| Character in "The Last Picture Show," e.g. | 52 |
| U.S.S. ___, first battleship to become a state shrine | 53 |
| Sam Houston served as its president, senator and governor | 57 |
| World Series of Poker game (and the theme of this puzzle) | 57 |
| Ball that falls between an infielder and an outfielder | 54 |
| Ferris wheel in Dallas that is the tallest in North America | 59 |
| Big 12 football team led onto the field by The Masked Rider | 59 |
| Cowboy who sang the title song from "High Noon" | 57 |
| Missive whose meaning is often blurred by autocorrect | 53 |
| Communication that might include "OMG" and "TTYL" | 69 |
| You shouldn't be a driver and this simultaneously | 53 |
| New Valentine's phrase added on Sweethearts candy in 2010 | 61 |
| ___ From Last Night (website that collects regrettable messages) | 64 |
| "The weekend can't get here fast enough" | 54 |
| "I don't have to wake up early tomorrow!" | 55 |
| "I can finally say 'Shabbat shalom!'" | 55 |
| Collection of people learning to improve sensitivity | 52 |
| Fictional sketch comedy series with Tracy Jordan and Jenna Maroney | 66 |
| Bone Thugs-N-Harmony's "___ Crossroads" | 53 |
| Lun ___ (Tuptim's beloved in "The King and I") | 60 |
| "J to ___ L-O!" (Jennifer Lopez remix album) | 54 |
| "___ Crossroads" (1996 Grammy-winning rap song) | 57 |
| "___ Carter" (Lil Wayne's fourth record) | 54 |
| "___ Carter III" (Lil Wayne 3x platinum album) | 56 |
| "___ Carter III," best-selling album of 2008 | 54 |
| ___ Beaumont ("The Dark Half" protagonist) | 52 |
| __ Beaumont, hero of King's "The Dark Half" | 57 |
| Polish general Kosciuszko, hero of the American Revolution | 58 |
| River setting for "The Wind in the Willows" | 53 |
| "Sweet ___, run softly, till I end my song": Spenser | 62 |
| Word with ''greater'' or ''rather'' | 67 |
| Word after "greater" or "lesser" | 52 |
| "More ___ a Memory" (2007 Garth Brooks hit) | 53 |
| "Kisses Sweeter __ Wine": Jimmie Rodgers hit | 54 |
| "Hotter ___ July" (1980 Stevie Wonder album) | 54 |
| "Don't bite off more ___ you can chew" | 52 |
| ''Faster ___ a speeding bullet ...'' | 52 |
| "Nuthin' but a 'G' ___" (1993 Dr. Dre hit) | 64 |
| "You're a better man ___ . . . ": Kipling | 55 |
| " . . . the use of him is more ___ can see" | 53 |
| What 007 might do after being saved by a spy gadget? | 52 |
| "I owe you one for providing the female harmony line!"? | 65 |
| National day of gratitude, first observed by the Pilgrims in 1621 | 65 |
| 1998 Alanis Morissette hit with a slangy misspelling | 52 |
| Phrase an overseas traveler should know how to translate | 56 |
| ''There's gold in them ___ hills!'' | 55 |
| Word with ''imagine'' or ''fancy'' | 66 |
| Word with "imagine" or "don't touch" | 60 |
| The House ___ Ruth Built (nickname of Yankee Stadium) | 53 |
| Loser to "Mutiny on the Bounty" for Best Picture | 58 |
| Kipling's "The Ship ___ Found Herself" | 52 |
| Eighth-most-common word, according to the Oxford English Corpus | 63 |
| "Is --- a pistol in your pocket ...?" (Mae West) | 58 |
| "And to Think ___ I Saw It on Mulberry Street" | 56 |
| Film about "Mack the Knife" singer, as told by a jazz fan? | 68 |
| "You're the One ___ Want" ("Grease" song) | 65 |
| "You're the One __ Want": "Grease" song | 63 |
| Answer to "When do we start attacking the Nazis?"? | 60 |
| "You've Lost ___" (The Righteous Brothers) (4,5,6) | 64 |
| "You've Lost ___" (The Righteous Brothers) | 56 |
| "___ for Me" ("State Fair" song) | 52 |
| Salon question's answer, or remark that could cause it | 58 |
| "What are you wearing over your shoulders?" | 53 |
| "I didn't understand a thing you said" | 52 |
| Proud parent's comment when Junior calculates 2 x 2 x 2? | 60 |
| "Yes, I'm positive this seed is in five-spice powder"? | 68 |
| "I know he looks like speed-solver Dan, but ..."? | 59 |
| "Just what you'd expect Capote to say!" | 53 |
| "Too bad," and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 58 |
| Je ne sais quoi capturing mid-14th to mid-17th century China? | 61 |
| Answer to "Did you see which Greek goddess walked by?"? | 65 |
| "Casey at the Bat" writer Ernest Lawrence ___ | 55 |
| Terpenoid organic chemical that makes music sound really awesome | 64 |
| April 20th substance, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 59 |
| Word with both "more" and "merrier" | 55 |
| Featured article hidden in this puzzle's nine longest answers | 65 |
| Word with ''more'' and ''merrier'' | 66 |
| Word with ''end'' or ''Who'' | 60 |
| Word with ''end'' or ''pits'' | 61 |
| Word with ''beginning'' or ''end'' | 66 |
| Word that's hard to avoid when writing crossword clues | 58 |
| Word often mistakenly thought to be in Smokey Bear's name | 61 |
| Word before "Sopranos" and "Leftovers" | 58 |
| Word before "more" and "merrier" | 52 |
| Start of a quote on obstinacy by James Russell Lowell | 53 |
| First word of every episode title of "Friends" | 56 |
| "I'll alert ____ media": Hobson, in "Arthur" | 68 |
| Heroine of Cather's "The Song of the Lark" | 56 |
| Duke Ellington's ''Take ___ Train'' | 55 |
| "Entertainment Tonight" correspondent Andrews | 55 |
| ''Take ___ Train'' (Duke Ellington performance) | 63 |
| " . . . auspicious as / ___ of spades": Wilbur | 56 |
| Show where Lurch answered with "You rang?" | 52 |
| Hanna-Barbera production of the 70's and 90's | 53 |
| "The Work of Art in ___ of Mechanical Reproduction" | 61 |
| 2007 Brendan Fraser film shown on Oxygen, appropriately? | 56 |
| 2004 Billy Bob Thornton film "to remember" | 52 |
| Ditty sharing a melody with "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" | 69 |
| 1941 Henry Luce article that coined a name for an era | 53 |
| Boundary between the North Temperate and North Frigid zones | 59 |