| Houston's Astrodome | 23 |
| The principal waterway of Venice | 32 |
| Its banks are lined with nearly 200 palaces | 43 |
| Big place for transit in Venice | 31 |
| Transportation hub debut of 1913 | 32 |
| Famous place with a hint to this puzzle's theme | 51 |
| Big Apple station | 17 |
| N.Y.C. symbol of milling crowds | 31 |
| Big Apple landmark, informally | 30 |
| Prince Charles, to George VI | 28 |
| Magnificent Julia? | 18 |
| Absalom, to Jesse | 17 |
| Washington valley | 17 |
| Family elder | 12 |
| Extended family man | 19 |
| Pop's pappy | 15 |
| "The ___ of 'em all" | 34 |
| Some patriarchs | 15 |
| Super Hall of Fame pitcher Vance? | 33 |
| Tuscany title | 13 |
| Arrival of royalty, say | 23 |
| More vast | 9 |
| Wider in scope | 14 |
| More imposing | 13 |
| More epic | 9 |
| ___ dames (aristocratic women) | 30 |
| Most magnificent | 16 |
| Most imposing | 13 |
| "And the ___ that was Rome": Poe | 42 |
| Clock or clause | 15 |
| Timepiece with a pendulum [bassoon] | 35 |
| Reason for an older male relative to use Liquid-Plumr? | 54 |
| Drain problem caused by your dad's dad? | 43 |
| Exempted, in a sense | 20 |
| Timely song | 11 |
| Heirloom timepiece | 18 |
| Home of North Dakota U. | 23 |
| Gourmands of America, N. Dak. site | 34 |
| North Dakota cutlery? | 21 |
| ___ Railroad, of rock fame | 26 |
| Coffee shop's finest offering? | 34 |
| Royal flush? | 12 |
| Vicki Baum novel | 16 |
| Best Picture of 1932 | 20 |
| Where the Joneses were married? | 31 |
| Title setting for a 1932 Oscar film | 35 |
| Oscar-winning film: 1931–32 | 34 |
| Oscar picture, '31–32 | 32 |
| Oscar film: 1931-32 | 19 |
| Film of 1932 | 12 |
| Broadway musical about a $1,000-a-night vacation? | 49 |
| Barrymore-Garbo classic | 23 |
| 1932 Greta Garbo romantic drama | 31 |
| 1932 Garbo/Barrymore film | 25 |
| "Golden hart" | 23 |
| Some have five stars | 20 |
| In the manner of Bryan | 22 |
| In a lofty style | 16 |
| In a bombastic manner | 21 |
| Orating | 7 |
| Torquemada, infamously | 22 |
| Torquemada was one | 18 |
| Christ's visitor in a tale from "The Brothers Karamazov" | 70 |
| More elaborate than necessary | 29 |
| In broad and noble style | 24 |
| Marvelous golf club? | 20 |
| Dancer's leap | 17 |
| Judicial system's participant | 33 |
| Ferde Grofé opus | 19 |
| "I was caught committing a wonderfully ___..." | 56 |
| Gomez's mother in an old sitcom | 35 |
| Anna Mary Robertson | 19 |
| She wrote "My Life's History" | 43 |
| She painted at age 100 | 22 |
| Painter of "Hebrew With Tablet"? | 42 |
| "Out for the Christmas Trees" painter | 47 |
| Affected style | 14 |
| Job postings that list spoiling kids as a desired skill? | 56 |
| Sometime babysitters | 20 |
| Expert chess players | 20 |
| Rapper who's into unleavened bread? | 39 |
| Nanette's nana | 18 |
| Stately state | 13 |
| Nephew's daughter | 21 |
| Combustible country music landmark? | 35 |
| Some living legends | 19 |
| Nickname for a talk show host in Nashville? | 43 |
| Its logo is an eighth note with a star behind it | 48 |
| Ribbon-cutting events | 21 |
| Lavish musical production | 25 |
| Wagner's bag | 16 |
| Verdi's "Don Carlos," e.g. | 40 |
| Tales of Hoffman for one | 28 |
| Metropolitan event | 18 |
| La Scala fare | 13 |
| Genre of Verdi's "Jérusalem" | 45 |
| $1,000 "Manon" | 24 |
| Artist's mate | 17 |
| Anna Mary Robertson's husband | 33 |
| V.I.P. #1 | 9 |