| Makes the opening speech at a convention | 40 |
| City at junction of White and Blue Niles | 40 |
| Shortened Persian version of a Muni film | 40 |
| Her marriage to Lamar Odom was televised | 40 |
| __ Pass (Afghanistan-Pakistan connector) | 40 |
| "The Breakup Song" singer Greg | 40 |
| Saskatchewan hamlet, or a migratory bird | 40 |
| Olympic skiing medalist Jean-Claude ____ | 40 |
| Sixty-four of these equal about 40 miles | 40 |
| Writers of "was here" graffiti | 40 |
| Clever maneuver by a grade school class? | 40 |
| "Mike who?""Mike __" | 40 |
| Pioneering film in stop-motion animation | 40 |
| Sussex carol words, with "The" | 40 |
| Noted Texas musician/novelist/politician | 40 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo capital | 40 |
| Hot action in the grocery checkout lane? | 40 |
| Indication that one wants to get smacked | 40 |
| Richard Thompson "The Old ___" | 40 |
| John C. Frémont's 1840s guide | 40 |
| "Brackish" Canadian metal band | 40 |
| Stores with "Blue Light Finds" | 40 |
| Was familiar with a summertime allergen? | 40 |
| London area in need of a hair detangler? | 40 |
| "Expect great things" retailer | 40 |
| Company that merged with Minolta in 2003 | 40 |
| Pitcher who says "Oh, yeaahh!" | 40 |
| British Columbia's ___ National Park | 40 |
| "Charmed Lives" author Michael | 40 |
| "The New Yorker" cartoonist Ed | 40 |
| Bridge that connects Brooklyn and Queens | 40 |
| Target of thrown bricks, in early comics | 40 |
| Ignatz Mouse's brick-throwing target | 40 |
| Group in a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade | 40 |
| ___-One ("Criminal Minded" MC) | 40 |
| Gambian-born "Roots" character | 40 |
| Merchant who moonlights as a union boss? | 40 |
| They're paired up in science classes | 40 |
| Journals kept by Tramp's girlfriend? | 40 |
| "___ Fan," Wilde classic: 1892 | 40 |
| "The Namesake" novelist Jhumpa | 40 |
| Oedipus's father (and murder victim) | 40 |
| Thomas Moore's "___ Rookh" | 40 |
| Things keeping baby sheep from straying? | 40 |
| Actors' club members go to Las Vegas | 40 |
| Avoid getting beaned in an inept manner? | 40 |
| Movie about a residence built of veneer? | 40 |
| One use for a candlestick or wine bottle | 40 |
| What a judo master uses to break lights? | 40 |
| Kristin Kreuk, on "Smallville" | 40 |
| Russia's is the largest in the world | 40 |
| It helps take hooked fish from the water | 40 |
| Mistress Quickly in "Henry IV" | 40 |
| Actor Michael's personal belongings? | 40 |
| "Piers Plowman" poet, possibly | 40 |
| "Tiger Lilies" novelist Sidney | 40 |
| "I hear lake water ___": Yeats | 40 |
| Features of elephants and Prince Charles | 40 |
| Breed with droopy ears and a big muzzle? | 40 |
| Capital of the Thessaly region of Greece | 40 |
| "Curb Your Enthusiasm" creator | 40 |
| "The Far Side" cartoonist Gary | 40 |
| ''The Far Side'' creator | 40 |
| NFL Hall of Fame defensive back Yale ___ | 40 |
| Improvised arrangement for temporary use | 40 |
| "Chocolat" director Hallstroem | 40 |
| Oscar-winning 1978 song for Donna Summer | 40 |
| Most recent box office arrival, probably | 40 |
| Warning to an overindulgent bar customer | 40 |
| "The ___ Saw Paris," 1940 song | 40 |
| Finally understand (with "to") | 40 |
| "Flight time has been delayed" | 40 |
| What the pattern of this puzzle features | 40 |
| 1887 play on which a 1900 opera is based | 40 |
| Wife on 'The Dick Van Dyke Show' | 40 |
| De ___ ("Green Pastures" role) | 40 |
| Business that's always cutting back? | 40 |
| Stop cooperating with the cops, in a way | 40 |
| "One man may ___ horse . . . " | 40 |
| Brad Pitt in "Moneyball," e.g. | 40 |
| Like paint that's a household hazard | 40 |
| Memorize lines for a Shakespearean king? | 40 |
| "We have a big dessert coming" | 40 |
| "There's no room for that" | 40 |
| Surveys, usually with negative responses | 40 |
| "It ___ bad taste in my mouth" | 40 |
| Part of a grade-school dance instruction | 40 |
| They're set for drinking and smoking | 40 |
| Lamb's meat made of building blocks? | 40 |
| Pole known for his great soccer ability? | 40 |
| The Mountain Hawks of the Patriot League | 40 |
| "High On You" Sly Stone single | 40 |
| "The Windsor Beauties" painter | 40 |
| Activity that's not without interest | 40 |
| Key to unlocking this puzzle's theme | 40 |
| They're removed before taking photos | 40 |
| "St. John the Baptist" painter | 40 |
| Robert ____ ( Le Confesssional director) | 40 |
| "___ du Printemps": Stravinsky | 40 |
| French writer's two-under-par holes? | 40 |