| Offering just the right amount of resistance | 44 |
| Birch family tree that's sacred in Wicca | 44 |
| Former Italian PM and kidnapping victim Moro | 44 |
| It bites, takes hops and may have a big head | 44 |
| Drink in "The Taming of the Shrew" | 44 |
| "Island in the Sun" novelist Waugh | 44 |
| ''Star Wars'' actor Guinness | 44 |
| First name of a 16-time "SNL" host | 44 |
| Jack's portrayer, on "30 Rock" | 44 |
| First name in the "Star Wars" cast | 44 |
| "Tess of the D'Ubervilles" cad | 44 |
| ''Hard ___!'' (helm command) | 44 |
| "Get ___ Up" (John Mellencamp hit) | 44 |
| Detective Cross in James Patterson thrillers | 44 |
| Billy Joel song, 'The Downeaster --' | 44 |
| 80's sitcom with the voice of Paul Fusco | 44 |
| 1966 title role reprised by Jude Law in 2004 | 44 |
| Royal grandfather of Spain's Juan Carlos | 44 |
| 2005 Webby lifetime achievement award winner | 44 |
| Trumpeter memorialized in the French Quarter | 44 |
| "Fight of the Century" participant | 44 |
| 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient | 44 |
| ''Thrilla in Manila'' winner | 44 |
| Self-proclaimed ''Greatest'' | 44 |
| CNN's "Your Money" host Velshi | 44 |
| Champ who could "sting like a bee" | 44 |
| "The Thousand and One Nights" hero | 44 |
| "Rumble in the Jungle" participant | 44 |
| ''The Greatest'' in the ring | 44 |
| Winner in Mailer's "The Fight" | 44 |
| Retired boxer with a win-loss record of 56-5 | 44 |
| Muhammad who refereed the first WrestleMania | 44 |
| "One Thousand and One Nights" hero | 44 |
| "American Gladiators" cohost Laila | 44 |
| 'Prince --' ('Aladdin' song) | 44 |
| ''Thrilla in Manila'' victor | 44 |
| Jordan's Queen ___ International Airport | 44 |
| Imogen's Fidele in "Cymbeline" | 44 |
| Criminals and computer operators may use one | 44 |
| ____ Smith and Jones : '70s TV show | 44 |
| Woodcutter who said "Open sesame!" | 44 |
| "I was sleeping at the time," e.g. | 44 |
| "I was nowhere near Oakland," e.g. | 44 |
| One of the "Honeymooners" Kramdens | 44 |
| "Curiouser and curiouser!" speaker | 44 |
| "Curiouser and curiouser!" utterer | 44 |
| Mrs. Kramden of "The Honeymooners" | 44 |
| Center square on "The Brady Bunch" | 44 |
| "The Lovely Bones" novelist Sebold | 44 |
| ___ blue, color named after a first daughter | 44 |
| Cher's portrayer in "Clueless" | 44 |
| "That's ___, and you know it!" | 44 |
| Proverbially, this begets another of its ilk | 44 |
| 1979 film parodied in "Spaceballs" | 44 |
| "Get ___!" (90's catch phrase) | 44 |
| ''Et __'' (and others: Lat.) | 44 |
| O'Connor's Supreme Court replacement | 44 |
| "Dream ___ Dream of Me," 1931 song | 44 |
| "It's ___!" ('74 thriller) | 44 |
| Ten-time AL Gold Glove winner for the Tigers | 44 |
| "Can't we ___ just get along?" | 44 |
| Penultimate word of Warner Brothers cartoons | 44 |
| "You're ___ I Need" (old song) | 44 |
| "Where Have ___ the Flowers Gone?" | 44 |
| "___ My Sons" (Arthur Miller play) | 44 |
| Ristorante's "in the style of" | 44 |
| "__ vostra salute!": Italian toast | 44 |
| Word that Christian Malaysians can't use | 44 |
| No-limit Texas hold'em player, at times? | 44 |
| "Crimes and Misdemeanors" director | 44 |
| "Annie ___," Gwendolyn Brooks book | 44 |
| "___ want is a room somewhere ..." | 44 |
| "___ want for Christmas is . . . " | 44 |
| "___ Have" (Jennifer Lopez #1 hit) | 44 |
| "___ Have" (#1 Jennifer Lopez hit) | 44 |
| ''___ fair in love and war'' | 44 |
| "___ fair in love . . . ": Smedley | 44 |
| ''Summer and Smoke'' heroine | 44 |
| Plant whose flowers resemble the Easter lily | 44 |
| "A Lesson from ___" (Fugard drama) | 44 |
| Fugard's "A Lesson From _____" | 44 |
| Its title means "Farewell to Thee" | 44 |
| "Home ___" (Macaulay Culkin movie) | 44 |
| "___ and palely loitering?": Keats | 44 |
| "It's ___ time between . . . " | 44 |
| ''___ Came a Spider'' (2001) | 44 |
| ''. . . ___ like Christmas'' | 44 |
| First Dominican manager in the major leagues | 44 |
| Moises who missed the ball destroyed 2/26/04 | 44 |
| "Steakhouse inspired" food company | 44 |
| Abbr. also known as Lou Gehrig's Disease | 44 |
| __ Toy Barn: "Toy Story 2" setting | 44 |
| Animal Collective "___ Frightened" | 44 |
| "As if that weren't enough..." | 44 |
| "Stay of Execution" author Stewart | 44 |
| PC key that's useless when pressed alone | 44 |
| It's labeled "option" on a Mac | 44 |
| Star orbited in "Forbidden Planet" | 44 |
| Adenauer moniker ''Der ___'' | 44 |
| Brahms' ''___ Rhapsody'' | 44 |