| It follows the evening news | 27 |
| Widely-panned 2007 thriller | 27 |
| Work hard to look beautiful | 27 |
| Neaten one's appearance | 27 |
| Many a fairy tale character | 27 |
| "Purple Rain" man | 27 |
| Ensure legibility, in a way | 27 |
| Photos from Merthyr Tydfil? | 27 |
| Part of a perp's record | 27 |
| Before, with "to" | 27 |
| They make colorful displays | 27 |
| "Fidelio" setting | 27 |
| Excessively prim and proper | 27 |
| Philip Marlowe or Sam Spade | 27 |
| À tout __: at all costs | 27 |
| Image consultant, for short | 27 |
| Pete Rose or Pete Maravitch | 27 |
| He plays hard for the money | 27 |
| Country-club coach, usually | 27 |
| ___-am (sports competition) | 27 |
| Outrigger for an Indonesian | 27 |
| Tournament kickoff, perhaps | 27 |
| Charity golf tourney, often | 27 |
| Math test question, briefly | 27 |
| Voyager or Pathfinder, e.g. | 27 |
| Particular course of action | 27 |
| Word with natural or mental | 27 |
| Yes to insurance paperwork! | 27 |
| Cattleman's steer mover | 27 |
| Cattle rancher's device | 27 |
| College lecturer, for short | 27 |
| College employee, for short | 27 |
| Word with high, low or user | 27 |
| Leaders of class struggles? | 27 |
| College staffers, for short | 27 |
| La Follette, for one: Abbr. | 27 |
| Write computer instructions | 27 |
| It officially ended 12/5/33 | 27 |
| Fashion-design reality show | 27 |
| Member of the working class | 27 |
| Limo destination, sometimes | 27 |
| Where a king may be crowned | 27 |
| High school rite of passage | 27 |
| Event with a king and queen | 27 |
| Event in "Carrie" | 27 |
| 'Coming up next' ad | 27 |
| Publicity device, for short | 27 |
| Lecture with no ad-libbing? | 27 |
| Suffix with fool or weather | 27 |
| Item in an actor's hand | 27 |
| Yorick's skull, for one | 27 |
| Telephone on stage, for one | 27 |
| Appropriate to the occasion | 27 |
| Capitalized person or place | 27 |
| What this puzzle is, really | 27 |
| Pop the question on camera? | 27 |
| Stagehands move them around | 27 |
| Credit or respect, slangily | 27 |
| Reasons for doing something | 27 |
| Bosox and D'backs, e.g. | 27 |
| Antonio usurped his dukedom | 27 |
| Keeps out of harm's way | 27 |
| President ___ (acting head) | 27 |
| Demonstrators' activity | 27 |
| Events with marching bands? | 27 |
| Math student's purchase | 27 |
| Highly pleased with oneself | 27 |
| Line for a stuck-up person? | 27 |
| Nova Scotia, for one: abbr. | 27 |
| Ship's christening spot | 27 |
| Moves in a predatory manner | 27 |
| Snip what's superfluous | 27 |
| Home to a much-visited tomb | 27 |
| Berlin was its last capital | 27 |
| "Stir Crazy" star | 27 |
| Pro bono TV spot, for short | 27 |
| Non-commercial TV ad: Abbr. | 27 |
| Longest Bible book, briefly | 27 |
| Writing attributed to David | 27 |
| Much-read book of 150 poems | 27 |
| Bible book that follows Job | 27 |
| Some health warnings: Abbr. | 27 |
| Exam taken by a H.S. junior | 27 |
| Exam for some H.S. students | 27 |
| The max. score on it is 240 | 27 |
| Test for college-bound jrs. | 27 |
| It has 125 questions: Abbr. | 27 |
| H.S. junior's challenge | 27 |
| College Board exam, briefly | 27 |
| 11th-grade exams, for short | 27 |
| One 60-trillionth of a min. | 27 |
| "Oh, get off it!" | 27 |
| "It is to laugh!" | 27 |
| Trident-shaped Greek letter | 27 |
| Letter resembling a trident | 27 |
| Measure of inflation: Abbr. | 27 |
| Inflation indication: Abbr. | 27 |
| Characters in a frat house? | 27 |
| Letters resembling tridents | 27 |
| They follow closings: Abbr. | 27 |