| TEDLASSO | TV coach who said, "I think I literally have a better understanding of who killed Kennedy than I do what is offside" |
| ELEANOR | Roosevelt who said "I think I have a good deal of my Uncle Theodore in me, because I could not, at any age, be content to take my place by the fireside and simply look on" |
| DALLAS | The Texas city that killed Kennedy (6) |
| SHOE | He's responsible for a better understanding of horses! (4,5) |
| AMITY | He's responsible for a better understanding of horses! (9) |
| PAVAROTTI | Famous tenor who once said, 'I think a life for music is well spent, and that is what I have devoted |
| ORSONWLLES | Film director who said "I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time" |
| RENE | Descartes, who said, "I think, therefore I am" |
| LOMBARDI | Football coach who said, "If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?" |
| CHARO | "Love Boat" guest who once said "Many people think I am an idiot. I think I am a genius" |
| EMFORSTER | Edwardian novelist who said he was only able to write about "three types of people: the person I think I am, the people who irritate me, and the people I'd like to be" |
| STRONGSUITS | "___ have a better chance of winning damages for plaintiffs than weak ones" |
| ICHIRO | Baseball star who reportedly said, "I think there's a sexiness in infield hits" |
| FALLBACK | "Spring forward" partner (a reminder for November 5th) ... and what the last word of each answer to a starred clue can literally have |
| COACH | Word placed between I Literally Just and You gives the title of a Jimmy Carr show (4) |
| ENGINE | "I think I can, I think I can," said this little one that could! |
| IDEA | "Do you have a better ___?" |
| HOWELSE | "Do you have a better idea?" |
| OUTROW | Have a better crew than |
| HUMBLEBEGINNINGS | Part of a rags-to-riches story, and what the answers to the starred clues literally have |
