| Laurence in "Romeo and Juliet," for example | 53 |
| Like wiping one's dirty mouth on one's sleeve | 53 |
| Like the apparel donned in "Deck the Halls" | 53 |
| Last test before starting some advanced deg. programs | 53 |
| Labor gp. whose song asked us to look for their label | 53 |
| Like the Beach Boys' "California Girls" | 53 |
| Like "Heart and Soul" on the piano, usually | 53 |
| Like the city known as "the Cradle of Gold" | 53 |
| Like Dvorák's "Serenade for Strings" | 53 |
| Like Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony e.g. | 53 |
| Like the characters in "Angela's Ashes" | 53 |
| Like the verb "be" in many languages: Abbr. | 53 |
| Langston Hughes classic "___, Sing America" | 53 |
| Language spoken across the border from southern China | 53 |
| Lash ___, who played the Cheyenne Kid in old westerns | 53 |
| Loretta who recorded "Van Lear Rose" (2004) | 53 |
| Lincoln player in "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" | 53 |
| Length equal to ''the whole'' shebang | 53 |
| Longtime "All Things Considered" host Adams | 53 |
| Logic gate that returns true if both inputs are false | 53 |
| Lingerie brand for the "full-figured woman" | 53 |
| Last book in Puzo's "Godfather" trilogy | 53 |
| Like Odets' ''Waiting for Lefty'' | 53 |
| Like a grounder that doesn't bounce a second time | 53 |
| Language in which "Shazbot!" is a profanity | 53 |
| Lobbying organization that might be "super" | 53 |
| Lance Armstrong drove it at the 2006 Indianapolis 500 | 53 |
| Like "Hawmps!" and "C.H.O.M.P.S." | 53 |
| Last word of the movie "Back to the Future" | 53 |
| Let people know if you're coming to their wedding | 53 |
| Left hand's starting position, for a touch typist | 53 |
| Lead character in seasons 1-3 of "Homeland" | 53 |
| Lifestyle expert frequently seen on "Today" | 53 |
| Legendary NYC club whose last concert was Patti Smith | 53 |
| Like the winner in a number-guessing contest, perhaps | 53 |
| Like the Borg race in "Star Trek" spin-offs | 53 |
| Larry who broke the color line in the American League | 53 |
| Last song Rodgers and Hammerstein did together (1959) | 53 |
| Like the items shown on "Antiques Roadshow" | 53 |
| Lavish combination of ingredients blended in advance? | 53 |
| Like the "Iliad" or the "Odyssey" | 53 |
| Lame answer to "Where's your homework?" | 53 |
| Line from Metallica's "Until It Sleeps" | 53 |
| Leela on "Futurama" or any one of the X-Men | 53 |
| Late host Ken of MTV's "Remote Control" | 53 |
| Laura's cry on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" | 53 |
| Like Haità vis-à -vis la República Dominicana | 53 |
| Lamont Cranston's alter ego, with "The" | 53 |
| Little girl in 1935's "Our Little Girl" | 53 |
| Like almonds in many casseroles, salads, and desserts | 53 |
| Like Santa's suit after going through the chimney | 53 |
| Like a stereotypical little old lady in tennis shoes? | 53 |
| Latin for "cheating on one's timecard"? | 53 |
| Like Virginia among states to ratify the Constitution | 53 |
| Lament following an Elizabethan wardrobe malfunction? | 53 |
| Long-running Kurt Weill musical, with "The" | 53 |
| Line from "All Quiet on the Western Front"? | 53 |
| Lopez with the 1963 hit "If I Had a Hammer" | 53 |
| Location in "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" | 53 |
| Largest tenant of Pittsburgh's tallest skyscraper | 53 |
| Like Fortunato in "The Cask of Amontillado" | 53 |
| Led __: "Stairway to Heaven" group, to fans | 53 |
| Level that a struggling MLB player might be demoted to | 54 |
| Leader referred to as "His Imperial Majesty" | 54 |
| Long-lasting flowering plant often mentioned in poetry | 54 |
| Last word of "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" | 54 |
| Linkletter who hosted TV's "House Party" | 54 |
| Like the origin of the food in many fusion restaurants | 54 |
| Liam Neeson voices him in the "Narnia" films | 54 |
| Like Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, religiously: Abbr. | 54 |
| Longtime "Masterpiece Theater" host Alistair | 54 |
| Label of Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" | 54 |
| Lucia's brother in "Lucia di Lammermoor" | 54 |
| Lake that Canada's Point Pelee National Park is on | 54 |
| Like most Spanish nouns ending in "a": abbr. | 54 |
| Like the elbow of Rodin's "The Thinker"? | 54 |
| Lowercase Greek letter that looks like a "y" | 54 |
| Librettist for Stravinsky's "Persephone" | 54 |
| Lillian of ''The Night of the Hunter'' | 54 |
| Lead-in for "cuisine" or "couture" | 54 |
| Lipton product, as marketed in some European countries | 54 |
| Likely response to "Who wears short shorts?" | 54 |
| Line in "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" | 54 |
| Latina actress/singer who started out as a breakdancer | 54 |
| Like the person in a diet ad "after" picture | 54 |
| Like the opening of several Liszt Hungarian Rhapsodies | 54 |
| Leopold's "perfect crime" co-conspirator | 54 |
| Loretta who sang "Coal Miner's Daughter" | 54 |
| Little ___ (protagonist of the video game Punch-Out!!) | 54 |
| Like most divorces involving accusations of infidelity | 54 |
| Like the letter E in this entire puzzle's solution | 54 |
| Larry's father on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" | 54 |
| Lyricist Washington who won two Oscars for songwriting | 54 |
| Like the origin of the names for some days of the week | 54 |
| Likely response to "More monkey brain stew?" | 54 |
| Largest city in the state where Lincoln is the capital | 54 |
| Legendary Mel, baseball's "Little Giant" | 54 |
| Like one's favorite radio stations, typically | 54 |
| Leachman replaced her on "The Facts of Life" | 54 |
| Loser to "Chariots of Fire" for Best Picture | 54 |