| Between-halves V.I.P.'s | 27 |
| Loosely woven cotton fabric | 27 |
| Open-textured cotton fabric | 27 |
| Instrument made in the lab? | 27 |
| ___ de Fer (French railway) | 27 |
| Element-ary school subject? | 27 |
| Matchmaker's workplace? | 27 |
| Future scientist's gift | 27 |
| Parisian term of endearment | 27 |
| Term of endearment in Tours | 27 |
| Enfant ___ (pampered child) | 27 |
| Cigar having untapered ends | 27 |
| Containing a flintlike rock | 27 |
| Hidden items in this puzzle | 27 |
| Place for bishops and pawns | 27 |
| Chase originating in N.Y.C. | 27 |
| Actor in "Chair"? | 27 |
| Like gum stuck under a desk | 27 |
| T-shirt icon made of taffy? | 27 |
| Collectible involving seeds | 27 |
| Technique used by Rembrandt | 27 |
| Award-winning Fosse musical | 27 |
| Al Capone's gang, once? | 27 |
| It turns green in mid-March | 27 |
| Like a cause/effect dilemma | 27 |
| Security officer at Perdue? | 27 |
| Disorderly poultry workers? | 27 |
| Big chain closed on Sundays | 27 |
| Easter fridge-photo holder? | 27 |
| Frank-and-beans concoctions | 27 |
| Home of the Awesome Blossom | 27 |
| Need for an agitated person | 27 |
| Furry South American rodent | 27 |
| Short-distance golf strokes | 27 |
| Conversations re an i.o.u.? | 27 |
| Knight's stock in trade | 27 |
| ___ Full o' Nuts coffee | 27 |
| Poor players under pressure | 27 |
| Polk's fatal affliction | 27 |
| Disease of domestic animals | 27 |
| Row of dancers in a musical | 27 |
| Didn't opt for Olestra? | 27 |
| 1993 skating champion Josee | 27 |
| Mrs. Murphy's creations | 27 |
| Line re a certain threesome | 27 |
| Top-forty station offering? | 27 |
| 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year | 27 |
| Teacher/astronaut McAuliffe | 27 |
| "Heathers" costar | 27 |
| Creator of many crime cases | 27 |
| "The Voice" coach | 27 |
| Cattle-drive grub dispenser | 27 |
| Cattle-drive food dispenser | 27 |
| Hang with a close associate | 27 |
| Britain's largest faith | 27 |
| Anglican Communion province | 27 |
| Produce in large quantities | 27 |
| Noise made by a grasshopper | 27 |
| John Phillips' daughter | 27 |
| Poet-critic John ___ et al. | 27 |
| POTUS's alternate title | 27 |
| Mil. role for the president | 27 |
| Midwestern jewelry article? | 27 |
| Youngest of the Brady girls | 27 |
| Omnivorous Colorado critter | 27 |
| It helps you sleep at night | 27 |
| Leadfoots' comeuppances | 27 |
| Ancient lyrelike instrument | 27 |
| Ex-Blue Jays manager Gaston | 27 |
| Like oranges and tangerines | 27 |
| Leader of the Flying Tigers | 27 |
| Popular soup in New England | 27 |
| Flame fancier's family? | 27 |
| Slate used to ID film shots | 27 |
| Clearly understood servant? | 27 |
| Dick and Mark's domain? | 27 |
| Spanish teacher's group | 27 |
| Person of grace and dignity | 27 |
| In the second-best category | 27 |
| English and French, for two | 27 |
| Margot Fonteyn's milieu | 27 |
| Sign-off for Spanish spies? | 27 |
| "La Mer" composer | 27 |
| Robert Graves's emperor | 27 |
| Part of a compound sentence | 27 |
| Part of the pectoral girdle | 27 |
| Catfight participants, e.g. | 27 |
| Tool that can extract nails | 27 |
| Environmentalist's goal | 27 |
| Thoroughly beat somebody up | 27 |
| Freedom from guilt or blame | 27 |
| Places where it's sunny | 27 |
| One iron, in old golf lingo | 27 |
| Climbing plant with flowers | 27 |
| Piano sonata composer Muzio | 27 |
| Political rival of Pericles | 27 |
| Deaf school founder Laurent | 27 |
| 1980s tennis star Jose-Luis | 27 |
| Four-line biographical poem | 27 |
| Miss Marple's discovery | 27 |