"A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing" comedian Philips | 104 |
"The other day my nephew's computer beat me at chess. But it was no match for me at kickboxing" comedian | 118 |
"How many people here have telekinetic powers? Raise my hand" quipper | 79 |
Its motto is "Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam" ("The wise heart seeks knowledge") | 104 |
Insincere talk, and a hint to the starts of this puzzle's four other longest entries | 88 |
It's classified by the U.S.D.A. as red meat under cooking guidelines and as poultry under inspection standards | 114 |
"Move Like an ___" (song by the Australian kids' group the Wiggles) | 81 |
Letter abbr. that tells the reader there's something else in the envelope | 77 |
1992 comedy with the tag line "Where the Stone Age meets the Rock Age" | 80 |
"The ___," next-to-last song on "Abbey Road," ironically | 76 |
"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's ___ ..." (Semisonic) | 89 |
Author Michael who hated the movie version of "The Neverending Story" | 79 |
Moon that the second Death Star orbited in "Return of the Jedi" | 73 |
General dir. of Sal Paradise's return trip in "On the Road" | 73 |
"Forgive your ___, but never forget their names": John F. Kennedy | 75 |
"One of the most time-consuming things is to have an ___": E.B. White | 79 |
"'Tis best to weigh the ___ more mighty than he seems": Shakespeare | 81 |
"Failure is more frequently from want of ___ than want of capital": Daniel Webster | 92 |
Fictional Massachusetts town wherein "Infinite Jest" takes place | 74 |
Midwestern city named after a character in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" | 88 |
"I dare 'em to nest in ___, Oklahoma" (final line of Jurassic Park III) | 85 |
Appropriately named monthly of the National Puzzlers' League, with "The" | 86 |
The Supreme Court or the starting lineup of the Washington Nationals, e.g. | 74 |
Traffic safety pioneer (and inventor of the one-way street), William P. ___ | 75 |
Record producer who published the diary "A Year With Swollen Appendices" | 82 |
Producer of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends" | 80 |
Creator of the "Microsoft sound" played when Windows 95 starts | 72 |
Composer of "1/1," "1/2," "2/1" and "2/2" | 81 |
Byrne's "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" collaborator | 78 |
Brian who said "I donÂ’t really have a musical identity outside of studios" | 88 |
Brian who said "As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me" | 85 |
Brian who is a rare example of someone whose prominence in crosswords is commensurate with his actual prominence | 112 |
Brian who hasn't yet joined Neil Diamond in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | 78 |
Little ___ Burdette (character in the “Smokey and the Bandit” movies) | 77 |
First name of the Cardinal who made a "mad dash" from first to home in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1946 World Series | 147 |
Deputy played by Michael Weston in the new "Dukes of Hazzard" movie | 77 |
Biblical character who had a son at age 90 and then lived another 815 years | 75 |
"Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Tony nominee Mireille ___ | 73 |
"Big" or "Little" character in "Smokey and the Bandit" | 84 |
"...there are evils ___ to darken all his goodness": Shakespeare | 74 |
It was once voted "America's Most Innovative Company" by Fortune magazine | 87 |
Fortune magazine named it "America's Most Innovative Company" from 1996 to 2000 | 93 |
Energy company whose bankrupcy took down the Arthur Andersen accounting firm | 76 |
Company that won Harvard's 2002 IgNobel Prize for Most Creative Use of Imaginary Numbers | 92 |
Company that was the subject of "The Smartest Guys in the Room" | 73 |
Collapsed company chronicled in the 2005 documentary subtitled "The Smartest Guys in the Room" | 104 |
"America's most innovative company" prior to its bankruptcy in 2001 | 81 |
"But all I want is __ 'iggins' 'ead!": "My Fair Lady" lyric | 91 |
S(t)i(fled, i)n(hibited, sh)u(t, con)s(traine)d(, gated,) o(r) c(hecked, with "up") | 93 |
Wu-Tang Clan "Da Mystery of Chessboxin" lyric "You scream as it ___ your bloodstream" | 105 |
