| Annual Rockefeller Center event | 31 |
| Annual river thaw | 17 |
| Annual respite, for some | 24 |
| Annual resolution target | 24 |
| Annual rept. opinion writers | 28 |
| Annual report report | 20 |
| Annual report listing | 21 |
| Annual report item | 18 |
| Annual report illustration | 26 |
| Annual report graphic | 21 |
| Annual report feature | 21 |
| Annual report embarrassment | 27 |
| Annual report data | 18 |
| Annual refrain | 14 |
| Annual racing events | 20 |
| Annual racing classic | 21 |
| Annual race, for short | 22 |
| Annual race, familiarly | 23 |
| Annual race, colloquially | 25 |
| Annual race ending in Central Park | 34 |
| Annual Queens sports event | 26 |
| Annual quartet that's this puzzle's theme | 49 |
| Annual quartet | 14 |
| Annual puzzle event that begins this year on 1/15/10 | 52 |
| Annual publications: Abbr. | 26 |
| Annual publications for burros? | 31 |
| Annual publication | 18 |
| Annual project | 14 |
| Annual prize won multiple times by Beyoncé and LeBron James | 62 |
| Annual prize since 1947 | 23 |
| Annual prize named after a Canadian governor general | 52 |
| Annual political speech | 23 |
| Annual political debate ... or an alternate title for this puzzle | 65 |
| Annual playoff grp. | 19 |
| Annual plant that produces many future plants, as its name would suggest | 72 |
| Annual plant of California | 26 |
| Annual physical, e.g. | 21 |
| Annual PGA event | 16 |
| Annual period beyond the current fiscal one | 43 |
| Annual period | 13 |
| Annual People feature | 21 |
| Annual Pebble Beach tournament | 30 |
| Annual payments | 15 |
| Annual payment | 14 |
| Annual pay | 10 |
| Annual Patriots Day event | 25 |
| Annual Pasadena parade | 22 |
| Annual Pasadena doings | 22 |
| Annual Pasadena display | 23 |
| Annual party time in the U.S. | 29 |
| Annual paraders, briefly | 24 |
| Annual paraders | 15 |
| Annual parade subject | 21 |
| Annual parade sponsor | 21 |
| Annual parade site | 18 |
| Annual parade locale | 20 |
| Annual parade honoree, informally | 33 |
| Annual parade honoree, for short | 32 |
| Annual parade honoree, briefly | 30 |
| Annual parade ground | 20 |
| Annual parade city since 1890 | 29 |
| Annual parade celeb | 19 |
| Annual Pamplona runners | 23 |
| Annual Pamplona runner | 22 |
| Annual pageant winner | 21 |
| Annual P.G.A. Tour event | 24 |
| Annual P.G.A. event | 19 |
| Annual opener | 13 |
| Annual open golf tournament | 27 |
| Annual office event | 19 |
| Annual October event, with "the" | 42 |
| Annual October event | 20 |
| Annual October 24 observance related to this puzzle's theme | 63 |
| Annual October 24 honoree | 25 |
| Annual occasion created by Eve Ensler | 37 |
| Annual NYC basketball tourney | 29 |
| Annual North Dakota state fair site | 35 |
| Annual non-athletic sports event | 32 |
| Annual no-holds-barred celebrity tribute | 40 |
| Annual Nile occurrences | 23 |
| Annual Nile occurences | 22 |
| Annual Nile events | 18 |
| Annual NFL event | 16 |
| Annual NCAA tournament | 22 |
| Annual NBA event | 16 |
| Annual NBA award | 16 |
| Annual N.F.L. event | 19 |
| Annual N.B.A. event | 19 |
| Annual Mystery Hunt locale | 26 |
| Annual music industry awards | 28 |
| Annual music awards group | 25 |
| Annual Mummers Parade locale, informally | 40 |
| Annual MTV bestowal, for short | 30 |
| Annual milestone, briefly | 25 |
| Annual Mexican celebration | 26 |
| Annual meteor shower | 20 |
| Annual Memphis event | 20 |
| Annual Memorial Day event since 1911 | 36 |
| Annual Memorial Day event | 25 |
| Annual meeting, for short | 25 |