| "The game is ___" (Holmes) | 36 |
| Prior to, with "mentioned" | 36 |
| Archaic ''prior to'' | 36 |
| Run ___ of (come into conflict with) | 36 |
| Cont. that hosted the 2010 World Cup | 36 |
| Architecture that gets to the point? | 36 |
| Buildings with steeply pitched roofs | 36 |
| "The Color Purple" setting | 36 |
| Hairstyle with a pick in it, perhaps | 36 |
| Beyoncé has worn this type of wig | 36 |
| Some wore platform shoes with theirs | 36 |
| Second photo in some testimonial ads | 36 |
| Label on a certain advertising photo | 36 |
| "Don't make such ___!" | 36 |
| "Njal ___" (Norse writing) | 36 |
| "Won't Get Fooled ___" | 36 |
| "I'll Never Smile ___" | 36 |
| "Dead ___" (1991 thriller) | 36 |
| Winner of all four Grand Slam titles | 36 |
| Plant family that includes the yucca | 36 |
| It's brought up on your birthday | 36 |
| Some people prefer to keep it secret | 36 |
| Progress toward maximum drinkability | 36 |
| Go from octogenarian to nonagenarian | 36 |
| "The ___ of Reason": Paine | 36 |
| "The Morning Watch" author | 36 |
| "The Morning Watch" writer | 36 |
| Tommie of the 60's-70's Mets | 36 |
| Tommie of the 1969 World Series Mets | 36 |
| Tommie of '60s-'70s baseball | 36 |
| Author who won a posthumous Pulitzer | 36 |
| Tools for distressing jeans, perhaps | 36 |
| "Poison for the ___ tooth" | 36 |
| "For children of all ___!" | 36 |
| What many fifth graders have reached | 36 |
| When boys join the Vienna Boys Choir | 36 |
| Backwood's "once more" | 36 |
| Purview of a President's council | 36 |
| Feast of Saint _____ (January event) | 36 |
| "The Bartered Bride" mezzo | 36 |
| "___ of God," recent drama | 36 |
| Sixth word of the Gettysburg Address | 36 |
| "That was a long time ___" | 36 |
| Fifth word of the Gettysburg Address | 36 |
| "A long, long time ___..." | 36 |
| Leon Uris' '-- in Ruins' | 36 |
| Ending of many an old nightclub name | 36 |
| ''Disco'' attachment | 36 |
| Dept. in charge of rural development | 36 |
| Site of the Hall of Private Audience | 36 |
| Site of Shah Jahan's famous tomb | 36 |
| Site of "a poem in marble" | 36 |
| Onetime capital of the Mughal Empire | 36 |
| City about 270 miles north of Bhopal | 36 |
| 'Slumdog Millionaire' locale | 36 |
| "Hollywood Squares" option | 36 |
| What double-checked totals should do | 36 |
| "Hollywood Squares" choice | 36 |
| Dept. responsible for farm subsidies | 36 |
| Victorious fleet commander at Actium | 36 |
| Combining form meaning field or soil | 36 |
| Drew Rosenhaus or Scott Boras: Abbr. | 36 |
| Chills, fever and sweating, together | 36 |
| "What a Girl Wants" singer | 36 |
| "So that's your game!" | 36 |
| "So that's how it is!" | 36 |
| Palindromic response to a revelation | 36 |
| "I've figured it out!" | 36 |
| "I caught you red-handed!" | 36 |
| Cry upon discovering a puzzle theme? | 36 |
| Cry before "It's you!" | 36 |
| Queequeg's captain on the Pequod | 36 |
| Ishmael's boss [SEE NOTE ABOVE.] | 36 |
| Captain employed by Peleg and Bildad | 36 |
| Occasions to cry "Eureka!" | 36 |
| Successful problem solvers have them | 36 |
| Sounds heard when the lights come on | 36 |
| Cries from successful puzzle solvers | 36 |
| "Did you forget about me?" | 36 |
| "Sorry to interrupt . . ." | 36 |
| ''Beg pardon . . .'' | 36 |
| "If I may interrupt . . ." | 36 |
| "If I may interject . . ." | 36 |
| "Could we get on with it?" | 36 |
| "Oh, god, that feels good" | 36 |
| 'You've Really Goton Me' | 36 |
| "Just ___, skip and . . ." | 36 |
| When repeated, a plea of Richard III | 36 |
| "You, there, on the boat!" | 36 |
| Distinctive parts of a Boston accent | 36 |
| "It's clear to me now" | 36 |
| Facetious ''I see!'' | 36 |
| Turturro of "The Sopranos" | 36 |
| Elton John musical based on an opera | 36 |
| Elton John-Tim Rice Broadway musical | 36 |
| Classical opera redone by Elton John | 36 |
| Pop opera by Elton John and Tim Rice | 36 |
| "Ritorna vincitor!" singer | 36 |
| Paul player in "Two of Us" | 36 |
| Someone who might run and get coffee | 36 |