| Bowie re-___ as Ziggy Stardust in '72 | 41 |
| Lifts one's head above water | 32 |
| Chef who says "Pork fat rules!" | 41 |
| "Kick it up a notch!" chef | 36 |
| "Kick it up a notch" TV chef | 38 |
| Short-lived 2001 sitcom about a chef | 36 |
| His catchphrase is "Bam!" | 35 |
| First name at New Orleans's NOLA restaurant | 47 |
| Chef who kicks things up a notch | 32 |
| Chef who can "kick it up" | 35 |
| Chef known to “kick it up a notch” | 42 |
| Chef known to "kick it up a notch" | 44 |
| 2013 Culinary Hall of Fame inductee | 35 |
| "There's a Chef in My Soup!" writer | 49 |
| "The Essence of __": Food Network show | 48 |
| "The Essence of ___," Food Network show | 49 |
| "Louisiana Real and Rustic" author | 44 |
| "Essence of __" (popular cable show) | 46 |
| "Bam!" man in the kitchen | 35 |
| "___ Live," longtime Food Network show | 48 |
| "__ at the Grill" (2009 cookbook) | 43 |
| ___'s Bam! Burger Hamburger Seasoning | 41 |
| Term used to designate retired professors | 41 |
| Retired professor's designation | 35 |
| "The Over-Soul" essayist | 34 |
| "Self-Reliance" essayist | 34 |
| Rock music's __, Lake & Palmer | 38 |
| He wrote "The Over-Soul" | 34 |
| Boston college from which Jay Leno graduated | 44 |
| Author of "Representative Men" | 40 |
| "The American Scholar" speech giver | 45 |
| "Society and Solitude" author | 39 |
| "Shot heard round the world" writer | 45 |
| "Hitch your wagon to a star" source | 45 |
| ''Self-Reliance'' essayist | 42 |
| __ board (manicurist's tool) | 32 |
| ___ board (manicurist's tool) | 33 |
| Something that might reduce a tip? | 34 |
| Mineral for grinding and polishing | 34 |
| It may be applied across the board? | 35 |
| It may be applied across the board | 34 |
| Coarse mineral used for grinding | 32 |
| Board that may be rough around the edges | 40 |
| Abrasive material used for nail files | 37 |
| ___ board, on a manicurist's tray | 37 |
| What alcohol works as, if you drink enough of it | 48 |
| "Unbelievable" rock band | 34 |
| 1990s "Unbelievable" band | 35 |
| "Unbelievable" dance band | 35 |
| "Unbelievable" band of 1991 | 37 |
| "Schubert Dip" U.K. dance band | 40 |
| It's expressed in volts: Abbr. | 34 |
| Group whose 1991 hit sampled Andrew Dice Clay | 45 |
| Energy expressed in volts: Abbr. | 32 |
| British band with "Unbelievable" | 42 |
| Band that recorded "Unbelievable" | 43 |
| An amt. of energy expressed in volts | 36 |
| "Unbelievable" techno-funk group | 42 |
| "Unbelievable" techno-funk band | 41 |
| "Unbelievable" rock group | 35 |
| "Unbelievable" one-hit wonder | 39 |
| Parent company of Capitol Records | 33 |
| One of the Big Four record labels | 33 |
| The Gramophone Company Ltd., today | 34 |
| The Gramophone Company Ltd., later | 34 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers label, once | 33 |
| Parent company of Blue Note Records | 35 |
| One of the "big four" record labels | 45 |
| One of the "Big Four" record companies | 48 |
| Longtime Pet Shop Boys record label | 35 |
| Former "big four" record company | 42 |
| "Never Mind the Bollocks" closer | 42 |
| Rod Stewart's recording label | 33 |
| Record label sued by Yoko Ono in 2006 | 37 |
| Record label initials across the pond | 37 |
| Record company that owns the Beatles catalogue | 46 |
| Radiohead's former record label | 35 |
| Parent company of Virgin Records | 32 |
| Owner of Capitol Records and Parlophone | 39 |
| One of the music industry's former Big Four | 47 |
| One of the music industry's Big Four | 40 |
| One of the "big four" music companies | 47 |
| Music co. headquartered in London | 33 |
| Longtime Parlophone record label owner | 38 |
| Label that owns Blue Note Records | 33 |
| Label that bought Virgin Records in 1992 | 40 |
| Its labels include Angel and Capitol | 36 |
| Electric & Musical Industries label | 39 |
| David Bowie's recording label | 33 |
| Company that dropped DRM in April, 2007 | 39 |
| Columbia-associated record label | 32 |
| Co. that owns Parlophone records | 32 |
| Blue Note Records' parent company | 37 |
| Big inits. in the record business | 33 |
| (Q)u(ic)k(ly re)l(e)a(se, as a) bel(ch) | 39 |
| ___ Watanabe, Olympics figure skater | 36 |
| ___ Wantanabe, Japanese figure skater | 37 |
| ___ Latin (record label offshoot) | 33 |
| ___ Koussi, Chad's highest peak | 35 |
| ___ Group ("big four" record co.) | 43 |