| Steinbeck's birthplace, in California | 41 |
| Seat of California's Monterey County | 40 |
| John Steinbeck's California birthplace | 42 |
| ___ solution (contact lens wash) | 32 |
| Cracker formerly trademarked by Nabisco | 39 |
| Author read by Bando and Stevens | 32 |
| Author of a 65+-million-selling novel | 37 |
| "The Laughing Man" author | 35 |
| "Franny and Zooey" author | 35 |
| "Catcher in the Rye" author | 37 |
| "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" writer | 47 |
| What Pavlov looked for in his dog studies | 41 |
| Spit-influenced "Always" band? | 40 |
| Memphis "Click Click Boom" alt-rockers | 48 |
| It may be on the tip of your tongue | 35 |
| Show great anticipation, informally | 35 |
| Pavlov's dogs were conditioned to do this | 45 |
| Have a Pavlovian response, perhaps | 34 |
| Microbiologist with a Congressional Gold Medal | 46 |
| Jonas who tested the polio vaccine on himself | 45 |
| Jonas who developed a polio vaccine | 35 |
| 1956 Lasker Medical Research Award recipient | 44 |
| ___ Institute for Biological Studies | 36 |
| Philadelphia's La ___ University | 36 |
| Manufacturer's spoiled paper | 32 |
| _____ Ã manger (dining room): Fr. | 36 |
| ___ Ã manger (French dining room) | 36 |
| ___ Mae (college money provider) | 32 |
| With a sickly, yellowish complexion | 35 |
| Don Draper's daughter on "Mad Men" | 48 |
| Contemporary of Rikki and Montel | 32 |
| ___ Jessy Raphael (TV talk-show host) | 37 |
| She played Mrs. Gump in "Forrest Gump" | 48 |
| Hanks' mom in "Forrest Gump" | 42 |
| "Norma Rae" Oscar winner | 34 |
| ''Norma Rae'' star | 34 |
| Hayek of "Wild Wild West" | 35 |
| Hayek of "Puss in Boots" | 34 |
| Frida's portrayer in "Frida" | 42 |
| Female Arabic name meaning "peace" | 44 |
| Actress Hayek of "Frida" | 34 |
| Albert of "Daniel Boone" | 34 |
| Ragout of partially roasted game | 32 |
| Otto Preminger directed him in "Exodus" | 49 |
| Oscar-nominated "Exodus" actor | 40 |
| He played Dov Landau in "Exodus" | 42 |
| Actor in "The Gene Krupa Story" | 41 |
| ___ Chase, Chief Justice: 1864-73 | 33 |
| Strauss opera based on a Wilde play | 35 |
| Strauss opera based on a play by Oscar Wilde | 44 |
| John the Baptist's head waiter? | 35 |
| 1953 title role for Rita Hayworth | 33 |
| "Sadie ___ . . . ": 1909 Berlin song | 46 |
| "Sadie ___ . . . ," Berlin song | 41 |
| "Dance of the Seven Veils" opera | 42 |
| Place of business for a cosmetologist | 37 |
| Place where cuts are part of the profit | 39 |
| Copland's "El ___ México" | 42 |
| A bun may be next to a beehive here | 35 |
| Webzine headquartered in San Francisco | 38 |
| Place with a "do or dye" situation? | 45 |
| Locale for this puzzle's theme | 34 |
| Business with a L'Oréal display, perhaps | 47 |
| Tony-winning actress for "Miss Saigon" | 48 |
| "Miss Saigon" Tony-winning actress | 44 |
| Locale of many Wild West shootouts | 34 |
| Miss Kitty's place of employment | 36 |
| Establishment with swinging doors | 33 |
| Old settings for many out-of-tune pianos | 40 |
| "Do the Right Thing" pizzeria | 39 |
| Pizzeria in "Do the Right Thing" | 42 |
| "Do the Right Thing" setting | 38 |
| The pizzeria in "Do the Right Thing" | 46 |
| Pizza place in "Do the Right Thing" | 45 |
| Pizza joint in "Do the Right Thing" | 45 |
| Fictional pizzeria in Bedford-Stuyvesant | 40 |
| “Do the Right Thing” pizzeria | 37 |
| Sauce of chili peppers and tomatoes | 35 |
| You may put all your chips in it | 32 |
| Tomatoes-and-cilantro burrito topping | 37 |
| Pop music of Latin American origin | 34 |
| It's often made with peppers and onions | 43 |
| Dance with a "casino" style | 37 |
| "Dancing with the Stars" offering | 43 |
| Pre-meal array, at a restaurante | 32 |
| Pico de gallo and guacamole, e.g. | 33 |
| Dances to some of Gloria Estefan's music | 44 |
| Dances to "Cali Pachanguero," e.g. | 44 |
| ''Needs more ___'' | 34 |
| Costain's "Below the ___" | 39 |
| Stuff that might be pinched for a recipe | 40 |
| Shaker's contents, sometimes | 32 |
| Highway department supply in the Northeast | 42 |
| Good Riddance's ice melter song? | 36 |
| Band of Horses "The Great ___ Lake" | 45 |
| 'Tis the seasoning to be chary of | 37 |
| Like many potato chips and peanuts | 34 |
| Suitable for hypertension sufferers | 35 |
| Ford and Brezhnev signed it on 11/23/1974 | 41 |
| Treaty signed by Nixon and Brezhnev | 35 |