| "Ladders to Fire" novelist | 36 |
| "Collages" author Anaïs | 36 |
| Trent Reznor's band, on T-shirts | 36 |
| Ship in a historic 15th-century trip | 36 |
| First digit in a California zip code | 36 |
| Three's opposite on a clock face | 36 |
| Number of "ladies dancing" | 36 |
| Count of Dante's circles of Hell | 36 |
| Cat's blessing, so it's said | 36 |
| When "The Apprentice" airs | 36 |
| Number in the NATO phonetic alphabet | 36 |
| "Dwelt a miner, forty-___" | 36 |
| San Francisco footballers, for short | 36 |
| Five-time Super Bowl champs, briefly | 36 |
| "Hey ---" (Steely Dan hit) | 36 |
| "___ Eighty-Four" (Orwell) | 36 |
| One of AFI's 100 Funniest Movies | 36 |
| It's dangerous to do on the road | 36 |
| "The ___," Lustbader novel | 36 |
| Justice Scalia, to the Chief Justice | 36 |
| She was turned into a weeping statue | 36 |
| Mother who was "all tears" | 36 |
| "___/Tuck" (medical drama) | 36 |
| "De mortuis nil ___ bonum" | 36 |
| Annual roundball competition (abbr.) | 36 |
| Compound in fireworks and fertilizer | 36 |
| Chemical found in rocket propellants | 36 |
| "The Untouchables" villain | 36 |
| Tony-winning role for Frank Langella | 36 |
| "Southern strategy" leader | 36 |
| Division that includes the N.Y. Mets | 36 |
| Body established in F.D.R.'s day | 36 |
| Locale of the Sangre de Cristo Mtns. | 36 |
| Abbr. for people with only two names | 36 |
| Where bands from Maine point compass | 36 |
| Point just past 11 on a clock: Abbr. | 36 |
| "...___ thousand times..." | 36 |
| ___ Dove (the constellation Columba) | 36 |
| __ Hill (San Francisco neighborhood) | 36 |
| Judge's decree for a flight risk | 36 |
| Say "yes" without speaking | 36 |
| "I'm not signing that" | 36 |
| ''The deal is off!'' | 36 |
| Brand used by a moonlighter, perhaps | 36 |
| Père ___ (Santa Claus, in France) | 36 |
| "The First" December ditty | 36 |
| "The First" Christmas song | 36 |
| Songs pumped into shopping malls now | 36 |
| They might be heard a thousand times | 36 |
| "I will fear __": Psalm 23 | 36 |
| Sartre play about three damned souls | 36 |
| Jack Sprat's dietary restriction | 36 |
| "Jack Sprat could eat ___" | 36 |
| Like some superbly pitched ballgames | 36 |
| Like an extraordinarily pitched game | 36 |
| Adverb disdained by English teachers | 36 |
| "There's --- in team!" | 36 |
| "There's ___ in team!" | 36 |
| "Hold the rocks," at a bar | 36 |
| "Haven't the foggiest" | 36 |
| "I haven't got a clue" | 36 |
| Roulette wheel color, in Monte Carlo | 36 |
| "The Maltese Falcon" genre | 36 |
| Guy ___ (Garrison Keillor character) | 36 |
| "The Big Sleep" film genre | 36 |
| "Farewell My Lovely" genre | 36 |
| It's often made to get attention | 36 |
| "Make a joyful ___ . . . " | 36 |
| "It's crazy but true!" | 36 |
| Finland-based communications company | 36 |
| Lon ___ (Cambodian political leader) | 36 |
| Man without a country, in literature | 36 |
| "The Dark Knight" director | 36 |
| Coach Chuck who won four Super Bowls | 36 |
| "I didn't care anyway" | 36 |
| Nick of "Mulholland Falls" | 36 |
| "The Prince of Tides" star | 36 |
| Nick of "Cape Fear" (1991) | 36 |
| Actor Nick with an infamous mug shot | 36 |
| Actor Nick of "Affliction" | 36 |
| "Affliction" Oscar nominee | 36 |
| ''Cannery Row'' star | 36 |
| What you're called at Notre Dame | 36 |
| One for whom all roads lead to roam? | 36 |
| Donne's equivalent for an island | 36 |
| "___ is an island": 2 wds. | 36 |
| Alaskan city where the Iditarod ends | 36 |
| Words with "Mr. Nice Guy!" | 36 |
| N. Coward's "Sigh ___" | 36 |
| Muddy Waters "Trouble ___" | 36 |
| "Weep ___, my lady . . . " | 36 |
| "___ but the brave . . . " | 36 |
| Portion for Mother Hubbard's dog | 36 |
| Number of trades Jack is a master of | 36 |
| "___ but the Lonely Heart" | 36 |
| "And Then There Were ____" | 36 |
| 'And so the poor dog had --' | 36 |
| "Thanks, but I'm O.K." | 36 |
| Minor occurrence that had major hype | 36 |
| "Haven't heard a word" | 36 |