They "make children happy by giving them something to ignore" (Ogden Nash) | 84 |
Tie-in to another telephone customer, as well as a tie-in to this puzzle's theme | 84 |
What the supervillain reveals to Bond in great detail just before letting him escape | 84 |
One of these can be found reading counterclockwise somewhere in each concentric ring | 84 |
Writer who wrote "I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity" | 84 |
Who wrote "It was many and many a year ago, / In a kingdom by the sea ..." | 84 |
Rock star who offered his help to Nixon in combating "the hippie elements" | 84 |
"That invisible bone that keeps the neck stiff," according to Stephen King | 84 |
"Baseball mishap? Fix that ___ with a lifetime supply of Ultra Patch!" ... | 84 |
Band who guest starred on "The Simpsons" episode "Homer the Moe" | 84 |
"I can't go all my life waiting to catch you between husbands" speaker | 84 |
Place where the starts of this puzzle's four longest answers result in a penalty | 84 |
Studio that produced Hitchcock's "Suspicion" and "Notorious" | 84 |
Bob who gets away with saying "just for shiggles" on "1 vs. 100" | 84 |
"I can't remember it, Miss Ilsa. I'm a little rusty on it" speaker | 84 |
That guy who shoves his political beliefs on you whether you like it or not, briefly | 84 |
Song whose title is repeated before and after "gentille" in its first line | 84 |
"Is Anybody Goin' to San ___?" (1970 #1 country hit for Charley Pride) | 84 |
Nickname for the three-letter abbreviation hidden in this puzzle's theme entries | 84 |
The BBC promoted V-for-Victory in musical Morse code by frequenty broadcasting _____ | 84 |
Heroine who declares "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers" | 84 |
Team that has won the World Series three times while based in three different cities | 84 |
"It's easy, pal-just keep track of the shell with the pea" and others? | 84 |
“The surgery department’s budget may have to be slashed,” Tom stated ___ | 84 |
In modern-day slang, last night out with the guys just before the first baby arrives | 84 |
"I won't ___ guy who doesn't own a toolbox" (Kristy Swanson quote) | 84 |
1963 Elvis hit with the lyrics "You look like an angel ... but I got wise" | 84 |
"Invisible" site in Harry Potter books where wizards buy their accessories | 84 |
Phoenix-based ballplayer, and what the start of each answer to a starred clue can be | 84 |
South Africa's East London Museum has the world's only known example of this | 84 |
1993 rap hit in which Snoop Doggy Dogg popularized the term "bootylicious" | 84 |
The Presidents of the United States of America sang its theme (with "The") | 84 |
The first piece of information ever learned about you during your lifetime, probably | 84 |
Orioles hurler (1966 champs) / Solo crooner of "Oh! My Pa-Pa" (#1 in 1954) | 84 |
Media billionaire who once owned the Grand Ole Opry and TV's "Hee Haw" | 84 |
Author who co-wrote the screenplay for the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine" | 84 |
French politician ___ de Silhouette, from whom the word "silhouette" comes | 84 |
Gather wealth by exploitation ... as hinted at by this puzzle's circled squares? | 84 |
"You'd think Band A would hold up, but it's flimsy. Band B wins." | 84 |
Former L.A. Ram who holds the N.F.L. record for most receiving yards in a game (336) | 84 |
"We're constantly attacked" and "the stockades are rotting"? | 84 |
"You of Out Kick a ___" (what you hear when you spin a standard backwards) | 84 |
Rap hit with the refrain "Got my mind on my money and my money on my mind" | 84 |
"The White Album" song with several references to other Beatles recordings | 84 |
Partake in a voluntary economic strike to protest the amount given to the government | 84 |
"...but he decided on life instead, with time off for my stupendously ___" | 84 |
1990 Ray Liotta film with the tagline "Three Decades of Life in the Mafia" | 84 |
"We ain't ___ badges!" ("Treasure of the Sierra Madre" line) | 84 |
He said "Here's to our wives and girlfriends ... may they never meet!" | 84 |
"Just because you prefer Dharma over Greg doesn't make you a ___, ___" | 84 |
