| Van Morrison's '74 album "Veedon ___" | 55 |
| TV character who jumped the shark, with "the" | 55 |
| Chess tactic that involves attacking two pieces at once | 55 |
| Director/choreographer Bob of "All That Jazz" | 55 |
| Club with the motto "To Make the Best Better" | 55 |
| Author of "The French Lieutenant's Woman" | 55 |
| One often coincides with a vibrational node of a string | 55 |
| Training ctr. that once included a mock Vietnam village | 55 |
| "In case it's of interest ...," on a memo | 55 |
| Comedian's offering, such as this puzzle's quip | 55 |
| ___ hypothesis (ecological theory concerning the earth) | 55 |
| Duke Ellington's "The ___ From Joe's" | 55 |
| "X-Men" character originally from New Orleans | 55 |
| Fictional writer of "The Pension Grillparzer" | 55 |
| Carraway's Long Island neighbor, in classic fiction | 55 |
| ''Pygmalion'' playwright's monogram | 55 |
| Site of the World Trade Organization's headquarters | 55 |
| Demographic for characters in "Reality Bites" | 55 |
| Original "Schoolhouse Rock!" fans, informally | 55 |
| Group including flower children's children, briefly | 55 |
| "Most seeming-virtuous queen," in Shakespeare | 55 |
| Word with "on with it" or "over it" | 55 |
| Actress Carides of "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" | 55 |
| Carney's predecessor as White House press secretary | 55 |
| Fish voiced by Willem Dafoe in "Finding Nemo" | 55 |
| Entertainer nicknamed "The Abdominal Showman" | 55 |
| Actress co-starring in TV's "Burn Notice" | 55 |
| Good Witch of the North in "The Wizard of Oz" | 55 |
| "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit" item | 55 |
| Morgan Freeman's role in "Bruce Almighty" | 55 |
| Word following "theater" or "opera" | 55 |
| ''The Government Inspector'' playwright | 55 |
| Sound heard at the end of "Bohemian Rhapsody" | 55 |
| Roger Clyne & the Peacemakers "___ Squad" | 55 |
| ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' robot | 55 |
| Stat helped by classes like "Rocks for Jocks" | 55 |
| Getting drunk every night will probably lower it: Abbr. | 55 |
| English author who wrote "The Quiet American" | 55 |
| Pitcher Maddux who won four consecutive Cy Young Awards | 55 |
| "Good ___!" ("Peanuts" exclamation) | 55 |
| Instrument depicted by the circled squares in this grid | 55 |
| Word in a Stephen R. Covey best-selling self-help title | 55 |
| International court site (with ''The'') | 55 |
| Two-time Olympic running gold medalist ___ Gebrselassie | 55 |
| Where rapper Wyclef Jean attempted to run for president | 55 |
| Actor Alan of ''Gilligan's Island'' | 55 |
| Video game with the subtitle "Combat Evolved" | 55 |
| ___ brace (device used to immobilize the head and neck) | 55 |
| Jon with eight Emmy nominations for "Mad Men" | 55 |
| Bad thing to be caught with at work, with "a" | 55 |
| City that celebrated its millennial anniversary in 2010 | 55 |
| Capital city surrounding the Lake of the Restored Sword | 55 |
| Constellation south of the Hunter, with "the" | 55 |
| Ignores Bart Simpson's advice of 15 or 20 years ago | 55 |
| "And ___ thou slain the Jabberwock?": Carroll | 55 |
| Something you might make if you're behind schedule? | 55 |
| Striking a golf ball on the green without lining it up? | 55 |
| ''Down the ___!'' (drinker's toast) | 55 |
| "A failure of imagination," per Graham Greene | 55 |
| "___ is blind, as well as love" (Oscar Wilde) | 55 |
| First president to visit the West Coast while in office | 55 |
| "Reply ___, try again" (Magic 8 Ball message) | 55 |
| "Isn't __ riot?!": "Funny guy!" | 55 |
| "For ___ rope of sand could twist": S. Butler | 55 |
| Hitchcock book "A _____ of a Different Color" | 55 |
| Disney song sung by six characters (if you count right) | 55 |
| Capital nicknamed "Queen City of the Rockies" | 55 |
| "The Ground Beneath ___ Feet" (Rushdie novel) | 55 |
| "Take ___, She's Mine," 1961 Broadway hit | 55 |
| "Death Becomes ___" (1992 Meryl Streep movie) | 55 |
| ''Cover ___ Face'' (P.D. James mystery) | 55 |
| "Whipped Cream & Other Delights" frontman | 55 |
| First word of the theme song to "The Monkees" | 55 |
| "We Don't Need Another ___" (Tina Turner) | 55 |
| Johnny Winter "I'm Yours and I'm ___" | 55 |
| "___ the DJ, I'm the Rapper" (1988 album) | 55 |
| The Pointer Sisters' ''___ So Shy'' | 55 |
| Physics Nobelist Victor who discovered cosmic radiation | 55 |
| "Three Tales from the Life of Knulp" novelist | 55 |
| Dramatic note in Verdi's "Di quella pira" | 55 |
| Boyfriend-to-girlfriend "You have to choose!" | 55 |
| Huey Lewis and the News tune, "___ Be Square" | 55 |
| Bad luck, and a hint to the four longest across answers | 55 |
| "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" writer | 55 |
| Author of "Miracle Mongers and Their Methods" | 55 |
| "___ to Boil Water" (early Food Network show) | 55 |
| Abbr. after "Cleveland" or "Shaker" | 55 |
| Phish "I get so overwhelmed by olfactory ___" | 55 |
| ''Gilligan's Island'' constructions | 55 |
| "Return of the Jedi" crime lord Jabba the ___ | 55 |
| "Olivia Helps With Christmas" author Falconer | 55 |
| "All __ of You" ("Phantom..." song) | 55 |
| Facetious response to "where did you put it?" | 55 |
| "___ no ill will" (Philip II to Elizabeth I?) | 55 |
| Footnote abbr. that means "in the same place" | 55 |
| When bluffing, unwelcome response to "all in" | 55 |
| "Why Should You Come When ___" Counting Crows | 55 |
| Wax-winged flier who went too close to the sun, in myth | 55 |
| "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" actor | 55 |
| Rapper who's married to reality TV star Coco Austin | 55 |