| Important 1930's inits. | 27 |
| Colt's fans, for short? | 27 |
| Carrying people, for short? | 27 |
| Brady Bill opponent (abbr.) | 27 |
| Agency of the '30's | 27 |
| 2nd Amendment lobbying org. | 27 |
| Protective agcy. since 1974 | 27 |
| Electronic surveillance gp. | 27 |
| National code-cracking org. | 27 |
| Org. promoting intelligence | 27 |
| Org. for U.S. cryptologists | 27 |
| Old nuclear watchdog: Abbr. | 27 |
| Intelligence-gathering org. | 27 |
| Grp. concerned with hacking | 27 |
| Gp. with many interceptions | 27 |
| Fort Meade-based govt. org. | 27 |
| Grp. advising the president | 27 |
| One of 60 billion in a min. | 27 |
| Fraction of a moment: Abbr. | 27 |
| Initials on a bounced check | 27 |
| Letters on a returned check | 27 |
| State E. of South Australia | 27 |
| Neighbor of Victoria: Abbr. | 27 |
| Canberra's state: Abbr. | 27 |
| Timberlake's first band | 27 |
| Atomic bomb trials, briefly | 27 |
| Mathematician's ordinal | 27 |
| Unspecified numerical power | 27 |
| To the ___ degree (totally) | 27 |
| Mathematician's degree? | 27 |
| One high degree or another? | 27 |
| Nonspecifically high degree | 27 |
| Accident-investigating org. | 27 |
| It's often shown in oz. | 27 |
| Ancient Nile Valley kingdom | 27 |
| Ancient kingdom on the Nile | 27 |
| Painting not for the demure | 27 |
| Like Botticelli's Venus | 27 |
| Urge physically, but gently | 27 |
| Dweller in a certain colony | 27 |
| ___ peso (Mexican currency) | 27 |
| Boîte de ___ (nightclub) | 27 |
| Partner of "void" | 27 |
| Ready for surgery, in a way | 27 |
| "Comfortably ___" | 27 |
| Word with telephone or call | 27 |
| Early Sally Field character | 27 |
| Puccini's Suor Angelica | 27 |
| Naughty ___ (adult costume) | 27 |
| Ambassador from the Vatican | 27 |
| Explorer Vasco __ de Balboa | 27 |
| Ex-Senator Sam from Georgia | 27 |
| Retired Georgia senator Sam | 27 |
| Nightingale or Barton, e.g. | 27 |
| An operator may call on one | 27 |
| Consumed slowly, as a drink | 27 |
| Word with hickory or health | 27 |
| Egyptian goddess of the sky | 27 |
| Christmas cookie ingredient | 27 |
| Connecticut the ____ State | 27 |
| Commercial lead-in to Sweet | 27 |
| They're squirreled away | 27 |
| Gen. McAuliffe's retort | 27 |
| ___ Butter (Nabisco cookie) | 27 |
| Town north of New York City | 27 |
| New York City on the Hudson | 27 |
| Sunset Park locale, briefly | 27 |
| Song from "Annie" | 27 |
| "QM2" destination | 27 |
| Nevada's largest county | 27 |
| Emmy-winning scientist Bill | 27 |
| "The Science Guy" | 27 |
| PBS "Science Guy" | 27 |
| Thumbs down, in the Kremlin | 27 |
| Nikita's "no" | 27 |
| "No way, Sergei!" | 27 |
| Toothbrush bristle material | 27 |
| Surprise winners of '69 | 27 |
| '86 World Series champs | 27 |
| Pretty spirit of Greek myth | 27 |
| Pretty maiden of Greek myth | 27 |
| Old telecommunications name | 27 |
| Abbr. in a Broadway address | 27 |
| The Big Apple, on envelopes | 27 |
| Part of a Mad. Ave. address | 27 |
| Part of a B'way address | 27 |
| Letters before 10001, maybe | 27 |
| Abbr. before ZIP code 10001 | 27 |
| Big Apple enforcers (abbr.) | 27 |
| Singer/songÂwriter Laura | 27 |
| Where Eliot Spitzer is gov. | 27 |
| Spitzer's milieu: Abbr. | 27 |
| Cuomo's concern (abbr.) | 27 |
| Wall St. fixture since 1792 | 27 |
| Source of quotes, for short | 27 |
| Empire St. paper since 1851 | 27 |
| Newspaper inits. since 1851 | 27 |
| Sch. near Washington Square | 27 |
| Big Apple educ. institution | 27 |
| Speaker of stupid syllables | 27 |