| Meerkat in ''The Lion King'' | 44 |
| Shakespearean character ended in a deadlock? | 44 |
| Ingredient of some solders and some soldiers | 44 |
| '90s "New Yorker" editor Brown | 44 |
| Tony's bride, in a popular theater event | 44 |
| Fey who did a spot-on Sarah Palin impression | 44 |
| "I, ___" (1986 rock autobiography) | 44 |
| Community with its Christmas decorations up? | 44 |
| Dickens character (and title of this puzzle) | 44 |
| "Lucky Lady in the fifth," for one | 44 |
| Alfred directed her in "The Birds" | 44 |
| Literally, "pick me up" in Italian | 44 |
| Italian dessert sometimes made with espresso | 44 |
| It can be balanced and biased simultaneously | 44 |
| "Give me your ___ . . . ": Lazarus | 44 |
| '''Tain't'' rebuttal | 44 |
| "___ the season to be jolly . . ." | 44 |
| Memoir that preceded "Teacher Man" | 44 |
| Sister ship of the Olympic and the Britannic | 44 |
| ''Worship of Venus'' painter | 44 |
| Like the Marquis de Sade or the Duke of Earl | 44 |
| Co-founder of the Non-Aligned Movement, 1961 | 44 |
| Shakespeare's "___ Andronicus" | 44 |
| The Colosseum was completed during his reign | 44 |
| Shakespearean title role for Anthony Hopkins | 44 |
| "__ Andronicus" (Shakespeare play) | 44 |
| '80s "One Way Love" Latin trio | 44 |
| Teddy Pendergrass's "Love ___" | 44 |
| Times Square sign shown in lowercase letters | 44 |
| "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" channel | 44 |
| "Splatterday on Saturdays" station | 44 |
| "Splatterday on Saturdays" channel | 44 |
| "I've heard more than enough!" | 44 |
| Texter's "Don't go there!" | 44 |
| "Eww, I did not need to know that" | 44 |
| Erstwhile channel for country music, briefly | 44 |
| What might make molehills out of a mountain? | 44 |
| It's synthesized in a three-step process | 44 |
| Channel with the catchword "Drama" | 44 |
| ___ equivalent (measure of explosive energy) | 44 |
| Ellington's "Prelude ___ Kiss" | 44 |
| "The Wind in the Willows" creature | 44 |
| "The Wind in the Willows' character | 44 |
| Like Dolores Umbridge, in Harry Potter books | 44 |
| "North ___" (1960 John Wayne film) | 44 |
| ''... and ___ a good-night'' | 44 |
| "Here's mud in your eye!" e.g. | 44 |
| ''Here's to you'' is one | 44 |
| "Here's mud in your eye," e.g. | 44 |
| Cash crop for the southern American colonies | 44 |
| Words repeated in "___ or not ___" | 44 |
| Reese's "Pleasantville" costar | 44 |
| Kirsten's "Spider-Man" co-star | 44 |
| "This Boy's Life" author Wolff | 44 |
| 1984 Chicago hit, "Hard Habit ___" | 44 |
| Belch heard during "Twelfth Night" | 44 |
| "Good Morning America" alternative | 44 |
| Country star known for hot alcoholic drinks? | 44 |
| Like something worth taking the plunge over? | 44 |
| Tot's ''little piggies'' | 44 |
| They may be counted upon to complete a score | 44 |
| They start tapping when watching a good band | 44 |
| "The only thing we have --- is..." | 44 |
| ''Left ___ own devices ...'' | 44 |
| ''There's nothing ___!'' | 44 |
| Emphasize gannet all over periodical (4,3,8) | 44 |
| "The Autobiography of Alice B. __" | 44 |
| Michener's "The Bridges at __" | 44 |
| It's raised after a payment is collected | 44 |
| "Don't you want somebody ___?" | 44 |
| Explosive solvent, as it was formerly called | 44 |
| Cruise that sang in "Rock of Ages" | 44 |
| They'd rather roughhouse than play house | 44 |
| Rourke's "The Wrestler" costar | 44 |
| Oscar winner for "My Cousin Vinny" | 44 |
| Marisa of "Slums of Beverly Hills" | 44 |
| "Harper Valley P.T.A." writer Hall | 44 |
| 2,240 pounds (with ''long'') | 44 |
| "Long" or "short" weight | 44 |
| Long ___ (weight unit equal to 2,240 pounds) | 44 |
| "Long" or "short" amount | 44 |
| Like a Music Appreciation 101 dropout, maybe | 44 |
| It has all 12 pitches of the chromatic scale | 44 |
| "She sells seashells," for example | 44 |
| Collette of "Little Miss Sunshine" | 44 |
| Collette of ''In Her Shoes'' | 44 |
| Tennille of pop's Captain & Tennille | 44 |
| Collette of "Muriel's Wedding" | 44 |
| "Un-Break My Heart" singer Braxton | 44 |
| "___ Cash" (VH1 reality game show) | 44 |
| What ''it'' may hit you like | 44 |
| Classic vocalist who served in the U.S. Army | 44 |
| "I'm ___ sexy for my shirt..." | 44 |
| Nickelback "Silver Side Up" single | 44 |
| Like Papa Bear's porridge, to Goldilocks | 44 |
| Like the dog days of summer, for a composer? | 44 |
| "A Confederacy of Dunces" novelist | 44 |
| Any of the "South Park" characters | 44 |
| "A tutor who ___ the flute . . . " | 44 |
| "Resolved: that ...," for debaters | 44 |