| Pool hall "Better luck next time"? | 44 |
| Like wds. after "la," in La Mancha | 44 |
| "La __ Nikita": 1997-2001 TV drama | 44 |
| What rearranging the furniture might improve | 44 |
| "____ sure!" (Valley girl comment) | 44 |
| Spill the info (with ''up'') | 44 |
| ''Daniel Boone'' star Parker | 44 |
| Food item whose name means "slice" | 44 |
| " . . . owed by so many to so ___" | 44 |
| Tina who's heard in "Megamind" | 44 |
| Bone whose name is Latin for "pin" | 44 |
| "The Spirit of '76" instrument | 44 |
| Mozart's "The Marriage of ___" | 44 |
| Non-theme entries, to crossword constructors | 44 |
| "The Purple Rose of Cairo" premise | 44 |
| A swimmer might rightly be scared to see one | 44 |
| Test that would require a massive crib sheet | 44 |
| It's important to read it before signing | 44 |
| Word with the last word of the theme entries | 44 |
| Metaphorical site of some presidential chats | 44 |
| ''Before anything else ...'' | 44 |
| "... but five loaves, and two ---" | 44 |
| 1972 Bruce Lee flick "___ of Fury" | 44 |
| Ramones "Punishment ___ the Crime" | 44 |
| Where Gov. Charlie Crist was elected in 2006 | 44 |
| ''I Want YOU'' poster artist | 44 |
| ''Accident ahead'' indicator | 44 |
| It's usually less than four inches thick | 44 |
| Chuck D's Public Enemy cohort, for short | 44 |
| "___ for Fantasy" (Billy Idol hit) | 44 |
| Sell soon after buying, in real estate lingo | 44 |
| Ziegfeld of the "Ziegfeld Follies" | 44 |
| "Sesame Street" character ___ Bear | 44 |
| "Kiss my grits" utterer of TV fame | 44 |
| With -escence, it means "blooming" | 44 |
| What histoplasmosis might be misdiagnosed as | 44 |
| "Any ___ can make a rule": Thoreau | 44 |
| It's not good to have in one's mouth | 44 |
| "___ he's a jolly good fellow" | 44 |
| ''___ he's a jolly ...'' | 44 |
| Baritone in Verdi's "Falstaff" | 44 |
| Actor with presidential first and last names | 44 |
| "Praying" part of a praying mantis | 44 |
| ''The African Queen'' author | 44 |
| Hercule Poirot's home on Farraway Street | 44 |
| 1975 A.L. MVP and Rookie of the Year __ Lynn | 44 |
| "The Godfather, Part II" character | 44 |
| "O'er the land of the ___ ..." | 44 |
| "Million Dollar Baby" Oscar winner | 44 |
| "The Future of an Illusion" author | 44 |
| Something many people look forward to: Abbr. | 44 |
| Day associated with an unlucky number: Abbr. | 44 |
| "The Lord of the Rings" ringbearer | 44 |
| Parts of it may be revealed in biology class | 44 |
| O'Hara's "___ the Terrace" | 44 |
| Word before or after ''pan'' | 44 |
| 'Punky Brewster' star Soleil Moon -- | 44 |
| Camera ratio that involves the lens aperture | 44 |
| Co. whose logo is a bouquet-carrying Mercury | 44 |
| Old Army base on the Santa Fe Trail, briefly | 44 |
| Va. site of the U.S. Army Women's Museum | 44 |
| Site of the George Washington Br. tollbooths | 44 |
| When said three times, a 1964 Beach Boys hit | 44 |
| Grammy-winning "We Are Young" band | 44 |
| Grammatical tense that uses "will" | 44 |
| "Welcome Back, Kotter" star Kaplan | 44 |
| Monroe's "The Misfits" co-star | 44 |
| ''Gone With the Wind'' actor | 44 |
| Albert's "Green Acres" co-star | 44 |
| Player of the field hockey-like sport shinty | 44 |
| "Born This Way" singer, familiarly | 44 |
| ''The Wizard of Oz'' surname | 44 |
| Ancient doctor known for his work on anatomy | 44 |
| Astronomer exonerated by the Vatican in 1992 | 44 |
| Either of two Modesto-based vintner brothers | 44 |
| Call of Duty or World of Warcraft enthusiast | 44 |
| "The Effect of ___ Rays on . . . " | 44 |
| ___ dancer (old slang for a railroad worker) | 44 |
| Combine against, with ''on'' | 44 |
| "The Ballad of Reading ___": Wilde | 44 |
| Popular clothing store, with "The" | 44 |
| She said "I want to be left alone" | 44 |
| Organized pubÂ’s tall drink-openers (4,4) | 44 |
| Weapon that takes its name from its inventor | 44 |
| "Pirates of Silicon Valley" figure | 44 |
| Gaye and Terrell "What You ___ Me" | 44 |
| The Green Knight's challenger in Camelot | 44 |
| Like the N.B.A.'s Jason Collins, notably | 44 |
| Author of "The Beggar's Opera" | 44 |
| "What's Going On" singer, 1971 | 44 |
| "I'll Be Doggone" singer, 1965 | 44 |
| "I wouldn't have guessed that" | 44 |
| "Commander in Chief" actress Davis | 44 |
| "A League of Their Own" star Davis | 44 |
| "Too Much Heaven" band The Bee ___ | 44 |
| Cruachan "Lament for the Wild ___" | 44 |
| ''A-laying'' Christmas gifts | 44 |
| "Wall Street" character Gordon ___ | 44 |
| Rowlands of ''The Notebook'' | 44 |
| Hackman of "The French Connection" | 44 |