| Course requirement for future M.D.'s | 40 |
| Common undergrad course of study | 32 |
| Certain collegiate major, informally | 36 |
| Title for a Canadian province leader | 36 |
| Time when a lot of stars come out | 33 |
| Playwright's "moment of truth" | 44 |
| What fuels a great insurance company? | 37 |
| Bride-to-be's agreement, for short | 38 |
| Asset-assignment arrangement, for short | 39 |
| Arrangement made after the engagement | 37 |
| Certain marital contracts, briefly | 34 |
| Hospital holding area, for short | 32 |
| Occurring before surgery, informally | 36 |
| Hospital area for patients about to have surgery | 48 |
| Designation for some transgendered people | 41 |
| Before the procedure, informally | 32 |
| Ready for the operating room, briefly | 37 |
| Get ready for an exam, for short | 32 |
| Trial run, in horse-racing lingo | 32 |
| Princeton Review or Kaplan study | 32 |
| Get ready for the operating room | 32 |
| Dealer ___ (fee for an auto buyer) | 34 |
| ____ school (precollege institution) | 36 |
| ___ school (precollege institution) | 35 |
| ___ school (pre-college institution) | 36 |
| Takes care of charges ahead of time | 35 |
| Locks something in before it comes out? | 39 |
| Like a Washington and Lee student | 33 |
| Private elementary schools, in Britain | 38 |
| "X-Men: First Class," for one | 39 |
| "The Godfather, Part II," e.g. | 40 |
| Secret Service's charge: Abbr. | 34 |
| Roosevelt, Wilson, Carter or Obama: Abbr. | 41 |
| One who makes appointments to the SCOTUS | 40 |
| Something brought to a birthday party | 37 |
| Ones with the envelopes on Oscar night | 38 |
| Like some stations on a car radio | 33 |
| Like the alarm on many alarm clocks | 35 |
| Like a wake-up time on an alarm clock | 37 |
| Like a missile's guidance system | 36 |
| Cell phone : speed dial :: car radio : ___ | 42 |
| ___ board, for theatrical lighting | 34 |
| Stations the radio already knows about | 38 |
| ''My family is first'' | 38 |
| Nicholson role in "Mars Attacks!" | 43 |
| A boulevard in Memphis is named for him | 39 |
| 1971 Lifetime Achievement Grammy winner | 39 |
| "Good Luck Charm" singer | 34 |
| Word in telephone menu instructions | 35 |
| Automated telephone menu command | 32 |
| Newspapers, with "the" | 32 |
| Never hurts to be friendly to them | 34 |
| Imperative in an automated telephone message | 44 |
| Fourth estate, as it's known | 32 |
| Defensive strategy in basketball | 32 |
| "... or ___ one for more options" | 43 |
| "... or ___ 1 for more options" | 41 |
| ___ release (message targeted to the media) | 43 |
| Woodrow Wilson innovation of 1913 | 33 |
| It may be subject to subsequent spin | 36 |
| Gathering for reporters and politicians | 39 |
| Like preserved flowers and writers under deadline | 49 |
| Can't take the heat, literally | 34 |
| "Abracadabra" alternative | 35 |
| Word said with a wave of the hand | 33 |
| Part of a magician's mumbo-jumbo | 36 |
| Magician's "___ chango!" | 38 |
| Cry just before a rabbit appears? | 33 |
| Cousin of "Abracadabra!" | 34 |
| 1st Atlantic album by Rush in '89 | 37 |
| ''Abracadabra!'' equivalent | 43 |
| _____ chango (magician's command) | 37 |
| Star of "The Music Man" | 33 |
| Raspberry Award winner and Travolta wife Kelly | 46 |
| Ontario town or politician Manning | 34 |
| He starred in "The Music Man" | 39 |
| Broadway "Music Man" portrayer Robert | 47 |
| ''Sergeant ___ of the Yukon'' | 45 |
| ___-Ã -porter (ready-to-wear clothing) | 40 |
| ___ Ã manger (ready to eat, in France) | 41 |
| "Let's ___" (child's favorite) | 48 |
| Course admission requirement, perhaps | 37 |
| Check prior to a product's sale | 35 |
| Roman magistrate below a consul (Var.) | 38 |
| South Africa's administrative capital | 41 |
| One of South Africa's capitals | 34 |
| Like a woman in a Roy Orbison classic | 37 |
| Adjective in a Julia Roberts film title | 39 |
| Rita Ora song "Stay ___" | 34 |
| Nine Inch Nails "___ Hate Machine" | 44 |
| Like the woman in a Roy Orbison classic | 39 |
| Like Orbison's "Woman" | 36 |
| Like Orbison's ''Woman'' | 44 |
| Adrian Belew "___ Pink Rose" | 38 |
| "--- Woman" (role for Roberts) | 40 |
| "___ Boy Floyd," 1960 film | 36 |
| Contortionist's inspiration? | 32 |
| Period prior to 1941, in the U.S. | 33 |
| Word in many John Sandford bestsellers | 38 |
| What rock stars are to rabid fans | 33 |