| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| SEEM | "Things aren't as bad as they ..." |
| QED | Gertrude Stein's first novel, published posthumously as "Things As They Are" |
| CYNIC | One "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be": Bierce |
| SEEM | "... as bad as they ..." |
| ROTTENTOTHECORE | As bad as they come |
| CHEERUP | "Things aren't so bad!" |
| CHEERUP | "Things aren't so bad" |
| CHEERUP | "Things aren't that bad" |
