| Longfellow classic containing a code that is represented within the answers to the asterisked Down clues | 104 |
| Like snide remarks from old Russian despots? (#4 in David Yale's "Pun Enchanted Evenings") | 104 |
| Lame last-minute Halloween costume idea #4: tape some toothpicks to a negligee and bam, you're a ___ | 104 |
| Lindsay nominated for two "Worst Actress" Razzie Awards in 2007 for two roles in the same movie | 105 |
| Longtime coach of the University of Chicago who was a charter member of the College Football Hall of Fame | 105 |
| Letter that, as it appears in the middle of this grid, can precede the first words of the starred entries | 105 |
| Landmark inaugurated 3/31/1889 whose shape is suggested by nine squares in this puzzle's completed grid | 107 |
| Langston Hughes poem with the lines "They send me to eat in the kitchen / When the company comes" | 107 |
| Laurel and Hardy film with the line "Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into!" | 109 |
| Literary captain who says "It's better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one" | 111 |
| Like the answers to the 10 asterisked clues, more often than any other English words, according to a 1999 study | 111 |
| Like the maximum-height New York City apartment building that's not required to have a fire evacuation plan | 111 |
| Lame last-minute Halloween costume idea #2: grab a broom, put a book under your arm and like magic, you're a ___ | 116 |
| Lame last-minute Halloween costume idea #3: slap on a sheet, borrow some Birkenstocks and suddenly you're an ___ | 116 |
| London venue where plays based on "Make 'Em Say Uhh!" and "Mr. Ice Cream Man" are performed? | 116 |
| Linguistic term for a word that's almost the same as another word, like "affect" and "effect" | 117 |
| Last letter in most plurals (but not in this puzzle's six longest answers, which are the only plurals in this grid) | 119 |
| Lima alternative in the grocery aisle (sorry about this fill, I was sure I could fit [colander alternative in the kitchen] here) | 128 |
| Lame last-minute Halloween costume idea #1: raid the knife drawer, put a gold chain around your neck, and next thing you know you're a ___ | 142 |