| A Christmas in "A Christmas Carol" | 44 |
| Robert's costar in "The Sting" | 44 |
| Former "American Idol" judge Abdul | 44 |
| What "||" means on a YouTube video | 44 |
| ''Dances with Wolves'' enemy | 44 |
| Setting for "Parks and Recreation" | 44 |
| Org. whose members have experience to spare? | 44 |
| ''American Masters'' network | 44 |
| Chem. contaminant banned by the U.S. in 1979 | 44 |
| Their clones were once commonly kept in labs | 44 |
| Machine that fits in one's hand, briefly | 44 |
| Devices for businesspeople on the go (abbr.) | 44 |
| Part of the "1712 Overture" byline | 44 |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers song about green soup? | 44 |
| Dessert that makes one feel warm and toasty? | 44 |
| Presidential portraitist Charles Willson ___ | 44 |
| "The Tough-Minded Optimist" author | 44 |
| What G. W. Carver converted into axle grease | 44 |
| Author of "The Road Less Traveled" | 44 |
| Shoe store giveaway for people without socks | 44 |
| Phrase before ''I see you!'' | 44 |
| Tool part that's sometimes hemispherical | 44 |
| Winner of '82 PGA Anheuser-Busch classic | 44 |
| Hank's "King of the Hill" wife | 44 |
| Small dogs once reserved for Chinese royalty | 44 |
| Relating to the lower part of the upper body | 44 |
| Clinton's first transportation secretary | 44 |
| Place to wait for a couple of minutes, maybe | 44 |
| Illinois city that symbolizes Middle America | 44 |
| Illinois city symbolizing mainstream America | 44 |
| Penelope's pursuer in Looney Tunes toons | 44 |
| Frankish king known as "the Short" | 44 |
| "Battling for Peace" author Shimon | 44 |
| "Do the Right Thing" actress Rosie | 44 |
| Roz portrayer on ''Frasier'' | 44 |
| "Meter" or "scope" start | 44 |
| Writing surface available only occasionally? | 44 |
| "Publish or ___" (caveat to profs) | 44 |
| Company car or key to the executive bathroom | 44 |
| 1980s hairstyle that may have involved a kit | 44 |
| Straight-to-curly transformation, informally | 44 |
| Presidential also-ran in '92 and '96 | 44 |
| Country with a vicuña on its coat of arms | 44 |
| Where Simón BolÃvar was once president | 44 |
| “The Bridge of San Luis Rey” setting | 44 |
| Coin bearing a ring from the Aztec sun stone | 44 |
| Explosive device used to break through walls | 44 |
| "Thou art ___ . . . ": Matt. 16:18 | 44 |
| "___ Dragon" (1977 Disney musical) | 44 |
| "Cutie pie" or "sweetie" | 44 |
| Ancient city known to Arabs as the Wadi Musa | 44 |
| Frustrating scene for a pyromaniac in Ariz.? | 44 |
| It may be taken from the neck of a superhero | 44 |
| Candy holder with a museum in Burlingame, CA | 44 |
| Sports group based in Palm Beach Gardens, FL | 44 |
| The ___ of Europe (international links org.) | 44 |
| Lifelong student's collection, for short | 44 |
| Singer called "The Little Sparrow" | 44 |
| ''The Little Sparrow'' Edith | 44 |
| 1993 Holly Hunter film, with "The" | 44 |
| Old-fashioned place to have an old-fashioned | 44 |
| Play this and you'll end on a high note? | 44 |
| With sections or patches colored differently | 44 |
| Perpetually dirty kid in "Peanuts" | 44 |
| Who Maiden wrote "Aces High" about | 44 |
| "Miracle on the Hudson" occupation | 44 |
| "Miracle on the Hudson" hero, e.g. | 44 |
| Longfellow's "murmuring" trees | 44 |
| Ship captained by MartÃn Alonso Pinzón | 44 |
| NASA program that explored the outer planets | 44 |
| Was at Floyd's "Gates of Dawn" | 44 |
| Says something suddenly, with "up" | 44 |
| Bird notable for walking rather than hopping | 44 |
| Robert Browning's "___ Passes" | 44 |
| ''The ___ and the Pendulum'' | 44 |
| It may measure 16" x 16" x 2" | 44 |
| They're on during the wee hours, briefly | 44 |
| Covering on a Highlander's left shoulder | 44 |
| ''Fantasy Island'' transport | 44 |
| Audience member who's really a performer | 44 |
| Magician's assistant in an audience, say | 44 |
| Audience members you can count on for laughs | 44 |
| Knife and fork separator, in a place setting | 44 |
| Athlete who shot himself in 2008, familiarly | 44 |
| Dryden's "All for Love" is one | 44 |
| "Our Town" and "Othello" | 44 |
| "Guilty" or "not guilty" | 44 |
| Start of a sign in a restaurant's window | 44 |
| " . . . every prospect ___": Heber | 44 |
| Said ''not guilty,'' perhaps | 44 |
| Said ''no contest,'' perhaps | 44 |
| Word often preceded by "shameless" | 44 |
| 2006 neologism meaning "to demote" | 44 |
| Titular Russian professor of a Nabokov novel | 44 |
| Half of a rhyming magician's incantation | 44 |
| Show that can be downloaded to an MP3 player | 44 |
| "Once upon a midnight dreary" poet | 44 |
| The Baltimore Ravens were named in his honor | 44 |
| "God is the perfect ___": Browning | 44 |
| "The Writer's Almanac" subject | 44 |