Possible Clues:

• "I should have been __ of ragged claws": Eliot
• ''Are we __?'' (Sondheim lyric)
• It beats nothing
• "Are we __?": Sondheim lyric
• "Isn't it rich? Are we ---?"
• 'Aren't we __?'
• Weakish poker holding
• 'Grow ___!' ('Man up!')
• 'Aren't we ___?' (Sondheim lyric)