| They do better when they close early | 36 |
| ___ Institute for Biological Studies | 36 |
| Philadelphia's La ___ University | 36 |
| _____ Ã manger (dining room): Fr. | 36 |
| ___ Ã manger (French dining room) | 36 |
| Miss Kitty's place of employment | 36 |
| Good Riddance's ice melter song? | 36 |
| California's ___ Sea (rift lake) | 36 |
| Ted's role on "Cheers" | 36 |
| Pianist at Rick's Cafe Americain | 36 |
| Hill serving as a euphemism for hell | 36 |
| Dooley Wilson's most famous role | 36 |
| 1940s-'50s House Speaker Rayburn | 36 |
| "You Send Me" singer Cooke | 36 |
| "Uncle" with a red bow tie | 36 |
| "Maltese Falcon" character | 36 |
| Persistent food profferer from Seuss | 36 |
| Its flag features the Southern Cross | 36 |
| Coconut-sprinkled Girl Scout cookies | 36 |
| Use bits of one recording in another | 36 |
| It may say 'Home Sweet Home' | 36 |
| Sufferer of an infamous bad hair day | 36 |
| Biblical fellow who was dis-tressed? | 36 |
| Certain biblical book with a 1 and 2 | 36 |
| Start of some Californian city names | 36 |
| Start of many California place names | 36 |
| "Mens ___ in corpore sano" | 36 |
| Alternative title for this crossword | 36 |
| "Happy Gilmore" star, 1996 | 36 |
| Keanu's "Speed" costar | 36 |
| Bullock of ''Speed'' | 36 |
| White ___, national monument in N.M. | 36 |
| Reproductive rights pioneer Margaret | 36 |
| California's first state capital | 36 |
| Name with instant brand recognition? | 36 |
| Brand once called "Dekafa" | 36 |
| Paraguayan department or its capital | 36 |
| Los Angeles bay named for an apostle | 36 |
| "___ Lucia" (Italian song) | 36 |
| Largest river of southern California | 36 |
| South Carolina river to the Atlantic | 36 |
| Start of many Portuguese place names | 36 |
| ___ Francisco (river through Brazil) | 36 |
| River that starts at the Vioménil | 36 |
| Island nation off the coast of Gabon | 36 |
| The so-called "Tenth Muse" | 36 |
| Winter Olympics site in Japan (1972) | 36 |
| "Two Mules for Sister ___" | 36 |
| "Love Songs" poet Teasdale | 36 |
| "Two Mules for Sister ---" | 36 |
| Rue of "Less Than Perfect" | 36 |
| "Roseanne" actress Gilbert | 36 |
| Title girl of a 1986 #1 Starship hit | 36 |
| "Born to Fly" singer Evans | 36 |
| "___ Smile" Hall and Oates | 36 |
| "Going Rogue" author Palin | 36 |
| Mother of Bristol, Willow, and Piper | 36 |
| Old-time actresses Allgood and Haden | 36 |
| Restaurant where the Tonys were born | 36 |
| Eatery where the Tony Award was born | 36 |
| One way to spell a Mumbai wraparound | 36 |
| "Slumdog Millionaire" garb | 36 |
| "Slumdog Millionaire" wear | 36 |
| They may be thrown over the shoulder | 36 |
| "Cutty __" (historic ship) | 36 |
| "The Words" autobiographer | 36 |
| Wedding invitation courtesy, briefly | 36 |
| Mitchell of "Step by Step" | 36 |
| Rushdie's "___ Verses" | 36 |
| Composer from the French avant-garde | 36 |
| Ellington's "___ Doll" | 36 |
| Fabric that's glossy on one side | 36 |
| "This Is Spinal Tap," e.g. | 36 |
| Prime minister whom Tanaka succeeded | 36 |
| It means ''reptile'' | 36 |
| City north of the Golden Gate Bridge | 36 |
| Prepare, as carmelized onions onions | 36 |
| Star of "The Wonder Years" | 36 |
| Fred of "The Wonder Years" | 36 |
| Oscar-nominated Greek-American actor | 36 |
| ''___ by the bell!'' | 36 |
| White Album "Truffle" song | 36 |
| It may cause a division in the board | 36 |
| They may be pulled in two directions | 36 |
| Some may be pulled in two directions | 36 |
| They go back and forth through trees | 36 |
| Finn's friend, in classic novels | 36 |
| Instruments for Coleman and Coltrane | 36 |
| ''By the way . . .'' | 36 |
| "___ little prayer for me" | 36 |
| "___ little prayer . . . " | 36 |
| Greet cordially, with "to" | 36 |
| Greet casually (with "to") | 36 |
| "I have to hear the words" | 36 |
| ''C'mon, talk!'' | 36 |
| Complies with a doctor's request | 36 |
| "If I do ___ myself . . ." | 36 |
| Jump-starting org. for entrepreneurs | 36 |
| Guarantor of many bank loans to cos. | 36 |
| "Pizza by the slice" chain | 36 |