| Put a scratch in, as a car's paint job | 42 |
| Principal tonality, as of a concerto | 36 |
| Item with a magnetic strip, nowadays | 36 |
| He wrote "Defense of Fort M'Henry" | 48 |
| He wrote "Defence of Fort M'Henry" | 48 |
| F. Scott FitzgeraldÂ’s second middle name | 44 |
| Each answer to a starred clue ends in one | 41 |
| Cartoonist who created "Hazel" | 40 |
| Author of "The Star-Spangled Banner" | 46 |
| Author of "Defense of Fort M'Henry" | 49 |
| "The Star-Spangled Banner" composer | 45 |
| "The Star-Spangled Banner" author | 43 |
| "Defence of Fort McHenry" poet | 40 |
| The Rickenbacker Causeway takes you there | 41 |
| Pianists' black-and-white rows | 34 |
| Potomac span named for a poet, familiarly | 41 |
| Actor Luke of "Kung Fu" | 33 |
| Tense (with ''up'') | 35 |
| Tense, with ''up'' | 34 |
| On edge, with ''up'' | 36 |
| Excited, with "up'" | 33 |
| 2000 presidential candidate Alan | 32 |
| "Flowers for Algernon" author Daniel | 46 |
| Daniel who wrote "Flowers For Algernon" | 49 |
| British admiral, W.W. II commando chief | 39 |
| "Dinner at Antoine's" author | 42 |
| "Fallin'" singer Alicia | 37 |
| Items that sometimes get lost together | 38 |
| Cronin's "The ___ of the Kingdom" | 47 |
| What instrumentalists often change | 34 |
| They'll open some doors for you | 35 |
| Specifications marked on 10-hole harmonicas | 43 |
| South Florida vacation destination | 34 |
| People are always searching for them | 36 |
| Items sometimes locked in a car (oops!) | 39 |
| Island chain, or things kept on a chain | 39 |
| Florida vacation spot, with "the" | 43 |
| Billboard's top R&B artist, 2000-2009 | 45 |
| Aptly-named "Fallin'" singer | 42 |
| Apartment manager's collection | 34 |
| "Songs in A Minor" album maker Alicia | 47 |
| "Seven ___ to Baldpate" | 33 |
| Comedy troupe that debuted in 1912 | 34 |
| ''The Bangville Police'' group | 46 |
| Depression that results in a letter | 35 |
| Where you may leave with a bucket | 33 |
| The Colonel's restaurant inits. | 35 |
| The Colonel's fast-food chain, briefly | 42 |
| The Colonel's company, initially | 36 |
| The Colonel's business, initially | 37 |
| Seller of Colonel's Crispy Strips | 37 |
| Restaurant chain headquartered in Louisville | 44 |
| Purveyor of the Doublicious sandwich | 36 |
| Popeye's alternative, briefly | 33 |
| Place where drumsticks are often picked up | 42 |
| Place for food in a bucket, informally | 38 |
| Org. with a Double Down sandwich | 32 |
| One of the brands of Yum! Brands | 32 |
| Its logo is a goateed man in an apron | 37 |
| Chain with an Extra Crispy option | 33 |
| Chain that dropped its full name in 1991 | 40 |
| Chain restaurant based in Louisville | 36 |
| "Original, crispy or grilled?" co. | 44 |
| "Original or crispy" offerer | 38 |
| "Original or crispy?" org. | 36 |
| "Finger-lickin' good" restaurant | 46 |
| 'Original or crispy' chain | 34 |
| Rapper once married to Spears, familiarly | 41 |
| "PopoZão" rapper, familiarly | 41 |
| Vladimir Putin's onetime org. | 33 |
| "The Kremlin Letter" org. | 35 |
| Yuri Andropov headed it for 15 yrs. | 35 |
| Where Putin got his professional start | 38 |
| Vladimir Putin's one-time org. | 34 |
| Security agcy. dismantled in 1991 | 33 |
| Putin's employer in the 1980s | 33 |
| Org. with a sword and shield in its logo | 40 |
| Org. once headed by Yuri Andropov | 33 |
| Org. in which Putin was once an officer | 39 |
| Its emblem had a sword and shield | 33 |
| It was headquartered in the Lubyanka | 36 |
| Former employer for Vladimir Putin, for short | 45 |
| Background of Vladimir Putin, for short | 39 |
| "The Sword and the Shield" org. | 41 |
| "Star Trek II" villain | 32 |
| 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of --' | 39 |
| Wrathful one in a "Star Trek" sequel | 46 |
| Wrathful "Star Trek" villain | 38 |
| Villainous role for Montalbán | 32 |
| Villain played by Ricardo Montalbán | 38 |
| Villain in "Star Trek II" | 35 |
| Mongolian word for "ruler" | 36 |
| "Tell Me Something Good" singer Chaka | 47 |
| "Star Trek Into Darkness" villain | 43 |
| "Once You Get Started" singer Chaka | 45 |
| "Is Genghis pro or ___?" | 34 |
| Language spoken by a Phnom Penh native | 38 |
| Cambodia's official language | 32 |
| South Korea's fourth-largest company | 40 |
| Seoul-based Soul-selling company | 32 |