Answer: AINT
AINT is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 300 times.
Referring Clues:
- "___ That a Shame" (1955 hit)
- 1971 Grammy song "___ No Sunshine"
- Isn't on the street?
- "___ That a Shame"
- "You ___ seen nothin' yet!"
- "___ That a Shame" (#1 hit for 18-Across)
- "___ Misbehavin'"
- Gershwin's "It ___ Necessarily So"
- Isn't wrong?
- "It ___ pretty!"
- "It ___ Necessarily So"
- "___ Too Proud to Beg" (1966 hit)
- Picnic pest, in this puzzle?
- "___ it the truth!"
- "___ No Sunshine" (1971 hit)
- Pat Boone's "___ That a Shame"
- Isn’t wrong?
- Grammarian's bugaboo
- Isn't informal?
- Is not on the street?
- Nonstandard contraction
- "___ We Got Fun?"
- "___ She Sweet?"
- "Is so!" rebuttal
- "___ She Sweet"
- "Say it ___ so!"
- "That ___ hay!"
- Verb not in the king's English
- "You ___ kiddin'!"
- Aretha Franklin's "___ No Way"
- "If it ___ broke ..."
- Is no more, informally
- It may get under a grammarian's skin
- "___ No Mountain High Enough" (1970 #1 hit)
- Marvin Gaye's "___ That Peculiar"
- Fats Waller's "___ Misbehavin'"
- "__ No Way" (Aretha Franklin tune)
- "It __ over 'til it's over"
- "___ Nobody" (1983 Chaka Khan hit)
- Isn't misused?
- "Is so!" retort
- With 48-Across, "... and that ___!"
- Is not misused?
- "___ No Sunshine" (1971 Grammy-winning song)
- "Politics ___ beanbag" (Mr. Dooley maxim)
- "If it __ broke ..."
- "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers hit)
- Fats Domino's "___ That a Shame"
- "If it ___ broke, don't fix it!"
- Dialectical contraction
- "___ Too Proud to Beg" (1966 song)
- "___ I a stinker?"
- "___ that the truth!"
- "...and that ___ hay!"
- "___ We Got Fun"
- "___ it the truth?"
- Grammatical no-no
- Controversial contraction
- "___ No Mountain High Enough" (1967 song)
- Isn't poorly?
- English class taboo
- "___ No Mountain High Enough" (1970 chart-topper)
- Is not spoken wrong?
- "You ___ heard nothing yet!"
- "___ that somethin'?"
- "It ___ over 'til it's over"
- Isn't uncorrected?
- "Is You Is or Is You ___ My Baby?" (Louis Jordan song)
- "That __ hay!"
- "It __ over till it's over": Berra
- "__ That a Shame": Domino hit
- Frowned-upon contraction
- "___ Got No" ("Hair" song)
- "Hit 'em where they ___"
- "Say it ___ so, Joe"
- "You ___ seen nothin' yet"
- "___ No Mountain High Enough"
- The Who's "Love ___ for Keeping"
- "It ___ Me Babe" (hit for the Turtles)
- "___ no thang"
- "___ Talkin'" (Bob Dylan song)
- "__ No Sunshine": 1971 Bill Withers hit
- "__ Misbehavin'"
- "__ She Sweet"
- Kids may be corrected for saying it
- 77-Down wrong?
- "__ That a Shame"
- "You __ heard nothin' yet"
- ''If it ___ broke . . .''
- Isn't, nonstandardly
- ''__ That a Shame''
- ''If it __ broke . . .''
- Colloquial contraction
- ''Is You Is or Is You __ . . .''
- ''If it __ broke, . . .''
- ''__ Misbehavin' ''
- Is not, slangily
- ''__ it the truth?''
- Word often heard in ''Oklahoma!''
- Slangy negative
- ''Oklahoma!'' contraction
- ''I __ Marching Anymore'' (protest song)
- Substandard contraction
- ''It ___ over 'til it's over''
- That-hay link
- ''___ I a stinker?'' (Bugs Bunny)
- ''___ that the truth!''
