| Term for a certain defensive player, not his painful-sounding takedown? | 71 |
| Sign on the door of a hotel that's closed from March 21 to June 21? | 71 |
| "A Hero Ain't ___ but a Sandwich" (Alice Childress novel) | 71 |
| #5 of the American Film Institute's all-time top 100 movie villains | 71 |
| Germophobic ambulance driver figures out which album the DJ is playing? | 71 |
| Mop maker that "makes your life easier," according to its ads | 71 |
| Southern lake whose name comes from Muskogean for "big water" | 71 |
| Brash contestant who came back for "The Celebrity Apprentice" | 71 |
| The Tri-Lambs' sorority counterpart, in the "Nerds" films | 71 |
| "__ babbino caro": "Oh my beloved father" (Puccini) | 71 |
| " . . . more difficult to judge ___ . . . ": Saint-Exupéry | 71 |
| What desperate druggie crossword puzzle makers will use as inspiration? | 71 |
| Former Giant great Mel joins Charles and George for emperor's favor | 71 |
| Trendy plan that doesn't explain why Fred Flintstone was overweight | 71 |
| Kind of hole on which a double eagle is possible without hitting an ace | 71 |
| "Jason Lives," in the "Friday the 13th" film series | 71 |
| It usually consists of an entrée, adagio, two variations, and a coda | 71 |
| English poet Coventry ___, who wrote "The Angel in the House" | 71 |
| Reason to watch "Sesame Street" and "Nova" on mute? | 71 |
| Best Supporting Actress winner for "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" | 71 |
| "Peanuts" character who calls Charlie Brown "Chuck" | 71 |
| Buzznet's #1 choice of "Top 10 Bearded Musicians of 2007" | 71 |
| 2000s documentary whose first episode was "From Pole to Pole" | 71 |
| Character who debuted in "I Haven''t Got a Hat," 1935 | 71 |
| Anti-inflationary measures? Vincent's knobs? Whatever! I'm a PC | 71 |
| Really come down, as illustrated by hidden words in six starred answers | 71 |
| “I think I should use mirrors in my telescope,” Newton said ___ | 71 |
| 1941 Disney film based on a Kenneth Grahame story, with "The" | 71 |
| 2011's "Arthur" and "Conan the Barbarian," e.g. | 71 |
| Part of 2004 Democratic presidential candidate Wesley Clark's title | 71 |
| Actor who played Deputy Cletus Hogg on "The Dukes of Hazzard" | 71 |
| 1983 ELO hit with the lyric "She loves that drivin' beat" | 71 |
| She played Spike Lee's girlfriend in "Do the Right Thing" | 71 |
| Author of the best seller "Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago" | 71 |
| Third baseman Chris who was the 1988 National League Rookie of the Year | 71 |
| "Spahn and ___ and pray for rain" (Boston Braves catchphrase) | 71 |
| Actress Santiago of "Miami Vice" and "The Sopranos" | 71 |
| Tony-winning dancer busted for smoking a blunt in 1996 in New York City | 71 |
| "___ me while I kiss the sky" ("Purple Haze" lyric) | 71 |
| Drag of canvas thrown overboard to keep the ship's head to the wind | 71 |
| "___ salami to your boy in the army" (Katz's Deli slogan) | 71 |
| How Marilyn Monroe sang "Happy Birthday" to President Kennedy | 71 |
| Bombeck's "The Grass Is Always Greener Over the ___ Tank" | 71 |
| Words with ''an example'' or ''a goal'' | 71 |
| "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" painter | 71 |
| CA Airport where the climactic scene of "Bullitt" takes place | 71 |
| Artist's tone-blending technique, used in the "Mona Lisa" | 71 |
| "All greased up and ready to sing" '70s-'80s TV hosts | 71 |
| Coach Fred who won two consecutive Stanley Cups for the '70s Flyers | 71 |
| Genre for Lush and Ride, named for the lead singer staring at the floor | 71 |
| < Season record for which Grover Cleveland Alexander had this number | 71 |
| "I Get Around" as opposed to "Don't Worry Baby" | 71 |
| Move like a co-worker of Elaine's on a "Seinfeld" episode | 71 |
| Stones "I can almost hear you ___, I can almost hear you cry" | 71 |
| Wintry mix revealed in the circled letters (it's the puzzle theme!) | 71 |
| Trustafarian living in a squalid apartment with seven other people, say | 71 |
| Weekend TV show that had four presidential candidates as guests in 2008 | 71 |
| The last episode of its current season will be hosted by Bryan Cranston | 71 |
| Show that Alec Baldwin has hosted the most with 16 appearances, briefly | 71 |
| Roles in "Julius Caesar" and "Antony and Cleopatra" | 71 |
| First batter to hit a home run against every Major League Baseball team | 71 |
| Fruit dish that's not available ... though no one wanted it anyway? | 71 |
| __ Oldest Rivalry: Virginia/North Carolina annual college football game | 71 |
| He won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for "The Usual Suspects" | 71 |
| In the 2005 national one, the winning word was "appoggiatura" | 71 |
| Superlawyer Gerry who wrote "How to Argue and Win Every Time" | 71 |
| Nickname for the area where politicians offer soundbites to journalists | 71 |
| Reverend credited with saying "The Lord is a shoving leopard" | 71 |
| Album that knocked the "Footloose" soundtrack off the #1 spot | 71 |
| Subject of the 2001 book subtitled "The Shock of the Century" | 71 |
| Oscar-nominated director--1964, 1968, 1971 and 1975--who didn't win | 71 |
| Word before ''fast'' and after ''home'' | 71 |
| Woman for whom Stanley bellows, in "A Streetcar Named Desire" | 71 |
| “Ambition should be made of ___ stuff”: “Julius Caesar” | 71 |
| "Jackass" crewmate once on "Dancing with the Stars" | 71 |
| Break room thefts that suck (especially when you put your name on them) | 71 |
| Long-running Off-Broadway show featuring unusual percussion instruments | 71 |
| Word with ''shoulder'' or ''spaghetti'' | 71 |
| Ex-Steeler star Lynn who lost the 2006 Pennsylvania governor's race | 71 |
| Word with ''operating'' and ''nervous'' | 71 |
| "The Tall ___" (nickname of Hall of Fame manager Connie Mack) | 71 |
| "Qué ___?" (José's "How's it going?") | 71 |
| Language from which "mongoose" and "patchouli" come | 71 |
| Animal with four toes on its front feet and three toes on its back feet | 71 |
| First name of "True Blood" actress Buck or character Thornton | 71 |
| Italian poet who was the subject of a Goethe play and a Donizetti opera | 71 |
| James's love interest in the film "From Russia With Love" | 71 |
| Athenian general who wrote "History of the Peloponnesian War" | 71 |
| "___ Wedding" ("The Mary Tyler Moore Show" episode) | 71 |
| There's usually one on the 30-yard line at the start of an NFL game | 71 |
| Letter that appears at least once in every single answer in this puzzle | 71 |
| #209 on Rolling Stones' "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" | 71 |
| Capt. Scott's ice ship that means "Newfoundland" in Latin | 71 |
| Monty Pythoner who exploded big-time in "The Meaning of Life" | 71 |
| "Perfect spot for the water that'll surround the castle!" | 71 |
| Drug sold as Marinol [Subscribe to weekly indie xwords at avxwords.com] | 71 |
| 1958 creature feature originally entitled "The Molten Meteor" | 71 |
| ...while Michael Hayden followed Porter Goss as current director of ___ | 71 |
| Popular household reference since the 1930s, as it's commonly known | 71 |
| What's missing (and likely retired) from 2008's version of Clue | 71 |