "___ your turn"
 - Thing's pronoun
 - Word with "only money"
 - Monster's pronoun
 - TGIF word
 - ' showtime!'
 - For what - worth link
 - "___ over" ("We're done")
 - Cousin of hers
 - "___ a Lovely Day Today," 1950 song by Irving Berlin
 - "Now ___ official!"
 - 'Tis anagram
 - "___ a beautiful day in the neighborhood": Mr. Rogers
 - "___ yours": "My gift"
 - "___ a Sin": Pet Shop Boys hit
 - "Live from New York, ___ 'Saturday Night!'"
 - "___ go time!"
 - They're tagged
 - '___ your call'
 - Word with "a date"
 - "___ Not Unusual" (Tom Jones standard)
 - "___ been a long time"
 - "___ Quiet Uptown": "Hamilton" song
 - First word of Mr. Rogers' song
 - Word before "a bird," "a plane" and "Superman!"
 - "___ Been Awhile": Staind song
 - "___ never too late to learn"
 - Where-at filler
 - "___ no bother"
 - "___ all good!"
 - "___ not my call"
 - "___ a Shame" (Spinners hit)
 - Middle of a mountaineering explanation
 - Often-mispunctuated possessive
 - "___ Superman!"
 - Common recipient of an erroneous apostrophe
 - "___ all a blur"
 - "___ on!"
 - With 9-Down, response to a knock at the door
 - "___ me!"
 - "___ nothing new"
 - With 60-Across, "That's right"
 - "___ My Party" (Lesley Gore hit)
 - "___ not the end of the world"
 - "___ not over"
 - With 55-Across, film comedy bomb of 1994
 - "___ Quiet Uptown" (song from "Hamilton")
 - Introduction starter
 - "___ Gonna Be Me" (NSYNC song)
 - "I should be into this guy / But ___ just a waste of time" (34-Across lyric)
 - "Baby, ___ you / You're the one I love ..."
 - "___ all my fault"
 - "___ Tricky" (Run-DMC hit)
 - "___ beyond me"
 - Often-mispunctuated word
 - "___ been a pleasure!"
 - Of that thing
 - Tag or hide-and-seek players
 - "___ no surprise"
 - The "I" of FWIW
 - The I in FWIW
 - With 51-Across, package recipient's cry
 - Repeated contraction in the '50s TV "Superman" intro
 - "___ really not a big deal"
 - With 15-Down, brow-wiping comment
 - "___ a whole thing"
 - "Oh, ___ on!"
 - The I in TGIF
 - "___ ok to not be ok"
 - Part of "fwiw"
 - "___ been a while!"
 - Part 4 of the quip
 - "___ the economy, stupid!"
 - Site of many errant apostrophes
 - "___ been a long day"
 - "___ kind of a long story ..."
 - "___ Raining Them": Mila Jam remake celebrating the gender spectrum
 - "___ not you …"
 - "___ a bird! ___ a plane! ___ Superman!"
 - "___ no big deal!"
 - "What ___ Like" (1998 hit by Everlast)
 - "___ not what you think"
 - "___ really no big deal!"
 - "___ Not Me, ___ You" (Lily Allen album)
 - "___ Okay to Not Be Okay"
 - "___ not your fault!"
 - "___ not you, ___ me."
 - The "I" in 30-Down
 - "___ all Greek to me!"
 - Possessive often mistakenly given an apostrophe
 - "___ not rocket science"
 - Part of 1-Across
 - "___ My Life" (Bon Jovi hit)
 - "___ not you, ___ me"
 - "___ giving ..." ("I'm getting these vibes ...")
 - Word frequently edited to insert or remove an apostrophe
 - "Baby ___ You" (Shirelles hit)
 - Word with a commonly misapplied apostrophe
 - "___ a free country"
 - "___ hard to say"
 - "And every time I look at you, ___ like the first time"
 - "Don't Dream ___ Over" ('80s pop hit)
 - "___ not that deep"
 
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - October 28, 2025
 - USA Today - October 21, 2025
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 - USA Today - May 13, 2025
 - New York Times - May 11, 2025
 - New York Times - April 25, 2025
 - New York Times - April 20, 2025
 - New York Times - February 19, 2025
 - USA Today - December 31, 2024
 - LA Times - December 12, 2024
 
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