| First family when D.C.'s earliest cherry trees were planted | 63 |
| First explorer to sail directly from Europe to India | 52 |
| First entry in ''Who's Who in the Bible'' | 61 |
| First country you'd come to if you sail west from Mumbai | 60 |
| First country singer to win the Best New Artist Grammy | 54 |
| First company to stream an entire album on the Internet | 55 |
| First company to broadcast from the Empire State Building | 57 |
| First commercial U.S. radio station, located in Pittsburgh | 58 |
| First college frat to charter a chapter in all 50 states | 56 |
| First circle of hell in Dante's "Inferno" | 55 |
| First character to say "May the Force be with you" | 60 |
| First carrier to offer regular in-flight movies, 1961 | 53 |
| First carrier to offer commercial transpolar flights | 52 |
| First cable series to win an Emmy for Outstanding Drama | 55 |
| First Brazilian athlete to be on the cover of Time magainze | 59 |
| First book in Christopher Paolini's "Inheritance Cycle" | 69 |
| First battery brand to feature an indefatigable pink bunny in its ads | 69 |
| First baseman Palmeiro who was suspended for using steroids | 59 |
| First baseball player involved in an instant replay decision | 60 |
| First ballplayer to hit 50 home runs before the end of August | 61 |
| First athlete to appear on the cover of Time magazine | 53 |
| First Asian country to rule in favor of same-sex marriage | 57 |
| First Arab country to have sanctions imposed on it by the Arab League | 69 |
| First American magazine to excerpt "Moby-Dick" | 56 |
| First American baseball stadium with a retractable roof | 55 |
| First airline with commercial transpacific passenger flights | 60 |
| First African-American to win a Gold Glove in both leagues | 58 |
| First African-American selected for a U.S. Davis Cup team | 57 |
| First African-American Republican National Committee chairman | 61 |
| First African-American golfer with 12 P.G.A. Tour wins | 54 |
| First African-American golfer to play in the Masters | 52 |
| First actress to win an Oscar in a foreign-language film | 56 |
| First action sequence of "Saving Private Ryan" | 56 |
| First act of the ballet "Jewels," by George | 53 |
| First Across word in the world's first crossword | 52 |
| First "Mission: Impossible" TV production company | 59 |
| First "America's Funniest Home Videos" host | 57 |
| First #1 Billboard hit by an Australian artist (1972) | 53 |
| Firefall "___ that I've always dreamed of" | 56 |
| Firearm also called a "Chicago typewriter" | 52 |
| Fire engine in a Catherine Kenworthy children's book | 56 |
| Fire a holy singer who specializes in French dancing? | 53 |
| Finnish rock band with a "heartagram" logo | 52 |
| Find out what that weird dude from high school is up to, via Facebook | 69 |
| Find contest's meta-answer by reading ___ of these clues | 60 |
| Financial svcs. giant affiliated with an auto company | 53 |
| Financial services company with an asterisk in its name | 55 |
| Financial services company that sponsors the New York City Marathon | 67 |
| Financial institution of '80s-'90s crisis infamy | 56 |
| Financial institution also called a "thrift" | 54 |
| Financial guru who wrote "Women & Money" | 54 |
| Financial adviser Edelman with a syndicated radio show | 54 |
| Final track on the Rolling Stones' "12 X 5" | 57 |
| Final straight part of a racetrack (and a hint to the long entries) | 67 |
| Final story in James Joyce's "Dubliners" | 54 |
| Final section of T. S. Eliot's "The Waste Land" | 61 |
| Final score of a close, defensively dominated NFL game, maybe | 61 |
| Final pharaoh of the Fifth Dynasty, whose pyramid is near Cairo | 63 |
| Final movie of Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, with "The" | 67 |
| Final item at the end of a burlesque performance, perhaps | 57 |
| Final dramatic notes of the "1812 Overture" | 53 |
| Final creation before God rested, according to Genesis | 54 |
| Filter "The best things in life ___ for free" | 55 |
| Filmmaking process that's now mostly done on a computer | 59 |
| Filmmaker who alternates top billing with his brother | 53 |
| Filmmaker Boll who boxed (and defeated) five of his harshest critics | 68 |
| Filmdom's "In the Heat of the Night" city | 55 |
| Film with the tagline "When the hunters become the hunted" | 68 |
| Film with the song "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" | 53 |
| Film with the segment "Pork Is a Nice Sweet Meat" | 59 |
| Film with the Oscar-winning song "Best That You Can Do" | 65 |
| Film with the Oscar-nominated song "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" | 69 |
| Film with the line, "I've been slimed" | 52 |
| Film with the line "You're gonna need a bigger boat." | 67 |
| Film with the closing line "Well, nobody's perfect" | 65 |
| Film with Newman as pool shark, with "The" | 52 |
| Film whose tagline ends "Nothing can stop it!" | 56 |
| Film whose sequel was subtitled "On the Rocks" | 56 |
| Film title words with "The King" or "The Egg" | 65 |
| Film title words with "Clear River" (1988) | 52 |
| Film title that's apropos to this puzzle's theme | 56 |
| Film title character whose mother dies three minutes into the film | 66 |
| Film the rehearsals on "Dancing With the Stars" | 57 |
| Film that Peter Sellers' pet watches? (with "The") | 64 |
| Film that lost the Best Picture Oscar to "Chariots of Fire" | 69 |
| Film that introduced ''I Only Have Eyes for You'' | 65 |
| Film that includes the line "I made a cow!" | 53 |
| Film that got Sissy Spacek her first Oscar nomination | 53 |
| Film that garnered Warren Beatty his Best Director Oscar | 56 |
| Film that garnered Jack Nicholson his 12th Oscar nomination | 59 |
| Film that earned Sissy Spacek her first Oscar nomination | 56 |
| Film technique used in the first "King Kong" movie | 60 |
| Film taglined "The Story That Won't Go Away" | 58 |
| Film studio behind "Toy Story" and "Up" | 59 |
| Film starring Liz and Dick that rubs people the wrong way? | 58 |
| Film star Arquette does a household chore in Maryland? | 54 |
| Film role played by both Vincent Price and Bill Cosby | 53 |
| Film producer credited with discovering Sophia Loren | 52 |
| Film on which Broadway's "Carnival" was based | 59 |
| Film lead character featured in a Disney World attraction | 57 |