| Singer Lee whose 2011 album "Mission Bell" is the worst-selling #1 album ever | 87 |
| Tony winner between "A Chorus Line" and "Ain't Misbehavin'" | 87 |
| "The Simpsons" character who debuted in "The Telltale Head" episode | 87 |
| "Simpsons" character who debuted in the episode "The Telltale Head" | 87 |
| It "enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time": Merton | 87 |
| "Without ___, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable": Shaw | 87 |
| Lucy ___, title character in Sir Walter Scott's "The Bride of Lammermoor" | 87 |
| Rand referenced by Rand Paul-supporting PAC "Stand With Rand," or so they say | 87 |
| "Saturday Night Live" character who introduced herself with "Hewwo" | 87 |
| ___ to school . . . or a hint to the puzzle theme suggested by the ends of five answers | 87 |
| Literary reply to "What reason have you to be morose? You're rich enough" | 87 |
| Row of black squares preceding or following six puzzle answers, thereby completing them | 87 |
| Salary that the average crossword constructor makes annually, give or take, mostly take | 87 |
| He was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame the same year as Billie Jean | 87 |
| "I Saw Her Standing There," vis-Ã -vis "I Want to Hold Your Hand" | 87 |
| "The Color Purple" character who refers to her husband as "Mr. ___" | 87 |
| Isolated prison area (represented by this 4x4 corner) from which the solver must escape | 87 |
| Singer who said, "Men should be like Kleenex—soft, strong and disposable" | 87 |
| Sonnet that starts "My love is strengthen'd, though more weak in seeming" | 87 |
| "He phones the pizzeria and tells them he wants full cheese and mushroom ___" | 87 |
| "The stuff that belongs to the person you just broke up with" (George Carlin) | 87 |
| Actor with the memoir "Things I've Said, But Probably Shouldn't Have" | 87 |
| He called wedlock "The most loathsome of all the bonds humankind has devised" | 87 |
| "In order to know virtue, we must first acquaint ourselves with vice" speaker | 87 |
| Like St. Nick's "little mouth," in "The Night Before Christmas" | 87 |
| Lady who "had class with a capital 'K,'" per a 1932 Ethel Merman tune | 87 |
| Song parody with the lyric "You haven't even touched your tuna casserole" | 87 |
| Mayor who appeared as himself in "Sex and the City" and "Spin City" | 87 |
| Util. bill usually paid monthly, or in my case, when it's threatened to be shut off | 87 |
| The "her" in Broadway's "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" | 87 |
| Philips who said "I've learned about women the hard way - through books." | 87 |
| It was once voted "America's Most Innovative Company" by Fortune magazine | 87 |
| He sings "Rubber Duckie, you're the one / You make bath time lots of fun" | 87 |
| Leave that asshole zookeeper behind forever, provided you can find a way into the sewer | 87 |
| "As if you could kill time without injuring ___": Thoreau, "Walden" | 87 |
| "Le Foyer des artistes - La Difficulté d'___" (Jean Cocteau criticism) | 87 |
| "___ Final Broadcast" (Broadway song sung by Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin) | 87 |
| Word with ''when,'' ''what'' or ''who'' | 87 |
| Item missing in this puzzle's theme that's absent as well in the fill and clues | 87 |
| Debra Messing character, whose name goes "around" four answers in this puzzle | 87 |
| ___ Torrence, American sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics | 87 |
| Sci-fi villain with the line "Just what do you think you're doing, Dave?" | 87 |
| Job, figuratively, and what's inside each of this puzzle's four longest entries | 87 |
| State where Don Ho was born (or was he? let's see the REAL birth certificate, Don!) | 87 |
| Group dance song with the repeated lyric "that's what it's all about" | 87 |
| Moorish ___ (kind of fish that Willem Dafoe's Gill is, in "Finding Nemo") | 87 |
| "___ the need ... the need for speed" (Classic line from "Top Gun") | 87 |
| Old bandleader with the catch phrase "That's right–you're wrong!" | 87 |
| Show with episodes "Pettycoat Injunction" and "His Suit is Hirsute" | 87 |
| Cyclist Armstrong, or what completes the ensemble found in the four long across answers | 87 |
| "Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful" espouser | 87 |
