| "500" index that hints at this puzzle's theme | 59 |
| "500" auto race | 25 |
| "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" transportation | 54 |
| "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" bus-hopper | 50 |
| "5. Hard to believe I rocked ___ as facial hair for years" | 68 |
| "5,000 Nights at the Opera" author | 44 |
| "5, Rue __": French kids' TV show | 47 |
| "5 Years Time" ___ & the Whale | 44 |
| "4th of July, Asbury Park (___)" Bruce Springsteen | 60 |
| "49 Up" director Michael | 34 |
| "48_____" | 19 |
| "48___" (Nick Nolte movie) | 36 |
| "48___" (Nick Nolte film) | 35 |
| "48___" (Eddie Murphy movie) | 38 |
| "48___" | 17 |
| "48 ___," 1982 film | 29 |
| "48 ___" (Nolte-Murphy film) | 38 |
| "48 ___" (Murphy movie) | 33 |
| "48 ___" (Eddie Murphy movie) | 39 |
| "48 ___" (1982) | 25 |
| "48 ___" (1982 action comedy) | 39 |
| "48 ___" | 18 |
| "48 __" | 17 |
| "48 HRS." star | 24 |
| "48 HRS." costar Nick | 31 |
| "48 Hrs." costar | 26 |
| "48 Hrs." actor | 25 |
| "48 Hours" producer | 29 |
| "48 Hours" network | 28 |
| "48 Hours" correspondent Moriarty | 43 |
| "48 Hours" actor | 26 |
| "48 Hours Investigates" host Lesley | 45 |
| "48 ---" (Nolte flick) | 32 |
| "42nd ___" | 20 |
| "42nd Street" song | 28 |
| "4000 Miles" award | 28 |
| "400" members | 23 |
| "4. My wife ___ is my best friend" | 44 |
| "4'33"" composer John | 40 |
| "4 of a Kind" thrash band | 35 |
| "3rd Rock from the Sun" star | 38 |
| "3:10 to ___" | 23 |
| "3:10 to Yuma," for one | 33 |
| "3:10 to Yuma", e.g. | 30 |
| "32 Flavors" singer DiFranco | 38 |
| "32 Flavors" singer Davis, 1998 | 41 |
| "32 Flavors" singer Davis | 35 |
| "32 Flavors" DiFranco | 31 |
| "31 Days of Oscar" network | 36 |
| "31 Days of Oscar" channel | 36 |
| "300" villain | 23 |
| "300" outfits | 23 |
| "300" director Zack | 29 |
| "300" costume | 23 |
| "30," to an editor | 28 |
| "30 Seconds to Mars" singer Jared | 43 |
| "30 Seconds to Mars" Jared | 36 |
| "30 Rock," e.g. | 25 |
| "30 Rock"'s Lemon | 31 |
| "30 Rock" tenant | 26 |
| "30 Rock" star Tina | 29 |
| "30 Rock" star Fey | 28 |
| "30 Rock" star Baldwin | 32 |
| "30 Rock" star | 24 |
| "30 Rock" setting, briefly | 36 |
| "30 Rock" setting (and channel) | 41 |
| "30 Rock" producer Michaels | 37 |
| "30 Rock" parody of "SNL" | 45 |
| "30 Rock" page | 24 |
| "30 Rock" or "3rd Rock From the Sun" | 56 |
| "30 Rock" network | 27 |
| "30 Rock" name | 24 |
| "30 Rock" is loosely based on it, briefly | 51 |
| "30 Rock" inspiration, for short | 42 |
| "30 Rock" inspiration | 31 |
| "30 Rock" guest star Salma | 36 |
| "30 Rock" first name | 30 |
| "30 Rock" executive producer Michaels | 47 |
| "30 Rock" creator | 27 |
| "30 Rock" co-star Baldwin | 35 |
| "30 Rock" co-executive producer with Tina | 51 |
| "30 Rock" character, or the first name of his portrayer | 65 |
| "30 Rock" acronym about entertainment awards | 54 |
| "30 Minute Meals" host | 32 |
| "30 for 30" channel | 29 |
| "30 for 30" cable channel | 35 |
| "3. The first song I learned how to play on guitar was '___' (albeit in a very punk rock style)" | 114 |
| "3-D" chips | 21 |
| "3 on a Toothbrush" author | 36 |
| "3 O'Clock Blues" hitmaker, 1952 | 46 |
| "3 Men and a Baby" costar | 35 |
| "3 Feet High and Rising" hip hop trio | 47 |
| "3 Feet High and Rising" group ___ Soul | 49 |
| "3 Alarm" candies | 27 |
| "28 Flavors" chain, for short | 39 |
| "28 flavors" chain, familiarly | 40 |
| "28 Days" subject, briefly | 36 |
| "28 Days" subject | 27 |
| "27 Dresses" star | 27 |
| "27 Dresses" or "The Devil Wears Prada" | 59 |