| Increasingly touchy subject, as it increases | 44 |
| Jerry Lee Lewis "Middle ___ Crazy" | 44 |
| Even-__ (of similar height, as forest trees) | 44 |
| ''The Morning Watch'' author | 44 |
| "The Morning Watch" novelist James | 44 |
| ''The Morning Watch'' writer | 44 |
| He wrote "The Morning Watch": 1954 | 44 |
| He wrote "The Morning Watch": 1951 | 44 |
| Author who won a posthumous Pulitzer in 1958 | 44 |
| "Night of the Hunter" screenwriter | 44 |
| New ___ ("Universal Truth" seeker) | 44 |
| Composer of "Ain't She Sweet?" | 44 |
| The plastic thingie on the end of a shoelace | 44 |
| "Fourscore and seven years __ ..." | 44 |
| "Long, long time ___" (Don McLean) | 44 |
| ''That was a long time ___'' | 44 |
| "A long time ___, in a galaxy ..." | 44 |
| "To ___ Unknown" (Steinbeck novel) | 44 |
| ``Conscience is ___ to all mortals'' | 44 |
| District that borders the state of Rajasthan | 44 |
| City seen in "Slumdog Millionaire" | 44 |
| "You Can't Get a Man with ___" | 44 |
| ''So that's how it is!'' | 44 |
| Cry when seeing something for the first time | 44 |
| "Hast seen the White Whale?" asker | 44 |
| Beatles' "___ Day's Night" | 44 |
| "Could we get started, please ..." | 44 |
| ''Did you forget about me?'' | 44 |
| "Take ___!" ("Beat it!") | 44 |
| ''You, there, on the boat!'' | 44 |
| Turturro of ''The Sopranos'' | 44 |
| The Franco-Prussian War delayed its premiere | 44 |
| Opera set in Egypt and written by an Italian | 44 |
| "The Past Is Another Land" musical | 44 |
| "Fortune Favors the Brave" musical | 44 |
| Quinn of ''Practical Magic'' | 44 |
| Quinn of "The Handmaid's Tale" | 44 |
| "Do the Right Thing" Oscar nominee | 44 |
| Skill appreciated by one's fellow peers? | 44 |
| It might be shouted before "Fire!" | 44 |
| "Paris, je t'___" (2006 movie) | 44 |
| Set one's sights on, with "at" | 44 |
| Teegarden of "Friday Night Lights" | 44 |
| Word that gets under a grammarian's skin | 44 |
| Pat Boone's "___ That a Shame" | 44 |
| Aretha Franklin's "___ No Way" | 44 |
| 1971 Grammy song "___ No Sunshine" | 44 |
| "You ___ heard nothin' . . . " | 44 |
| "___ Talkin'" (Bob Dylan song) | 44 |
| "___ Nobody" (1983 Chaka Khan hit) | 44 |
| "___ a stinker?" (Bugs Bunny line) | 44 |
| Phil Collins: "In the ___ Tonight" | 44 |
| It's expired shortly after it's used | 44 |
| French band with "Pocket Symphony" | 44 |
| ''Give me room to breathe!'' | 44 |
| Instrument that's not seen and not heard | 44 |
| '70s-'80s consumer electronics giant | 44 |
| Steely Dan album pronounced like a continent | 44 |
| Causing a dashboard light to go on, in a way | 44 |
| "I'm leaving on ___ plane ..." | 44 |
| "This looks like __ for Superman!" | 44 |
| Word often found between an old and new name | 44 |
| V. Herbert's "___ in the Dark" | 44 |
| "You must remember this, __ . . ." | 44 |
| ___ grecque (cooked in olive oil and lemons) | 44 |
| One side in college football's Iron Bowl | 44 |
| "Le Voyeur" novelist Robbe-Grillet | 44 |
| Texas shrine to ''remember'' | 44 |
| Texas mission (with ''the'') | 44 |
| "Year of the Cat" engineer Parsons | 44 |
| Cumming of "The Anniversary Party" | 44 |
| Alda of "Manhattan Murder Mystery" | 44 |
| 'George & --' (former talk show) | 44 |
| Star of "Manhattan Murder Mystery" | 44 |
| Family support group for some rehab patients | 44 |
| Country singer Jackson and astronaut Shepard | 44 |
| "Evita" director Parker and others | 44 |
| ''It pains me to say . . .'' | 44 |
| "Pigeons on the grass, ___": Stein | 44 |
| "___! I loved you best": Sheffield | 44 |
| Its motto is "North to the future" | 44 |
| Where to find McCarthy, McKinley and McGrath | 44 |
| "North to the future" is its motto | 44 |
| Sim of ''A Christmas Carol'' | 44 |
| Twelve-step program for children of drinkers | 44 |
| Actress Jessica of "The Love Guru" | 44 |
| Duke of ___ (noble Spanish title since 1472) | 44 |
| ___ Longa, where Romulus and Remus were born | 44 |
| It has a red flag with a double-headed eagle | 44 |
| ''The Zoo Story'' playwright | 44 |
| 'Three Tall Women' playwright Edward | 44 |
| Sports announcing's "Yes!" man | 44 |
| Silas of "The Da Vinci Code," e.g. | 44 |
| Silas of 'The Da Vinci Code' was one | 44 |
| 'The Da Vinci Code' monk Silas, e.g. | 44 |
| Frank Zappa's "Hot Rats," e.g. | 44 |
| Plimpton portrayer in "Paper Lion" | 44 |
| Alan of "Manhattan Murder Mystery" | 44 |
| "Guys and Dolls" Tony winner, 1951 | 44 |
| "Glengarry Glen Ross" Tony nominee | 44 |