| NHL team swept by the Bruins in the 2011 playoffs | 49 |
| "Vehicle of the future" since the 1950s | 49 |
| "The Pillars of the Earth" novelist Ken | 49 |
| Kansas military base where a president is posted? | 49 |
| "Tell, in mournful numbers": Longfellow | 49 |
| 1995 movie directed by and starring Billy Crystal | 49 |
| "And is there honey still ___?": Brooke | 49 |
| "Home ___" (resort's seasonal sign) | 49 |
| Where the George Washington Bridge tollbooths are | 49 |
| Virginia home of the U.S. Army Women's Museum | 49 |
| Subject of the book "Woman in the Mist" | 49 |
| Odds of finding one on the first try: 1 in 10,000 | 49 |
| What critics gave a great movie about old Russia? | 49 |
| "Before the Next Teardrop Falls" singer | 49 |
| Something for nothing, as what a hitchhiker seeks | 49 |
| Place in the office for giving away unwanted junk | 49 |
| Portmanteau for partners who are also competitors | 49 |
| "Peanuts" character with curly red hair | 49 |
| 1953 Looney Tunes short where a student daydreams | 49 |
| Where a therapist's poor advice may take you? | 49 |
| Word with "lobe" or "assault" | 49 |
| Word with "assault" or "lobe" | 49 |
| Repeated word in "Breathe In" band name | 49 |
| "Turn Off the Light" singer Nelly, 2001 | 49 |
| "I'm just sayin'," when texting | 49 |
| Catcher who died on his 72nd birthday, 12/20/1972 | 49 |
| Chesterton's "Man Who Was Thursday" | 49 |
| "The Journey of Natty ___" (1985 movie) | 49 |
| Missing primrose with a ransom note, for example? | 49 |
| The chirping of a bird or the spraying of a hose? | 49 |
| ''Doonesbury'' cartoonist Trudeau | 49 |
| Installer who works with natural fuel, in Britain | 49 |
| "Gang" of the St. Louis Cardinals, once | 49 |
| Movie about a road trip spent filling up the car? | 49 |
| " . . . and no man ___ him": Luke 15:16 | 49 |
| " . . . haughty gallant, ___?": N. Rowe | 49 |
| Subject of the biography "Luckiest Man" | 49 |
| Result of cross-fertilization within a population | 49 |
| He played Jack Gallo on "Just Shoot Me" | 49 |
| President who's looking for a hidden arsenal? | 49 |
| Employee's rant, to the nagging chiropractor? | 49 |
| What you're doing as you complete this puzzle | 49 |
| Two cloned basketball centers play spectacularly? | 49 |
| John of "Gandhi" and "Arthur" | 49 |
| "American ___" (1980 Richard Gere film) | 49 |
| End of the zinger ... and start of the punch line | 49 |
| "Appetite for Destruction" band (Abbr.) | 49 |
| "You don't have to cook all night"? | 49 |
| Touchdown setting in a parking-lot football game? | 49 |
| Situation that's gone absurdly out of control | 49 |
| Middleman (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) | 49 |
| Extends the negotiating clock beyond the deadline | 49 |
| One of the singers of "Sunrise, Sunset" | 49 |
| Company that keeps its investments in paper bags? | 49 |
| Book about gold medalists who dump their spouses? | 49 |
| "Observant of you to notice the error!" | 49 |
| Mets pitcher who was 1984 N.L. Rookie of the Year | 49 |
| Chess player's ''Way to go!'' | 49 |
| "Gosh," in Britain (hidden in RIGOROUS) | 49 |
| Potty-mouthed "Hell's Kitchen" chef | 49 |
| Band with the 2001 hit "Clint Eastwood" | 49 |
| Russian author of "Children of the Sun" | 49 |
| "I've ___ Strings" (Pinocchio song) | 49 |
| "Ain't ___" ("Hair" tune) | 49 |
| Broadway musical about a $1,000-a-night vacation? | 49 |
| Midweek occasion for catching a Broadway revival? | 49 |
| Truism about a popular author of legal thrillers? | 49 |
| "Like, totally gross, I'm so sure!" | 49 |
| Prohibit Mr. McMahon from ever socializing again? | 49 |
| Character that takes Alice to see the Mock Turtle | 49 |
| Powerful economic coalition, before Russia joined | 49 |
| "I've no last name," said Hilda ___ | 49 |
| Was successful on "What's My Line"? | 49 |
| Word before "Morgen" or "Tag" | 49 |
| "Roll On, Columbia, Roll On" songwriter | 49 |
| Subject of Tennyson's "In Memoriam" | 49 |
| Winner of the 2004 Razzie Award for Worst Actress | 49 |
| Veronica of ''Hill Street Blues'' | 49 |
| Actress Veronica of "Hill Street Blues" | 49 |
| Cry to comic Sales when he's losing his grip? | 49 |
| "He used to make up unbelievable tales" | 49 |
| John _____, president of the Continental Congress | 49 |
| 1990s children's show about how machines work | 49 |
| "That's so funny I forgot to laugh" | 49 |
| Broadway producer linked to Falstaff's friend | 49 |
| Jew traditionally dressed in a black coat and hat | 49 |
| "House on ___ Hill" (1999 horror movie) | 49 |
| Invitation to one standing awkwardly near the bar | 49 |
| "She's Gotta ___" (Spike Lee movie) | 49 |
| Barn sound that means "I'm hungry"? | 49 |
| Freight not permitted in some tunnels, familiarly | 49 |
| Channels included in some premium cable groupings | 49 |
| Where decisions for the branch are made, probably | 49 |
| ''I ___ Symphony'' (Supremes hit) | 49 |
| " . . . you might have ___ ": S. Rogers | 49 |
| Words under a monkey with his hands over his ears | 49 |
| Mr. Pricklepants in "Toy Story 3," e.g. | 49 |
| Entertainer with an Oscar, Emmy, Tony, and Grammy | 49 |
| Reality cooking show with a pitchfork in its logo | 49 |
| One who went to tell the king the sky was falling | 49 |