| Whiplash protection on the back of a toilet for '80s TV character Max? | 74 |
| School whose motto is Latin for "Never tickle a sleeping dragon" | 74 |
| “The research study on fevers needs lots of funding,” Tom said ___ | 74 |
| "___ could get her to sleep with me" (boast before striking out) | 74 |
| "No nation is permitted to live in ___ with impunity": Jefferson | 74 |
| What a two-letter Romance-language translation of "the" might be | 74 |
| "When ___, you're a clown" (from "I Got You Babe") | 74 |
| Acme product that simplifies dating, from "Boston Quackie," 1957 | 74 |
| "Wordplay" director Patrick Creadon's documentary about debt | 74 |
| "While there ___" (words from General William Booth's creed) | 74 |
| "___ little silhouetto..." ("Bohemian Rhapsody" lyric) | 74 |
| TV star who directed the 1999 documentary "Barenaked in America" | 74 |
| Presidential also-ran who last logged in to his MySpace on January 4, 2008 | 74 |
| Answer to "Which of the Justices started eating this sandwich?"? | 74 |
| Parsons who played Hilary Banks on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" | 74 |
| Director and star of the first unabridged film version of “Hamlet” | 74 |
| The "only g-g-g-girl that I adore," according to a WWI-era song | 74 |
| ___ Commission (corruption investigation at which Frank Serpico testified) | 74 |
| "My gold dress isn't back from the cleaners yet" and others? | 74 |
| 1965 Godard film, "Pierrot ___" (meaning "the madman") | 74 |
| 1962 hit with the lyrics "the truth could mean I'd lose you" | 74 |
| Rapper who dropped part of his name after 2001's "Doggy Bag" | 74 |
| Cry in Metropolis while pointing ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 74 |
| California-based semiconductor company founded in 1981 (hidden in FALSIFY) | 74 |
| He played opposite Jones in "Carousel" and "Oklahoma!" | 74 |
| Fictional character who says "I wear the chain I forged in life" | 74 |
| ___ Line (informal baseball term for the threshold of incompetent hitting) | 74 |
| Soccer star Lionel who won the Ballon d'Or each of the last four years | 74 |
| 1965 song with the lyric "These are words that go together well" | 74 |
| Crime novelist Walters who won a 1994 Edgar for "The Sculptress" | 74 |
| Farrah Fawcett played her in "The Great American Beauty Contest" | 74 |
| Playwright whose "Liliom" was the basis for "Carousel" | 74 |
| Group that starred in the 1968 film "Head," with "the" | 74 |
| "You Are ___," tune from "The Broadway Melody of 1936" | 74 |
| Statistician who on Election Day 2012 gave Obama a 91.6% chance of victory | 74 |
| Who said "I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth" | 74 |
| Busker's take-home after paying for a street performance license, say? | 74 |
| Critically acclaimed Scottish actor Williamson who died in the Netherlands | 74 |
| "I'm returning these toy fighters-they're really lousy!" | 74 |
| "Mr. Webster isn't home, he's compiling his dictionary"? | 74 |
| Familiar five-word phrase that means "Excuses are unacceptable!" | 74 |
| Beatles: "Two ___ sending postcards, writing letters on my wall" | 74 |
| Cheers bartender Woody's slimy menu addition, in his new Brooklyn bar? | 74 |
| Word appearing twice after "Boogie" in a 1978 #1 hit's title | 74 |
| Product formerly with the "fabulous" spokesperson Vanessa Branch | 74 |
| " . . . if I should sleep ___/'Twere deadly sickness": Shak. | 74 |
| Actor in both "Shane," 1953, and "City Slickers," 1991 | 74 |
| Star of the Oscar-winning short film "For Scent-imental Reasons" | 74 |
| Supporter of class struggle who also happens to run a Fortune 500 company? | 74 |
| Lady Gaga's "Applause" and Katy Perry's "Roar" | 74 |
