| Actress Mildred of "Death of a Salesman" (1951) | 57 |
| Entertainer with the gag reply "What elephant?" | 57 |
| "Everybody wants to get into the act!" comedian | 57 |
| Red Sox rookie in 2006, surprisingly super addition (6,7) | 57 |
| " . . . lend me your ___ come to . . . ": Shak. | 57 |
| London setting for "The Picture of Dorian Gray" | 57 |
| Indian yogurt/cucumber dish that even a child could make? | 57 |
| Film about a romantic dentist's daily routine? (2010) | 57 |
| She won a Tony as Daisy Mae in "Li'l Abner" | 57 |
| 1919 Pulitzer-winning autobiography, with "The" | 57 |
| The 17th Earl of Oxford and a prolific patron of the arts | 57 |
| Ramirez who played Pedro in "Napoleon Dynamite" | 57 |
| "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice" co-star | 57 |
| Jed's daughter on "The Beverly Hillbillies" | 57 |
| Film about a guy who was a firm believer in food storage? | 57 |
| Thoroughfare past Mark Twain's New York burial place? | 57 |
| She played Gwen Stacy in 'The Amazing Spider-Man' | 57 |
| REM: "It's The ___ the World as We Know It" | 57 |
| "I would I had any drum of the __": Shakespeare | 57 |
| Author of a 1952 novel published in full in Life magazine | 57 |
| Thing that's often marked down at a department store? | 57 |
| 1981 film in which Manhattan is a maximum-security prison | 57 |
| New York proto-hip-hop group that wrote "Moody" | 57 |
| Where "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" first appeared | 57 |
| "Something's Got a Hold on Me" singer, 1962 | 57 |
| 1954 Emmy winner for Best Female Star of a Regular Series | 57 |
| Principal McGee portrayer in the "Grease" films | 57 |
| Black hole's boundary / Despite the fact that [split] | 57 |
| Confucius say "Man who run behind car gets ___" | 57 |
| Trick shot that knocks the balls off a French pool table? | 57 |
| Terse account of what happened at the Raptor Petting Zoo? | 57 |
| Like the German "die" and French "la" | 57 |
| "Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story" star Sherilyn | 57 |
| Suitor from Shakespeare's "Merry Wives ..." | 57 |
| "It runs! It retrieves! It brings back!" device | 57 |
| Opera that includes the "Prisoners' Chorus" | 57 |
| "Double Indemnity" or "The Big Sleep" | 57 |
| December 21, and the occasion for this puzzle's theme | 57 |
| Organized person's motto (it's the puzzle theme!) | 57 |
| Seaside town that's home to Leonardo Da Vinci Airport | 57 |
| " . . . rally round the ___ . . . ": G. F. Root | 57 |
| Virtually assembled group that performs confusing actions | 57 |
| Writing assignment that, through complete luck, got an A? | 57 |
| Ceramic canine seen outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre | 57 |
| Ontario town, or a Taurus between a Mustang and a Cougar? | 57 |
| Winter hat sold at the U.S. Bullion Depository gift shop? | 57 |
| High-jump style named for 1968 Olympic gold medalist Dick | 57 |
| Limited furnace work that sounds like major furnace work? | 57 |
| 60's singer who "walks like a man"-servant? | 57 |
| ''Before the Next Teardrop Falls'' singer | 57 |
| Penultimate stop on Amtrak's Downeaster out of Boston | 57 |
| Complimentary road service in Sierra Leone's capital? | 57 |
| "Monday Night Football" scene at Texas Stadium? | 57 |
| Race car driver and famous cousin hesitate in reverse (8) | 57 |
| Tom ___ and Max Pross (Emmy Award-winning comedy writers) | 57 |
| Non-fiction Talese book that might cost an arm and a leg? | 57 |
| "Sonic the Hedgehog" and "Golden Axe" | 57 |
| Founding father after whom a Virginia university is named | 57 |
| ___ Carver, botanist who discovered many uses for peanuts | 57 |
| Providing a racy sight gag in a coming-of-age movie, e.g. | 57 |
| 1984 movie with the line "I've been slimed" | 57 |
| Composer of "Auto Mall and the Night Visitors"? | 57 |
| "Just a ___" (Marlene Dietrich's last film) | 57 |
| Pacific islands in W.W. II fighting, with "the" | 57 |
| Dwarves' representative in the Fellowship of the Ring | 57 |
| "I'd like to hear any justification at all" | 57 |
| Cry of "Small burgers only!" at McDonald's? | 57 |
| Athena's status [three consecutive identical letters] | 57 |
| "Ride more than thou __": "King Lear" | 57 |
| Book subtitled "Sarah Palin's Makeup Tips"? | 57 |
| Modest Mouse "___ for People Who Love Bad News" | 57 |
| "Hell's Kitchen" star who's part Aries? | 57 |
| Old fashioned leggings are in -- try for the impossible!? | 57 |
| "Romance" star who wraps about a touching game? | 57 |
| A1: "They're probably ___ him as we speak." | 57 |
| ___ pull (possible reason for being on the disabled list) | 57 |
| Lenders' requirements in lieu of collateral, at times | 57 |
| Easy A (or where to learn about this puzzle's theme?) | 57 |
| Fleas Adam ___ (world's shortest poem, it's said) | 57 |
| Words from Lincoln's "house divided" speech | 57 |
| Comedian in the U.S. version of "Queer as Folk" | 57 |
| "Get that first down ... and don't fumble"? | 57 |
| Currency unit in the song "Christmas Is Coming" | 57 |
| A1: "Right. They're a couple of ___ types." | 57 |
| Member of a sect of Judaism with an emphasis on mysticism | 57 |
| What the state gambling board might do to increase sales? | 57 |
| Wrestling move that puts an arm around someone's neck | 57 |
| Where you might hear "Oy vey! I need a drink!"? | 57 |
| "Which way did ___, George?" (cartoon question) | 57 |
| Brush-off from a struggling chess master's secretary? | 57 |
| Group that shares its name with a 1930 Howard Hughes film | 57 |
| "I can't __" (compulsive one's comment) | 57 |
| "Listen up, 'cause this could be useful..." | 57 |
| Ricky Nelson's usual greeting to Ozzie, on their show | 57 |
| 1940 screwball comedy based on "The Front Page" | 57 |
| Recommendation for an employee who was chronically drunk? | 57 |
| Asians featured in Eastwood's "Gran Torino" | 57 |
| 1956 uprising during which Soviet forces invaded Budapest | 57 |
| "Losers," according to CNBC's Rick Santelli | 57 |
| She drinks Go-Go Juice and showed her belly to the judges | 57 |