| Ordinary ... or what the beginning of the answer to each starred clue is? | 73 |
| Spanish architect celebrated by the Alan Parsons Project's last album | 73 |
| The "she" in the lyric "And when she passes, I smile" | 73 |
| Strip that accompanied Sunday "Dixie Dugan" comics in the 1930s | 73 |
| "Tarnsman of ___" (sci-fi book that launched an ongoing series) | 73 |
| Drama about an anonymous soldier who blogs about juicy military scandals? | 73 |
| Nickname for Nantucket, because of its frequent fog, with "the" | 73 |
| Agreement reached in Philadelphia on June 29, 1787 (with "The") | 73 |
| Connecticut town nicknamed "The Submarine Capital of the World" | 73 |
| Character in Chesterton's "What's Wrong With the World" | 73 |
| Provider of an old silk hat, e.g. (as depicted at the top of this puzzle) | 73 |
| Oz creator's cry when he first realized what family he was born into? | 73 |
| "The Simpsons" villain who changes during October and November? | 73 |
| Cute animal fawned over by murderers, whoremongers, idolaters, and liars? | 73 |
| Start of an Einstein quote that holds true when solving clever crosswords | 73 |
| 1992 chart-topper that mentions "my little turn on the catwalk" | 73 |
| Critic's complaint about the new restaurant "Double Fault"? | 73 |
| Weather comment represented visually by this puzzle's circled letters | 73 |
| Solver's dilemma when faced with the clue "Telecom letters" | 73 |
| Oregon State running back who was the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year | 73 |
| Longtime New York chef and writer who hosted the first food program on TV | 73 |
| Subject of Ruth Montgomery's biography "A Gift of Prophecy" | 73 |
| A U.S. president who was also an architect, musician and inventor was ... | 73 |
| Film in which a stampede of African animals destroys a New Hampshire home | 73 |
| Carol sung by Ginger and Mary Ann from "Gilligan's Island"? | 73 |
| Costar of Andy Samberg in a popular "Saturday Night Live" video | 73 |
| Nancy Reagan's antidrug slogan, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 73 |
| "Who is ___ Söze?" ("The Usual Suspects" question) | 73 |
| Brand whose logo has a man in a hard hat dangling from one of its letters | 73 |
| How school dress code rules might be enforced the day before summer break | 73 |
| 2003 film with the tagline "Everything sounds sexier in French" | 73 |
| "Sweet __": Oscar-winning song from "Waikiki Wedding" | 73 |
| It's easy to do if you brought a headset, hard if your batteries died | 73 |
| 1976 Neil Young-Stephen Stills single, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle | 73 |
| John Travolta film reject about "The Lord of the Rings" author? | 73 |
| Duke ___ (Humphrey Bogart's role in "The Petrified Forest") | 73 |
| "Peanuts" character who calls Charlie Brown "Charles" | 73 |
| Annual wetlands tournament involving cattails and water lilies, casually? | 73 |
| Live video of the 2008 presidential runner-up going about his daily life? | 73 |
| Writer John who won a Pulitzer for "Annals of the Former World" | 73 |
| Writer whose novella "Carmen" is the basis of Bizet's opera | 73 |
| Parthenon architectural feature (and an anagram of "Poet? Me?") | 73 |
| 2003 Jeffrey Eugenides Pulitzer Prize-winning novel about a hermaphrodite | 73 |
| Ancient deity mentioned 39 times in Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" | 73 |
| Either of Heather's parents, according to a children's book title | 73 |
| 2003 film starring Julia Roberts as an art professor at Wellesley College | 73 |
| New wave #1 hit with the repeated line "That ain't working" | 73 |
| Jazz standard that begins "You ain't been blue; no, no, no" | 73 |
| 1996 film in which author Kurt Vonnegut Jr. plays a sad man on the street | 73 |
| Rock group whose name is an appropriate alternative title for this puzzle | 73 |
| 1971 hit with the lyric "He danced for those at minstrel shows" | 73 |
| eHarmony employee's credo? (Elvis Costello / Toots & the Maytals) | 73 |
| Parody song with the lyric "I always eat too much and throw up" | 73 |
| "Famous" company that sponsors an annual hot dog eating contest | 73 |
| Louis ___ (trial lawyer and author of "My Life in Court," 1962) | 73 |
| Complaint to the chiropractor from "American Idol" singer Clay? | 73 |
| It may be given to a turkey before roasting, or a person during a massage | 73 |
| Where this grid's starred answers' ends have particular relevance | 73 |
| "People say she's crazy, she got diamonds ___ of her shoes" | 73 |
| "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times ...," e.g. | 73 |
| Setting in Sherlock Holmes's "The Man with the Twisted Lip" | 73 |
| Sir William who wrote "The Principles and Practice of Medicine" | 73 |
| Morrissey video compilation that translates to "Listen, Steven" | 73 |
| Friend barges in while gent is making amorous overtures; ref declares ... | 73 |
| Union that didn't live long to regret endorsing Ronald Reagan in 1980 | 73 |
| My favorite cheap beer, for short (just sayin', if you're buying) | 73 |
| What the Baseball Hall of Fame is considering lifting a lifetime ban for? | 73 |
| Common chamber music form that includes Beethoven's "Ghost" | 73 |
| Dead giveaway that somebody's been eating cheap fast food hamburgers? | 73 |
| One of Carlin's seven dirty words that's since become commonplace | 73 |
| "If music be the food of love, ___" ("Twelfth Night") | 73 |
| Cartoon character whose debut film was "Golddiggers of '49" | 73 |
| Bodily organ with no definite structure, function, or truth-value at all? | 73 |
| Q: See title A: "Just one, but it has to really WANT to change" | 73 |
| Words with ''pedestal'' or ''happy face'' | 73 |
| What people in relationships need together ... or this puzzle's title | 73 |
| What King Arthur's men would like to have seen more of along the way? | 73 |
| Co-firing technique used to reduce pollution from electrical power plants | 73 |
| Stop at this North Dakota region that was the inspiration for a folk song | 73 |
| Shakespeare character who says "I have set my life upon a cast" | 73 |
| Famously enigmatic signature on Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" | 73 |
| Skating maneuver by "Best Damn Sports Show Period" cohost John? | 73 |
| "Please, please be a love seat or a recliner or something ..."? | 73 |
| Brian whose Orchestra had the 1998 hit "Jump Jive an' Wail" | 73 |
| Elvis's and Mariah's record number of weeks at Billboard's #1 | 73 |
| "___ Bangs" (William Hung's "American Idol" song) | 73 |
| He wrote the words and music for Johnny's "A Boy Named Sue" | 73 |
| LaBeouf of "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" | 73 |
| Something that's pressed, which helps explain this puzzle's theme | 73 |
| REO Speedwagon "It's time to bring this ship in to the ___" | 73 |
| "Love ___ Brought You Home" (Toni Braxton's first solo hit) | 73 |
| "Greatest Voice of the Twentieth Century," according to the BBC | 73 |
| Petty "Their A&R man said 'I don't hear a ___'" | 73 |
| "Sleep that knits up the ravell'd ___ of care": Shakespeare | 73 |
| Toy that "Log" was a parody of, on "Ren & Stimpy" | 73 |
| Someone who only watches Swedish cinema and eats grass-fed beef, probably | 73 |
| "America's #1 Party Girl," per a recent Rolling Stone cover | 73 |
| Words before "a Brain" and "an Animal" in book titles | 73 |
| Signal that had only existed for a few years when the RMS Titanic used it | 73 |
| Alejandro ___, Tony Montana's rival drug lord in "Scarface" | 73 |