| ___ the bus | 11 |
| ___ Piggy | 9 |
| ___ Marple | 10 |
| __ America Competition | 22 |
| Â Â Air ball, e.g. | 24 |
| Beethoven's "___ Solemnis" | 40 |
| "___ Solemnis" | 24 |
| ___ Solemnis | 14 |
| Didn't __ beat | 18 |
| ___ cantata (sung Mass) | 23 |
| Beethoven's "_____ Solemnis" | 42 |
| Beethoven's "__ Solemnis" | 39 |
| Aerosmith's "I Don't Want to ___ Thing" | 57 |
| "___ Solemnis" (Beethoven) | 36 |
| ''__ Solemnis'' (Beethoven work) | 48 |
| -- spot (shave imperfectly) | 27 |
| ____ cantata: sung mass | 23 |
| ___ cantata (church service) | 28 |
| ___ cantata (church ceremony) | 29 |
| Take off from the job | 21 |
| Church book | 11 |
| Mass book | 9 |
| Book of prayers | 15 |
| Book of devotions | 17 |
| Religious book | 14 |
| Sunday reading? | 15 |
| Sunday morning reading | 22 |
| Pew reading | 11 |
| Liturgical reference | 20 |
| Celebration book | 16 |
| Catholic prayer book | 20 |
| Book with a Mass audience | 25 |
| Altar stand book | 16 |
| Embezzler's entrant? | 24 |
| CPA's entrant? | 18 |
| Prosecutor's entrant? | 25 |
| Wasn't accurate | 19 |
| Was nostalgic for | 17 |
| Was absent from | 15 |
| Shot wide of the target | 23 |
| Sadly absent, as the departed | 29 |
| Pined for | 9 |
| Like some calls that go to voicemail | 36 |
| Fired off-target | 16 |
| Felt nostalgic about | 20 |
| Fanned | 6 |
| Failed at a shootout | 20 |
| Didn't catch | 16 |
| Mail to the wrong address | 25 |
| Direct wrongly | 14 |
| Errs | 4 |
| Fails to amuse, as a joke | 25 |
| The scariest ones are near | 26 |
| Swings without hitting | 22 |
| Swings that result in strikes | 29 |
| Suffers nostalgically | 21 |
| Not hits | 8 |
| Is nostalgic for | 16 |
| Is lonesome for | 15 |
| Hits' partners | 18 |
| Feels nostalgia for | 19 |
| Fails to hit | 12 |
| Doesn't hit the mark | 24 |
| Air balls, e.g. | 15 |
| Form incorrectly | 16 |
| Spin doctor's entrant? | 26 |
| Part of MIA | 11 |
| What this grid's big symbol is, Across and Down | 51 |
| Not where it's expected to be | 33 |
| Longing to see | 14 |
| Like the letter E in this entire puzzle's solution | 54 |
| Lost on the battlefield | 23 |
| Where is my movie? | 18 |
| Chuck Norris film of '84 | 28 |
| 1984 Chuck Norris film | 22 |
| Lost, perhaps | 13 |
| — (1984) | 21 |
| NASA nerve center | 17 |
| The closest she ever came to winning was in 1958 and 1992 | 57 |
| Christie sleuth | 15 |
| A woman desperate for a relationship, slangily | 46 |
| Bette's "Divine" nickname | 39 |
| "Divine" showbiz nickname | 35 |
| Midler's "Divine" nickname | 40 |
| The "Divine" Bette | 28 |
| Divine Bette | 12 |
| Divine ___ (Bette) | 18 |
| Part of Bette Midler's nickname (and what the starred answers do) | 69 |
| Divine name in showbiz | 22 |
| Bette's nickname, "the Divine ___" | 48 |
| Bette's "Divine" stage persona | 44 |
| Bette the Divine | 16 |
| "The Divine ___" (Bette Midler debut) | 47 |
| "The Divine ___" (Bette Midler album) | 47 |
| "The Divine ___" (1972 debut album) | 45 |
| "Divine" showbiz persona | 34 |
| "Divine" nickname | 27 |
| Etiquette authority | 19 |
| Etiquette expert | 16 |
| Proper way to behave in Biloxi? | 31 |