| Key of Mahler's "Symphony of a Thousand" | 54 |
| Katharine's role in "The Lion in Winter" | 54 |
| Key of Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl": Abbr. | 54 |
| Key of Beethoven's "Appassionata" Sonata | 54 |
| Kitty Softpaws' voice in "Puss in Boots" | 54 |
| KEEPS SELFISHLY, AS UKRAINE HAD BEEN DOING WITH CRIMEA | 54 |
| Kipling uses it eight times in "Recessional" | 54 |
| Keyboardist Saunders who played with the Grateful Dead | 54 |
| Kris and Willie performed at his Kennedy Center Honors | 54 |
| Keanu Reeves's character in "The Matrix" | 54 |
| Kentucky ___ (annual Churchill Downs race for fillies) | 54 |
| King ___, Indian chief known to his tribe as Metacomet | 54 |
| Kansas "How long, to the ___ of know return" | 54 |
| Kyle ___, time traveller in "The Terminator" | 54 |
| Kelly who played Hayley on "All My Children" | 54 |
| Kelly who played Faith on "Hope & Faith" | 54 |
| Kind of puzzle suggested by this crossword's theme | 54 |
| Katniss's surname, in "The Hunger Games" | 54 |
| Kenyan ethnic group that Barack Obama, Sr. was part of | 54 |
| Key member of Jordan's "supporting cast" | 54 |
| Korean musician with the hit "Gangnam Style" | 54 |
| Kind of joke (exemplified by the theme of this puzzle) | 54 |
| Kenny's "We've Got Tonight" duettist | 54 |
| Kip who released "In the Heart of the Young" | 54 |
| Keith Richards-sung Stones jam "___ Tonight" | 54 |
| Kaa's sound in ''The Jungle Book'' | 54 |
| Kim Hunter Broadway role created by Tennessee Williams | 54 |
| Kind of tour Robin Williams did in Iraq in 2003: abbr. | 54 |
| Klingon officer in the "Star Trek" franchise | 54 |
| Kwik-E-Mart owner on ''The Simpsons'' | 53 |
| King of the elephants in a children's book series | 53 |
| Key of Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony | 53 |
| Kasell of "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" | 53 |
| Key in which "Chopsticks" is usually played | 53 |
| Killer ___ (green-skinned "Batman" villain) | 53 |
| Key of Haydn's "Symphony No. 12": Abbr. | 53 |
| Key of Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl," e.g. | 53 |
| Key of Dvorák's "New World Symphony" | 53 |
| Katherine who withdrew from the 2008 Emmy competition | 53 |
| Kelly Clarkson was the first "American" one | 53 |
| Killers "It's ___ rock and roll for me" | 53 |
| Kamoze who sang "Here Comes the Hotstepper" | 53 |
| Korean automaker that began as a bicycle manufacturer | 53 |
| Kailua-___, Hawaii (setting of the Ironman Triathlon) | 53 |
| Kazan of ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' | 53 |
| Kiddie lit character who spoke for the Truffula Trees | 53 |
| Koh-i-___, once the world's largest known diamond | 53 |
| Kathleen who wrote "Through a Glass Darkly" | 53 |
| Kiss song that makes a pledge (with "The")? | 53 |
| Kingsley's "___ to the North-East Wind" | 53 |
| Katherine ___, 1983-89 Treasurer of the United States | 53 |
| Kissinger's "___ Restored . . . ": 1957 | 53 |
| Key of Saint-Saëns's "Danse macabre" | 53 |
| Ken who plays Señor Chang on "Community" | 53 |
| Kasabian "Lost Souls Forever" song, briefly | 53 |
| Kind of request in Burns's "To a Mouse" | 53 |
| Kyle and Kenny's friend on "South Park" | 53 |
| Keys of Jay Z's "Empire State of Mind" | 52 |
| Katniss's weapon in "The Hunger Games" | 52 |
| Kathy in ''Singin' in the Rain'' | 52 |
| Key of Beethoven's "Les Adieux" Sonata | 52 |
| King's College of Our Lady of ___ beside Windsor | 52 |
| Key of Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony | 52 |
| Key of Beethoven's "Pastoral Symphony" | 52 |
| Key of Chopin's "Piano Concerto No. 2" | 52 |
| Keep from taking off, as a plane with low visibility | 52 |
| Kurchatov who oversaw the Soviet atomic bomb project | 52 |
| Kutcher played him on "That '70s Show" | 52 |
| Katherine's "Who's the Boss?" role | 52 |
| Keanu's role in "The Matrix: Reloaded" | 52 |
| Kipling's "The Power of the Dog," e.g. | 52 |
| Katz who played J.R.'s son on "Dallas" | 52 |
| Kitchen brand that "helps you pull it off" | 52 |
| Keep for another three weeks, say, as a library book | 52 |
| Kenneth Oppel children's book about flying ships | 52 |
| Kin of "blasted" or "confounded" | 52 |
| Key of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" | 52 |
| Kansas mil. reservation with the U.S. Cavalry Museum | 52 |
| Kelly Clarkson's "___ One Will Listen" | 52 |
| Kidvid cult classic featuring the Sleestaks, to fans | 52 |
| King in G. & S.'s "The Gondoliers" | 52 |
| Keep apprised of one's activities, as a superior | 52 |
| Khaled Hosseini's Bay Area alma mater, for short | 52 |
| Kerri ___, U.S. gymnastics star at the 1996 Olympics | 52 |
| Kinks "Lazing on a ___, in the summertime" | 52 |
| Kipling's "The Ship ___ Found Herself" | 52 |
| Kristin Hersh/Tanya Donelly's '90s alt group | 52 |
| Kierkegaard's "The Sickness ___ Death" | 52 |
| Kim Hunter's "Planet of the Apes" role | 52 |
| Ken Griffey Jr. skipped it on his way to the majors | 51 |
| Kipling's "Drums of the Fore and ___" | 51 |
| Knighted mystery writer who championed the Boer War | 51 |
| Key of Beethoven's "Emperor" concerto | 51 |
| Key of Beethoven's "Emperor Concerto" | 51 |
| Kefauver who won fame investigating organized crime | 51 |
| Key of Chopin's "Butterfly" Étude | 51 |
| Kinnear of ''Little Miss Sunshine'' | 51 |
| Kids' show with Princess SummerfallWINTERspring | 51 |
| Kyle's little brother on "South Park" | 51 |
| Kutcher character on "That 70's Show" | 51 |