| Conservative politician who wrote "Gandhi: Ninny of the 20th Century" | 79 |
| Concept in modern feminism that covers things like slut-shaming and victim-blaming | 82 |
| Reviewer on "The Road to Wellville": "I got whiplash from the runaway plot" | 95 |
| Person that "I'm Not," nor were any characters, in a 1996 movie | 77 |
| Two great genres that for some inexplicable reason don't go well together | 77 |
| Feather duster's gay best friend in "Beauty and the Beast," as portrayed by Harvey Fierstein? | 107 |
| Having material that "may not be suitable for children," per the MPAA | 79 |
| With "The," 1960s series set in the North African desert during WWII | 78 |
| Heavy metal band with the triple-platinum album "Out of the Cellar" | 77 |
| Former "Headbangers Ball" regulars with "Round and Round" | 77 |
| “Should that say ‘Art,’ or will we really be practicing psychology on rodents in ___?” | 102 |
| "Round and Round" glam band vs. "Twin Infinitives" punks (sometime in the 1100s B.C.) | 105 |
| Jon ___, at 6'11" the tallest player in Major League Baseball history | 78 |
| "I'm returning this feathered headdress-it's just not refined" | 80 |
| Iggy reviewed the autobiography of a hide-and-seek champion so he could yell "___!" | 93 |
| The Library's Periodicals Room was the source of most of the excerpted material in the first issue of ___ | 109 |
| "It is through Art, and through Art only, that we can ___ our perfection": Oscar Wilde | 96 |
| HBO series with such segments as "Of Human Bondage" and "The Agony & the Ecstasy" | 105 |
| What many sports cars lack, and, in a way, what the ends of the starred answers are | 83 |
| Co-firing technique used to reduce pollution from electrical power plants | 73 |
| Prize for an aspiring musical artist, perhaps from the first word of the answer to a starred clue | 97 |
| Office building problem that's a hint to this puzzle's theme entries (see their last three letters) | 107 |
| Football legend who was the first non-referee to do the Super Bowl coin toss | 76 |
| "Little" barnyard bird with an alliterative name in a classic Willie Dixon blues song | 95 |
| 1988 #1 song with the lyrics "You make me feel so fine / You keep me rocking all of the time" | 103 |
| Stop at this North Dakota region that was the inspiration for a folk song | 73 |
| Phenomenon observed in receding galaxies ... and in the answers to this puzzle's asterisked clues? | 102 |
| " . . . never blows so ___ Rose . . . ": "The Rubáiyát" | 81 |
| Three words describing the horrible "Dancing Santa" act in the talent show? | 85 |
| Accidental portmanteau from Sarah Palin that made a few "2010 Word of the Year" lists | 95 |
| Spin Magazine called it "the one speed metal record to buy if you're only going to buy one" | 105 |
| Healing technique that's Japanese for "universal life energy" | 75 |
| “The good news is, I told the professor about your lab contributions and she gave us an A for our assignment on ...” | 124 |
| New slogan for a Texas city trying to spread the word about its cheap ammunition? | 81 |
| Band that sang the "Friends" theme song "I'll Be There for You," with "the" | 109 |
| Announcement/event of September 2011, or what happened to the theme answers | 75 |
| 2011 headline in music news (I know one of them quit years ago; sue me for preferring the classic lineup) | 105 |
| Lee who got a Best Actress nomination for "Days of Wine and Roses" | 76 |
| Based on this week's performance, Iggy's assignment next week will be a ... | 83 |
| She reprised Faye Dunaway's role in "The Thomas Crown Affair" | 75 |
| Mel Gibson's co-star in "Lethal Weapon 3" and "Ransom" | 78 |
| Actress who played Natasha in "The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle" | 80 |
| "___ Most Wanted" ("best-of" compilation of a popular TV cop show) | 86 |
| Wheels on loan ... or, as the circles show, what four puzzle answers have done? | 79 |
| Art punk band whose members appear as tophat-wearing giant eyeballs, with "The" | 89 |
| In his first speech, Iggy quoted a computer-monitor tech manual to establish the ... | 84 |
| Horror flick starring Humphrey Bogart as a mad scientist, with "The" | 78 |
| Like pronouns such as "myself" which refer back to the subject of the clause | 86 |
| It's more of a privilege, really, in countries like Canada that have fairly strict gun laws | 95 |
| Actor who played Hamlet in a 1964 production deliberately staged to look like a rehearsal | 89 |
| Shakespeare play that begins "Now is the winter of our discontent" | 76 |