- Grammarian's bane
- ''___ That a Shame''
- Word that gets under a grammarian's skin
- "If it ___ broke . . ."
- "___ I a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny quote)
- Contraction not in the king's English
- Is not, to some
- "___ that a kick in the head?"
- Isn't for the uneducated?
- "___ Misbehavin"'
- Eyebrow-raising word to a grammarian
- "___ Misbehavin"' (1978 Tony winner)
- Grammarian's eyebrow-raiser
- Word that makes grammarians cringe
- Isn't the wrong way
- The "nonexistent" contraction
- Grammarian's no-no
- Start of a Fats Domino title
- "--- Misbehavin"'
- "It ___ over till it's over" (Yogi Berra)
- Is not ungrammatical?
- "___ No Woman," 1973 hit for the Four Tops
- "Denial __ just a river in Egypt": Twain
- 50-Across wrong?
- Informal version of 73 Down
- Strict grammarian's bane
- Isn't, alternatively
- Is not wrong?
- "You ___ heard nothin' yet!"
- Grammatical gaffe
- Dogpatch verb
- Isnt wrong?
- "___ I a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny)
- "It ___ over till it's over": Berra
- "You ___ heard nothin' yet"
- "___ No Sunshine": 1971 Bill Withers hit
- "___ That a Shame": Domino hit
- "Denial ___ just a river in Egypt": Twain
- Aren't among the slangy?
- Isn't ungrammatical?
- Grammar purist's bane
- "Is You Is or Is You ___ ..."
- "If it ___ broke, ..."
- "___ Misbehavin' "
- Word often heard in "Oklahoma!"
- "Oklahoma!" contraction
- "I ___ Marching Anymore" (protest song)
- "___ Wet" (prankster's rearrangement of a "Wet Paint" sign)
- Grammar class faux-pas
- Aren't, slangily
- Bugaboo for the grammar police
- "___ I a Woman?" (Sojourner Truth speech)
- Grammar class no-no
- "Politics ___ beanbag"
- Informal contraction
- Maligned contraction
- '___ She Sweet?'
- '___ Misbehavin' '
- '___ No Sunshine'
- '___ She Sweet'
- '___ We Got Fun?'
- '___ Misbehavin''
- 'It ___ Necessarily So'
- 'If it ___ broke ...'
- 'You ___ kiddin'!'
- '... and that ___ hay!'
- English class no-no
- '___ it grand?'
- '___ it the truth!'
- 'That ___ hay!'
- Ungrammatical contraction
- "Is!" rebuttal
- Isn't incorrect?
- "___ I a stinker?": Bugs Bunny
- "The future ___ what it used to be": Yogi Berra
- "... and that ___ good"
- Isn't for some people?
- "If you done it, it ___ bragging": Whitman
- '___ That a Shame'
- "It ___ right"
- "___ no mountain high enough ..."
- "Porgy and Bess" contraction
- "Is you is or is you ___ ma' baby?"
- "___ Nobody's Business" (old blues standard)
- Isn't amiss?
- Isn't, casually
- 25-Down, nonstandardly
- "___ Too Proud to Beg" (1966 song by The Temptations)
- "It ___ over ..."
- "And that ___ hay!"
- "It ___ over till ..."
- "___ No Sunshine" (1971 Bill Withers song)
- "It ___ Me, Babe" (Dylan song)
- What shouldn't follow you?
- "___ That a Shame?"
- Negative contraction
- Grammarian's eyebrow raiser
- "Shakespeare it ___"
- Isn't, slangily
- ' Misbehavin''
- ' She Sweet'
- 'Say it ___ so, Joe!'
- The "non-existent" contraction
- "Sorry, that ___ happenin'!"
- "It ___ Me Babe" (Dylan hit)
- "___ No Sunshine": Bill Withers hit
- Nonstandard negative
- "It ___ happenin'"
- "... and that ___ hay!"
- "it ___ hay!"
