| Activity that in five years you're going to be embarrassed you were so into today | 85 |
| "When ___ hands us a lemon, let's try to make lemonade" (Dale Carnegie) | 85 |
| "That little darkroom where negatives are developed," per Michael Pritchard | 85 |
| Subject of a documentary subtitled "Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" | 85 |
| 1964 hit with the lyric "C'mon and turn it on, wind it up, blow it out" | 85 |
| Monogram of the author of "A Charge to Keep: My Journey to the White House" | 85 |
| Villain who says "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." | 85 |
| Actor/public speaker who often began "Unaccustomed as I am to speaking ..." | 85 |
| 1994 literary autobiography whose first chapter is titled "Infant Prodigy?" | 85 |
| "Listen to Your Heart" singer in the musical "Young Frankenstein" | 85 |
| Coastal irregularities, and word anagrammed in this puzzle's four longest answers | 85 |
| "The Courageous Heart of ___ Sendler" (April 2009 TV film with Anna Paquin) | 85 |
| It lost out to "Leonard Part 6" for the 1987 Razzie Award for Worst Picture | 85 |
| "I like the cap; And ___ will have...": "The Taming of the Shrew" | 85 |
| Girl's name that becomes a boy's name when the last letter moves to the start | 85 |
| ___ Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams's role in the "Star Wars" franchise) | 85 |
| Pope called the "Lightning Pope" because he died 27 days after his election | 85 |
| "___ I should be old-fashioned, I'll put a trinket on": Emily Dickinson | 85 |
| ''Beware __ you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow'': Aesop | 85 |
| "My tines be long. My tines be short. My tines end ere my first report ..." | 85 |
| Shower object at the center of Bill O'Reilly's 2004 sexual harrasment lawsuit | 85 |
| What the "turn on" part refers to in "Tune in, turn on, drop out" | 85 |
| "All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word," according to song | 85 |
| Drink Mencken called "The only American invention as perfect as the sonnet" | 85 |
| "Those are my principles. If you don't like them I have others" speaker | 85 |
| Graphic novel subtitled "A Survivor's Tale" that won a Pulitzer in 1992 | 85 |
| He was on deck when Bobby Thomson hit "The Shot Heard 'Round the World" | 85 |
| Rapper with the line "if you catch me at the border I got visas in my name" | 85 |
| "___ and Red Vines equals crazy delicious" ("Lazy Sunday" lyrics) | 85 |
| ___ Flanagan (American Vampire League spokeswoman on TV's "True Blood") | 85 |
| Model namechecked along with Linda and Christy in RuPaul's "Supermodel" | 85 |
| Assassin code name of Bridget Fonda's character in "Point of No Return" | 85 |
| Branch of the govt. whose number of employees and annual budget are classified, aptly | 85 |
| "24. The first crossword I ever wrote I sold to the ___.It ran on 8/7/1996" | 85 |
| In normal seasons, only month when the NBA, MLB, NHL and NFL all have scheduled games | 85 |
| "Hamlet" woman at whose grave Gertrude says "Sweets to the sweet" | 85 |
| Thing that may appear to be symmetrical but isn't ... like this puzzle's grid | 85 |
| ___ Way (Block on Ninth Avenue in New York between 15th and 16th named after a sweet) | 85 |
| ... and the personality magazine created a new category of elite subscribers, the ___ | 85 |
| "I think about quitting every time I can't stand the Heat," quipped ___ | 85 |
| Arthur ___, banker in Lemony Snicket's "A Series of Unfortunate Events" | 85 |
| "Elf shot the ___!" (classic line from the video game "Gauntlet") | 85 |
| Sports disks that can reach speeds of more than 100 miles per hour after being struck | 85 |
| Hodges who called "The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!" | 85 |
| 2014 NBC comedy starring David Walton ... and a hint to the puzzle theme which is ___ | 85 |
| With "The," "Hair" song that changes during January and February? | 85 |
| 1915 song that popularized the phrase "Hail! Hail! The gang's all here" | 85 |
| 2009 film for which Sandra Bullock won a Razzie for playing a crossword puzzle writer | 85 |
| "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of ___ ..." (Matthew 19:24) | 85 |
| "After the maid cleans out the ___ ___ going to polish the fireplace doors" | 85 |
