| Record sales status | 19 |
| One of the noble metals | 23 |
| No. 78 on the table | 19 |
| Metallic element used in surgical tools | 39 |
| Metal in some catalytic converters | 34 |
| Jean Harlow shade | 17 |
| Grayish-white metal | 19 |
| Gray-white element | 18 |
| Element No. 78 | 14 |
| A single may go this | 20 |
| Lana Turner or Jean Harlow, e.g. | 32 |
| "Element #78 Sporting a New Hair Color!" | 50 |
| Marilyn Monroe, et al | 21 |
| Imitations of Harlow | 20 |
| Result of dyeing, maybe | 23 |
| Result of a dye job, maybe | 26 |
| Possible result of a dye job | 28 |
| Music megasellers | 17 |
| Big hits of a sort | 18 |
| Hackneyed expression | 20 |
| Cliché's kin | 19 |
| Soothing words | 14 |
| Anagram of STIPULATED | 21 |
| Heavy on the bromides | 21 |
| Nonerotic relationship | 22 |
| Passionless pecks | 17 |
| Plotinus, for one | 17 |
| Adopted the idea of Aristocles | 30 |
| 1986 Best Picture | 17 |
| Police unit | 11 |
| Oscar film: 1986 | 16 |
| Oliver Stone's Oscar winner 1986 | 36 |
| Offensive or defensive | 22 |
| 1986 Oliver Stone movie | 23 |
| "L.A. on top" | 23 |
| Heartwarming scene in a war movie? [1986, 1992, 1978] | 53 |
| Don't let '40s shortstop Marion play every day? | 55 |
| Baseballer who shares a position with a teammate | 48 |
| Army E-7 | 8 |
| Lieutenant's assistant | 26 |
| ___ "Republic" | 24 |
| "___ Republic" | 24 |
| "_____ Republic'' | 30 |
| Ancient Greek allegorical place | 31 |
| Greek classic on ideal love | 27 |
| Like surveyors' charts | 26 |
| Heaping dish | 12 |
| Site of the War of 1812 Museum | 30 |
| Mammalian layer | 15 |
| Egg-laying mammal of Australia | 30 |
| Toothless Aussie mammal | 23 |
| Odd-looking animal | 18 |
| Extremely goofy duck-billed creature | 36 |
| Duckbill | 8 |
| Creature named for its flat feet | 32 |
| Monotreme myth? | 15 |
| Berlin public square | 20 |
| Town in Germany | 15 |
| Praise, old style | 17 |
| Strong praise | 13 |
| Seemingly true | 14 |
| Not too much of a stretch | 25 |
| In a believable way | 19 |
| Playwright who inspired "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" | 82 |
| "... With one swing they struck the evil one right in the ___! (dispatching him instantly) ..." | 105 |
| The N.F.L.'s ___ Burress | 28 |
| Former New York Giants star currently in jail after shooting himself in the leg | 79 |
| Pop in some tunes | 17 |
| Performing on stage | 19 |
| DOWNCAST? | 9 |
| Beach community near LAX | 24 |
| Act as both twins, e.g. | 23 |
| Golf or curl? | 13 |
| Go across the board, perhaps | 28 |
| Staunch opponent of Burning Man's setting? | 46 |
| What studio musicians do on Labor Day? | 38 |
| Go with the joke | 16 |
| Feign concurrence | 17 |
| Have no chance at winning | 25 |
| Tot lot | 7 |
| Site of swings and a sandbox | 28 |
| Romper room | 11 |
| Recreation center | 17 |
| Pediatrician's amenity, often | 33 |
| Feature of many a McDonald's | 32 |
| Cops and robbers milieu | 23 |
| Adjunct at a McDonalds, say | 27 |
| Colored ball pits, say | 22 |
| Philander | 9 |
| What adulterers do | 18 |
| Western desert basins | 21 |
| Spanish beaches | 15 |
| Acapulco beaches | 16 |
| Western dry lakes | 17 |
| Salt pans | 9 |
| Dry lakes | 9 |
| Do some acting | 14 |
| Certain opening words | 21 |
| Book by John Feinstein | 22 |
| An opening line | 15 |