| Classical music features | 24 |
| Class papers | 12 |
| Central ideas | 13 |
| All USA TODAY crosswords have them | 34 |
| All great crosswords have them | 30 |
| TV show opener, often | 21 |
| Tune for a diva? | 16 |
| Sinatra's "Put Your Dreams Away" | 46 |
| Signature tune | 14 |
| Entertainer's intro | 23 |
| Cut on an egotist's CD? | 27 |
| "I'll Be There for You" on "Friends," e.g. | 66 |
| "I'll Be There for You" for "Friends," and others | 73 |
| George Frideric Handel oratorio | 31 |
| N.Y.C. cultural landmark | 24 |
| Lincoln Center landmark, informally | 35 |
| Where Barber's "Vanessa" premiered | 48 |
| Venue where Toscanini conducted | 31 |
| Opera setting, for short | 24 |
| Opera house that opened with "Faust" in 1883 | 54 |
| NYC art museum | 14 |
| New York opera house | 20 |
| N.Y.C. opera venue | 18 |
| Manhattan cultural landmark | 27 |
| Locale for a New York diva | 26 |
| Lincoln Center venue | 20 |
| Lincoln Center opera site, familiarly | 37 |
| Lincoln Center opera setting, familiarly | 40 |
| Lincoln Center institution | 26 |
| Big Apple opera venue | 21 |
| Big Apple musical attraction | 28 |
| Big Apple museum, for short | 27 |
| Aspiring diva's goal | 24 |
| Gold? | 5 |
| Acting school | 13 |
| Team since 1962, familiarly | 27 |
| "Why leave a city that has six professional sports teams, and ___?" (Manhattan Mini Storage advertising slogan) | 121 |
| "T-ball is just like baseball, except there's no pitching -- just like ___" (David Letterman) | 107 |
| 2001 film whose title refers to an antique gun | 46 |
| Backup singers in a 1960's R & B group | 46 |
| Backup band said to be named for a car | 38 |
| What rap MCs rock | 17 |
| When the cat's away . . . | 29 |
| End of a misbehaving maxim | 26 |
| ABC sitcom with Patricia Heaton | 31 |
| Place for a happy medium | 24 |
| WHE | 3 |
| Nickname for a really strong novelist? | 38 |
| Powerful quartet? | 17 |
| Part of a powerful ant? | 23 |
| Work featuring Yum-Yum | 22 |
| Operetta set in Titipu | 22 |
| Musical work that includes "Willow, Tit-Willow" | 57 |
| "Pooh-Bah" source | 27 |
| Cowpath? | 8 |
| "___ Son," Sondheim song | 34 |
| 1971 NBA champs | 15 |
| Place for seeing without really seeing | 38 |
| Classic British auto model | 26 |
| Austin Powers-era vehicle | 25 |
| What TV reporters are up to? | 28 |
| What a hip person may be up to | 30 |
| Wallace best seller | 19 |
| "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" singers | 54 |
| 9 A.M. to 5 P.M. | 16 |
| "Carmen, you have the right to wear fruit on your head ..." | 69 |
| TV series that takes place in a bog? | 36 |
| Christie adaptation title | 25 |
| Art, sometimes | 14 |
| Molière comedy | 17 |
| Gable's final film | 22 |
| Film starring our Hollywood legends | 35 |
| 1961 film scripted by Arthur Miller | 35 |
| Vanished jail? | 14 |
| AR--CL- | 7 |
| 1982 Michael Palin movie | 24 |
| Old-fashioned family reference | 30 |
| A man's "better half" | 35 |
| Organized group of criminals | 28 |
| Mafia crowd | 11 |
| Group with many hits? | 21 |
| Group with lots of hits | 23 |
| Group with family ties? | 23 |
| Group where men are made | 24 |
| Gang of made men | 16 |
| Focus of Puzo novels | 20 |
| Don's business | 18 |
| "1 vs. 100" group | 27 |
| Item of apparel created by Mary Phelps Jacob (1891-1970) | 56 |
| Show about some demure cheerleaders? | 36 |
| Series about countercultural crime fighters | 43 |
| Anderson Cooper once hosted it | 30 |
| Reality game show once hosted by Anderson Cooper | 48 |
| ABC series hosted by Anderson Cooper | 36 |
| 2001 reality show hosted by Anderson Cooper | 43 |
| What happens at about five o'clock at a daycare center? | 59 |
| Certain corporate career path | 29 |
| (On) target | 11 |
| Emulate a bank robber | 21 |
| TAKE 2 | 6 |