| Symbol in the center of a Scrabble board | 40 |
| "Bright" inspiration for Keats | 40 |
| Directional guide for the Three Wise Men | 40 |
| 1994 sci-fi film about an alien artifact | 40 |
| Independent counsel in the Lewinsky case | 40 |
| "Yellow Submarine" lead singer | 40 |
| Seafood serving at a Beatle's house? | 40 |
| Projectiles illuminating enemy positions | 40 |
| Places where connections are made: Abbr. | 40 |
| Word before and after "of the" | 40 |
| Madeleine Albright's bailiwick, once | 40 |
| Island over the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge | 40 |
| Subject of an annual presidential speech | 40 |
| Lettering on a cheerleader's sweater | 40 |
| Doctrine of central governmental control | 40 |
| One favoring a strong central government | 40 |
| Assists, three-pointers, turnovers, etc. | 40 |
| Donatello's "David" et al. | 40 |
| Basketball recruiter's consideration | 40 |
| Jeanne d'Arc's abbreviated title | 40 |
| Part of many Canadian place names: Abbr. | 40 |
| Chateau ___ Michelle (Washington winery) | 40 |
| Bistro fare for meat-and-potatoes lovers | 40 |
| The Who "Did You ___ My Money" | 40 |
| Sneak off, with ''away'' | 40 |
| Peter Gabriel's Grammy-winning video | 40 |
| Host: "No, he's just ___!" | 40 |
| Device patented by Thomas Savery in 1698 | 40 |
| Like "Body Heat", for instance | 40 |
| Bear ___ (company in 2008 economic news) | 40 |
| Bear __: 2008 JPMorgan Chase acquisition | 40 |
| Bear ___ (JPMorgan Chase merger partner) | 40 |
| Superhero played by Shaquille O'Neal | 40 |
| Sir Richard who co-founded the Spectator | 40 |
| 1980s TV's "Remington ___" | 40 |
| NFL team whose fans wave Terrible Towels | 40 |
| A.F.C. team that has won six Super Bowls | 40 |
| ''Serenade'' painter Jan | 40 |
| Worker who shouldn't have acrophobia | 40 |
| "Bargain basement" on a cruise | 40 |
| 'In the Heat of the Night' actor | 40 |
| "I Was a Playboy Bunny" writer | 40 |
| Part of a watch touching the breastbone? | 40 |
| Anna ___, star of "Nana": 1934 | 40 |
| Actress in "The Wedding Night" | 40 |
| "The Red and the Black" author | 40 |
| Baseball's "Old Perfessor" | 40 |
| Apt anagram of ''notes'' | 40 |
| Armstrong's "small" stride | 40 |
| "Will you ___ into my parlor?" | 40 |
| "Portrait of the Artist" youth | 40 |
| "Get out of my face," slangily | 40 |
| "Don't ___ the Grass, Sam" | 40 |
| Making sure you have all the parts, e.g. | 40 |
| John Buchan's "The 39 ___" | 40 |
| Hitchcock's "The 39 _____" | 40 |
| Certain relative-by-marriage, familiarly | 40 |
| Take responsibility like a major leaguer | 40 |
| Prefix meaning ''solid'' | 40 |
| It accompanies the speaker of the house? | 40 |
| "A Sentimental Journey" author | 40 |
| "A Sentimental Journey" writer | 40 |
| He wrote "Sentimental Journey" | 40 |
| The end of a Mississippi steamboat, e.g. | 40 |
| Controversial substance in baseball news | 40 |
| "Leave it in," in proofreading | 40 |
| Proofreader's "Never mind" | 40 |
| Editor's "don't touch" | 40 |
| ''Keep it in'' notations | 40 |
| Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane wore them | 40 |
| Director of "12 Years a Slave" | 40 |
| Senior-most Justice of the Supreme Court | 40 |
| What an unwavering hero in westerns does | 40 |
| He played Winchester on "MASH" | 40 |
| Julia of 'The Bourne Ultima-tum' | 40 |
| "___ Nacht," carol for Wilhelm | 40 |
| "Goosebumps" creator R. L. ___ | 40 |
| It might be involved in a police roundup | 40 |
| "Every Breath You Take" singer | 40 |
| "Sophie's Choice" narrator | 40 |
| Choice upon meeting a skunk on a bridge? | 40 |
| Singer on "Shiny Happy People" | 40 |
| "The Joy of Cooking" directive | 40 |
| English racer with a car named after him | 40 |
| Jill of "Diamonds Are Forever" | 40 |
| The Red Storm of the Big East Conference | 40 |
| Super Bowl XXXIV winners, on scoreboards | 40 |
| Albert Pujols's team, on scoreboards | 40 |
| 2013 World Series losers, on scoreboards | 40 |
| 2011 World Series champs, on scoreboards | 40 |
| He persuaded the Huns not to attack Rome | 40 |
| Good name for a Gateway City gun dealer? | 40 |
| Missouri-based paddling team? (distance) | 40 |
| Evangelist whose symbol is a winged lion | 40 |
| "How the Grinch ___ Christmas" | 40 |
| It started about 2 1/2 million years ago | 40 |
| 1739 South Carolina slave rebellion site | 40 |
| Canceled a date without telling the date | 40 |
| Sitting spots, in the absence of a porch | 40 |
| "All ___!" (captain's cry) | 40 |