CLEVER CROSSWORD CLUES VII

After answering the clues below, make the same change in each answer to reveal the name of a song and two familiar expressions. The change you make will in turn reveal the theme of this puzzle - which is a classic break-up line.

1. Bart's Dad with a dozen doughnuts
2. Hook's mate in his early years
3. Headline about carpentry work on a financial institution

Answers to clues:

1. Happy Homer
2. A boy named Smee
3. Bank framed

Changed answers:

1. Happy hour
2. A Boy Named Sue
3. Bank fraud

The change: ME to U

hoMEr -hoUr
sMEe - sUe
fraMEd - fraUd

The theme and break-up line:

IT'S NOT YOU. IT'S ME. 

Credit: LA Times Crossword
April 17, 2009
Daniel A. Finan
IT'S NOT YOU. IT'S ME