| Pre-dawn phenomenon | 19 |
| 1973 childrenÂ’s novel based on Arthurian legend | 51 |
| "Required reading for all 'Purple Rain' fans who think their idol is too goody-goody" | 103 |
| Temptation for Luke Skywalker | 29 |
| Moonless Monday, perhaps? | 25 |
| Bara et al. | 11 |
| Actress Bara and namesakes | 26 |
| Quiz show requiring exceptional courage? | 40 |
| Jim Lange's formidable series? | 34 |
| Chess, if Bobby Fischer is your opponent? | 41 |
| Lines on a Dan Brown best seller? | 33 |
| Renaissance fish story? | 23 |
| Book about an artistic fish? | 28 |
| Novel about an artist's college girlfriend? | 47 |
| "Renaissance College Girl"? [Dan Brown] | 49 |
| Book that's a paean to a painter? | 37 |
| Much-traveled mug | 17 |
| It came in the silents | 22 |
| 6 A.M. | 6 |
| Anthem illumination | 19 |
| Something to save or seize | 26 |
| Indie rockers Saves ___ | 23 |
| Allan Folsom's "_____ After Tomorrow" | 51 |
| Blackbird's time? | 21 |
| '73 spy film based on a Forsyth novel | 41 |
| "Thriller" Grammy sweep? | 34 |
| "Those were ___!" | 27 |
| Sad occasion in 'American Pie' | 38 |
| D. Malone film: 1980 | 20 |
| TV show with eligible bachelors, Ohio-style? | 44 |
| John Huston's final film | 28 |
| Jerry Garcia's band, for short | 34 |
| James Joyce short story | 23 |
| Final story in Joyce's "Dubliners" | 48 |
| Final story in James Joyce's "Dubliners" | 54 |
| Scroll loch? | 12 |
| Book about a geeky niche publication whose readership went from 10 to 0? | 72 |
| 1979 novel, 1983 film and 2002-07 TV series | 43 |
| Obit for a Cleveland paper? | 27 |
| Singles-bar patron? | 19 |
| Affectionate term for a soda bottle? | 36 |
| Cooper novel about Santa? | 25 |
| John Philip Sousa, after a pregnant pause? | 42 |
| Mediocre F. Scott Fitzgerald novel? | 35 |
| "Clear ___!" | 22 |
| Document held by Poseidon? | 26 |
| Popular beach book of '76 | 29 |
| Peter Benchley novel | 20 |
| Nick Nolte film: 1977 | 21 |
| Benchley opus | 13 |
| 1977 Jacqueline Bisset movie | 28 |
| 1970's Peter Benchley thriller | 34 |
| It's heedless to go off it | 30 |
| Get carried away | 16 |
| Common ground for Dr. King and Governor Wallace | 47 |
| "___ Hunter" | 22 |
| "Need truth here" | 27 |
| Nabokov novel about a chess man | 31 |
| Perry Mason line | 16 |
| Court conclusion | 16 |
| Case conclusion | 15 |
| Argument-ending words | 21 |
| "Poetry is ..." (Edith Sitwell) | 41 |
| It comes "after me," in a Louis XV quote | 50 |
| HE KEEPS A FILLING STATION: 1914 | 32 |
| Adapted screenplay nominee Monahan for "___" | 54 |
| Start of a quip by Mitch Hedberg | 32 |
| Seminal naturalistic work | 25 |
| Hepburn film: 1957 | 18 |
| "Stolen Hours" | 24 |
| "An insightful look at how playing Miss Brooks took its toll on Ms. Arden" | 84 |
| Team for which George Plimpton once played | 42 |
| Low card in the bridge deck | 27 |
| " . . . ___ pinned to the bark . . . ": Harte | 56 |
| One to speak of? | 16 |
| Part three of quote | 19 |
| "___ Dictionary," source of definition | 48 |
| "This gallery's artist-in-residence is the Prince of Darkness!" | 77 |
| "Go to Hades!" | 24 |
| Hairpiece that's possessed? | 31 |
| Why Lucifer's hair always looks so good? | 44 |
| Pepsi's citrus-flavored soft drink, slangily | 48 |
| Bear's sailing vessel? | 26 |
| 1957 Jack Webb film set on Parris Island | 40 |
| 1957 film set on Parris Island | 30 |
| What is cast, in a saying | 25 |
| ___ is cast | 11 |
| What the producers of "Frida" said when they finally found someone to play her artist husband? | 104 |
| 16th-century assembly | 21 |
| Wellsian telephone? | 19 |
| 1967 war film, and an apt description for this puzzle's starred answers | 75 |
| 1967 Lee Marvin movie | 21 |
| Former Style Network gossip show | 32 |
| Parental advice, part 4 | 23 |
| Humorous tale involving a settee? | 33 |
| Movie about a wacky submarine crew? | 35 |
| Natalie Maines? | 15 |
| Country band that loudly criticized George Bush in 2003 | 55 |
| Jazzy Jeff, in a 1988 Fresh Prince album name | 45 |
| Graveyard shift physician | 25 |