| He wrote "It is life near the bone where it is sweetest" | 66 |
| "Nothing is so much to be feared as fear" penner | 58 |
| Edward O. ___, card-counting author of "Beat the Dealer" | 66 |
| Breaker of the 400-meter freestyle world record at the 2000 Olympics | 68 |
| Athlete Jim whose Native American name was Wa-Tho-Huk | 53 |
| First word of the theme song title for Archie and Edith | 55 |
| Nat King Cole's "___ Things Money Can't Buy" | 62 |
| "For ___ Who Think Young" (1964 beach movie) | 54 |
| "___ Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" | 56 |
| "___ Magic Changes" ("Grease" song) | 55 |
| 'Oh well, that's what you're stuck with!' | 57 |
| "All hail, Macbeth, ___ shalt be king hereafter!" | 59 |
| How many assemble at Times Square on New Year's Eve? | 56 |
| "There's no limit to what can be done" | 52 |
| Ancient area now covered by parts of Bulgaria and Turkey | 56 |
| '93 album "Common ___: The Songs of the Eagles" | 61 |
| "A magic number," according to "Schoolhouse Rock" | 69 |
| U.S. ___, known in New Hampshire as the Daniel Webster Highway | 62 |
| Number of seasons "Arrested Development" lasted | 57 |
| Number of letters in the shortest answer in this puzzle | 55 |
| ''...called for his fiddlers _____'' | 52 |
| Salvador Dali's midair companions, in a famous photo | 56 |
| Woodward's 1957 Oscar winner, with "The" | 54 |
| With ''The'', Joanne Woodward film of '57 | 61 |
| 1957 film narrated by Alistair Cooke, with "The" | 58 |
| Aramis, Athos, D'Artagnan and Porthos, with "the" | 63 |
| "Twenty Years After "predecessor, with "The" | 64 |
| Word trademarked (but not realized) by NBA coach Pat Riley in 1989 | 66 |
| Feats like the Yankees' 1998, '99 and 2000 World Series wins | 68 |
| Whence the song "Mack the Knife," with "The" | 64 |
| Long-running Kurt Weill musical, with "The" | 53 |
| Classic 1928 musical set in London, with "The" | 56 |
| "Pirate Jenny" musical, with "The" | 54 |
| "Mack the Knife" musical (with "The") | 57 |
| "Reading and 'riting and 'rithmetic" | 54 |
| Good news for a pitcher, bad news for labor management | 54 |
| Boxcars + blind mice2 ÷ Rome's hills × Arabian nights = | 66 |
| 1978 #1 hit for the Commodores (and this puzzle's title) | 60 |
| "___ the brinded cat hath mew'd": "Macbeth" | 67 |
| First music video inducted into the National Film Registry | 58 |
| "Comin' ___ the Rye" (Robert Burns poem) | 54 |
| "And ___ the field the road runs by": Tennyson | 56 |
| Sports uniform for an all-out brawl, after aiming back and missing? | 67 |
| Kristin Hersh/Tanya Donelly's '90s alt group | 52 |
| Add atop a refuse pile, after aiming out and missing? | 53 |
| Vocalization technique involving resonance in the larynx and pharynx | 68 |
| Criminal organization in "The Man From U.N.C.L.E." | 60 |
| When round one of a PGA Tour event is typically played | 54 |
| When "Friends" and "ER" were on, orig. | 58 |
| What the NFL season has started on every year but once since 2002 | 65 |
| Night "Cheers" was on TV for each of its 11 seasons | 61 |
| Day that Arthur Dent "could never get the hang of": Abbr. | 67 |
| Day of the wk. that the Stock Market crashed in 1929 | 52 |
| The sound a tree makes when it falls in a forest and no one is around | 69 |
| People who walk nervously during loud, stormy weather? | 54 |
| Lovey's hubby on "Gilligan's Island" | 54 |
| Play with a segment called "Reclaiming Cunt" | 54 |
| Movie sound system with a signature "Deep Note" | 57 |
| Word before "rod" or "staff," in Psalms | 59 |
| "O death, where is ___ sting?" (1 Cor. 15:55) | 55 |
| "Frailty, --- name is woman!" ("Hamlet") | 60 |
| "Frailty, ___ name is woman!": "Hamlet" | 59 |
| "___ will be done" (Lord's Prayer phrase) | 55 |
| "___ will be done ..." (Lord's Prayer phrase) | 59 |
| "___ Neighbor's Wife" (1981 Gay Talese book) | 58 |
| "___ name I love" ("America" lyric) | 55 |
| Cartoon cat, in his own voice, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 68 |
| "Sleight of hand" used to tell the chef to remove an herb? | 68 |
| Carrere in Season 6 of "Curb Your Enthusiasm" | 55 |
| Carrere who played a fox in "Wayne's World" | 57 |
| "Wayne's World" costar of Mike and Dana | 53 |
| Liqueur reputedly named for a noblewoman's chambermaid | 58 |
| Three-time A.L. shutout leader of the '60s-'70s | 55 |
| Headwear on the cover of Hole's "Live Through This" | 65 |
| "Toddlers & ___" (controversial reality TV series) | 64 |
| Poitier's "In the Heat of the Night" role | 55 |
| Opening in "Hollywood Squares," essentially | 53 |
| 1965 hit that ends "My baby don't care" | 53 |
| "And you're burrowing for no one but me..." | 57 |
| Employee who always agrees with the mint company boss? | 54 |
| Word with ''basin'' or ''wave'' | 63 |
| "The ___ stayeth for no man": William Camden | 54 |
| " . . . call of the running ___": Masefield | 53 |
| Helped through a difficult time, with "over" | 54 |
| Assisted through a tough time, with "over" | 52 |
| Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, once, on "S.N.L." | 53 |
| " . . . the ___ evidently coming in": Macaulay | 56 |
| Word with ''rack'' or ''tack'' | 62 |
| Novelty gift with non-standard crossword designs, often | 55 |
| "___ Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" (1963 Rolf Harris hit) | 62 |
| "___ Yellow Ribbon Round the Ole Oak Tree" | 52 |
| Rupert Boneham's distinctive "Survivor" wear | 58 |
| Three-time Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue cover model | 56 |
| Model who wrote "The Way to Natural Beauty" | 53 |
| Marketing ploy, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 53 |
| She played Mrs. Muir in the film "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" | 68 |
| Levels that are split in this puzzle's theme entries | 56 |
| Novelty gifts that show off the wearer's nonexistent personality | 68 |
| Generally good advice, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 60 |
| Perennial whose flowers are typically orange with black dots | 60 |