| ___ T. Firefly, Groucho's role in "Duck Soup" | 59 |
| Brosnan's costar in "The Thomas Crown Affair" | 59 |
| It begins "In the days when the judges ruled ..." | 59 |
| Institutions that elected officials shouldn't criticize | 59 |
| One-named Nigerian singer of "The Sweetest Taboo" | 59 |
| Beatles title woman who "made a fool of everyone" | 59 |
| It appears several times in this puzzle, so fill'er up! | 59 |
| His last words were "Try them and you may, I say" | 59 |
| "500" index that hints at this puzzle's theme | 59 |
| Clement Moore's ''right jolly old elf'' | 59 |
| Portuguese-speaking equatorial island off the African coast | 59 |
| Greek lyricist called the greatest female poet of antiquity | 59 |
| "Two Mules for Sister ___" (Clint Eastwood movie) | 59 |
| Obama whose Secret Service code name is "Rosebud" | 59 |
| First Negro Leaguer inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame | 59 |
| "Li'l Abner" and "Doonesbury," e.g. | 59 |
| The Jigsaw Killer's biggest box office success, to date | 59 |
| "Hey, I've been wanting to bring this up ..." | 59 |
| "Survey ___...." ("Family Feud" phrase) | 59 |
| Word with ''he'' or ''she'' | 59 |
| "Survey ___ ..." ("Family Feud" phrase) | 59 |
| Fast-food chain whose logo features a modified Italian flag | 59 |
| Bahamas' ___ Islands (group that includes Castaway Cay) | 59 |
| Film that garnered Jack Nicholson his 12th Oscar nomination | 59 |
| People who do stand-up about an aging Australian rock band? | 59 |
| ... scrambled to produce poets laureate work about the web? | 59 |
| "Dude," as in "I know this one dude..." | 59 |
| "Ain't Got ___ to My Name" (Bing Crosby song) | 59 |
| Part 1 of a quip by the writer named in the circled letters | 59 |
| "It's ___" ("There's no doubt") | 59 |
| "Is that _____?" ("You don't say!") | 59 |
| 1932 film with Gary Cooper, Helen Hayes, and Adolphe Menjou | 59 |
| "And if you don't care a feather or __ . . ." | 59 |
| Powerful Ottoman ancestor of a certain republican governor? | 59 |
| " . . . just tickle her with ___ . . . ": Jerrold | 59 |
| N.F.L. Hall-of-Famer elected to the Minnesota Supreme Court | 59 |
| He said: "A little learning is a dangerous thing" | 59 |
| Scientist who famously challenged the Aristotelian universe | 59 |
| Youngest daughter in the comic strip "Stone Soup" | 59 |
| "None of the leading sales people came in today"? | 59 |
| Like a real-estate deal that doesn't involve a mortgage | 59 |
| "Journey over all the universe in ___": Cervantes | 59 |
| "Spahn and Sain ___" (Braves' slogan in 1948) | 59 |
| Who said "Sex is the biggest nothing of all time" | 59 |
| Result of finally finishing a frustrating division problem? | 59 |
| Best Actress nominee for "Catch Me if You Kenya"? | 59 |
| Filmmaking process that's now mostly done on a computer | 59 |
| "Lesser" or "Greater" Caribbean islands | 59 |
| A Cole Porter classic — as sung by a famous swinger? | 59 |
| Gavin DeGraw "I don't want to be ___ than me" | 59 |
| " . . . ___ as great/As when a giant dies": Shak. | 59 |
| ''. . . ___ and I don't even know it!'' | 59 |
| ''To ___ nothing can be useless'' (Johnson) | 59 |
| Group whose smallest and southernmost member is the Comoros | 59 |
| Twenty-four states celebrate it on the last Friday in April | 59 |
| Egyptian dry measure equal to about five-and-a-half bushels | 59 |
| "Whoever you ___ love you" (Burt Bacharach lyric) | 59 |
| Former prime minister nicknamed "The Lion of God" | 59 |
| "The Big ___" (nickname for Shaquille O'Neal) | 59 |
| 2005 "pornification" of a 1998 summer blockbuster | 59 |
| "Knight Without ---" (1937 Marlene Dietrich film) | 59 |
| " . . . and be thou like to ___": Song of Solomon | 59 |
| Show about a guy who spins those giant signs on the street? | 59 |
| Controversial part of the Covenant of the League of Nations | 59 |
| Host of "Fascist New Year's Rockin' Eve"? | 59 |
| "A ship is always referred to ___ . . . ": Nimitz | 59 |
| Site of the 1973 Riggs/King "Battle of the Sexes" | 59 |
| "There's my wife; look well ___": Spring-Rice | 59 |
| Stevie Wonder "Don't You Worry 'Bout ___" | 59 |
| "That's not ___!" (parent's admonishment) | 59 |
| Nickname of Howard Stern's producer Gary Dell'Abate | 59 |
| Tree that's home to Rafiki in "The Lion King" | 59 |
| Landscaping employee who arranges the one-wheeled vehicles? | 59 |
| Ron Burgundy's dog, named after fictional anchorman Ted | 59 |
| "Oats, peas, ___ grow," start of a nursery jingle | 59 |
| Epithet for the mouse in Burns's "To a Mouse" | 59 |
| Colorful bird with a long downturned bill and pointed wings | 59 |
| Lively dance performed as a six-pack is being laid to rest? | 59 |
| Pub souvenir inscribed with "You've Got Ale!" | 59 |
| Drinking game involving cups and a table tennis ball (1972) | 59 |
| Song standard from Broadway's "Jubilee," 1935 | 59 |
| Reality show featuring Whitney Houston and her then-husband | 59 |
| "In the day of prosperity ___ . . . ": Eccl. 7:14 | 59 |
| Research group associated with many Nobel Prizes in Physics | 59 |
| "Overruled!" and "Order in the court!"? | 59 |
| 1818 Lord Byron poem subtitled "A Venetian Story" | 59 |
| "Tattletales" and "Super Password" host | 59 |
| Dept. of the Interior org. that employs forest firefighters | 59 |
| Notable switcher from Democrat to Republican to Independent | 59 |
| William Jefferson ___ IV (Bill Clinton's name at birth) | 59 |
| Salon chain that offers scarves along with hair extensions? | 59 |
| Former Ohio congressman released from prison in August 2008 | 59 |
| Rimsky-Korsakov helped complete his "Prince Igor" | 59 |
| "Why am I always the base of the human pyramid!"? | 59 |
| Football headgear that looks as if it's made of ribbon? | 59 |
| Special CD release ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | 59 |
| Lose one's temper while watching "127 Hours"? | 59 |
| Basketball Hall of Fame coach known as "Big Bear" | 59 |
| Huxley's novel about a wildebeest playing in the dryer? | 59 |
| Term for modern portmanteau words that describe male things | 59 |