| Agcy. that supports research in economics and geology | 53 |
| Agency responsible for student awards as well as death certificates? | 68 |
| Agency within the Dept. of Health and Human Services | 52 |
| Agent "embedded" in this puzzle's theme answers | 61 |
| Agent Scully's first name on "The X-Files" | 56 |
| Agent who negotiated Letterman's NBC-to-CBS move | 52 |
| Agents who hardly manage to make themselves inconspicuous? | 58 |
| Aggressive, competitive person from Taiwan's capital? | 57 |
| Aging consequence, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 56 |
| Aging effect that art forgers can't well duplicate | 54 |
| Agnetha, Benny, Björn, and Anni-Frid, collectively | 53 |
| Agreement between Charlotte Bronte and her publisher? | 53 |
| Agreement between nations to stretch borders further? | 53 |
| Agreement for an amount to be taken from one's salary? | 58 |
| Agreement that created a bloc during the Clinton years | 54 |
| Agriculture giant celebrating its 175th anniversary this year | 61 |
| Agriculture option that combines crops with livestock | 53 |
| Air conditioner brand that's "hard to stop" | 57 |
| Air from Borodin's "Polovtsian Dance No. 2" | 57 |
| Air marshal's explanation about keeping his pilots alert? | 61 |
| Air Supply "Making Love Out of Nothing ___" | 53 |
| Air-conditioning refrigerant causing environmental concerns | 59 |
| Airer of "Dr. Kildare" and "Mr. Novak" | 58 |
| Airer of the original David Frost/Richard Nixon interviews | 58 |
| Airer of the sitcom "'Allo 'Allo!" | 52 |
| Airline mentioned in "Back in the U.S.S.R." | 53 |
| Airline once said to be "ready when you are" | 54 |
| Airline that doesn't schedule flights on Shabbat | 52 |
| Airline that flew the humanitarian Operation Solomon | 52 |
| Airline that had a waiting list for future moon flights | 55 |
| Airline that offers the King David Lounge to its premium passengers | 67 |
| Airline whose in-flight magazine is "Atmosphere" | 58 |
| Airline whose name is consecutive letters of the alphabet | 57 |
| Airline whose name is written right-to-left, natively | 53 |
| Airline whose name means "Skyward" in Hebrew | 54 |
| Airline with the first commercial flight over the North Pole | 60 |
| Airline with the Israeli flag on its planes' tails | 54 |
| Airline with the old slogan "Up, up and away" | 55 |
| Airline's selling point for tall passengers? [HEAD] | 55 |
| Airport serving Iguacu Falls, for short (in VINAIGRETTE) | 56 |
| AK and HI were admitted to the Union while he was in office | 59 |
| Akira Kurosawa's adaptation of "King Lear" | 56 |
| Al Capp character shaped like a plump bowling pin with legs | 59 |
| Al Franken's "SNL" motivational speaker Smalley | 61 |
| Al Gore's 2000 running mate, to an October baby? | 52 |
| Al Green's "___-La-La (Make Me Happy)" | 52 |
| Al who sought the 2004 Democratic presidential nomination | 57 |
| Al ___, 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump | 53 |
| Al-___ (support group for family and friends of alcoholics) | 59 |
| Alabama setting for the American Cellphone Association convention? | 66 |
| Alabama town with many connections to the civil rights movement | 63 |
| Alain Ducasse at the ___ House (expensive New York restaurant) | 62 |
| Alan Alexander, whose son was named Christopher Robin | 53 |
| Alan Cumming's "The Good Wife" character | 54 |
| Alan Jay Lerner's "___ Wasn't You" | 52 |
| Alan Paton's "___, the Beloved Country" | 53 |
| Alan who directed and starred in "Betsy's Wedding" | 64 |
| Alan who plays Snape in "Harry Potter" films | 54 |
| Alan who won an Emmy for his role on "The West Wing" | 62 |
| Alan's frosty ex-wife, on "Two and a Half Men" | 60 |
| Alanis lyric "Slap me with a splintered ___" | 54 |
| Alanis Morissette '08 album "Flavors of ___" | 58 |
| Alanis: "You've washed your ___ of this" | 54 |
| Alaska city once known as New Archangel to the Russians | 55 |
| Alaskan area at the center of an oil-drilling controversy: Abbr. | 64 |
| Albee's 1967 Pulitzer Prize play, with "A" | 56 |
| Alberta's third-largest city, named after an animal | 55 |
| Alberto who won in the long run: N.Y.C., 1981–82 | 55 |
| Alberto's companion in "The Motorcycle Diaries" | 61 |
| Album salvaged from the abandoned rock opera "Lifehouse" | 66 |
| Album that knocked the Beatles' "1" off the #1 spot | 65 |
| Album title of a free concert from saxophonist Rollins? | 55 |
| Album whose cover prominently featured a zebra crossing | 55 |
| Album with "Alive" and "Even Flow" | 54 |
| Album with "Jeremy" and "Even Flow" | 55 |
| Album with the hit song "I'm Every Woman" | 55 |
| Alcoholic beverage that comes in Grape and Grape MaXed | 54 |
| Alcopop brand that means "winter" in Polish | 53 |
| Aldous Huxley's ''___ and Essence'' | 55 |
| Alec Baldwin line in "Glengarry Glen Ross" | 52 |
| Aleutian Island that's home to the volcano Makushin | 55 |
| Alex Haley book in which he is a character in the last section | 62 |
| Alex Paterson & Thomas Fehlmann ambient house band | 54 |
| Alexander Graham & Timothy's favorite garment? | 54 |
| Alexander Pope phrase appropriate to the start of a sports season | 65 |
| Alexander Pope warned about this "dang'rous thing" | 64 |
| Alexander who said "I'm in control here" | 54 |
| Alexander ___, real-life prototype of Robinson Crusoe | 53 |
| Alexander ___, Russian who popularized a chess opening | 54 |
| Alexei who played on the U.S. Olympic soccer team in 1992 and 1996 | 66 |
| Alfalfa's girl in "The Little Rascals" | 52 |
| Alfalfa's love in "The Little Rascals" | 52 |
| Alfred who coined the term "inferiority complex" | 58 |
| Alfred who won a Best Actor Tony for "Kismet" | 55 |
| Alfred ___ of 2004's "Fiddler on the Roof" | 56 |
| Alfred ___, "Footbridge at Argenteuil" artist | 55 |
| Algerian port where Camus set "The Plague" | 52 |
| Algonquian people from the Delaware and Chesapeake Bay areas | 60 |
| Ali's ''Rumble in the Jungle'' supporters | 61 |
| Ali's "Rumble in the Jungle" supporters | 53 |