| " . . . ___ and four . . . " | 38 |
| Person who puts one and two together? | 37 |
| Countdown finale and this puzzle's theme | 44 |
| How long the N.C.A.A. basketball tournament lasts | 49 |
| Like typical law school programs | 32 |
| Separate the wheat from the chaff | 33 |
| Separate grains from wheat, e.g. | 32 |
| U2 "I ___ a Brick Through a Window" | 45 |
| Dylan "I ___ It All Away" | 35 |
| Became destructive in a crafts class? | 37 |
| "___ the brinded cat hath mewed": Shak. | 49 |
| "___ is he arm'd . . . ": Shak. | 45 |
| Prudent with one's resources | 32 |
| "___ in Manila" (Ali/Frazier bout) | 44 |
| Start of a big 1975 sports event? | 33 |
| Ali fight, "the ___ in Manila" | 40 |
| ___ in Manila (Ali/Frazier fight) | 33 |
| One of the biggest fights in boxing history | 43 |
| The best-selling album of all time | 34 |
| Oft-mimicked Michael Jackson video | 34 |
| Michael Jackson's best-selling album | 40 |
| 1983 music video with narration by Vincent Price | 48 |
| Games that go into overtime, say | 32 |
| Put the star of "Ecstasy" in ecstasy? | 47 |
| U2 "Hold Me, ___, Kiss Me, Kill Me" | 45 |
| "The ___ All," 1963 Jewison film | 42 |
| Its most exciting feature may be a hill | 39 |
| Moniker taken upon becoming king or queen | 41 |
| "Comin' ___ the Rye" | 34 |
| ''Comin' ___ the Rye'' | 42 |
| "Comin' ___the Rye" | 33 |
| "Comin' __ the Rye" | 33 |
| "Comin' --- the Rye" | 34 |
| "Gave proof ___ the night . . . " | 43 |
| "Comin'___the rye" | 32 |
| "Comin' _____ the Rye" | 36 |
| "Comin' ____ the Rye" | 35 |
| It may be cleared before a speech | 33 |
| It's cleared for a debriefing | 33 |
| Items in a singer's survival kit | 36 |
| Distinctive parts of some hummingbirds | 38 |
| At each other's -- (fighting) | 33 |
| Hurt, as a thumb hit by a hammer | 32 |
| Seat given up by a lover in 1936 | 32 |
| It's definitely a reserved seat | 35 |
| 1957 filmic interpretation of “Macbeth” | 47 |
| 1957 film based on "Macbeth" | 38 |
| Start of a hyprocrite's story | 33 |
| FRANCIS BACON: "Ships which pass _____" | 49 |
| Stone's ___ (short distance) | 32 |
| Quarter's worth at a carnival, maybe | 40 |
| Ask a tough question like a major leaguer | 41 |
| Do something great on the gridiron | 34 |
| Participate in a strongman competition? | 39 |
| Demand during a roadside negotiation? | 37 |
| The unemployed bricklayer promised not to... | 44 |
| Mason's discouraging advice? | 32 |
| "I traded for a pitcher, and I was..." | 48 |
| What the king searched for after a hurricane? | 45 |
| Decorative accessory in a living room | 37 |
| Uses the ocean for a garbage can | 32 |
| Loses what was originally put down? | 35 |
| Perform a quarterback's function | 36 |
| ''No ___ traffic'' | 34 |
| "Help Me Make It ___ the Night" | 41 |
| Unlike a dead-end street, on signs | 34 |
| "No ___ traffic" (street sign) | 40 |
| Word shortening on a traffic sign | 33 |
| In one end and out the other, for short | 39 |
| In one end and out the other, briefly | 37 |
| Drive-___[SEE NOTE ABOVE ABOUT HOW TO SOLVE] | 44 |
| Drive-___ (fast-food franchise feature) | 39 |
| Drive-___ (fast food convenience) | 33 |
| Dolly Parton's "Travelin' ___" | 48 |
| By way of, in simplified spelling | 33 |
| Barrie's "A Window in ___" | 40 |
| When songbirds regularly appear? | 32 |
| Rocket engineer's calculation | 33 |
| Motto behind almost every porn film ever made? | 46 |
| Words before administering a needle, perhaps | 44 |
| "There! She's the one!" | 37 |
| Laughing comment when something's all over? | 47 |
| There's a holy one every yr. | 32 |
| What the 1970s started on: Abbr. | 32 |
| Opening day of the Masters: Abbr. | 33 |
| Opening day of a PGA event, usually | 35 |
| Night when "CSI" airs: Abbr. | 38 |
| Night to watch "The Office": Abbr. | 44 |
| Night that "Friends" aired: Abbr. | 43 |
| NBC's usual "Must See TV" night | 45 |
| Day when Corpus Christi is celebrated: abbr. | 44 |
| Day the Last Supper took place: Abbr. | 37 |
| Day of the wk. the NFL season starts | 36 |
| Day of the wk. "Ulysses" takes place | 46 |
| Day before a "TGIF!" cry | 34 |
| Day after so-called "hump day": Abbr. | 47 |
| Day "The Waltons" was on TV | 37 |
| Day "Grey's Anatomy" airs: Abbr. | 46 |
| Day "Cheers" was on: Abbr. | 36 |
| "Parks & Rec" night: Abbr. | 40 |