| Vessels seen in "Saving Private Ryan": Abbr. | 54 |
| Vessel in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" | 59 |
| Very weird Moranis, compared to slightly odd Springfield? | 57 |
| Very good report following a zoo gate mishap - or a very bad one? | 65 |
| Versions of films that, having been edited, are ready to screen | 63 |
| Version of a song that's shorter or cleaner than the original | 65 |
| Version of a punching prank for a more refined palate? | 54 |
| Verse often beginning "There once was a ..." | 54 |
| Veronese masterpiece "The Feast in the House of ___" | 62 |
| Verne Troyer's role in the "Austin Powers" films | 62 |
| Vermont tourist town, home to the Trapp Family Lodge | 52 |
| Vermont ski resort [want more indie xwords? try avxwords.com] | 61 |
| Vermont Rep. Bernard ___, Congress's only Socialist | 55 |
| Verdon who was the first professional chef to work in the White House | 69 |
| Verdi's "___ tu che macchiavi quell'anima" | 60 |
| Verdi's "Fu la sorte dell' armi," e.g. | 56 |
| Verdi's "Ernani! Ernani, involami," e.g. | 54 |
| Verdi's "E il sol dell'anima," for one | 56 |
| Verdi's "D'amor sull'ali rosee," e.g. | 59 |
| Verdi's ''___ tu che macchiavi'' | 52 |
| Verdi's ''D'amor sull'ali rosee,'' e.g. | 67 |
| Verdi villain who sings "Era la notte, Cassio dormia" | 63 |
| Verdi opera that had the working title "Violetta" | 59 |
| Verdi aria that translates to "It was you" | 52 |
| Verb with ''down'' or ''out'' | 61 |
| Verb in the first line of "The Lord's Prayer" | 59 |
| Verb in the classic "Mission: Impossible" opening scene | 65 |
| Verb conjugated as "suis" in the first person singular | 64 |
| Venue for the Not Ready for Prime Time Players, in brief | 56 |
| Venue for a memorable "When Harry Met Sally ..." scene | 64 |
| Ventura County town who name means "the river" | 56 |
| Venti's equivalent in regular coffeeshops: Abbr. | 52 |
| Venomous snakes lurking in each of the four longest puzzle answers | 66 |
| Venezuelan statesman known as "El Libertador" | 55 |
| Venetian who explored for England in the 15th century | 53 |
| Velvet's older sister in "National Velvet" | 56 |
| Velvet Underground ode to an ironic English novelist? | 53 |
| Vehicular rescue device trademarked by Hale Products | 52 |
| Vehicles propelled by sails over a frozen body of water | 55 |
| Vehicle to be raced in the Olympics for the first time in 2008 | 62 |
| Vehicle that can sleep nearly a dozen college students? | 55 |
| Vehicle part that might feature a picture of Calvin pissing | 59 |
| Vegetables whose skins may be cooked and eaten separately | 57 |
| Vegetables whose genus shares its name with a Greek letter | 58 |
| Vegetable used in a traditional Thanksgiving dinner casserole | 61 |
| Vegetable "ammunition" for a child's toy | 54 |
| Vegan professor at Middle Tennessee State University | 52 |
| Vega who played Carmen Cortez in "Spy Kids" films | 59 |
| Vaughn's co-star in "The Break-Up," 2006 | 54 |
| Vaudeville actor who got his nickname from the galoshes he wore | 63 |
| Vast expanse (and a fitting setting for this puzzle) | 52 |
| Variety show that featured "PFFT! You Was Gone!" | 58 |
| Variety of music that almost purposely avoids mainstream | 56 |
| Variety headline about the MPAA's decision on a movie about salt? | 69 |
| Vargas Llosa novel "___ Julia and the Scriptwriter" | 61 |
| Vardalos of ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' | 56 |
| Vannelli who had a hit with "I Just Wanna Stop" | 57 |
| Vanessa's "High School Musical" costar | 52 |
| Vanessa the florist in ''Bee Movie'' | 52 |
| Van ___ of "Double Team" and "Double Impact" | 64 |
| Van ___ Boys (gang in a "Seinfeld" episode) | 53 |
| Van Morrison: "His Band and the Street ___" | 53 |
| Van Morrison's '74 album "Veedon ___" | 55 |
| Van Morrison song whose title is spelled out in the chorus | 58 |
| Van Morrison "Like a full force ___, I was lifted up again" | 69 |
| Van Halen "Come on baby, finish what ya ___" | 54 |
| Van Gogh’s "___ Étoilée à St. Rémy" | 62 |
| Van Gogh's technique in "The Starry Night" | 56 |
| Van Gogh's "Starry Night Over the ___" | 52 |
| Van Gogh's "Letters to His Brother _____" | 55 |
| Van Gogh's "Letters to His Brother ___" | 53 |
| Van Gogh's "L'Église d'Auvers-sur- ___" | 65 |
| Van Gogh's ''The Bedroom at __'' | 52 |
| Van Gogh painting that sold for a record $53.9 million in 1987 | 62 |
| Van Gogh painting that set an auction record in 1987 | 52 |
| Van Gogh painting that once sold for a record $53.9 million | 59 |
| Van Gogh painting in Don McLean's "Vincent" | 57 |
| Van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece," for one | 52 |
| Values that divide a statistical sample into four equal parts | 61 |
| Value of any Scrabble tile in the word "ordinates" | 60 |
| Value of a U.S. coronet head coin, minted from 1838 to 1907 | 59 |
| Valley where the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is located | 62 |
| Valley that's the site of the Reagan Presidential Library | 61 |
| Valenzuela and Piazza's manager during their rookie seasons | 63 |
| Valedictorian's pride, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 64 |
| Val-d'___ (French départment named after a river) | 56 |
| Val's younger daughter in the comic strip "Stone Soup" | 68 |
| Val and Joan's mother in the comic strip "Stone Soup" | 67 |
| Vacuum cleaner-like "Teletubbies" character | 53 |
| Vacuum brand whose ads show it picking up a a bowling ball | 58 |
| Vacationer's goal (and favorite Sly & the Family Stone hit) | 67 |
| Vacationer's favorite song from "The Pajama Game"? | 64 |
| Vacationer's favorite '70s album by The Trammps? | 56 |
| Vacation spot far, far from Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde? | 59 |
| V.S. Naipaul's ''___ in the River'' | 55 |
| U___ (2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball champs, for short) | 66 |
| Utmost distance from the eye at which an image is clear | 55 |
| Utilitarian schoolteacher created by Charles Dickens | 52 |
| Utah's John Stockton led the NBA in them for nine straight years | 68 |
| USN personnel whose mess is called the "goat locker" | 62 |