Possible Clues:

• '-- to say?'
• ". . . but ___ counting?"
• Their Christmas feast included roast beast
• '___ your Daddy?'
• Knock-knock joke word
• "— asking?"
• Modernist play by Edward Albee (4,6,2,8,5)
• "Knock, knock" response starter
• 'Look ___ here!'
• ''. . . but __ counting?''