| Final (and a word that can precede the first word of this puzzle's longest answers) | 87 |
| ___ Soundsystem (subject of the 2012 documentary "Shut Up and Play the Hits") | 87 |
| Actress Seydoux of the 2013 Palme d'Or winner "Blue Is the Warmest Color" | 87 |
| Sci-fi character who asks "Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?" | 87 |
| "___ Substitute" ("Simpsons" episode guest-starring Dustin Hoffman) | 87 |
| Nirvana song beginning "I'm so happy 'cause today I found my friends" | 87 |
| Off one's rocker, and a hint to what the four longest puzzle answers have in common | 87 |
| "It's better than your drawings of naked ___" (Retort by Elaine to Jerry) | 87 |
| Hit song with the line "When she squeezed me tight she nearly broke my spine" | 87 |
| "___ Po Po: A Red-Riding Hood Story From China" (1990 Caldecott Medal winner) | 87 |
| Susan who filled in for vacationing Bernadette Peters in "Annie Get Your Gun" | 87 |
| Star of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and "The Best Years of Our Lives" | 87 |
| Exam with a Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills section beginning in 2015, for short | 87 |
| On-again off-again fast food sandwich that has been on two "retirement tours" | 87 |
| Interview show since 1947 ... and what this puzzle's starred answers do in two ways | 87 |
| Sweet talk that may be subjected to a "don't ask, don't tell" policy? | 87 |
| Henry Ford: "People can have the ___ in any color, as long as it's black" | 87 |
| Kansas City ___, Negro Leagues team with Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson and Ernie Banks | 87 |
| Depilatory brand with a controversial "Pretty" line marketed to preteen girls | 87 |
| Actress in "Dracula's Daughter" and "The Invisible Man Returns" | 87 |
| "The Confessions of ___ Turner" (book that won the 1968 Pulitzer for Fiction) | 87 |
| Team whose stadium was built by seizing private property in Brooklyn via eminent domain | 87 |
| Singer with the 2012 hit "Let Me Love You (Until You Learn to Love Yourself)" | 87 |
| Inventor and electricity pioneer (the coil named for him is twisted up in four answers) | 87 |
| ''... ___ won't be afraid'' (''Stand by Me'' lyric) | 87 |
| Classic song with the lyric "Hear your lonesome, lovesick sweetheart calling" | 87 |
| Band that sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" a cappella at the 2000 World Series | 87 |
| Football target, in a lot of "America's Funniest Home Videos" submissions | 87 |
| Atlanta arena that hosted the 1988 Democratic National Convention, with "the" | 87 |
| "How ___ Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life" (plagiarized 2006 novel) | 87 |
| "Which, like dumb mouths, do ___ their ruby lips" ("Julius Caesar") | 87 |
| "What's ___, Doc?" (cartoon with the line "Kill the wabbit...") | 87 |
| "Virent ___! Viret Perna!!" (Latin version of "Green Eggs and Ham") | 87 |
| Actor whose character said "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer" | 87 |
| Word with ''doll,'' ''clip'' or ''bag'' | 87 |
| First celebrity to use his likeness on a video game (albeit his was a primitive square) | 87 |
| Location of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | 87 |
| "No beast so fierce but knows some touch of __": "King Richard III" | 87 |
| Britpop band with the 1998 compilation "Freshly Squeezed ... The Early Years" | 87 |
| Word with ''aside,'' ''down'' or ''on'' | 87 |
| "Vegas ___ Rods" (Discovery Channel show featuring souped-up cars and trucks) | 87 |
| He said "I never think I have finished a nude until I think I could pinch it" | 87 |
| 1984 film in which the main character works for the Helping Hand Acceptance Corporation | 87 |
| Miniseries whose final episode was the third-most-watched scripted show in U.S. history | 87 |
| Phone call telling you to pay the IRS immediately or you'll be thrown in jail, e.g. | 87 |
| Author of the best-selling investment book "You're Fifty — Now What?" | 87 |
| "...but __ without a cat!" ("Alice's Adventures in Wonderland") | 87 |
| Lincoln's description of pre-Civil War America ... or a hint to the circled letters | 87 |
| Duane who was #2 on Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" | 87 |