| Setting of a 2008 earthquake swarm | 34 |
| Setting of a 1978 hit song, with "the" | 48 |
| Setting of a 1975 "Thrilla" | 37 |
| Setting of a 1964 Bond film, briefly | 36 |
| Setting of a 1945 Pulitzer-winning photo, briefly | 49 |
| Setting of "The Plague" | 33 |
| Setting of "The Mikado" | 33 |
| Setting of "The Crucible" | 35 |
| Setting of "The Big Bang Theory" | 42 |
| Setting of "The Apple Tree" | 37 |
| Setting of "That Thing You Do!" | 41 |
| Setting of "Reading Lolita in Tehran" | 47 |
| Setting of "My Cousin Vinny": Abbr. | 45 |
| Setting of "Love Me Do": Abbr. | 40 |
| Setting of "Cousin Bette" | 35 |
| Setting of "Black Hawk Down" | 38 |
| Setting of "Anne of Green Gables" | 43 |
| Setting of "Angels & Demons" | 42 |
| Setting of ''The Plague'' | 41 |
| Setting of ''Papillon'' | 39 |
| Setting of ''Black Hawk Down'' | 46 |
| Setting item from a French port? | 32 |
| Setting in the musical "Two by Two" | 45 |
| Setting in the film "Tropic Thunder" | 46 |
| Setting in Haydn's "The Creation" | 47 |
| Setting in 1939's Best Picture Oscar winner | 47 |
| Setting in 1939's Best Picture | 34 |
| Setting in "The Sound of Music" | 41 |
| Setting in "The Petrified Forest" | 43 |
| Setting in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" | 46 |
| Setting in "Brigadoon" | 32 |
| Setting for Yankees home games: Abbr. | 37 |
| Setting for Van Gogh's "Sunflowers" | 49 |
| Setting for TV's "Portlandia" | 43 |
| Setting for TV's "Newhart" | 40 |
| Setting for TV's "Matlock" | 40 |
| Setting for TV's "House" | 38 |
| Setting for Tricia Nixon's wedding | 38 |
| Setting for three kings, perhaps | 32 |
| Setting for this puzzle's theme | 35 |
| Setting for Theseus and the Minotaur | 36 |
| Setting for the Sundance Film Festival | 38 |
| Setting for the setting of el sol | 33 |
| Setting for the original "Godzilla" | 45 |
| Setting for the narration of some horror tales | 46 |
| Setting for the movie "The Mummy" | 43 |
| Setting for the movie "Sister Act" | 44 |
| Setting for the movie "Scarface" | 42 |
| Setting for the lingo in today's theme | 42 |
| Setting for the last scene of "Aida" | 46 |
| Setting for the Königsberg bridge problem | 44 |
| Setting for the film "WarGames" | 41 |
| Setting for the events in this puzzle | 37 |
| Setting for the Cardinals or Orioles | 36 |
| Setting for the biggest movie of 1939 | 37 |
| Setting for The Barclays, briefly | 33 |
| Setting for the 2012 film "Argo" | 42 |
| Setting for the 1962 Best Picture | 33 |
| Setting for the 1939 Best Picture | 33 |
| Setting for the "Iliad" | 33 |
| Setting for the "Carrie" climax | 41 |
| Setting for some van Gogh paintings | 35 |
| Setting for some Tchaikovsky score | 34 |
| Setting for some tanning and barbecuing | 39 |
| Setting for some Sherlock Holmes mysteries | 42 |
| Setting for some History Channel programs | 41 |
| Setting for Soldier Field: Abbr. | 32 |
| Setting for Sinclair's "The Jungle" | 49 |
| Setting for Sgt. York's heroics | 35 |
| Setting for saloons and shootouts | 33 |
| Setting for Patricia Heaton's TV show | 41 |
| Setting for part of 2005's "Munich" | 49 |
| Setting for part of "Total Recall" | 44 |
| Setting for part of "The Da Vinci Code" | 49 |
| Setting for part of "Forrest Gump" | 44 |
| Setting for much of "My Cousin Vinny" | 47 |
| Setting for Melville's "Omoo" | 43 |
| Setting for Margaret Mead's first book | 42 |
| Setting for many Vargas Llosa novels | 36 |
| Setting for many van Gogh paintings | 35 |
| Setting for many Thomas Hardy novels | 36 |
| Setting for many stained-glass windows | 38 |
| Setting for many Sholem Aleichem stories | 40 |
| Setting for many Seahawks home games: Abbr. | 43 |
| Setting for many early online discussions | 41 |
| Setting for many Bulls games: Abbr. | 35 |
| Setting for many Blackhawks games?: Abbr. | 41 |
| Setting for many an SUV commercial: Abbr. | 41 |
| Setting for many a van Gogh painting | 36 |
| Setting for L.A. Lakers' home games? | 40 |
| Setting for Hitchcock's "Notorious" | 49 |
| Setting for Hepburn's holiday | 33 |
| Setting for half of Chopin's 24 preludes | 44 |
| Setting for German guns in a 1961 film | 38 |
| Setting for Christmas in Connecticut: Abbr. | 43 |
| Setting for Chicago's Summerfest: Abbr. | 43 |
| Setting for Camus's "The Stranger" | 48 |
| Setting for Camus's "The Plague" | 46 |
| Setting for Camus' "The Plague" | 45 |
| Setting for BBC reports, in brief | 33 |