| Wide receiver Michael, nicknamed "the Playmaker" | 58 |
| Wide receiver who doesn't study plant reproduction | 54 |
| Wide receiver who won season 12 of "Dancing With the Stars" | 69 |
| Wide-screen movie process using three synchronized images | 57 |
| Widely used term declared "undignified" by John Paul II | 65 |
| Wife in "8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter" | 65 |
| Wife in Fitzgerald's "Tender Is the Night" | 56 |
| Wife in O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms" | 59 |
| Wife of the actor known as "The Little Tramp" | 55 |
| Wife of the late Steve Irwin, a.k.a. "The Crocodile Hunter" | 69 |
| Wife of two Forsytes, in "The Forsyte Saga" | 53 |
| Wife whose face was never seen on "Cheers" | 52 |
| Wii ___ (video game incorporating physical activity) | 52 |
| Wikipedia's unfinished globe made of jigsaw pieces, e.g. | 60 |
| Wilbur's home, in "Charlotte's Web" | 53 |
| Wilbur's whereabouts, in "Charlotte's Web" | 60 |
| Wild West lawman whose weapon was the Buntline Special | 54 |
| Wild-riding squire of "The Wind in the Willows" | 57 |
| Wilde's ''The Ballad of Reading ___'' | 57 |
| Wilde's "The Importance of Being Earnest," e.g. | 61 |
| Wilde's "The Importance of ___ Earnest" | 53 |
| Wilder of "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" | 61 |
| Wilder's ''The Bridge of San Luis ___'' | 59 |
| Wildflower from which the cultivated carrot originated | 54 |
| Wildlife protector/Difficult/Hotel door feature (1980) | 54 |
| Wilhelmina's assistant, on "Ugly Betty" | 53 |
| Will Ferrell's employer, in "Stranger Than Fiction" | 65 |
| Will Scarlett in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" | 58 |
| Will Smith's love, for a while, on "The Fresh Prince" | 67 |
| Will Varner's daughter-in-law in "The Long, Hot Summer" | 69 |
| Will who voiced Batman in "The Lego Movie" | 52 |
| Will ___, "The Realistic Joneses" playwright | 54 |
| Will's ''. . . Bagger Vance'' costar | 56 |
| Will's ''Fresh Prince'' girlfriend | 54 |
| Will's pet running around the "SNL" stage? | 56 |
| William ''The Refrigerator'' Perry quote, Part 1 | 64 |
| William Allen needs Ted to make Looking-Glass character | 55 |
| William Booth's "In ___ England and the Way Out" | 62 |
| William Browne poem "___, as Fair as Ever Saw the North" | 66 |
| William Browne's "Awake, faire Muse," e.g. | 56 |
| William Carlos Williams poem that begins "so much depends" | 68 |
| William F. Buckley Jr. spy novel character Blackford ___ | 56 |
| William Gibson play that was made into a 1962 Shirley MacLaine movie | 68 |
| William H. of celebrity supercouple Filliam H. Muffman | 54 |
| William H. Seward's $7,200,000 recommendation: 1867 | 55 |
| William Hurt's ''Body Heat'' role | 53 |
| William Jefferson ___ IV (Bill Clinton's name at birth) | 59 |
| William Jennings __, three-time presidential candidate | 54 |
| William Jennings ___ "Cross of Gold" speech | 53 |
| William of TV's "The Greatest American Hero" | 58 |
| William of __, for whom a logical "razor" was named | 61 |
| William of __, known for his "razor" maxim | 52 |
| William of __, logician known for his "razor" | 55 |
| William of ___, known for his "razor" maxim | 53 |
| William Phelps ___ (creator of modern-day traffic laws) | 55 |
| William S. Burroughs novel (and this puzzle's theme) | 56 |
| William Steig book on which a hit 2001 film was based | 53 |
| William who invented the crosswalk, or composer Brian | 53 |
| William who played Uncle Charley on "My Three Sons" | 61 |
| William who wrote "The Dark at the Top of the Stairs" | 63 |
| William ___ (long-time head of Homicide on "The Wire") | 64 |
| William ___ (New York City's mayor from 1946-50) | 52 |
| William ___, baseball commissioner before Bowie Kuhn | 52 |
| William ___, chief of staff for Roosevelt and Truman | 52 |
| Williams who co-founded and still performs with the Temptations | 63 |
| Williams who played Potsie on ''Happy Days'' | 60 |
| Williams who played Potsie on "Happy Days" | 52 |
| Williamson in "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" | 53 |
| Williamson of "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" | 53 |
| Williamson who played Hamlet and Macbeth on Broadway | 52 |
| Willie of "Charles in Charge" taking over an entire state? | 68 |
| Willy who lent his name to a historic Manhattan deli | 52 |
| Willy ___ (only post-WWII German winner of the Nobel Peace Prize) | 65 |
| Willzyx the whale from a "South Park" episode, e.g. | 61 |
| Wilmer Valderrama's role on "That '70s Show" | 62 |
| Wilson of "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" | 56 |
| Wimbledon winner immediately before Borg's five in a row | 60 |
| Winans who sang "Addictive Love" with her brother | 59 |
| Wind instrument pitched an octave lower than its smaller cousin | 63 |
| Windows command with the keyboard shortcut Control-Y | 52 |
| Windshield washer fluid: "Push down and twist"... | 59 |
| Wine bottle contents in Hitchcock's "Notorious" | 61 |
| Wine enthusiast's "That's how it goes"? | 57 |
| Wine that used the slogan "...on ice. That's nice." | 66 |
| Wine traditionally served in a smallish flared glass | 52 |
| Winfrey who maybe someday will mention my crossword books to her fans | 69 |
| Winged carrier of Paul's "Twittering Machine"? | 60 |
| Winger's costar in "An Officer and a Gentleman" | 61 |
| Winner of 37 medals at the Vancouver Winter Olympics | 52 |
| Winner of a 1925 intercollegiate crossword championship | 55 |
| Winner of a posthumous Pulitzer for "A Death in the Family" | 69 |
| Winner of all four Grand Slam singles events in tennis | 54 |
| Winner of at least one Grand Slam event every year from 1974 to 1986 | 68 |
| Winner of five gold medals at the 1980 Winter Olympics | 54 |
| Winner of five of six A.L. batting titles from 1983 to 1988 | 59 |
| Winner of four consecutive Emmys for his sitcom role as a prosecutor | 68 |
| Winner of gold in four consecutive Olympics, 1956-68 | 52 |
| Winner of more than half of all the World Puzzle Championships | 62 |
| Winner of screenwriting Oscars for the three quoted films | 57 |
| Winner of the 2002 Academy Award for Best Original Song | 55 |