| Alice Walker novel ... or a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle | 61 |
| Alice who wrote the short-story collection "Open Secrets" | 67 |
| Alice's best friend on "The Honeymooners" | 55 |
| Alice's foil in ''The Honeymooners'' | 56 |
| Alice's pet cat in "Alice in Wonderland" | 54 |
| Alien in ''A Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' | 67 |
| Alien in ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' | 58 |
| Alien visitor in "The Day the Earth Stood Still" | 58 |
| Alison Krauss "Called my baby ___ last night" | 55 |
| Alison who won a Pulitzer for "Foreign Affairs" | 57 |
| All Mom says she needs in order to make Grandpa's ghost costume? | 68 |
| All of New Hampshire's congressional delegation, at the moment | 66 |
| All the "Simpsons" characters, for instance | 53 |
| All Time Low "The Irony of ___ on a Lifesaver" | 56 |
| All-American Rejects: "I'm on the Football ___" | 61 |
| All-beef patty served with comprehensive nutritional information? | 65 |
| All-female "Horror Wrestling" band Drain ___ | 54 |
| All-night party celebrating Johnny Depp's 2008 Oscar nomination | 67 |
| All-Pro cornerback signed twice to the New York Jets | 52 |
| All-Star with the Expos, Marlins, Astros, Cubs, and Giants | 58 |
| All-telling gossip queen who repeats everything she hears? | 58 |
| All-time home run leader among foreign-born MLB players | 55 |
| All-time NBA career leader for free throw percentage | 52 |
| All-time scoring leader for the U.S. men's soccer team | 58 |
| Allegro non ___ (lively, but not too lively, in music) | 54 |
| Allegro non ___ (lively, but not too lively, in sheet music) | 60 |
| Allen who ran for president in 1940 as the Surprise Party candidate | 67 |
| Allen's successor on "The Tonight Show" | 53 |
| Alley's 1985 "A Bunny's Tale" role | 52 |
| Alliance whose flag is a compass on a blue background | 53 |
| Alliance's counterpart in "World of Warcraft" | 59 |
| Alliterative time set for the beginning of a planned attack | 59 |
| Allmans "I woke up this morning, had them ___" | 56 |
| Alma mater for Carol Burnett and Jim Morrison: Abbr. | 52 |
| Alma mater for McDonnell and Douglas of McDonnell Douglas | 57 |
| Alma mater of "Wicked" author Gregory Maguire | 55 |
| Alma mater of Basketball Hall of Famer Jackie MacMullan | 55 |
| Alma mater of H.R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman (abbr.) | 55 |
| Alma mater of NPR's Tom and Ray Magliozzi: Abbr. | 52 |
| Alma mater of puzzlemakers Mike Nothnagel and yours truly | 57 |
| Almaviva serenades her in "The Barber of Seville" | 59 |
| Almighty's "second mistake," per Nietzsche | 56 |
| Almost any character on "The Big Bang Theory" | 55 |
| Almost any poem that starts "Roses are red ..." | 57 |
| Almost stop with the head facing the wind, as a ship | 52 |
| Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka form a famous one in the night sky | 64 |
| Alone this past Valentine's Day? Why not try ... | 52 |
| Alonso who voiced Dory in the Spanish "Finding Nemo" | 62 |
| Alpert's "__ Guy's in Love With You" | 54 |
| Alpha ___ (brightest star in the Bull constellation) | 52 |
| Alphabetically first inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | 63 |
| Alphabetically first member of the Baseball Hall of Fame | 56 |
| Alphabetically last entry in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary | 69 |
| Alphabetically last member of the Baseball Hall of Fame | 55 |
| Alphabetically last Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees | 56 |
| Also-ran for the 1992 Democratic presidential nomination | 56 |
| Also-ran's response to "How did you do?" | 54 |
| Alt-rock legends with the 2009 album "Farm" | 53 |
| Alt.country singer whose backing band is Her Boyfriends | 55 |
| Alternate title of an Electric Light Orchestra song? | 52 |
| Alternative education institute since the 1960's | 52 |
| Alternative to "champ" or "sport" | 53 |
| Alternative to "Continue" in an online order | 54 |
| Alternative to "honey" or "sugar" | 53 |
| Alternative to "honey" or "sugar"? | 54 |
| Alternative to "Ticket" in a highway safety campaign | 62 |
| Alternatives in the "You Must Draw Poultry" class? | 60 |
| Altogether it's worth the most bonus troops in Risk | 55 |
| Amanda who retired, then "unretired" from acting in 2010 | 66 |
| Amanda's role on "Married ... With Children" | 58 |
| Amati who founded the Cremona school of violin-making | 53 |
| Amazed reaction to Saint Laurent's new fashion line? | 56 |
| Ambassadors and such, or an appropriate title for this puzzle | 61 |
| Ambiguous headline about a man charged with killing his attacker? | 65 |
| Ambiguous headline about attorneys' pro bono work? | 54 |
| Ambush locale in Episode 1 of "The Lone Ranger" | 57 |
| Amendment that prevents being subjected to double jeopardy | 58 |
| Amer. military force that may be called to active duty | 54 |
| American actress who became Princess consort of Monaco | 54 |
| American author who published his first short story at age 30 | 61 |
| American Dialect Society's word of the year, 2009 | 53 |
| American realist who painted "The Gross Clinic" (1875) | 64 |
| American representative to France during the Revolutionary War | 62 |
| American university where Desmond Tutu taught theology | 54 |
| Americans who reached adulthood in the '80s, briefly | 56 |
| Amnesiac's vague recollection of having a hobby? | 52 |
| Amnesty International and Teach for America, for two (abbr.) | 60 |
| Amnesty International and the American Red Cross, e.g.: Abbr. | 61 |
| Amorous alcoholic in "The Philadelphia Story" | 55 |
| Amorphous horror movie villain, with "The" | 52 |
| Amos's last name, in "Amos 'n' Andy" | 58 |
| Amount deducted from the price of goods to compensate for loss | 62 |
| Amount of space in a paper to be filled with journalism | 55 |
| Amount of time before you stop reading inflammatory Web comments? | 65 |
| Amp connector named for the company that invented it | 52 |
| Amphibian who used to have a "Wild Ride" at Disneyland | 64 |
| Amulet word used as the title of a 1970 #1 album for Santana | 60 |
| Amy Van ___ (U.S. swimmer with six Olympic gold medals) | 55 |
| Amy who writes the advice column "Ask Amy" | 52 |
| Amy whose "Back to Black" won five Grammys | 52 |