| Desolate title tree in a 1936 Fonda/MacMurray western | 53 |
| Crosses the international date line from east to west | 53 |
| Good news for a dieter, bad news for a London gambler | 53 |
| Sam Cooke tune, "Everybody ___ Cha Cha Cha" | 53 |
| Romance novel released on Valentine's Day in 1970 | 53 |
| “Let’s Build Something Together” retailer | 53 |
| Kasabian "Lost Souls Forever" song, briefly | 53 |
| Child actress Patten of "Song of the South" | 53 |
| Devonshire's ___ Island, once a haven for pirates | 53 |
| Certain independent, and an apt title for this puzzle | 53 |
| Shak. play about a guy who has trouble meeting girls? | 53 |
| Words before "TV" or "each other" | 53 |
| Anna who won an Oscar for "The Rose Tattoo" | 53 |
| "Move On Up a Little Higher" singer Jackson | 53 |
| Meme caption with Captain Picard and a Singer machine | 53 |
| Euphemism used often on "The Newlywed Game" | 53 |
| John Lee convicted of the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks | 53 |
| Song that knocked “Mickey” out of the #1 spot | 53 |
| Type of beet that's carved for Halloween in Wales | 53 |
| Romantic outing comprised of sprinting and screaming? | 53 |
| 1963 Robert Mitchum film, and this puzzle's theme | 53 |
| Performer who was like other performers, only better? | 53 |
| NHL Hall-of-Famer who co-owns the Pittsburgh Penguins | 53 |
| Ex-Smiths (and current Modest Mouse) guitarist Johnny | 53 |
| Goya's "Disasters of War," for example? | 53 |
| ''Big Momma's House'' star (2000) | 53 |
| ___ Comics, home of Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four | 53 |
| She weds ex-Surgeon General—elopes in roadster | 53 |
| Activity suggested by this puzzle's theme entries | 53 |
| "Hakuna __": "The Lion King" song | 53 |
| SAT subject test covering algebra but not polynomials | 53 |
| "Come on get higher, loosen my lips" singer | 53 |
| TV attorney who works for the Cage & Fish lawfirm | 53 |
| "Convoy" singer C.W. representing the U.S.? | 53 |
| So-called "Crime Dog" of public service ads | 53 |
| George ___, "Bringing Up Father" cartoonist | 53 |
| The annus in Dryden's "Annus Mirabilis" | 53 |
| "Animal Planet"-friendly Kalahari carnivore | 53 |
| His epitaph reads, "That's all, folks!" | 53 |
| "That's Not All, Folks!" autobiographer | 53 |
| Pictures of Ryan Gosling or goofy-looking cats, often | 53 |
| ''The Evil That ___'' (Bronson flick) | 53 |
| "Octobri ___" (encyclical of Pope Leo XIII) | 53 |
| "It's ___ him" (relationship ultimatum) | 53 |
| Nova Scotia's Lake ___, named for an Indian tribe | 53 |
| He spent December 25, 1991 resigning as head of state | 53 |
| Eloi portrayer in "The Time Machine" (1960) | 53 |
| "La Boheme" character singing a wrong word? | 53 |
| White Sox star who played in five decades (1949-1980) | 53 |
| "Zack & ___ Make a Porno" (2008 romcom) | 53 |
| Upcoming 2014 film adaptation directed by Liv Ullmann | 53 |
| 2001 Anjelica Huston miniseries, with "The" | 53 |
| Agriculture option that combines crops with livestock | 53 |
| Celtics head coach between Chris Ford and Rick Pitino | 53 |
| Treasury secretary under Harding, Coolidge and Hoover | 53 |
| 250th anniversary of the incorporation of Los Angeles | 53 |
| 100000000011, converted from binary to Roman numerals | 53 |
| Perennial family that includes bee balm and horsemint | 53 |
| Belief that all things are made of a single substance | 53 |
| Philosophies that regard reality as one organic whole | 53 |
| Patinkin's role in "The Princess Bride" | 53 |
| Novel about the life of Gauguin, with "The" | 53 |
| Pleasant spot for Heathcliff's Wuthering Heights? | 53 |
| 1991 Extreme hit about the deeper meaning of puzzles? | 53 |
| A star of "Rashomon" and "Ugetsu" | 53 |
| Showering, making coffee, solving the crossword, etc. | 53 |
| 60's sitcom character whose maiden name was Frump | 53 |
| R. Aldrich's "Gertrude Lawrence as ___" | 53 |
| Early dropout in the 2000 presidential race, politely | 53 |
| Gallery with paintings, sculptures, handicrafts, etc. | 53 |
| Things at the heart of a 2008 financial crisis: Abbr. | 53 |
| Leela on "Futurama" or any one of the X-Men | 53 |
| Indiana city nicknamed "Middletown, U.S.A." | 53 |
| Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" and others | 53 |
| Weapon that Reagan called the "Peacekeeper" | 53 |
| ''If I'm wrong I'll eat __!'' | 53 |
| Oscar-winning "Titanic" song by Celine Dion | 53 |
| "Discus Thrower" sculptor of ancient Greece | 53 |
| "Dared clean his ___ front of him": Pushkin | 53 |
| Ernie Kovacs's gorilla band, with "The" | 53 |
| Seeker of admiration in conversation via associations | 53 |
| "(You Don't Know) How Glad I Am" singer | 53 |
| Equine that originated in Italy's Campania region | 53 |
| ''There ___ a cab when you want one'' | 53 |
| Virginia setting for the Associated Press convention? | 53 |
| Williamson of "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" | 53 |
| Williamson in "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" | 53 |
| "Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea" poet Giovanni | 53 |
| Why assembly line worker #8 ends up doing extra work? | 53 |
| "The Right Stuff" group, to legions of fans | 53 |
| Site of the Otter River State Forest, gazetteer-style | 53 |
| At 41, Kipling was the youngest one ever in his field | 53 |
| Chef Matsuhita with a flagship restaurant in New York | 53 |
| 'Buenas --' (Juan's 'Good night') | 53 |
| "There is ___" (Start of a Byron quotation) | 53 |
| "Congress shall make ___ respecting . . . " | 53 |
| Insurance category for cars, boats, fire damage, etc. | 53 |
| Hot Hot Heat "Make Up the Breakdown" single | 53 |
| Vacuum cleaner-like "Teletubbies" character | 53 |
| "Try this snack - you'll get smarter!"? | 53 |