| --- one's time (wait for a favorable opportunity) | 53 |
| "The Devil's Dictionary" author Ambrose | 53 |
| Mardi Gras destination (with ''The'') | 53 |
| Golfer Ernie Els's nickname, with "The" | 53 |
| Do business like a New York senator's accountant? | 53 |
| It's not disrespected on "The Sopranos" | 53 |
| Bruce "___ on a wire outside my motel room" | 53 |
| Friend of Serena, on TV's "Gossip Girl" | 53 |
| ''The Pink Panther'' director Edwards | 53 |
| ''Don't ___ me, I voted for ...'' | 53 |
| Sound over a subway's public address system, e.g. | 53 |
| 1950's horror film creature, with "the" | 53 |
| "___ Ambition" (2007 Jessica Simpson movie) | 53 |
| What “Kensington Gore” stands in for on stage | 53 |
| Bialystock's partner in "The Producers" | 53 |
| Barry White lyric "Because you ___ my mind" | 53 |
| Agcy. that compiles the Occupational Outlook Handbook | 53 |
| Part of the wrapping of a gift from American Express? | 53 |
| "(What's the Story) Morning Glory" band | 53 |
| Key of Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony | 53 |
| Airline mentioned in "Back in the U.S.S.R." | 53 |
| Animal "with bristled hair," to Shakespeare | 53 |
| N.H.L. defenseman who twice led the league in scoring | 53 |
| Bernard the mouse in ''The Rescuers'' | 53 |
| "The ___ Show," best TV comedy series: 1961 | 53 |
| Animated kids' TV character with a yellow hardhat | 53 |
| "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" co-composer | 53 |
| Reclusive Radley of "To Kill a Mockingbird" | 53 |
| "Every hero becomes a ___ at last": Emerson | 53 |
| Word a preacher hates to hear to describe his sermons | 53 |
| ___ 131, LA 92 (2008 NBA Finals clinching score line) | 53 |
| Painter of "The Garden of Earthly Delights" | 53 |
| Handle for Springsteen (with ''the'') | 53 |
| City where you'd hear "wicked retahded" | 53 |
| Colorado setting for Rock Climbers United convention? | 53 |
| Equipment for each of this puzzle's theme answers | 53 |
| Singer Scaggs with the album "Silk Degrees" | 53 |
| Charitable org. whose top leader is the Exalted Ruler | 53 |
| " . . . putty, ___, an' PAint": Kipling | 53 |
| Shannen played her on "Beverly Hills 90210" | 53 |
| "Song of the South" title for Rabbit or Fox | 53 |
| ''The Outcasts of Poker Flat'' author | 53 |
| ''Oops! . . . I Did It Again'' singer | 53 |
| 2007 catchphrase, "Don't tase me, ___!" | 53 |
| Aftershave promoted as "The Essence of Man" | 53 |
| "Revolution" or "P.S. I Love You" | 53 |
| They're often paired with gulls in maritime jokes | 53 |
| Author of "The Cotter's Saturday Night" | 53 |
| Word repeated when things don't turn out your way | 53 |
| What top seeds often get at the starts of tournaments | 53 |
| President portrayer in the "Get Smart" film | 53 |
| Document with Sonny Corleone's lines highlighted? | 53 |
| Word with "kitchen" or "medicine" | 53 |
| Venetian who explored for England in the 15th century | 53 |
| World capital whose name means "victorious" | 53 |
| "Ace of __": 2000s Food Network bakery show | 53 |
| City founded in 1536 by Sebastián de Benalcázar | 53 |
| Words followed by "Al" or "Madam" | 53 |
| Musical based on "The Once and Future King" | 53 |
| Inspiration for "The Persistence of Memory" | 53 |
| Pete Seeger "Fifteen miles on the Erie ___" | 53 |
| Where Nixon threw out the first baseball on 4/12/1960 | 53 |
| Thriller parodied by "The Simpsons" in 1993 | 53 |
| Author of sci-fi's "War With the Newts" | 53 |
| Frank who directed "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town" | 53 |
| "It's a Wonderful |Life" director Frank | 53 |
| Showcase highlight, on "The Price Is Right" | 53 |
| Measure used for "a girl's best friend" | 53 |
| Word with "health" or "intensive" | 53 |
| Kasell of "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" | 53 |
| Johnny Carson character who was 'magnificent' | 53 |
| Main monster in "Where the Wild Things Are" | 53 |
| Film that got Sissy Spacek her first Oscar nomination | 53 |
| Harrison's ". . . Crystal Skull" costar | 53 |
| Longest-running show in Broadway history until 1/9/06 | 53 |
| In certain areas it's called Radio Nord Québec | 53 |
| Where people are managed after heart attacks, briefly | 53 |
| Singer Peniston with the 1991 hit "Finally" | 53 |
| Still in the video game "Dragon's Lair" | 53 |
| They're hidden in this puzzle's theme entries | 53 |
| "Dead ___" (Dick Francis's first novel) | 53 |
| "___ si bon" ("It's so good") | 53 |
| The Facebook's Eduardo Saverin's title: Abbr. | 53 |
| Elaine ___, George W. Bush's only labor secretary | 53 |
| "Art is the triumph over ___": John Cheever | 53 |
| 1992 Oscar-nominated title role for Robert Downey Jr. | 53 |
| ''The Cider House Rules'' star (1999) | 53 |
| Benjamin Franklin's "The Morals of ___" | 53 |
| '70s "A Lonely Man" soul band ___-Lites | 53 |
| ___ Mr. T (plant that grows in the shape of a mohawk) | 53 |
| Van Morrison: "His Band and the Street ___" | 53 |
| Composer who had a long relationship with George Sand | 53 |
| Org. featured in "Three Days of the Condor" | 53 |
| Govt. grp. whose HQ is named after the 41st president | 53 |
| "Profiles in Leadership" publisher, briefly | 53 |
| Nombre of Canadian rivers longer than 2000 kilometers | 53 |
| Film that includes the line "I made a cow!" | 53 |
| Makeup of Martha's Vineyard's Gay Head Cliffs | 53 |
| Miss ___ (late-night psychic in 1990s TV commercials) | 53 |
| Dog in the sitcom "The People's Choice" | 53 |