| More like messy blackboards | 27 |
| Scores, with "up" | 27 |
| Vessel prized in the N.F.L. | 27 |
| Reply to a No. 1 son, e.g.? | 27 |
| Hit song for the Big Bopper | 27 |
| Prague's ___ University | 27 |
| Pulitzer-winning playwright | 27 |
| West Virginia's capital | 27 |
| 1892 play by Brandon Thomas | 27 |
| Mortimer Snerd's friend | 27 |
| Welsh pop singing sensation | 27 |
| Classic children's book | 27 |
| Expandable piece of jewelry | 27 |
| Place to learn some manners | 27 |
| Place to learn good manners | 27 |
| Oceanographer's rental? | 27 |
| Group hiring a fishing boat | 27 |
| Book a conspicuous carrier? | 27 |
| Activity at bees or soirees | 27 |
| Industrial town on the Oise | 27 |
| Baubles, bangles, and beads | 27 |
| Poker-playing jazz pianist? | 27 |
| Possible hamburger addition | 27 |
| Between-halves V.I.P.'s | 27 |
| Loosely woven cotton fabric | 27 |
| Open-textured cotton fabric | 27 |
| Instrument made in the lab? | 27 |
| ___ de Fer (French railway) | 27 |
| Element-ary school subject? | 27 |
| Matchmaker's workplace? | 27 |
| Future scientist's gift | 27 |
| Parisian term of endearment | 27 |
| Term of endearment in Tours | 27 |
| Enfant ___ (pampered child) | 27 |
| Cigar having untapered ends | 27 |
| Containing a flintlike rock | 27 |
| Hidden items in this puzzle | 27 |
| Place for bishops and pawns | 27 |
| Chase originating in N.Y.C. | 27 |
| Actor in "Chair"? | 27 |
| Like gum stuck under a desk | 27 |
| T-shirt icon made of taffy? | 27 |
| Collectible involving seeds | 27 |
| Technique used by Rembrandt | 27 |
| Award-winning Fosse musical | 27 |
| Al Capone's gang, once? | 27 |
| It turns green in mid-March | 27 |
| Like a cause/effect dilemma | 27 |
| Security officer at Perdue? | 27 |
| Disorderly poultry workers? | 27 |
| Big chain closed on Sundays | 27 |
| Easter fridge-photo holder? | 27 |
| Frank-and-beans concoctions | 27 |
| Home of the Awesome Blossom | 27 |
| Need for an agitated person | 27 |
| Furry South American rodent | 27 |
| Short-distance golf strokes | 27 |
| Conversations re an i.o.u.? | 27 |
| Knight's stock in trade | 27 |
| ___ Full o' Nuts coffee | 27 |
| Poor players under pressure | 27 |
| Polk's fatal affliction | 27 |
| Disease of domestic animals | 27 |
| Row of dancers in a musical | 27 |
| Didn't opt for Olestra? | 27 |
| 1993 skating champion Josee | 27 |
| Mrs. Murphy's creations | 27 |
| Line re a certain threesome | 27 |
| Top-forty station offering? | 27 |
| 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year | 27 |
| Teacher/astronaut McAuliffe | 27 |
| "Heathers" costar | 27 |
| Creator of many crime cases | 27 |
| "The Voice" coach | 27 |
| Cattle-drive grub dispenser | 27 |
| Cattle-drive food dispenser | 27 |
| Hang with a close associate | 27 |
| Britain's largest faith | 27 |
| Anglican Communion province | 27 |
| Produce in large quantities | 27 |
| Noise made by a grasshopper | 27 |
| John Phillips' daughter | 27 |
| Poet-critic John ___ et al. | 27 |
| POTUS's alternate title | 27 |
| Mil. role for the president | 27 |
| Midwestern jewelry article? | 27 |
| Youngest of the Brady girls | 27 |
| Omnivorous Colorado critter | 27 |
| It helps you sleep at night | 27 |
| Leadfoots' comeuppances | 27 |
| Ancient lyrelike instrument | 27 |
| Ex-Blue Jays manager Gaston | 27 |
| Like oranges and tangerines | 27 |
| Leader of the Flying Tigers | 27 |
| Popular soup in New England | 27 |
| Flame fancier's family? | 27 |
| Slate used to ID film shots | 27 |
| Clearly understood servant? | 27 |
| Dick and Mark's domain? | 27 |
| Spanish teacher's group | 27 |