Stormers of Saruman's fortress, in "The Lord of the Rings" | 72 |
"For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is ___" | 81 |
Ntozake Shange play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is ___" | 101 |
Singer with the 1992 quintuple-platinum album "Shepherd Moons" | 72 |
Singer with an Oscar-nominated song in "The Lord of the Rings" | 72 |
Singer with a "Best of" album titled "Paint the Sky With Stars" | 83 |
New age artist who has supposedly sold more records than Nirvana and the Spice Girls, although I can't name one of her songs | 128 |
Her "Orinoco Flow" has a macabre role in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" | 94 |
Her "May It Be" featured lyrics in the Tolkien language of Quenya | 75 |
Ancient stone once thought to be man-made but now believed to have been produced by glaciation | 94 |
Time it takes to get to a human being when calling a call center, seemingly | 75 |
Geology class periods [subscribe to the best indie xwords today at avxwords.com] | 80 |
Org. that promotes motor oil recycling with the slogan "You dump it, you drink it" | 92 |
Govt. agcy. with a "sustainable practices" section on its website | 75 |
Federal org. with a "personal greenhouse gas emissions calculator" | 76 |
Event at the 2012 Olympics in which a Venezuelan won gold for his country's only medal | 90 |
Ben Franklin's ''Little strokes fell great oaks,'' e.g. | 75 |
Proposed legislation whose current lead sponsor in the Sen. is Ted Kennedy | 74 |
Legislation recently re-introduced by Edward Kennedy and Carolyn Maloney: Abbr. | 79 |
Fantasy title character whose name is one letter different from the creature he rides | 85 |
"Only the hand that ___ can write the true thing": Meister Eckhart | 76 |
"Hoc _____ in votis" ("This was among my wishes"): Horace | 77 |
"How long will a man lie i' the earth ___ he rot?": Hamlet | 72 |
"___ the bat hath flown / His cloister'd flight ...": Macbeth | 75 |
"Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ___ the other side he see." | 118 |
"Sometimes I ain't so sho who's got ___ a right to say when a man is crazy and when he ain't" (William Faulkner) | 134 |
"I hope to see London once ___ I die": "Henry IV, Part 2" | 77 |
"Ev'n thought meets thought, ___ from the lips it part" (Pope) | 76 |
"But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove out of sight" (penultimate line of "A Visit From St. Nicholas") | 122 |
"And look thou meet me ___ the first cock crow" (Oberon, to Puck) | 75 |
"___ thrice the sun hath done salutation to the dawn" (Shakespeare) | 77 |
"___ the long roll of the ages end" (start of an old Irish song) | 74 |
"___ midnight's frown and morning's smile..." (Shelley) | 73 |
"___ fancy you consult, consult your purse": Benjamin Franklin | 72 |
Title words repeated in a 1974 song after "Como una promesa ..." | 74 |
1974 Mocedades hit whose English version is titled "Touch the Wind" | 77 |
Knuckleballer Yoshida, currently the only professional woman pitcher in the U.S. (for the Chico Outlaws) | 104 |
Animated character Cartman who describes himself as "big-boned" | 73 |
Actor Dane who plays "Dr. McSteamy" on "Grey's Anatomy" | 79 |
2002 A.L. Rookie of the Year Hinske who struck out to end the 2008 World Series | 79 |
"A lot has been said about politicians; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate" comedian | 109 |
American lake every constructor is sick of cluing, and "American lake" was probably enough to give it to you, so screw it | 131 |
Brockovich who helped build a case against Pacific Gas and Electric Company | 75 |
Actress Torpey who was on "One Life to Live" for over a decade | 72 |
Song that ends "O dolcezze perdute! O speranze d'amor, d'amor, d'amor!" | 93 |
"I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression" author Bombeck | 73 |
Bombeck who wrote "The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank" | 78 |
Bombeck who wrote "If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" | 89 |
Bombeck who said "A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat." | 83 |
"When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home" author Bombeck | 91 |