| Description of Molly Ringwald's character at the prom, in a 1986 movie | 74 |
| 1969 hit with the repeated lyric "Big wheel keep on turnin'" | 74 |
| Male protagonist in William Inge's "Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff" | 74 |
| Facial gesture used to show affection (and sometimes creepy condescension) | 74 |
| "Finally, we won! But we left behind some gold and had to go..." | 74 |
| London-based dubstep artist whose name is pronounced like a math operation | 74 |
| 1983 film with the classic line "Say hello to my little friend!" | 74 |
| "Teach not thy lip such ___, for it was made for kissing": Shak. | 74 |
| Skating legend who cameoed as a commentator in "Blades of Glory" | 74 |
| "From ___ shining ..." ("America the Beautiful" lyric) | 74 |
| Rock-album cover on which this puzzle's celebrities appear, familiarly | 74 |
| Tune also known as "It's in His Kiss" (with "The") | 74 |
| Characteristic of ''fat'' but not ''fate'' | 74 |
| "The long-awaited sequel to 'Cry, the Beloved Country'!" | 74 |
| Elisabeth with a Best Actress nomination for "Leaving Las Vegas" | 74 |
| Signal that the game's over by the Irish ref? (Prince / Living Colour) | 74 |
| "The chair doesn't recognize you, steakhouse and chophouse!" | 74 |
| Song with the lyric ''Lost my partner, what'll I do?'' | 74 |
| "Bronco Billy" co-star (wait, what is SHE doing in this puzzle?) | 74 |
| Video game detailing the early years of an anthropomorphic Sega speedster? | 74 |
| "For realz" [the American Values Club puzzle is at avxwords.com] | 74 |
| John David Sweeney, Jr. was issued the first one (FWIW it was 055-09-0001) | 74 |
| "We passed upon the ___, we spoke of was and when" Bowie/Nirvana | 74 |
| "Ambition should be made of __ stuff": "Julius Caesar" | 74 |
| Beatified monk who shares his name with a "Robin Hood" character | 74 |
| Probable rte. parts if you click "avoid highways" on Google Maps | 74 |
| "Alphabet series" mystery writer (she's up to "X") | 74 |
| Press charges against a Snuggie-clad werewolf encountered on an acid trip? | 74 |
| Jazz musician from either Saturn or Alabama, depending on whom you believe | 74 |
| Devices that, when turned, adjust themselves (just like the theme answers) | 74 |
| "The ability to describe others as they see themselves": Lincoln | 74 |
| Breaks ... or an anagram of the ends of five Across answers in this puzzle | 74 |
| Actress who accidentally flashed her breast augmentation scar to paparazzi | 74 |
| Seesaw (and the longest common word that uses just the top typewriter row) | 74 |
| Common misspelling online (or, on "___ Interwebz" if you prefer) | 74 |
| British art-rock band with the 1975 #2 hit "I'm Not in Love" | 74 |
| Total value of the symbols created by the special crossings in this puzzle | 74 |
| What nerve, disrupting a carpenter's joint with that kind of hat (3-6) | 74 |
| Electrical pioneer whose last known U.S. patent was for a helicopter-plane | 74 |
| "If I Were a Rich Man" singer in "Fiddler on the Roof" | 74 |
| Lauren who played cruise director Julie McCoy on "The Love Boat" | 74 |
| Talk show about words like "zeppelin" and "dirigible"? | 74 |
| "It surrounds us and penetrates us," according to Obi-Wan Kenobi | 74 |
| Famous legal-system denunciation by Mr. Bumble in "Oliver Twist" | 74 |
| Member of a duo that "went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat" | 74 |
| Unfinished Henry James work about Gainsborough's "Blue Boy"? | 74 |
| 1830 novel with the same historical backdrop as "Les Miserables" | 74 |
| Unfinished Ian Fleming work about James Bond's affection for his boss? | 74 |
| This puzzle's theme, whose first notes are indicated by shaded squares | 74 |
| Date when the events recounted in "Ode to Billie Joe" took place | 74 |