| Genghis Khan reportedly decided not to conquer India after meeting one on a mountaintop | 87 |
| General who countered the Taiping Rebellion, which was waged over access to sugary fried chicken | 96 |
| General dir. of Sal Paradise's return trip in "On the Road" | 73 |
| Gene who would ask "Is this film more interesting than a documentary of the same actors having lunch?" | 112 |
| Gather wealth by exploitation ... as hinted at by this puzzle's circled squares? | 84 |
| Garson ___, writer and director of Broadway's "Born Yesterday" | 76 |
| Garnish that some upscale fries at Chicago restaurant mk are served with | 72 |
| Garlic sauce in Guy Fieri's unfortunate "Tex Wasabi's Fish Tacos" | 83 |
| Garden outside Jerusalem that was the scene of the agony and betrayal of Jesus | 78 |
| Garden of ___ (outdoor Japanese lounge attached to the meatpacking district's Hotel Gansevoort) | 99 |
| Garbo line from "Grand Hotel" (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) | 79 |
| Game with the figures "soldier's bed" and "fish in a dish" | 82 |
| Game with a "Livin' Large" expansion, with "The" | 72 |
| Game that can follow the first part of this puzzle's four longest answers | 77 |
| Game show on which Oscar gave the clue "Aristophanes" and Felix correctly answered "Ridiculous," on an "Odd Couple" episode | 153 |
| Game show host Pat who had a cameo in "Airplane II: The Sequel" | 73 |
| Game my dad refused to install on our computer in 1993 because it took up 40 megabytes | 86 |
| Game from IGNPC's Best of E3 2003 Awards (for Best Persistent Online Title) | 79 |
| Gambling game whose name spells a gambling town when the first letter is changed | 80 |
| Gala that saw "Black Swan," "Avatar" and "Ab Fab" attract claps | 93 |
| Gabonese president for 41 years, the longest such run in African history | 72 |
| Gabonese president Bongo who's the world's longest-serving nonmonarchal head of state (he took office in 1967) | 118 |
| G. Love & Special Sauce song that repeats "I can tell that we're gonna be friends" | 100 |
| Future senator who delivered the 2004 Democratic convention keynote address | 75 |
| Funny Cide was the first one to win the Kentucky Derby in more than 70 years | 76 |
| Fundraisers where Federer and Nadal sell Rice Krispies Treats and upside-down cake? | 83 |
| Frost said writing this was like "playing tennis without a net" | 73 |
| From a star on "The Golden Girls" to a Pennsylvania Avenue abode? | 75 |
| From a star in "A Guide for the Married Man" to a telegrapher's language? | 87 |
| From 1988 to 1999, a record 856 consecutive games were played in Dodger Stadium without one | 91 |
| Frightful-looking "Alice in Wonderland" character, with "the" | 81 |
| Friend barges in while gent is making amorous overtures; ref declares ... | 73 |
| Friday: Iggy hosts Google Search call-in show in his attempt to offer ... | 73 |
| Frequent panelist of "Match Game" who was one of three actress sisters | 80 |
| Frequent contestant on the "Saturday Night Live" spoof of "Celebrity Jeopardy!" | 99 |
| French writer who coined the phrase "Facts are stubborn things" | 73 |
| French Stewart's response when asked to "write a number" in an SNL "Celebrity Jeopardy!" skit | 117 |
| French Stewart's response to the category "Write a Number" in an SNL "Celebrity Jeopardy!" skit | 119 |
| French prophet whose predictions are often shoehorned into describing modern events | 83 |
| French politician ___ de Silhouette, from whom the word "silhouette" comes | 84 |
| French novelist Robert ___, upon whose work the 1973 thriller "The Day of the Dolphin" is based | 105 |
| French mathematician Henri whose conjecture was one of the great unsolved problems (until it was cracked in 2003) | 113 |
| French goose, which you won't find in a vowelless puzzle (I only allowed this entry in the puzzle because Rex Parker used it once - true story) | 147 |
| French forest region that was the site of the final offensive of World War I | 76 |
| French dancer who played the title role in the ballet "Carmen" | 72 |
| Freezing material that figures in Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" | 77 |
| Frederick Law ___, the "father of American landscape architecture" | 76 |
| Fred ___, whose sneeze was the subject of the first copyrighted movie in the U.S. | 81 |
| Frat standard with the lyric "let's get together and feel all right" | 82 |
| Frank Sinatra said he had "the silkiest chops in the singing game" | 76 |
