| Its cause is what rocket scientist Robert Truax predicted would be found and corrected by 2010 | 94 |
| Spiro who wrote, "If you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all" | 87 |
| For whom Safire wrote the words "nattering nabobs of negativism" | 74 |
| Remembrance word [CONTEST NOTE: My online crossword contest is ONE WEEK AWAY (Sept. 30). First prize, $2,500. For details visit www.alzfdn.org.] | 145 |
| Fourth word in the opening sequence to all six "Star Wars" films | 74 |
| "A Long Time ___" (song from "The Most Happy Fella") | 72 |
| "There is no greater ___ than bearing an untold story inside you": Maya Angelou | 89 |
| Band that won five MTV Video Music Awards for "Take on Me" in 1986 | 76 |
| Literary character whose last words are "Thus, I give up the spear!" | 78 |
| Literary character who says "I'll chase him round Good Hope" | 74 |
| Literary character who says "For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee" | 90 |
| Literary captain who says "I'd strike the sun if it insulted me" | 78 |
| Fictional character who says "I now prophesy that I will dismember my dismemberer" | 92 |
| Fictional character who declares "Sleep? ... I do not sleep, I die" | 77 |
| Character whose last words are "For hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee." | 93 |
| Answer to the old riddle "What lies flat when empty, sits up when full?" | 82 |
| Mariah Carey "You'll finally see the truth. That ___ lies in you" | 79 |
| Tuna that isn't actually a sushi fish, as I recently clued it (sorry) | 73 |
| Philip __, first Asian-American film actor with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star | 77 |
| Helping hand that's been "lent" to the four longest answers | 73 |
| Hill staffer [sign up to get the AVCX celebrity puzzle series--avxwords.com] | 76 |
| "American Idol" runner-up with the album "Measure of a Man" | 79 |
| ___ Wuornos, "Monster" role for which Charlize Theron won an Oscar | 76 |
| "You Will Be My ___ True Love" (song from "Cold Mountain") | 78 |
| "___ Wet" (prankster's rearrangement of a "Wet Paint" sign) | 83 |
| Its name is derived from Provençal words for "garlic" and "oil" | 86 |
| Garlic sauce in Guy Fieri's unfortunate "Tex Wasabi's Fish Tacos" | 83 |
| Song that becomes the musical it's in if you add an "H" to the front | 82 |
| A French military strategist described it in 1918 as "an interesting toy" but "with no military value" | 122 |
| It blows; I just got scolded for using portable electronic devices and they're out of peanuts | 97 |
| 1977 double-platinum album with the hits "Peg" and "Deacon Blues" | 85 |
| Q: "When is a door not a door?" A: "When it's ___" | 74 |
| "Wearing the face that she keeps in ___ by the door" (Beatles lyric) | 78 |
| "Iliad" character with a shield made from seven bulls' hides | 74 |
| Answer to the riddle "The higher it goes, the less you hear it" | 73 |
| Political family that probably shouldn't go to their dad for sex advice | 75 |
| Japanese breed of dog that figured in O.J.'s "Trial of the Century" | 81 |
| ___ grecque (cooked in olive oil, lemon juice, wine, and herbs, and served cold) | 80 |
| Its flag consists of a crimson St. Andrew's cross on a white background: Abbr. | 82 |
| "___-peanut-butter-sandwiches!" (magic words of the Amazing Mumford on "Sesame Street") | 107 |
| "___ peanut-butter sandwiches!" ("Sesame Street" incantation) | 81 |
| "___ peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!" (The Amazing Mumford line on "Sesame Street") | 107 |
| Billing option that favors purchasing individual items rather than packages | 75 |
| ''When I Was ___'' (''H.M.S. Pinafore'' song) | 77 |
| "___ of life, an imp of fame; / Of parents good ...": "Henry V" | 83 |
| Early film version of "The Maltese Falcon," "Satan Met ___" | 79 |
| 1960 historical film written and directed by John Wayne, with "The" | 77 |
| ___ Bowl (annual college football game between the Big Ten and the Big 12) | 74 |
| Colts running back Ameche who scored the winning touchdown in overtime to end "The Greatest Game Ever Played," 12/28/58 | 129 |
| Actor Ruck who played Cameron in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" | 73 |
| How Ms. Morissette was known on "You Can't Do That on Television" | 79 |