| The Coasters' record label (coincidentally, all its letters appear in their name) | 85 |
| "For a righty, you hit the ball pretty well on your left side," and others? | 85 |
| Groening character whose theme song was co-written by Michael Jackson (Matt Groening) | 85 |
| Type of gear on which the letters in this puzzle's nine theme squares are arrayed | 85 |
| Tony-winning director of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" | 85 |
| Roberto who said "There must be some terrible mistake!" in his Oscar speech | 85 |
| "Where the folks are fine / And the world is mine," in a Linda Ronstadt hit | 85 |
| "What did you try to do after the caution flag came out?" [The Doors, 1967] | 85 |
| MC Hammer song recorded again for a photography copyright lawyer, with "U"? | 85 |
| The first non-British to receive Britain's Dickin Medal for Gallantry was a _____ | 85 |
| Chelsea ___ News (Manhattan paper that covers the West Side from 14th to 59th Street) | 85 |
| Ingredient 1/8 cup of which is used in a bath at Pennsylvania's Hotel Hershey Spa | 85 |
| “... and use later in brilliant research papers, giving me something to ___!” | 85 |
| Blur frontman who sings "And the mind gets dirty / As you get closer to 30" | 85 |
| She played the witness for the prosecution in "Witness for the Prosecution" | 85 |
| "I have been half in love with ___ Death": "Ode to a Nightingale" | 85 |
| " . . . lightning, which doth cease to be/ ___ can say it lightens": Juliet | 85 |
| In poetry, when she passed, "it seemed like the ceasing of exquisite music" | 85 |
| 1986 R.E.M. hit with the prechorus line "And tell the sky and tell the sky" | 85 |
| Hybrid car that runs a few seconds, then stops, then runs again, then stops again...? | 85 |
| Network where "The Newlywed Game" will feature its first gay couple in 2009 | 85 |
| "___ longer denies all the failures of the modern man" (Joy Division lyric) | 85 |
| Pain-reliever once trademarked by Bayer (slogan: "The sedative for coughs") | 85 |
| What 16th-17th century countess Elizabeth Bathory reputedly bathed in to stay younger | 85 |
| Periodical with the tagline "A home doesn't need to be big, just smart" | 85 |
| 1963 movie with the tagline "Everybody who's ever been funny is in it!" | 85 |
| 1994 "Saturday Night Live" movie spinoff on many "Worst Of" lists | 85 |
| R&B group with the 1995 #2 album "The Show, the After Party, the Hotel" | 85 |
| Nora who asked her husband "Why don't you write books people can read?" | 85 |
| Danny O'___ ("Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" singer-songwriter) | 85 |
| Crisis following the breakup of Guns N' Roses, the Eagles, and Mötley Crüe? | 85 |
| "But he forgot to place the order - we may be looking at a ___ here, folks" | 85 |
| "I've got a new job! Just call me ___" said Bonnie, the mortgage broker | 85 |
| Rolling Stones album that features "You Can't Always Get What You Want" | 85 |
| Big Band star who sang "I Wanna Be Like You" in "The Jungle Book" | 85 |
| Eagles song with the line "She is headed for the cheatin' side of town" | 85 |
| Publication founded in 1952 featuring artwork that does the same thing as this puzzle | 85 |
| Girl's name that begins the lyrics of Neil Diamond's "Solitary Man" | 85 |
| "I'd rather be on ___ than be emperor of the world" (George Washington) | 85 |
| "I don't have the right equipment to make coffee this morning :( #___"? | 85 |
| Argument that doesn't exist until created for political gain, in modern-day slang | 85 |
| Chicago band whose one-take 2005 video was choreographed and filmed in their backyard | 85 |
| Invention by tailor Franz Reichelt in which he fell to his death (as seen on YouTube) | 85 |
| LIEUT: "He says you're ___." DESIGNER: "That's not true!" | 85 |
| Gilbert and Sullivan character who sings "Under the brave black flag I fly" | 85 |
| Holder of the world record for the longest ovation on the operatic stage (80 minutes) | 85 |
| "... and in less than a ___ they were turned into great hairy warriors ..." | 85 |
| Three words describing the horrible "Dancing Santa" act in the talent show? | 85 |
| Brit with the B-side "Love Cheat" on his 1998 "Millennium" single | 85 |
| "Shaggy! It's a giant arachnid that's apparently been working out!" | 85 |