| Frank Delano Roosevelt’s phrase “New Deal” came from a book by ... | 78 |
| Francis ___, 17th-century English poet who wrote “A Feast for Worms” | 76 |
| Francis Mulcahy: "What do you shout as a warning in golf?" Radar O'Reilly: "___" | 104 |
| Francis Coppola's first "mainstream" film, "___ 13" | 75 |
| Fragile articles ... or a hint to the things named by the circled letters | 73 |
| Fourth word in the opening sequence to all six "Star Wars" films | 74 |
| Four-time winner of Ring magazine's Fighter of the Year award in the 1970s | 78 |
| Four-time Pro Bowl tight end Crumpler whose first name sounds like a microbiology topic | 87 |
| Founding member of Public Enemy known for wearing large clocks around his neck | 78 |
| Founder of the first institution of higher learning in the Western world | 72 |
| Fortune magazine named it "America's Most Innovative Company" from 1996 to 2000 | 93 |
| Fortuitous point in the Showcase Showdown to land on $1.00, on "The Price Is Right"? | 94 |
| Former Yankee Aaron whose 2003 ALCS Game 7 homer extended the "Curse of the Bambino" | 94 |
| Former weekly mag that still publishes an annual "Best Colleges" issue | 80 |
| Former UN leader Hammarskjöld [Note: The circled letters comprise a three-word instruction that, when applied to one square in the completed grid, reveals a group who might follow a code of silence] | 201 |
| Former U.S. Representative Bella who once ran under the slogan "A Woman's Place is in the House" | 110 |
| Former U.S. Open champ Monica's cry upon seeing wooden rackets in her locker? | 81 |
| Former U.S. Open champ Chris's answer to "Who'll be tops this year?" | 86 |
| Former teen heartthrob James Van Der ___ ("Dawson's Creek" star) | 78 |
| Former senator for whom Georgia Tech's School of International Affairs is named | 83 |
| Former Prince percussionist/singer who had a 1984 hit "The Glamorous Life" | 84 |
| Former NFL quarterback Tim whose name became a dictionary-recognized verb in 2012 | 81 |
| Former New York Giants star currently in jail after shooting himself in the leg | 79 |
| Former Lakers center who won two Olympic silver medals playing with Yugoslavia | 78 |
| Former L.A. Ram who holds the N.F.L. record for most receiving yards in a game (336) | 84 |
| Former kids' show title character named for the large pockets in his coat | 77 |
| Former Kansas senator who said "Life is very important to Americans" | 78 |
| Former editorial page editor of The Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for Newsweek | 101 |
| Former Dodgers third baseman whom Chris Berman nicknamed "Born in the U.S." | 85 |
| Former Disney head Michael [This is the 2nd-to-last Ink Well! Continue to solve Ben Tausig puzzles @ avxword.com] | 113 |
| Former CIA agent Philip who wrote the 1987 memoir "On the Run" | 72 |
| Former Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher who played for the Yanks in the late '90s | 80 |
| Former Buccaneer whose dismissal was named 2003's worst sports event by "Time" | 92 |
| Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Bill who played the character Stefon | 87 |
| Former "On Language" New York Times columnist who died on 9/27/09 | 75 |
| Former "Headbangers Ball" regulars with "Round and Round" | 77 |
| Form of Japanese dance drama in which the performers often wear white body makeup | 81 |
| Form of address for a supreme ruler, after "His" or "Her" | 77 |
| For whose benefit "the quality of mercy is not strain'd" in Shakespeare | 85 |
| For whom Safire wrote the words "nattering nabobs of negativism" | 74 |
| For our Mixed-Up Lit class, you'll have to read "Charlotte Brontë" by ___... | 93 |
| For example, any of the women who claimed to have had sex for money with Sen. Robert MenendeZ | 93 |
| Football team involved in a notorious 2005 "love boat" scandal | 72 |
| Football target, in a lot of "America's Funniest Home Videos" submissions | 87 |
| Football tackle Warren who competed on "Dancing With the Stars" | 73 |
| Football player-turned politician whose autobiography is titled "What Color Is a Conservative?" | 105 |
| Football legend who was the first non-referee to do the Super Bowl coin toss | 76 |
| Football Hall-of-Famer Ronnie, playing an extra in "Lord of the Rings"? | 81 |
| Football Hall of Famer Carl who was a member of the Vikings' Purple People Eaters defensive line | 100 |
| Football formation in which the quarterback doesn't receive the snap | 72 |