1982 Fleetwood Mac hit whose title is sung three times after "Come on and" | 84 |
... using ___: “Mary’s microscopic lamb / So white, it struck me blind!” | 84 |
"Did you do anything for luck before today's race?" [Katy Perry, 2008] | 84 |
Egyptian polymath considered to be history's first physician and first architect | 84 |
Fixed as a target ... or a hint to four pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle | 84 |
Will Smith's son who co-starred with him in "The Pursuit of Happyness" | 84 |
Politican who said "We have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt" | 84 |
Fictional board game that warns "Do not begin unless you intend to finish" | 84 |
___ Ration (former brand with the jingle "My dog's better than yours") | 84 |
Remington owner Victor who said "I liked it so much, I bought the company" | 84 |
1965 "vagabond" song that's featured in "Brokeback Mountain" | 84 |
"I'm crazy about my fine collection of guitars with steel resonators"? | 84 |
Band whose name is based on the name of several members' high school gym teacher | 84 |
How amorous firestarters might start the fire, or a golf scoring system interrupted? | 84 |
In modern lingo, an urban male who devotes much time to his appearance and lifestyle | 84 |
___ Cafe (restaurant chain with the slogan "Come enjoy a taste of France") | 84 |
Transport in an action-packed "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" scene | 84 |
narstar69: omfg u guys / houstongrco: d00d wtf / narstar69: thatz 1 small step lol | 84 |
City in Saskatchewan that's home to the Royal Canadian Air Force's Snowbirds | 84 |
1990 single with the line "What would you do/If my heart was torn in two?" | 84 |
"What will break if I break up with you?" response, for a thuggish couple? | 84 |
Unit used regarding celery, since it requires more energy to eat it than it contains | 84 |
... HIT A RA(W)(N)(E)RVE, ARE (W)(E)(N)OT ME(N)(W)(E) ARE DEVO, and SPOK(E)(N)(W)ORD | 84 |
Sophocles tribute that begins "Numberless are the world's wonders ..." | 84 |
What Travolta carries in the first scene of ''Saturday Night Fever'' | 84 |
Musical featuring the song "Hernando's Hideaway," with "The" | 84 |
Patriot in the American Revolution known for a midnight ride born on January 1, 1735 | 84 |
Aktors and akattresses who definlly say thare lines better with a couple in 'em? | 84 |
Oil-based paste mentioned in the lyrics to "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" | 84 |
Writer whose work was Shakespeare's primary source for "Julius Caesar" | 84 |
Showman associated with the quote "There's a sucker born every minute" | 84 |
"The ___ treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation": Shakespeare | 84 |
Name for a storm in which romaine lettuce, Parmesan, and croutons fall from the sky? | 84 |
In his first speech, Iggy quoted a computer-monitor tech manual to establish the ... | 84 |
Musical work in four parts, with its first part opening the Met's 2010-11 season | 84 |
Why guitar-loving Cooke was blue when his gal named her favorite musical instrument? | 84 |
Wordsmith who wrote "Last but not least, avoid clichés like the plague" | 84 |
Trademarked name for the product of a Morristown, New Jersey animal training program | 84 |
Breath mint mentioned in "Ya Got Trouble" (from "The Music Man") | 84 |
Former Prince percussionist/singer who had a 1984 hit "The Glamorous Life" | 84 |
Wednesday: Iggy uses stun gun during football team interview, attempting to be a ... | 84 |
Word with ''in,'' ''up'' or ''down'' | 84 |
Cote d'Ivoire's prime minister Guillaume ___ (hidden in WINDSOR, ONTARIO) | 84 |
Word for a lefty derived from the orientation of this grid's "diamond" | 84 |
What a dieter who was planning to order either a soup or salad might pack for lunch? | 84 |
Onetime Minnesota governor who ran for the G.O.P. presidential nomination nine times | 84 |
A Bond baddie had them in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker" | 84 |
"___ & Son" (British series that inspired "Sanford and Son") | 84 |
Where to play games like Little Red Riding Kombat and Jack and Jill's Skee-Ball? | 84 |
1968 hit with the lyric "I like the way you walk, I like the way you talk" | 84 |