| Fictional hero whose first words are "I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York ..." | 101 |
| Fictional corporation that supplied rocket-powered roller skates and jet-propelled pogo sticks | 94 |
| Fictional character whose name the Beastie Boys chant in "Rhymin & Stealin" | 89 |
| Fictional character who says "I wear the chain I forged in life" | 74 |
| Fictional character who says "I now prophesy that I will dismember my dismemberer" | 92 |
| Fictional character who says "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons" | 87 |
| Fictional character who says "I am not what you call a civilized man!" | 80 |
| Fictional character who first appeared in "The House Without a Key" | 77 |
| Fictional character who declares "Sleep? ... I do not sleep, I die" | 77 |
| Fictional board game that warns "Do not begin unless you intend to finish" | 84 |
| Fictional barbershop quartet on "The Simpsons," with "The" | 78 |
| Fictional band who sang "Can't Buy Me Lunch" and "All You Need Is Cash" | 95 |
| Ferrell's "SNL" partner in "Morning Latte" skits | 72 |
| Fence 'doors' that automatically return to their closed positions | 73 |
| Female lab assistant who went for a "roll in the hay" in "Young Frankenstein" | 97 |
| Female character who sings "Typically English" in "Stop the World - I Want To Get Off" | 106 |
| Female actress who played Hamlet in 1899 at LondonÂ’s Adelphi Theatre | 72 |
| Fellow forgets to shave before kissing girlfriend; ref cites him for ... | 72 |
| Felines briefly discovered, then lost again; appropriately, they're called ... | 82 |
| Feeling of resentment associated with the last words of the starred answers | 75 |
| Feeling literal, the woman with the zoo-going addiction tattooed the word ___ | 77 |
| Feeling literal, the guy with the dead-end fast food job tattooed the word ___ | 78 |
| Federal org. with a "personal greenhouse gas emissions calculator" | 76 |
| Featured artist on the #1 singles "Low" and "Kiss Kiss" | 75 |
| Feature of this puzzle, and where the theme clues ought to have ended up | 72 |
| Feature hidden in the starred answers (and suggested by the grid's center) | 78 |
| Feather duster's gay best friend in "Beauty and the Beast," as portrayed by Harvey Fierstein? | 107 |
| FDR moved it from the Department of Labor to the Department of Justice in 1940 | 78 |
| Fastest ocean liner ever in a transatlantic crossing (3 days, 12 hours, 12 minutes) | 83 |
| Fast-food chain that peddles a 1,010-calorie Six Dollar Super Bacon Cheese Thickburger | 86 |
| Fashion runway, or, in a way, what this puzzle's 10 perimeter answers comprise | 82 |
| Fashion rule for the liberated ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle | 93 |
| Fashion designer Michael who's a judge on "Project Runway" | 72 |
| Fashion designer Marc who bought Barry Bonds's 756th home run ball and let the public vote to brand it with an asterisk | 123 |
| Fashion designer in "The Incredibles" voiced by director Brad Bird | 76 |
| Fashion collaboration of actor James and a one-named rock-'n'-roller? | 77 |
| Farrah Fawcett played her in "The Great American Beauty Contest" | 74 |
| Fantasy title character whose name is one letter different from the creature he rides | 85 |
| Fantastically pretentious former nickname for one of the few musicians who could get away with it | 97 |
| Fanny ___ (purported first wife for Mormonism founder Joseph Smith, Jr.) | 72 |
| Fannie who wrote "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" | 74 |
| Famously enigmatic signature on Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" | 73 |
| Famous rallying cry ... and a hint to eight other answers in this puzzle | 72 |
| Famous legal-system denunciation by Mr. Bumble in "Oliver Twist" | 74 |
| Famous last words (and homophonically, a hint to this puzzle's theme) | 73 |
| Family that first appeared in the 1962 children's book "The Big Honey Hunt" | 89 |
| Family get-together or, alternately, destroy the career of the co-producer of "Achtung Baby"? | 103 |
| Family doctor's specialty, or the short-term experience you'll get solving this puzzle? | 95 |
| Familiarly, nutritious trio found twice in this puzzle—one trio is hidden in certain corners | 96 |
| Familiar name of a Virginia sculpture based on a Pulitzer-winning picture taken by Joe Rosenthal | 96 |
| Familiar five-word phrase that means "Excuses are unacceptable!" | 74 |
