| Island nation once under New Zealand control | 44 |
| Aegean island, home of the despot Polycrates | 44 |
| Killers' "Town" on 2nd release | 44 |
| Protagonist in "The Metamorphosis" | 44 |
| Ex-Supreme Court justice __ Day O'Connor | 44 |
| Hotel at which Sinatra recorded a 1966 album | 44 |
| "The Riddle of the ---" (Childers) | 44 |
| California city in a 1968 Dionne Warwick hit | 44 |
| Coffee brand that "lets you sleep" | 44 |
| Brand for those planning to go down at night | 44 |
| California county whose seat is Redwood City | 44 |
| Terminus of a 19th-century "Trail" | 44 |
| Home of the Museum of International Folk Art | 44 |
| ___ Paulo (BrazilÂ’s most populous state) | 44 |
| 1999 NFL Defensive Player of the Year Warren | 44 |
| First Asian city to host the Winter Olympics | 44 |
| ''Two Mules for Sister ___'' | 44 |
| "___ Smile" (Hall & Oates hit) | 44 |
| ''Roseanne'' actress Gilbert | 44 |
| Title "Sister" of an Eastwood film | 44 |
| Lee that "nobody doesn't like" | 44 |
| Girl's name meaning "princess" | 44 |
| "Water for Elephants" author Gruen | 44 |
| ''Love Songs'' poet Teasdale | 44 |
| Spring training site for the Cincinnati Reds | 44 |
| Early Macy's Day Parade balloon designer | 44 |
| "Les Mains Sales" playwright, 1948 | 44 |
| State identifier at the Miss America pageant | 44 |
| Youngest White House resident since Caroline | 44 |
| Russian-born violinist Schneider, informally | 44 |
| "Cold ___ Tree," Olive Burns novel | 44 |
| "Little Miss Muffet/ ___ on a ..." | 44 |
| Saddam's mate, on "South Park" | 44 |
| Composer who scored for guns and typewriters | 44 |
| "Sonatine Bureaucratique" composer | 44 |
| Ellington's ''___ Doll'' | 44 |
| Molière's "The Miser," e.g. | 44 |
| Didn't participate, with "out" | 44 |
| Japan's prime minister from 1964 to 1972 | 44 |
| Dreaded parts of the coll. admission process | 44 |
| "The Love You ___" (Jackson 5 hit) | 44 |
| Horror film that starts in a filthy lavatory | 44 |
| Charlie Parker's instru-ment, familiarly | 44 |
| ___-Coburg and Gotha (royal house of Europe) | 44 |
| Berlin's "___ It Isn't So" | 44 |
| ''Tell me how much to pour'' | 44 |
| Almost any "Get rich quick!" offer | 44 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers "___ Tissue" | 44 |
| What this puzzle's theme words aim to do | 44 |
| Vocal style that mimics an instrumental solo | 44 |
| Singing style popularized by Louis Armstrong | 44 |
| Do "T'aint What You Do," maybe | 44 |
| "Aroint thee!," in modern language | 44 |
| Bergman's "__ from a Marriage" | 44 |
| "A Charlie Brown Christmas" writer | 44 |
| The "a" sound in "afire" | 44 |
| The "a" sound in "about" | 44 |
| "Nothing but perception," to Plato | 44 |
| 'Nothing but perception,' said Plato | 44 |
| Something that might work on a full stomach? | 44 |
| Brand with "beep beep" commercials | 44 |
| "Charles in Charge" co-star Willie | 44 |
| "Not with ___ . . . ": T. S. Eliot | 44 |
| Spendthrift's credo, with an easy switch | 44 |
| Inseparable friends on "Community" | 44 |
| Where cartoon character-shaped balloons fly? | 44 |
| "___ Named Sue" (Johnny Cash song) | 44 |
| "___ Will," Frost's first book | 44 |
| Releases pent-up emotions, in psychoanalysis | 44 |
| What the dishonest candidate called himself? | 44 |
| "I'd like to thank the ___..." | 44 |
| Berry used in juices and dietary supplements | 44 |
| "With ___ of thousands" (movie ad) | 44 |
| Kirkpatrick's "___ of Killers" | 44 |
| "Pick up the tempo" marking: Abbr. | 44 |
| "Arrow of God" novelist Chinua ___ | 44 |
| 'Things Fall Apart' writer Chinua -- | 44 |
| Show that won the 1976 Tony for Best Musical | 44 |
| " . . . lonely as ___": Wordsworth | 44 |
| Parts of churches appropriate to this puzzle | 44 |
| "___ in the Wilderness," 1974 film | 44 |
| Temporarily taking over another's duties | 44 |
| "That's a tough ___ follow..." | 44 |
| Fictional substance in "The X-Men" | 44 |
| "Turandot" librettist, with Simoni | 44 |
| Two-___ (grueling football practice regimen) | 44 |
| ... TAN XMEN, MINX AND MATCH, and PEPSI MANX | 44 |
| "L'Elisir d'amore" heroine | 44 |
| Home for a software company's employees? | 44 |
| "Singin' in the Rain" coauthor | 44 |
| Botticelli's "___ of the Magi" | 44 |
| Love, as "thou" might do in a hymn | 44 |
| Wear ___ (something Uncle Miltie used to do) | 44 |
| ''The Scarlet Letter'' topic | 44 |
| Its logo includes a winged hammer and sickle | 44 |
| What to latch onto, with "the" ... | 44 |
| Words after "Well, ain't that" | 44 |
| " . . . in ___ and Ten Cent Store" | 44 |
| Requirement for photographing food supplies? | 44 |
| ___ Alex (2005 Preakness and Belmont winner) | 44 |