| "To make a long story short" word | 43 |
| "Gulliver's Travels" creature | 43 |
| Brute in "Gulliver's Travels" | 43 |
| Alma mater of George W. Bush and John Kerry | 43 |
| "___ Can Cook" (onetime PBS show) | 43 |
| New York team's knack for scoring runs? | 43 |
| They retired Don Mattingly's jersey #23 | 43 |
| The telling of the fish that got away, e.g. | 43 |
| Story that can't completely be believed | 43 |
| "The one that got away" retelling | 43 |
| Rotate about the vertical axis, as a rocket | 43 |
| "Get Yer ___ Out!" (Stones album) | 43 |
| Word before "verily" in the Bible | 43 |
| "That's the ticket!" preceder | 43 |
| Kelly Clarkson "My December" song | 43 |
| Thurber's "The ___ With Ross" | 43 |
| "The ___ at the spring": Browning | 43 |
| " . . . and seven ___ our . . . " | 43 |
| More of the quote you'll piece together | 43 |
| "The Lake Isle of Innisfree" poet | 43 |
| Poet with a "fanatic's heart" | 43 |
| Get someone's attention two blocks over | 43 |
| Naval engineer who's far from fearless? | 43 |
| Djiboutian's neighbor across the strait | 43 |
| Chinese dichotomy, to a Japanese economist? | 43 |
| Story subtitled "The Yeshiva Boy" | 43 |
| G. & S.'s "___ the Guard" | 43 |
| Norah Jones's "Tell ___ Mama" | 43 |
| "And when ___ the harvest . . . " | 43 |
| What she didn't say, in Kern's song | 43 |
| Sandberg's "The People, ___" | 43 |
| Marv Albert's signature basketball call | 43 |
| "You're calling because ...?" | 43 |
| "___ on Prop ..." (campaign sign) | 43 |
| Words from one who loves, honors, and obeys | 43 |
| "___ Will" (Backstreet Boys song) | 43 |
| "___ Am" (Melissa Etheridge song) | 43 |
| Possible answer to "Is that you?" | 43 |
| "Don't beat around the bush!" | 43 |
| "Just give me an answer already!" | 43 |
| "You take credit cards?" response | 43 |
| "Who else would I be talking to?" | 43 |
| Sinatra "The Best Is ___ to Come" | 43 |
| Nickelback: "Not Leavin' ___" | 43 |
| ''On the other hand . . .'' | 43 |
| It's often posted at a freeway entrance | 43 |
| "As a matter of fact," informally | 43 |
| When doubled, essential oil used in shampoo | 43 |
| Theoretic primordial source of all elements | 43 |
| Community org. that stresses healthy living | 43 |
| Ringo Starr "Walk With You" album | 43 |
| Star Wars character who uses unusual syntax | 43 |
| Luke's mentor, in "Star Wars" | 43 |
| What might get you through a quiet stretch? | 43 |
| ''Pic-a-nic basket'' seeker | 43 |
| First name in the 40's-50's Yankees | 43 |
| "The Butter Battle Book" critters | 43 |
| Days of King Arthur's Round Table, e.g. | 43 |
| City at the confluence of the Ouse and Foss | 43 |
| ''Hare Trigger'' antagonist | 43 |
| U.N. co-founder Charles or baseballer Eddie | 43 |
| Manager of the Milwaukee Brewers since 2003 | 43 |
| Word with ''of all people'' | 43 |
| Attack dog owner's remark to a burglar? | 43 |
| Comment after pissing off a soy-based soup? | 43 |
| Son's designation, with "the" | 43 |
| C. Porter's "___ Sensational" | 43 |
| "_____ Sixteen" (Ringo Starr hit) | 43 |
| Phrase in addressing an Anglican archbishop | 43 |
| "Cheers" alternative, in a letter | 43 |
| "Don't put words in my mouth" | 43 |
| It's wasted on the young, it's said | 43 |
| Words often heard after "Welcome" | 43 |
| Start of a Bernstein-Comden-Green hit: 1953 | 43 |
| Signoff like "Truly," but shorter | 43 |
| Belgian composer-virtuoso: 1858–1931 | 43 |
| River crossing France's Nord department | 43 |
| Brynner of "The Ten Commandments" | 43 |
| "Magnificent Seven"'s Brynner | 43 |
| ___ Crossing (historic Colorado River ford) | 43 |
| Citrus whose juice is used in Asian cuisine | 43 |
| She played Lily on "The Munsters" | 43 |
| "If I Can't Have You" Elliman | 43 |
| "That Awkward Moment" actor Efron | 43 |
| "The Hangover" actor Galifianakis | 43 |
| 'The Hangover co-star Galifianakis' | 43 |
| "An Officer and a Gentleman" hero | 43 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo's old name | 43 |
| Scene of Mailer's "The Fight" | 43 |
| "Planet of the Apes" role Dr. ___ | 43 |
| Guitarist Frank of the Mothers of Invention | 43 |
| Emil ___, 1948-52 Czech track gold medalist | 43 |
| Fighter craft game released by Sega in 1982 | 43 |
| Small character in "Scheherazade" | 43 |
| Movement traced to an ancient flower sermon | 43 |
| It's nice when checks have lots of them | 43 |
| Astronaut's work environment, for short | 43 |
| Star of "Much Ado About Nothing"? | 43 |
| Serious problem when planning an air force? | 43 |
| Record-breaking 30th tropical storm of 2005 | 43 |