- “That ___ right”
- Informal negative
- "am not", slangily
- "A good deed ___ ever forgot": "Huckleberry Finn"
- Is not, in dialect
- "He ___ Heavy, He's My Brother"
- "___ life grand?"
- Is not, informally
- ' She Sweet' ('20s hit)
- Slangy rebuttal to 65-Across
- Not a word?
- ' She Sweet?'
- 14-Across, informally
- "You ___ Seen Nothing Yet" (1974 #1 hit)
- Improper 41-Across
- Bugs Bunny contraction
- Contraction spoken in "The Jazz Singer"
- Questionable contraction
- Word that raises a grammarian's eyebrows
- '___ that the truth!'
- Slangy form of 60-Across
- "Is not," wrongly
- "___ gonna happen"
- Taboo contraction, to a grammar purist
- Wrong "is not"
- Isn't bad?
- "It ___ over till it's over"
- 'If it broke ...'
- Isn't badly?
- Is not improper?
- "___ It Fun" (2014 Best Rock Song Grammy winner)
- Dylan's "It ___ Me Babe"
- "Say it ___so!"
- 'That ___ happenin'!'
- Solecist's contraction
- "It ___ Necessarily So": Gershwin song
- "If it ___ broke ... "
- Slangy negative contraction
- "___ No Sunshine"
- "___ No Sunshine" (1971 hit for Bill Withers)
- "___ so" ("Nuh-uh")
- Informal negation
- Informal "isn't"
- 65-Across, alternatively
- Fails to be, casually
- "___ Nobody's Business": blues standard
- "___ Misbehavin'" (stride jazz classic)
- "You ___ seen nothing yet!"
- "___ It Fun" (2014 Paramore hit)
- "You ___ kidding!"
- "I ___ kidding!"
- "___ Too Proud to Beg"
- "If I ___ Got You" (Alicia Keys single)
- "___ That Good News," 1964 Sam Cooke album
- "___ gonna happen!"
- Contraction heard in the first "Jazz Singer"
- "___ Misbehavin'": Fats Waller song
- "Inventin' jokes ___ easy": Rocky Balboa
- "___ that somethin'!"
- Aren't wrong?
- "You ___ lyin'!"
- Slangy contraction
- Equivalent of "isn't"
- "___ 2 Proud 2 Beg" (TLC hit)
- "___ Too Proud" (hit musical about the Temptations)
- "___ Nobody" (hit for Rufus and Chaka Khan)
- The Beatles' "___ She Sweet"
- Is not
- "___ No Sunshine" (Bill Withers classic)
- Rufus and Chaka Khan's "___ Nobody"
- "___ It Fun" (hit song by Paramore)
- Word before "Nobody" or "No Sunshine" in R&B titles
- "If it ___ broke, don't fix it"
- "The Crown ___ Worth Much" (Hanif Abdurraqib collection)
- "___ I a Woman?"
- 62-Across, improperly
- ___ ___ a word grammar pedant's ironic statement
- "___ 2 Proud 2 Beg" (TLC single)
- Casual contraction
- More informal version of 70-Across
- "___ 2 Proud 2 Beg" (TLC song)
- Sojourner truth's ___ i a woman?
- "___ No Sunshine" (1971 Bill Withers hit)
Last Seen In:
- New York Times - December 22, 2024
- USA Today - September 23, 2024
- USA Today - September 18, 2024
- New York Times - July 05, 2024
- USA Today - June 19, 2024
- USA Today - June 13, 2024
- New York Times - May 20, 2024
- New York Times - May 12, 2024
- LA Times - April 03, 2024
- New York Times - March 29, 2024
- USA Today - March 21, 2024
- LA Times - February 23, 2024
- New York Times - December 24, 2023
- USA Today - November 29, 2023
- USA Today - November 24, 2023
- USA Today - July 31, 2023
- LA Times - July 12, 2023
- New York Times - July 02, 2023
- LA Times - June 27, 2023
- LA Times - May 09, 2023
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