| Fallacy that offers only two choices, when in fact many more are available | 74 |
| Faith whose core principles include the unity of God, religion, and humankind | 77 |
| Fairy queen who carried a "whip of cricket's bone," in Shakespeare | 80 |
| Failed school curriculum that was the subject of the 1973 book "Why Johnny Can't Add" | 99 |
| Failed Facebook game where you're marooned in the middle of a highway? | 74 |
| Facial gesture used to show affection (and sometimes creepy condescension) | 74 |
| Facetious unit defined as the amount of beauty needed to launch one ship | 72 |
| Faced with two undesirable alternatives (with ''on the'') | 73 |
| Extremely versatile material the Once-ler manufactures in "The Lorax" | 79 |
| Extremely controversial, blasphemous 1987 photograph by artist Andres Serrano | 77 |
| Extended piece by John Paul Jones of Led Zeppelin or John Entwistle of the Who | 78 |
| Explosive fragments named after the British inventor of an artillery shell containing them | 90 |
| Explorer ___ Ãlvarez de Pineda, first European to see the Mississippi | 72 |
| Explanatory information about this puzzle is revealed by reading these in the clues | 83 |
| Expand the intrapleural space, automatically allowing entry through the pharynx and beyond, then allow the diaphragm to relax, contract, and expel contents | 155 |
| Exec who ran a company that had the same internal letters as his last name | 74 |
| Exclusive group's limit, or dental restoration required to get into a club? | 79 |
| Exchange between NBA forward Antoine Walker and a sports reporter, PART 1 | 73 |
| Exams for students potentially most interested in this puzzle's theme, in brief | 83 |
| Example or attribute of something used to represent the whole, as "sword" for "military power" | 114 |
| Exam with a Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills section beginning in 2015, for short | 87 |
| Ex-coach of the 2006 Super Bowl-winning Pittsburgh Steelers who is now a game analyst for "The NFL Today" | 115 |
| Events in which you pin your victim, go after their sensitive spots, and show no mercy | 86 |
| Event where the number 12 is important, and a feature of 12 two-word answers in this puzzle | 91 |
| Event when one might ask "is it just me, or is it getting hotter?" | 76 |
| Event that often provides occasion for Kanye West to make a fool of himself: Abbr. | 82 |
| Event featuring new work, and where the items in the corners might be found | 75 |
| Event at the 2012 Olympics in which a Venezuelan won gold for his country's only medal | 90 |
| Event (as opposed to a sit-in) that might legitimize the use of pepper spray | 76 |
| European city whose airport is the world's largest chocolate-selling point | 78 |
| Euripides play that ends with the title character's wedding to Hermione | 75 |
| Eugenia Washington (co-founder of the Daughters of the American Revolution), to George Washington | 97 |
| Eugene's violin piece, recorded on the D-Day beaches, was known as "___" | 86 |
| Ethel Waters title line following "Now he's gone, and we're through" | 86 |
| Essential legume in a porridge served hot, cold, or in the pot nine days old | 76 |
| Espresso order, or what each word pair in the theme answers synonymously represents | 83 |
| Esmeralda's dance partner in "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" | 72 |
| Eric Clapton "I'm ___, I'm almost level with the ground" | 74 |
| Equally influenced right now by Nam June Paik's video work and Bedouin poetry, say | 86 |
| Eponymous star of a 1960s sitcom, the only American TV star with his three initials | 83 |
| EPILOGUE: Band member: Where can we possibly go where they won't find us? T: I'm thinking __ (Frankie Avalon) | 117 |
| Epic battle in technology ... or a hint to four crossings in this puzzle | 72 |
| Entertainment options so named because the audience is more detached, per McLuhan (not because he thought they were awesome) | 124 |
| Entertainer whose last name is the past tense of a synonym of his first name | 76 |
| Entertainer whose Broadway show was subtitled "The Royal Tour" | 72 |
| Entertainer born in May 1919, the basis for five anagrams in this puzzle | 72 |
| Entertainer (1938-2007) whose first name is hidden in eight puzzle answers including this one | 93 |
| Enjoy summer weather, and a hint to the beginning of the three other longest answers | 84 |
| English philosopher who wrote "Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins" | 75 |