Possible Clues:

• -elect
• Words before and after 'or not'
• 14 across 18 to this 13-ing poser in play
• Start of a classic question
• Soliloquy opener
• ''___ honest with you . . .''
• "___ honest with you ..."
• Start of a well-known soliloquy
• Part of a stage question
• "It Had — You"