| "Kiss me my darling, be mine tonight . . ." | 53 |
| Words before "enough" or "better" | 53 |
| Cry upon learning your door prize is a muffin basket? | 53 |
| Star of 2010's "Gulliver's Travels" | 53 |
| First athlete to appear on the cover of Time magazine | 53 |
| Five-time N.H.L. scoring leader of the 1990s-'00s | 53 |
| Title character on TV's "The Pretender" | 53 |
| Title character of TV's "The Pretender" | 53 |
| Charlie Hunnam's "Sons of Anarchy" role | 53 |
| Rapper with the 2013 #1 album "Born Sinner" | 53 |
| Game whose name means "to build" in Swahili | 53 |
| Ken who plays Señor Chang on "Community" | 53 |
| Boston attraction with a permanent Space Race exhibit | 53 |
| Al ___, 1984 Olympic gold medalist in the triple jump | 53 |
| Saxophonist whose bands include Naked City and Masada | 53 |
| Player in front of the goal during a free kick, often | 53 |
| Author and longtime professor of writing at Princeton | 53 |
| What a "choosy mother" might pack for lunch | 53 |
| U.S. women's national soccer team captain 2000-04 | 53 |
| Captain of the Yankees after gaining a lot of weight? | 53 |
| Classic Bob Uecker line from "Major League" | 53 |
| "I was worried you weren't showing up!" | 53 |
| "Tempting, but I think this will be enough" | 53 |
| Sgt. Friday's request at the office supply store? | 53 |
| ...exhausted from partying, the Jolly Green Giant ___ | 53 |
| Subject of a China/India/Pakistan territorial dispute | 53 |
| Script used to transcribe foreign words into Japanese | 53 |
| Woman's name that means "pure" in Greek | 53 |
| "The Remains of the Day" author __ Ishiguro | 53 |
| Hall of Fame Celtic whose initials are his given name | 53 |
| Plastic coffee container designed for a Keurig brewer | 53 |
| ''I couldn't ___ straight face!'' | 53 |
| Not what an impatient stripper's boss should say? | 53 |
| Writer in "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" | 53 |
| Pulitzer winner for "Russia Leaves the War" | 53 |
| Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the ___ Life" | 53 |
| "Jumanji" and "The Polar Express" | 53 |
| Witch's defense in "Hansel and Gretel"? | 53 |
| She untied the knot from Kris Humphries after 72 days | 53 |
| Phrase coined by Thomas Gray in his "Elegy" | 53 |
| Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, with "The" | 53 |
| Confederate slogan symbolizing financial independence | 53 |
| "Once You ___ Stranger ..." (1969 thriller) | 53 |
| Industrial musician Scott who performs as Celldweller | 53 |
| One of two NBA teams located in their original cities | 53 |
| 155-mi. Asian strip that intersects the 38th parallel | 53 |
| Military mess assignment, and this puzzle's title | 53 |
| Fourth-grade teacher Edna on "The Simpsons" | 53 |
| 1979 film co-starring the youngest-ever Oscar nominee | 53 |
| Animated clown some claim is based on David Letterman | 53 |
| "___ Pow! Enter the Fist" (2002 spoof film) | 53 |
| Spanish priest who famously opposed the conquistadors | 53 |
| 1953 film featuring Lana Turner and Ricardo Montalban | 53 |
| 1887 Victorien Sardou play on which an opera is based | 53 |
| Charlie who wrote "The Art of Hitting .300" | 53 |
| "And the wild cataract ___ glory": Tennyson | 53 |
| "Into Your Arms" band, with "The" | 53 |
| Singing sisters on "The Lawrence Welk Show" | 53 |
| Music in an updated version of "Pagliacci"? | 53 |
| Gaston who wrote "The Phantom of the Opera" | 53 |
| "I'm sure I can think of something ..." | 53 |
| First thing zoo employees learn at the reptile house? | 53 |
| "Ich ___ dich" (German words of endearment) | 53 |
| Shows like "Cheers" and "Friends" | 53 |
| Where you might pick fruit while it's still green | 53 |
| 'The Year of Living Dangerously' Oscar winner | 53 |
| Comic strip boy whose friends are monsters and aliens | 53 |
| Office item created by Bette Nesmith Graham (1924-80) | 53 |
| They involve winning all tricks except one, in bridge | 53 |
| 1985 multi-venue charity concert for Ethiopian famine | 53 |
| "Leapin' ___!" (Orphan Annie's cry) | 53 |
| Where to hang out and buy overpriced drinks on Amtrak | 53 |
| Word with "Run" in a 1976 sci-fi film title | 53 |
| Movie about sports stars who don't use deodorant? | 53 |
| "I wandered ___ a cloud . . . ": Wordsworth | 53 |
| Desolate title tree in a 1936 Fonda/MacMurray western | 53 |
| Crosses the international date line from east to west | 53 |
| Good news for a dieter, bad news for a London gambler | 53 |
| Sam Cooke tune, "Everybody ___ Cha Cha Cha" | 53 |
| Romance novel released on Valentine's Day in 1970 | 53 |
| “Let’s Build Something Together” retailer | 53 |
| Kasabian "Lost Souls Forever" song, briefly | 53 |
| Child actress Patten of "Song of the South" | 53 |
| Devonshire's ___ Island, once a haven for pirates | 53 |
| Certain independent, and an apt title for this puzzle | 53 |
| Shak. play about a guy who has trouble meeting girls? | 53 |
| Words before "TV" or "each other" | 53 |
| Anna who won an Oscar for "The Rose Tattoo" | 53 |
| "Move On Up a Little Higher" singer Jackson | 53 |
| Meme caption with Captain Picard and a Singer machine | 53 |
| Euphemism used often on "The Newlywed Game" | 53 |
| John Lee convicted of the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks | 53 |
| Song that knocked “Mickey” out of the #1 spot | 53 |
| Type of beet that's carved for Halloween in Wales | 53 |
| Romantic outing comprised of sprinting and screaming? | 53 |
| 1963 Robert Mitchum film, and this puzzle's theme | 53 |
| Performer who was like other performers, only better? | 53 |
| NHL Hall-of-Famer who co-owns the Pittsburgh Penguins | 53 |
| Ex-Smiths (and current Modest Mouse) guitarist Johnny | 53 |
| Goya's "Disasters of War," for example? | 53 |