| "Two owls and ___": E. Lear | 37 |
| "Two owls and ___, four larks and ..." | 48 |
| "Two owls and ___ ...": Lear | 38 |
| ___ band (cattle on parade, proverbially) | 41 |
| Former Irish head of state Bertie | 33 |
| "Police in Trouble" author | 36 |
| Brian of "Juarez," 1939 | 33 |
| Actor Brian of "Juarez," 1939 | 39 |
| 1939 Academy Award nominee Brian | 32 |
| "Juarez" Oscar nominee Brian | 38 |
| A "Juarez" star and family | 36 |
| "Volatile" Metalcore band | 35 |
| ''___ Wind in Jamaica'' (1965) | 46 |
| "Can't you take ___?" | 35 |
| It may be dropped in conversation | 33 |
| Foodie's words for subtle flavoring | 39 |
| "I'll give you ___ ..." | 37 |
| Arabic name meaning "highly praised" | 46 |
| "Arabian Nights" prince | 33 |
| Name meaning "highly praised" | 39 |
| Moslem chieftain: 1872–1933 | 34 |
| Embattled neoconservative ally Chalabi | 38 |
| Names of several Turkish sultans | 32 |
| Moon Unit's youngest brother | 32 |
| Ertegun who co-founded Atlantic Records | 39 |
| Finnish novelist: 1861–1921 | 34 |
| Noted Finnish author: 1861–1921 | 38 |
| Ice-T's "Always Wanted to Be ___" | 47 |
| Millet's "Man with ___" | 37 |
| " . . . tickle her with ___": Jerrold | 47 |
| "___, a headless bear . . . ": Shak. | 46 |
| '... like I need -- in the head' | 40 |
| Alice in Chains "Down in ___" | 39 |
| Sinatra film "_____ in the Head" | 42 |
| Sinatra film "___ in the Head" | 40 |
| Sinatra film ''___ in the Head'' | 48 |
| Poke ___ in (undermine, as an argument) | 39 |
| Nine Inch Nails: "Head Like ___" | 42 |
| Guy who cuts you off in traffic, e.g. | 37 |
| Financially struggling, with "in" | 43 |
| Contemptible guy, but slightly less vulgarly | 44 |
| "Fixing ___" (Beatles tune) | 37 |
| "Boston's ___ . . . ": Browning | 45 |
| "... like I need ___ in my head!" | 43 |
| What the priest's doggie was? | 33 |
| "Girl with ___" (Renoir painting) | 43 |
| "Well, ___ for my money . . . ": Shak. | 48 |
| Why water got diverted in the garden? | 37 |
| "___, of golden daffodils": Wordsworth | 48 |
| "___ of golden daffodils": Wordsworth | 47 |
| "__ of golden daffodils": Wordsworth | 46 |
| "You ain't nothin' but __ dog" | 48 |
| "___ Is Not a Home": Adler | 36 |
| Lincoln said it 'cannot stand' | 38 |
| Novelty seafood restaurant greeting | 35 |
| Play co-written by Mark Twain and Bret Harte | 44 |
| Play by Mark Twain and Bret Harte | 33 |
| Chinese title hero in an 1877 play | 34 |
| Bret Harte/Mark Twain collaboration | 35 |
| 1877 flop by Bret Harte and Mark Twain | 38 |
| Wakashan people of Vancouver Island | 35 |
| "Dig You Later" subtitle: 1945 | 40 |
| "I need ___!" (desperate admission) | 45 |
| "I think somebody needs __" | 37 |
| "Come here...gimme ___!" | 34 |
| "You've made ___ mistake!" | 40 |
| Seneca's prediction in "Medea" | 44 |
| '08 Snow Patrol album "___ Suns" | 46 |
| "You are like ___" Neil Young | 39 |
| Eric Johnson "___ Musicom" | 36 |
| Eugene O'Neill's only comedy | 36 |
| Comedy that debuted on Broadway in 1933 | 39 |
| "It's all coming back to me now" | 46 |
| Former Sony line of robotic pets | 32 |
| Discontinued robotic pet from Sony | 34 |
| Ponselle and Price were famous ones | 35 |
| Assistant held up sober young man | 33 |
| ". . . to the ___ their party" | 40 |
| " . . . to the ___ the party" | 39 |
| " . . . to come to the ___ the party" | 47 |
| Community folk art project started by Cleve Jones | 49 |
| ___ Families With Dependent Children | 36 |
| Menander's "___ Self-Knowledge" | 45 |
| Recipient of a 2008 govt. bailout | 33 |
| Company with huge losses in 2008 | 32 |
| 2008 U.S. govt. bailout recipient | 33 |
| SEC investigation target of 2005 | 32 |
| Fed. property, since September 16, 2008 | 39 |
| Bailed-out insurance co. in 2008-09 news | 40 |
| Bailed-out insurance co. in 2008 news | 37 |
| 2008 recipient of govt. largesse | 32 |
| "Annie" portrayer Quinn and others | 44 |
| Fox News Channel president Roger | 32 |
| Record company in financial difficulty? | 39 |
| Intention + a letter + really cold = ? | 38 |
| Form of French "to love" | 34 |
| Part of a target-practice command | 33 |
| Elvis Costello's "My ___ True" | 44 |
| "My ___ True" (Elvis Costello album) | 46 |
| Not shoot for the stars, to put it mildly | 41 |