| About 70 percent of Earth's surface | 39 |
| Author of "Waiting for Lefty" | 39 |
| Auto part you shouldn't tamper with | 39 |
| Airport formerly known as Orchard Field | 39 |
| Alternative to a word like shucks or aw | 39 |
| Arlen's "___ for My Baby" | 39 |
| Any nonzero number times its reciprocal | 39 |
| A "Hickory Dickory Dock" time | 39 |
| Abstract form prominent in the '60s | 39 |
| Abstract painting style of the '60s | 39 |
| Allow oneself to be data-mined, perhaps | 39 |
| A Roberts whose ensign flies over Tulsa | 39 |
| Advanced degree candidates' hurdles | 39 |
| Algerian port in "The Plague" | 39 |
| A kid'll eat the middle of it first | 39 |
| A kid will eat the middle of this first | 39 |
| “Milk's Favorite Cookie" | 39 |
| American patriot-inventor: 18th century | 39 |
| American explorer and filmmaker Johnson | 39 |
| Alternate passage indicator, in a score | 39 |
| Actor Davis of "Jungle Fever" | 39 |
| Actor Davis of "Bubba Ho-tep" | 39 |
| All-time NL home run leader before Mays | 39 |
| Animals who like to float on their back | 39 |
| Author of "The Age of Reason" | 39 |
| Alternative to plastic at a supermarket | 39 |
| All Idols Fall "Crossing ___" | 39 |
| Abigail Van Buren's real first name | 39 |
| A Pequod owner in "Moby-Dick" | 39 |
| American Expeditionary Forces commander | 39 |
| Asset-assignment arrangement, for short | 39 |
| A boulevard in Memphis is named for him | 39 |
| Adjective in a Julia Roberts film title | 39 |
| A dispersive one is commonly triangular | 39 |
| Audible callers on the gridiron (abbr.) | 39 |
| A season in India, with "the" | 39 |
| Actress Sarah of "Parenthood" | 39 |
| Accelerate, with ''up'' | 39 |
| Ayn who was friends with Alan Greenspan | 39 |
| Author of "The Fountainhead" | 39 |
| Abbr. often appearing above percentages | 39 |
| Anchor's job at the end of the news | 39 |
| Auberjonois of "Boston Legal" | 39 |
| Actress Taylor of "The Nanny" | 39 |
| Apt setting for this puzzle's theme | 39 |
| Automaker who produced the Flying Cloud | 39 |
| Abbr. after a general's name, maybe | 39 |
| Abbr. after a judge's name, perhaps | 39 |
| Abbr. after a colonel's name, maybe | 39 |
| Adjust the pitch of, as a guitar string | 39 |
| Animal for whom a blood factor is named | 39 |
| Author of "Goodbye, Columbus" | 39 |
| Acuff of the Country Music Hall of Fame | 39 |
| Albert with a National Medal of Science | 39 |
| A long tale such as "Beowulf" | 39 |
| Author of "Broca's Brain" | 39 |
| Amphibian that can regenerate its limbs | 39 |
| Alternative to bankruptcy for a company | 39 |
| Actress Gilbert of "Roseanne" | 39 |
| A Manhattan restaurant is named for him | 39 |
| An original member of the Star Alliance | 39 |
| Accessory for a Miss America contestant | 39 |
| Adorned like beauty pageant contestants | 39 |
| Audibly deal with prolific composer (6) | 39 |
| A bit of fatalism after a fender bender | 39 |
| Actor Brian of "Juarez," 1939 | 39 |
| Alice in Chains "Down in ___" | 39 |
| Aptly named tennis player born in Minsk | 39 |
| Author of "Barchester Towers" | 39 |
| Author of "The Promised Land" | 39 |
| Al ___, Algerian earthquake scene: 1980 | 39 |
| Actor Scott of "Quantum Leap" | 39 |
| Angela of "Waiting to Exhale" | 39 |
| At least two companies ready for battle | 39 |
| Area with the world's highest tides | 39 |
| Apple pudding left in the sun too long? | 39 |
| Author who appeared in "Jaws" | 39 |
| All organisms in one area, collectively | 39 |
| Adjective that can replace an expletive | 39 |
| Alaska boondoggle in 2008 campaign news | 39 |
| Admission provider for a kissing booth? | 39 |
| Archaeologist's measuring technique | 39 |
| African landmark near the Mediterranean | 39 |
| Actual safety tip for an artificial log | 39 |
| Advocate of stronger federal government | 39 |
| Actor who divorced Hilary Swank in 2006 | 39 |
| Alumni of Dr. Twinkletoes' classes? | 39 |
| A.F.C. team that has won one Super Bowl | 39 |
| Attribute of Elks or Lions Club members | 39 |
| Anthony championing personal liberties? | 39 |
| Actress DuVall of "Carnivale" | 39 |
| Alternative to Best Buy or Circuit City | 39 |
| A for Ellery Queen; F for a piano mover | 39 |
| A. J. who wrote "The Citadel" | 39 |
| Actor Russell's nighttime hangouts? | 39 |
| Actor Lindo in several Spike Lee movies | 39 |
| Avoid having to wait for a table, maybe | 39 |
| Andrei Sakharov in the Soviet era, e.g. | 39 |
| Abbr. after Elizabeth Warren's name | 39 |
| America's #1 female talk radio host | 39 |