| Shakespeare character who says "I have set my life upon a cast" | 73 |
| Songwriter-husband of Minnie Riperton and father of "SNL" alum Maya | 77 |
| Impressionist whom Mel Blanc labeled "The Man of a Thousand Voices" | 77 |
| Real-life talk show host played by Jay Mohr on 1990s "Saturday Night Live" episodes | 93 |
| Cubs player who prevented two protesters from igniting an American flag on the outfield grass during a 1976 game at Dodger Stadium | 130 |
| Directed to the video of Will Shortz's duet with Whitney Houston (http://tinyurl.com/2g9mqh), say | 101 |
| Widespread Internet prank involving a bait-and-switch link to a music video | 75 |
| "Shaggy! There are monsters under this bridge with terrible colds!" | 77 |
| Maintain equilibrium while pushing on a rotating peripheral attachment, alternating with the lower extremities | 110 |
| German mathematician Bernhard whose eponymous hypothesis is one of the great unsolved problems | 94 |
| Branch of geometry dealing with curved spaces (named after the German mathematician Bernhard) | 93 |
| Antiperspirant that comes in "Fresh Blast" and "Fast Break" scents | 86 |
| Musical work in four parts, with its first part opening the Met's 2010-11 season | 84 |
| Japanese horror film series about a cursed videotape that inspired a similarly-titled American remake | 101 |
| Norbert Pearlroth spent 52 years of 60-hour weeks in the Library's Reading Room collecting material for ___ | 111 |
| "Mr. Mojo __": Doors lyric that anagrams into the lead singer's name | 82 |
| Indicted musician who said: "Osama Bin Laden is the only one who knows what I'm going through" | 108 |
| Facial gesture used to show affection (and sometimes creepy condescension) | 74 |
| Duet from "Gigi" about a vivid recollection (I'm guessing here, I haven't listened to it) | 107 |
| Famously enigmatic signature on Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain" | 73 |
| Notable quote from the same movie as "Mama always said life was like a box of chocolates" | 99 |
| One of two reserve components (the other being its "Army" counterpart) of the United States Armed Forces | 114 |
| Trial for a car [NOTE: My online solve-at-home crossword contest is TODAY AT 3 P.M. ET (Sunday, 9/30/12). First prize is $2,500. For details, visit www.alzfdn.org.] | 165 |
| 1940 Crosby/Lamour/Hope film that was the first of a "travel" series | 78 |
| Complaint about which whiskey is being served at a Friars Club function? | 72 |
| Things you know are going to be in former Virginia governor Chuck's recycling? | 82 |
| Brit with the B-side "Love Cheat" on his 1998 "Millennium" single | 85 |
| Quote from director Reiner: "Me so foolish for not seeing that..." | 76 |
| "Porphyria's Lover" poet with a pan of ground beef on the stove? | 78 |
| Only Secretary of Defense to be asked to remain in office by a newly elected President | 86 |
| "The Night of the Hunter" star--his middle names are Charles Durman! | 78 |
| From a star in "A Guide for the Married Man" to a telegrapher's language? | 87 |
| His version of "Othello" holds the record for longest-running Shakespeare production on Broadway | 106 |
| Elton John hit subtitled "I Think It's Going To Be a Long Long Time" | 82 |
| Movie in which Europe's "The Final Countdown" doesn't actually appear, contrary to popular belief | 115 |
| He came out of retirement to play Winston Churchill in "Inglorious Basterds" | 86 |
| Decision between buying some caviar or a Miami Heat star's basketball card? | 79 |
| Timepiece that's bound to last forever (and it might as well be free with the deal you're getting!) | 107 |
| Actress/comic roomies' mailbox label that sounds like an auto safety feature? | 81 |
| Acme product that doesn't require snow (or brains), making it perfect for certain coyotes, from "Lickety Splat," 1961 | 131 |
| Locale called Minnahannock by the Algonquin Indians, bought by the Dutch in 1637 | 80 |
| The Greek "khalix" (pebble) for the English "calculus," e.g. | 80 |
| Movie for which Anna Magnani won an Oscar for Best Actress, with "The" | 80 |
| 1970s-'80s band whose debut album was the soundtrack to a Richard Pryor film | 80 |
| 1799 discovery that made possible the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics | 76 |
| Simple code that uses a half-alphabet shift and that's the key to this puzzle's theme | 93 |
| "Shaggy! It's a giant arachnid that's apparently been working out!" | 85 |
| 1979 hit with the lyric "You don't have to put on the red light" | 78 |
| Molecule key for studying evolutionary relationships between species: Abbr. | 75 |