100% | ALAS | 4 | "We need a government, ___, because of the nature of humans": P. J. O'Rourke |
36% | TEAMCOCO | 8 | Producer of the "Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend" podcast |
36% | DOWN | 4 | (2/6) ... With 21a, the car won't start anymore. We need a bit of help! |
35% | DONLEAVY | 8 | J P —, author of novels A Fairy Tale of New York and The Onion Eaters |
34% | FOYT | 4 | A J —, US motor racing driver who won the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans with Dan Gurney |
33% | POLS | 4 | Ones skewered in P. J. O'Rourke's "Parliament of Whores" |
31% | NOTIMETOSPARE | 13 | Comment when you need a serious comeback at the end of a bowling game? |
31% | SCIENCE | 7 | The study of nature; also a movie Weird __ |
31% | INCARNATE | 9 | The embodiment of a spirit in human form |
31% | CLINTON | 7 | The surname of a former US president, Bill __ |
31% | CONGRESS | 8 | Legislative branch of the US government |
31% | COFFEE | 6 | Some people need a big cup of this in the morning |
30% | MORMON | 6 | The Book of __, musical based on a US religion |
30% | FOMO | 4 | Reason to hit the town on a Friday night instead of staying home in your p.j.’s |
30% | CONGRESS | 8 | Bicameral legislature of the US federal government |
30% | HIGHCOUP | 8 | Overthrow of a government in the Himalayas? |
30% | MINISTER | 8 | Prime __, the head of a government cabinet |
30% | ALA | 3 | In the manner of a US city |
30% | SELLARS | 7 | Peter —, US theatre director; a 2014 recipient of the Polar Music Prize |
30% | AGENT | 5 | Human voice at the end of a phone tree, say |
30% | 3SETS | 5 | Need for the winner of a Wimbledon men's match |
30% | OKLAHOMA | 8 | US state that's also the name of a musical |
30% | ITO | 3 | Judge Lance of the O. J. Simpson case |
30% | RICO | 4 | The "R" of P.R., on a map |
30% | IDAHO | 5 | Hid a horse around part of the US |
30% | BOARD | 5 | You'll need a famous one of these to figure out the contest |
30% | PLEASE | 6 | The P in PTO, found at the bottom of a page |
30% | BUCKET | 6 | A drop in the __, a little bit of what is needed |
30% | FOB | 3 | A gift in O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" |
30% | INCH | 4 | The width of your thumb, if you need a rough approximation |