| ''The deal is off!'' | 36 |
| Brand used by a moonlighter, perhaps | 36 |
| Père ___ (Santa Claus, in France) | 36 |
| "The First" December ditty | 36 |
| "The First" Christmas song | 36 |
| Songs pumped into shopping malls now | 36 |
| They might be heard a thousand times | 36 |
| "I will fear __": Psalm 23 | 36 |
| Sartre play about three damned souls | 36 |
| Jack Sprat's dietary restriction | 36 |
| "Jack Sprat could eat ___" | 36 |
| Like some superbly pitched ballgames | 36 |
| Like an extraordinarily pitched game | 36 |
| Adverb disdained by English teachers | 36 |
| "There's --- in team!" | 36 |
| "There's ___ in team!" | 36 |
| "Hold the rocks," at a bar | 36 |
| "Haven't the foggiest" | 36 |
| "I haven't got a clue" | 36 |
| Roulette wheel color, in Monte Carlo | 36 |
| "The Maltese Falcon" genre | 36 |
| Guy ___ (Garrison Keillor character) | 36 |
| "The Big Sleep" film genre | 36 |
| "Farewell My Lovely" genre | 36 |
| It's often made to get attention | 36 |
| "Make a joyful ___ . . . " | 36 |
| "It's crazy but true!" | 36 |
| Finland-based communications company | 36 |
| Lon ___ (Cambodian political leader) | 36 |
| Man without a country, in literature | 36 |
| "The Dark Knight" director | 36 |
| Coach Chuck who won four Super Bowls | 36 |
| "I didn't care anyway" | 36 |
| Nick of "Mulholland Falls" | 36 |
| "The Prince of Tides" star | 36 |
| Nick of "Cape Fear" (1991) | 36 |
| Actor Nick with an infamous mug shot | 36 |
| Actor Nick of "Affliction" | 36 |
| "Affliction" Oscar nominee | 36 |
| ''Cannery Row'' star | 36 |
| What you're called at Notre Dame | 36 |
| One for whom all roads lead to roam? | 36 |
| Donne's equivalent for an island | 36 |
| "___ is an island": 2 wds. | 36 |
| Alaskan city where the Iditarod ends | 36 |
| Words with "Mr. Nice Guy!" | 36 |
| N. Coward's "Sigh ___" | 36 |
| Muddy Waters "Trouble ___" | 36 |
| "Weep ___, my lady . . . " | 36 |
| "___ but the brave . . . " | 36 |
| Portion for Mother Hubbard's dog | 36 |
| Number of trades Jack is a master of | 36 |
| "___ but the Lonely Heart" | 36 |
| "And Then There Were ____" | 36 |
| 'And so the poor dog had --' | 36 |
| "Thanks, but I'm O.K." | 36 |
| Minor occurrence that had major hype | 36 |
| "Haven't heard a word" | 36 |
| Opposite of whole, in the dairy case | 36 |
| Possibility that's not an option | 36 |
| "What were you thinking?!" | 36 |
| Barnes & Noble electronic reader | 36 |
| Caldwell's "___ Hears" | 36 |
| Actress in "Knots Landing" | 36 |
| Where fictional locales really exist | 36 |
| "There's __ like home" | 36 |
| Word paired with "neither" | 36 |
| "... see hide ___ hair of" | 36 |
| "Neither snow ___ rain..." | 36 |
| "...___ gloom of night..." | 36 |
| ". . . ___ gloom of night" | 36 |
| "Postman's Creed" word | 36 |
| "... ___ iron bars a cage" | 36 |
| ___'easter (storm affecting NYC) | 36 |
| Nick's "Thin Man" wife | 36 |
| "High Noon" author Roberts | 36 |
| 'Mixed Nuts' director Ephron | 36 |
| 'A Doll's House' heroine | 36 |
| Maugham's "___ Nesbit" | 36 |
| "Don't Know Why" Jones | 36 |
| Direction de Marseille à Grenoble | 36 |
| "I don't believe that" | 36 |
| Marilyn Monroe's real first name | 36 |
| Chuck of "The Delta Force" | 36 |
| Chuck of "Code of Silence" | 36 |
| Origin of the word "troll" | 36 |
| ''Una dirección'' | 36 |
| "Primal Fear" actor Edward | 36 |
| You won't hear them from toadies | 36 |
| They may be real or imaginary: Abbr. | 36 |
| Frequent insurance company responses | 36 |
| Prominent part of a Groucho disguise | 36 |
| They're rubbed in Eskimo kissing | 36 |
| Ticket holder with a conflict, maybe | 36 |
| Words of denial spoken to an officer | 36 |
| "Don't worry about it" | 36 |
| Minding everyone else's business | 36 |
| Word in most of the Ten Commandments | 36 |
| Word in some of the Ten Commandments | 36 |
| "Wayne's World" denial | 36 |