| Leachman replaced her on "The Facts of Life" | 54 |
| Christina Ricci's "Black Snake Moan" role | 55 |
| Carly ___ Jepsen, singer with the 2012 album "Kiss" | 61 |
| Actress ___ Dawn Chong of "The Color Purple" | 54 |
| 1982 Emmy nominee for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series | 65 |
| "The Girl of Fire and Thorns" author Carson | 53 |
| "Sheila ___, the Brave" (Kevin Henkes children's book) | 68 |
| "Corinne Bailey ___" (self-titled hit album of 2006) | 62 |
| ''Diff'rent Strokes'' actress Charlotte | 59 |
| ___ Strait, east of Canada's King William Island | 52 |
| Their motto is "Through Adversity to the Stars": Abbr. | 64 |
| Mil. branch whose slogan was "Per Ardua ad Astra" | 59 |
| First baseman Palmeiro who was suspended for using steroids | 59 |
| Title word after "Pineapple" or "Maple Leaf" | 64 |
| Newspaper with hardly the highest journalistic standards | 56 |
| Carly Simon "From __ dolls through brassieres" | 56 |
| Music that influenced the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" | 65 |
| Hindu musician's source material for improvisation | 54 |
| Word with ''road'' or '''roid'' | 67 |
| Repeated verb in “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night” | 64 |
| "The Battle of Los Angeles" ___ Against the Machine | 61 |
| "Killing in the Name" ___ Against the Machine | 55 |
| "Though Hamlet rambles and Lear ___": Yeats | 53 |
| __ Cajun: University of Louisiana at Lafayette athlete | 54 |
| It lost out to "Ordinary People" for Best Picture | 59 |
| Angry yet optimistic investor (starring Robert De Niro) | 55 |
| Brand that used the slogan "That's Italian!" | 58 |
| Brand that comes in "Rich & Meaty" flavors | 56 |
| "Bride & Prejudice" actress Aishwarya ___ | 55 |
| Quantrill's ___ (notorious Civil War bushwhackers) | 54 |
| " . . . I'll ___ and brawl": Petruchio | 52 |
| Sam who did not direct the 2013 reboot of "Evil Dead" | 63 |
| Director of two of the U.S.' 10 top-grossing films | 54 |
| It may be forecast for the start of the second quarter? | 55 |
| "A Little Fall of ___" ("Les Miserables") | 61 |
| What ''it looks like,'' in conversation | 55 |
| "Looks like ___" (amateur meteorologist's assessment) | 67 |
| "Chocolate ___" (2007 YouTube viral video) | 52 |
| '80s animated character assisted by the seven Color Kids | 60 |
| Ella of ''Hail the Conquering Hero'' | 52 |
| Only so-called "Decade Volcano" in the continental U.S. | 65 |
| ___ Wolfcastle (action hero on "The Simpsons") | 56 |
| Like Hawaii's Mount Waialeale, of all places in the U.S. | 60 |
| 1988 film with the line "I'm an excellent driver" | 63 |
| He portrayed the police chief in "Casablanca" | 55 |
| Queensryche "Another ___ Night (Without You)" | 55 |
| Like days when you forget to take an umbrella, all too often? | 61 |
| Nordic skier Smetanina, first woman to win 10 Winter Olympic medals | 67 |
| Rerun's pal on ''What's Happening!!'' | 61 |
| Rerun's buddy on "What's Happening!!" | 55 |
| Mama's boy on "What's Happening!!" | 52 |
| India-born character on "The Big Bang Theory" | 55 |
| Friend of Sheldon and Leonard, on "The Big Bang Theory" | 65 |
| Colonial rule that ended when India and Pakistan were split | 59 |
| Bow-tied horndog contestant on "The Apprentice 2" | 59 |
| "The Big Bang Theory" character from India | 52 |
| ___ Rao, "The Serpent and the Rope" novelist | 54 |
| Symbol of St. Barnabas, whose saint day comes at hay harvesting time | 68 |
| "Wake Up...You're Liberal!" author Ted | 52 |
| Alice's foil in ''The Honeymooners'' | 56 |
| "Me fail English? That's unpossible!" quotee | 58 |
| McCartney "Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey" album | 55 |
| Arthur C. Clarke's "Rendezvous With ___" | 54 |
| "Rendezvous With ___" (Arthur C. Clarke novel) | 56 |
| "Rendezvous With __": Hugo-winning Arthur C. Clarke novel | 67 |
| "___ Lama Ding Dong," 1961 hit for the Edsels | 55 |
| Month during which Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset | 54 |
| 1930 Physics Nobelist Sir Chandrasekhara Venkara ___ | 52 |
| Character in David Morrell novels that were adapted into films | 62 |
| Band member in "Rock 'n' Roll High School" | 60 |
| Any "Rock 'n' Roll High School" band member | 61 |
| "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" band, with "the" | 62 |
| Seminal punk band who took their name from a Paul McCartney pseudonym | 69 |
| Group with the album "Hey Ho Let's Go!" | 53 |
| "Rocket to Russia" group, with "the" | 56 |
| "Bop 'Til You Drop" band, with "the" | 60 |
| "Blitzkrieg Bop" group, with "the" | 54 |
| Fortifications mentioned in "The Star-Spangled Banner" | 64 |
| Fortifications in "The Star-Spangled Banner" | 54 |
| Participated in the last leg of the Ironman Triathlon | 53 |
| Flock of Seagulls: "I ___ so far away ..." | 52 |
| Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of "King Lear" | 56 |
| 1985 Akira Kurosawa film based on "King Lear" | 55 |
| "The young lambs ___ pretty race": Wordsworth | 55 |
| Option for those who are anti-Russian and anti-French? | 54 |
| South African gold discovery site, with "the" | 55 |
| "Amazing" magician famous for debunking unreasonable claims | 69 |
| "That is so ___!" ("Where did that come from?") | 67 |
| Break, briefly ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | 55 |
| First name among the ''American Idol'' judges | 61 |
| Wide receiver who doesn't study plant reproduction | 54 |
| New England Patriot who caught a record 23 touchdown passes in 2007 | 67 |
| Former NFLer with a season record 23 touchdown receptions | 57 |
| Where cowboys once sang "Oh, give me a home" | 54 |
| Team who lost to the Detroit Red Wings by a record 15-0 in 1944 | 63 |
| "Doctor Who" villainess, with "the" | 55 |
| 1996 movie with the tagline "Someone is going to pay" | 63 |
| Raja ___, "The Serpent and the Rope" novelist | 55 |
| Phantom's rival, in "Phantom of the Opera" | 56 |
| Lover of Christine, in "The Phantom of the Opera" | 59 |