| Best seller about shipwreck survivors | 37 |
| 2012 film for which Ang Lee won Best Director | 45 |
| 2002 Man Booker Prize-winning novel | 35 |
| Long story about pockets of dough? | 34 |
| Bendix early TV show, with "The" | 42 |
| Seasoning specialist's memoir? | 34 |
| Theorized result of comet bombardment | 37 |
| 1993 reworking of a 1944 Hitchcock film | 39 |
| Decision to turn over a new leaf? | 33 |
| "___ pleasant institution . . . " | 43 |
| Small Chinese alternative to Noah's Ark? | 44 |
| Candy item that comes in five basic flavors | 43 |
| 'Threescore and ten' durations | 38 |
| First comes love, then these three | 34 |
| Bench pressed on the witness stand? | 35 |
| "Your love keeps ___ me higher" | 41 |
| Musclemen that go up and down in London? | 40 |
| Elevates vehicles, as in a garage | 33 |
| Make off with some gym equipment? | 33 |
| Molecules that bind to receptors | 32 |
| Surgical procedure that features binding | 40 |
| Raven-haired heroine of a Poe tale | 34 |
| Tennyson's "Charge of the ___" | 44 |
| Jeanie's hair color, in song | 32 |
| It usually starts "How many ...?" | 43 |
| Steak Diane or Bananas Foster, served at noon? | 46 |
| ''Don't be so serious!'' | 44 |
| ''Don't act so serious!'' | 45 |
| Items no longer banned on planes by the TSA | 43 |
| "On the ___ toe": Milton | 34 |
| ___ Harry Lee (Robert E. Lee's father) | 42 |
| " . . . now it's already Tennessee" | 49 |
| Part of a photographer's equipment | 38 |
| Request before smoking a potato? | 32 |
| What the dancing electrician was? | 33 |
| "The Vagabond King," e.g. | 35 |
| Gilbert and Sullivan's specialty | 36 |
| "Storage Wars" directive? | 35 |
| Velocity that's impossible to attain | 40 |
| Puts a smile on everyone's face | 35 |
| Illuminates a Halloween display? | 32 |
| Electrical equipment market report? | 35 |
| Device for viewing transparencies | 33 |
| Clue for the four longest answers in this puzzle | 48 |
| What many hands make, reportedly | 32 |
| Watchmaker's unit of thickness | 34 |
| 1986 John Frankenheimer film, in Rome? | 38 |
| ___-M-Aid (candy renamed Fun Dip) | 33 |
| Steve Miller Band: "Fly ___" | 38 |
| Burns phrase re his "Luve" | 36 |
| How to shoot dice in the office pool? | 37 |
| Stooge's question to comedienne | 35 |
| "Ruling a big country is ___": Lao-tzu | 48 |
| Loos's "A Girl ___" | 33 |
| "Whatever floats your boat" | 37 |
| "It's no concern of mine" | 39 |
| "We've already covered this ..." | 46 |
| "I _____ Like That" (60's hit) | 44 |
| Have a crush on, in middle school lingo | 39 |
| "Black ___" (historic 1961 book) | 42 |
| Miranda Lambert "Heart ___" | 37 |
| As close as shower material on a bridal gown? | 45 |
| "Am I doing it right?" | 32 |
| "I'd --- buy the world a coke" | 44 |
| "I'd ___" (executive put-off) | 43 |
| Simile of similarity taking a siesta? | 37 |
| Young, brunette, and talented at acting | 39 |
| In addition to the thing over there? | 36 |
| Smallest member of a famous acting family? | 42 |
| Upset winner at the 1992 Kentucky Derby | 39 |
| Mystery author ___ Jackson Braun | 32 |
| Mystery writer ___ Jackson Braun | 32 |
| Ruskin's "Sesame and ___" | 39 |
| "--- of the Field" (Poitier classic) | 46 |
| Ms. Caron's role and namesakes | 35 |
| Matthew of the "Scooby-Doo" movies | 44 |
| "The Little Foxes" playwright | 39 |
| Swift's land of six-inch people | 35 |
| Fictional island with a small population | 40 |
| He wrote "The Christian Hero": 1735 | 45 |
| "The London Merchant" dramatist | 41 |
| Cap-wearing University of Nebraska mascot | 41 |
| Cheerful and spirited, as a voice | 33 |
| Cheesy classic sitcom character? | 32 |
| Plant that may fade without shade | 33 |
| Low-growing, spring-blooming perennial | 38 |
| Herb having bell-shaped white flowers | 37 |
| Fragrant spring-blooming perennial | 34 |
| Parts of a showy flower's nuclei? | 37 |
| Twins player in "Big Business" | 40 |
| Telephone operator Ernestine creator | 36 |
| Another "Laugh-In" alum | 33 |
| "The Bourne Identity" director Doug | 45 |
| Capital originally called the City of the Kings | 47 |
| Person with a weird butter bean fetish? | 39 |
| It's dropped for a trip, to a pilot | 39 |
| Result of combining OxyContin and Viagra? | 41 |
| Successful cliff scaler, usually? | 33 |
| One trying to shake a leg, for instance? | 40 |
| Dairy product with a strong odor | 32 |