| Comic strip character with an upwardly curving necktie | 54 |
| Country singer Arnold and reggae singer Grant, for two | 54 |
| Competitor of "The 5th Wheel," in reality TV | 54 |
| California town whose name means "the river" | 54 |
| City named for Theodore Roosevelt's vice president | 54 |
| Company whose logo includes the winged foot of Mercury | 54 |
| Catchy song parts heard on "Name That Tune"? | 54 |
| Cardigan worn in the video for "Cop Killer"? | 54 |
| Coach turned "Monday Night Football" analyst | 54 |
| Comic strip whose titular regent rules the land Myopia | 54 |
| Comfortable situation to live in, with "the" | 54 |
| Comic and actor in original "King Kong" film | 54 |
| Cesar Chavez y Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa? | 54 |
| China piece commemorating a Ricky Ricardo catchphrase? | 54 |
| Chingy track about "Waterlilies at Giverny"? | 54 |
| Company that merged with Lockheed in 1995 (2001, 2003) | 54 |
| Calvin's teacher, in "Calvin and Hobbes" | 54 |
| Composer of the score for "The Untouchables" | 54 |
| Creature reportedly seen in West Virginia in the 1960s | 54 |
| Cohost of the first X Games (1995's Extreme Games) | 54 |
| City where "Friday Night Lights" takes place | 54 |
| Carol with the words "hear the angel voices" | 54 |
| Country where "The Hunger Games" takes place | 54 |
| Co-author of "Cruel Tricks for Dear Friends" | 54 |
| Carping? Nitpicking of Richard? Whatever! I'm a PC | 54 |
| Cleaning product with an ingredient derived from trees | 54 |
| Cruel blogger's device for disciplining employees? | 54 |
| Christmas hit for Roy Orbison written by Willie Nelson | 54 |
| Christine O'Malley, for "Wordplay," e.g. | 54 |
| Condition of total domination, as in World of Warcraft | 54 |
| Composer of the "Sanford and Son" theme song | 54 |
| Circus showman P.T. after an embarrassing performance? | 54 |
| Change "potatoe" to "potato," e.g. | 54 |
| Christian denom. that observes the Sabbath on Saturday | 54 |
| Company that made "Barkley Shut Up and Jam!" | 54 |
| Civil War site, and the name of some sixty U.S. cities | 54 |
| Character actor in the Western Performers Hall of Fame | 54 |
| Couch potato's expression of temporary well-being? | 54 |
| California county between San Francisco and Sacramento | 54 |
| Commit a minor party foul, depending on how much it is | 54 |
| Cecil B. DeMille film of 1931, "The ___ Man" | 54 |
| Cult song on "Basketball Diaries" soundtrack | 54 |
| Company that one of its founders wanted to name Pequod | 54 |
| Canonized monk also known as "The Venerable" | 54 |
| Constellation next to the Dragon, with "the" | 54 |
| Change devices that divert trains to different tracks? | 54 |
| Company that bought the naming rights to Boston Garden | 54 |
| Cross it (and dot your i's while you're at it) | 54 |
| Capital that was the scene of 2009 mass demonstrations | 54 |
| Children's classic centered around a Gothic kiosk? | 54 |
| Character played by Joan Collins on "Batman" | 54 |
| Chris Hemsworth's role in "The Avengers" | 54 |
| Characteristic of the "musically challenged" | 54 |
| Comment about something that's ne'er been hip? | 54 |
| Checks out actress Hatcher's steel-belted radials? | 54 |
| Capital mentioned in the "Marines' Hymn" | 54 |
| Cereal whose website is the Silly Rabbit Virtual World | 54 |
| Co-star of Liam in "Les Misérables," 1998 | 54 |
| Co-star of John and Samuel in "Pulp Fiction" | 54 |
| Choice of one with an offer that's about to expire | 54 |
| Curved and shaped like a certain letter, as some nails | 54 |
| Concerto in Vivaldi's "The Four Seasons" | 54 |
| Classic novelty advertised in the backs of comic books | 54 |
| California town that used to have a palindromic bakery | 54 |
| Community org. that sponsors the Week Without Violence | 54 |
| Chinese dynasty (traditionally 1122 to 256 B.C.)(Var.) | 54 |
| Computer language named after Lord Byron's daughter | 55 |
| City dubbed "the political capital of Africa" | 55 |
| Classic whodunit, "The List of ___ Messenger" | 55 |
| Chopin's "Polonaise in ___ Major, Op. 53" | 55 |
| Cleanser with the motto "Stronger than dirt!" | 55 |
| Charlie's brother on "Two and a Half Men" | 55 |
| Company headquartered at Malpensa International Airport | 55 |
| Channel with the tagline "Story matters here" | 55 |
| Choice words swapped in this puzzle's theme answers | 55 |
| Company with a notoriously painful cancellation process | 55 |
| Composer for Broadway's "St. Louis Woman" | 55 |
| Continent with about twenty cities larger than New York | 55 |
| Character from Greek myth associated with golden apples | 55 |
| California coast section that starts near Hearst Castle | 55 |
| Creature wrapped around the four longest Across answers | 55 |
| Creature whose genus name and English name are the same | 55 |
| Chinese dynasty that included the Warring States period | 55 |
| Company with the motto "A Business of Caring" | 55 |
| Channel that airs "Mad Money with Jim Cramer" | 55 |
| Cruise line whose Concordia ran aground in January 2012 | 55 |
| Comic Andrew Clay Silverstein's adopted middle name | 55 |
| Capital whose name means "big tree" in Arabic | 55 |
| College setting is a sleepaway place by the country (6) | 55 |
| Company plugged prominently in "Transformers" | 55 |
| Co-author of "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" | 55 |
| Cabaret singer and "Star Search" winner Linda | 55 |
| Company whose slogan is "Home away from home" | 55 |
| Cannonball Adderley's "Somethin' ___" | 55 |
| Cabinet dept. formed in response to the 1973 oil crisis | 55 |
| Costar of Danes and Ribisi in "The Mod Squad" | 55 |
| Crossed one's i's and dotted one's t's? | 55 |
| Coin that's been around for more than half a decade | 55 |
| Chapter 1 of "Italian Cooking for Beginners"? | 55 |
| Cops, in slang ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | 55 |