| Best Female Rock Vocal Performance Grammy winner between Fiona and Sheryl | 73 |
| "__, I am not coop'd here for defence!": "Henry VI, Part 3" | 83 |
| State celebrating its 50th anniversary in January 2009 (and a hint to the three theme entries) | 94 |
| Old riddle: "What did Delaware?" Answer: "I don't know, but ___" | 88 |
| "What did Delaware?" "I don't know, but ___" (old joke) | 79 |
| "At the gym I usually toss up ___ ball -- it's my specialty -- just before I leave" | 97 |
| Like you after drinking Red Bull, according to commercials, in scientific terms | 79 |
| Actress Jessica wrongly criticized by Bill O'Reilly for saying Sweden was neutral in WWII | 93 |
| Playwright who wrote the collection of essays "Stretching My Mind" | 76 |
| Playwright Edward who said "Creativity is magic ... don't examine it too closely" | 95 |
| He said "If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic" | 82 |
| "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents" penner | 72 |
| Senator portrayer in "The West Wing" and "The Aviator" | 74 |
| He played Stiller's biological father in "Flirting With Disaster" | 79 |
| Emmy nominee for 11 straight years in the 1970s and '80s for lead actor in a comedy series (he won twice) | 109 |
| First Mayflower passenger to set foot on Plymouth Rock, so it's said | 72 |
| Beverage whose homonym describes what you'll do if you drink too much of it | 79 |
| "The stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think," according to Housman | 87 |
| Baseball div. that provided a wild-card 10 out of the 14 years wild-cards existed | 81 |
| Dancer Mazo who led Kelly Monaco to victory on "Dancing With the Stars" | 81 |
| ''Break ___!'' (''Good luck'' on Broadway) | 74 |
| "Ask ___" (current "Jeopardy!" segment during commercials) | 78 |
| "I'll take 'The New York Times Crossword Puzzle' for $200, ___" | 85 |
| Ripley who wrote the "Gone With the Wind" sequel "Scarlett" | 79 |
| TV character who said "I wasn't known on Melmac as the whiz kid for my scholastic ability" | 104 |
| Sitcom star who said "Putting humans in charge of the earth is the cosmic equivalence of letting Eddie Murphy direct" | 127 |
| Title name after the lyric "What's it all about when you sort it out" | 83 |
| One of seven kings of Castile, five kings of Aragón, or two kings of Spain | 77 |
| Four-time Pro Bowl tight end Crumpler whose first name sounds like a microbiology topic | 87 |
| Fanny ___ (purported first wife for Mormonism founder Joseph Smith, Jr.) | 72 |
| "Flowers for __": story from which the film "Charly" was adapted | 84 |
| Webby Award winner who accepted saying "Please don't recount this vote" | 85 |
| He shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | 87 |
| Green spokesman for whom an effect explaining the correlation of cold weather and global warming meetings is sarcastically named | 128 |
| Author of the 2009 book subtitled "A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis" | 80 |
| "While I strongly disagree with the court's decision, I accept it" speaker | 88 |
| Trumpeter and bandleader who was called "The Round Mound of Sound" | 76 |
| Tatyana of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," or a later role for the Fresh Prince himself | 96 |
| Speaker of "I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalized a brick. I'm so mean I make medicine sick!" | 118 |
| She finished third behind Ohno and Fatone on "Dancing With the Stars" | 79 |
| Four-time winner of Ring magazine's Fighter of the Year award in the 1970s | 78 |
| Boxer who told Will Smith "you ain't pretty enough to play me" | 76 |
| Boxer who boasted "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize" | 100 |
| Actor Mahershalalhashbaz ___ of "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" | 79 |
| "When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be humble" speaker | 80 |
| "It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe" speaker | 113 |
| "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize" boaster | 90 |
| "I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on" boaster | 88 |
| "Boxing is a lot of white men watching two black men beat each other up" speaker | 90 |