| Like this puzzle's theme, to conservatives? | 47 |
| They're for the ones on the left | 36 |
| Country settled by freed American slaves | 40 |
| Republic founded by American blacks | 35 |
| Its capital is named for a U.S. president | 41 |
| "I'm free!" for example? | 38 |
| Important drive in Freudian theory | 34 |
| Walt Whitman's "procreant urge" | 45 |
| Drive that might result in scoring? | 35 |
| Rehnquist's sign, appropriately | 35 |
| Only astrological sign with an inanimate symbol | 47 |
| One with social grace, astrologically | 37 |
| Many an October baby, astrologically | 36 |
| House entered near the autumnal equinox | 39 |
| Eminem, Snoop Dogg, or Will Smith | 33 |
| DeLillo novel about the Kennedy assassination | 45 |
| Charismatic but frivolous type, so it's said | 48 |
| Astrologically, the thoughtful, diplomatic type | 47 |
| Place where borrowing is encouraged | 35 |
| Common setting in an Indiana Jones movie | 40 |
| Ones who are astrologically balanced? | 37 |
| They're ruled by Venus, it's said | 41 |
| Patient, cheerful sorts, it's said | 38 |
| "Nacho ___" (2006 Jack Black film) | 44 |
| Books listing wills, deeds, etc. | 32 |
| Country whose flag is solid green | 33 |
| Subject of 2011 no-fly-zone debates | 35 |
| Land that's mostly Sahara Desert | 36 |
| It's a little bigger than Alaska | 36 |
| It achieved independence in 1951 | 32 |
| "Shores of Tripoli" site | 34 |
| Food vendor's requirement (abbr.) | 37 |
| Many a high-schooler's quest: Abbr. | 39 |
| 16-yr.-old's desire, usually: Abbr. | 39 |
| Reason to visit the school nurse | 32 |
| They might make you scratch your head | 37 |
| Students may be searched for them in grade school | 49 |
| Infestation with them is called pediculosis | 43 |
| Cause of head-scratching, perhaps | 33 |
| Requested item, along with registration | 39 |
| Reckless driver's loss, possibly | 36 |
| It's got your name written all over it | 42 |
| Part of a Scotsman's birthright? | 36 |
| Legal user of another's patent | 34 |
| The home team gets the last ones | 32 |
| Squirrel Nut Zippers "Put a ___ on It" | 48 |
| Sanitary thing to have on a garbage can | 39 |
| One was opened on a jar by PandorA | 34 |
| One might hide what's in your pot | 37 |
| '-- Rose' ('The Music Man' song) | 48 |
| Plain-speaking radio talk show host | 35 |
| Venetians' "playground" | 37 |
| Site of the annual Venice Film Festival | 39 |
| Island reef by the Lagoon of Venice | 35 |
| Boz Scaggs' "Shuffle" | 35 |
| "Death in Venice" locale | 34 |
| "Death in Venice" island | 34 |
| "--- Shuffle" (Boz Scaggs tune) | 41 |
| "___ Shuffle" (1977 Boz Scaggs hit) | 45 |
| ___ deck (ship's swimming pool level) | 41 |
| ___ deck (part of a cruise ship) | 32 |
| ___ deck (level on a ship with a pool) | 38 |
| They droop when you're drowsy | 33 |
| They're right in front of your eyes | 39 |
| Chain store that sells baseball caps | 36 |
| "Let sleeping dogs ___" | 33 |
| Stretch the truth or stretch out | 32 |
| Not a good thing to be caught in | 32 |
| "The check is in the mail," maybe | 43 |
| Risk growing a long nose, like Pinocchio | 40 |
| One may do it through one's teeth | 37 |
| It may influence which club you choose | 38 |
| DMB "___ in Our Graves" | 33 |
| "The dog ate my homework," probably | 45 |
| "The dog ate my homework," for one | 44 |
| "The check is in the mail," often | 43 |
| "Hips Don't ___" (song by Shakira) | 48 |
| You wouldn't want to be caught in one | 41 |
| You might find a bad one in the rough | 37 |
| Terminological inexactitude, to Churchill | 41 |
| Take advantage of the La-Z-Boy, say | 35 |
| Simple Plan "Your Love is a ___" | 42 |
| Shave some years off your age, e.g. | 35 |
| Say "I do" when you don't? | 40 |
| Rest, with ''by'' | 33 |
| One of Tom Watson's concerns | 32 |
| One might precede "Not!" | 34 |
| It's usually white when it's little | 43 |
| It's not good to get caught in one | 38 |
| It may be analyzed before a stroke | 34 |
| It makes Pinocchio's nose grow | 34 |
| It made Pinocchio's nose grow | 33 |
| Invention that's not thought highly of | 42 |
| Interrogator's red-flag raiser | 34 |
| Interrogator's red flag raiser | 34 |
| If one is white, then it's little | 37 |
| If one is white, it's no big deal | 37 |
| Henry Blake's rank in "MASH" | 42 |
| Hammarskjöld's predecessor | 37 |
| First Secretary General of the U.N. | 35 |