| Intrepid [Editor's note: This clue appears in heavier type (without the asterisks) in the print version of the puzzle. AcrossLite can't handle that, so just imaging that it's written in darker type.] | 211 |
| Instruments featured in Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy" and the Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning" | 142 |
| It's crafted to fool guards into thinking a prisoner's in bed, when he's actually gone (as in "Escape From Alcatraz") | 139 |
| In an arranged swap, she guest-hosted "The Tonight Show" in 2003 on the same day Jay guest-hosted "The Today Show" | 134 |
| It's calculated based on the position of the sun relative to fixed stars, and is roughly 6 hours longer than its solar counterpart | 134 |
| In a "South Park" episode, what the entire cast of the remastered "The Empire Strikes Back" was replaced with | 129 |
| It states "as a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1" | 129 |
| In response to declining sales, the photojournalism magazine launched a campaign to turn the short-term subscriber into a ___ | 125 |
| It "sounds like a bunch of Italian chefs screaming risotto recipes at each other," according to Aristotle Onassis | 123 |
| It's the end of The World!...actually, it's a radio station mentioned at the end of PRI's "The World" | 123 |
| It's played to fool people into thinking that someone's calling them (as in "Manhattan Murder Mystery") | 121 |
| Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Michigan State, Minnesota, Northwestern, Ohio State, Penn State, Purdue and Wisconsin | 120 |
| It's put in front of a window to fool people into thinking someone is standing there (as in "Home Alone") | 119 |
| International standardized measurement promotion that may get more attention next year, since it's held on 10/10/10 | 119 |
| It's crafted in prison movies to fool guards into thinking a prisoner's in bed, when he's actually escaped | 118 |
| It has "all the advantages of Christianity and alcohol; none of their defects," according to Aldous Huxley | 116 |
| Its D.C. building has the Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. quote "Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society" | 115 |
| It follows "Plastics" and "We'll always have Paris" on the AFI list of top 100 movie quotes | 115 |
| In the end, though, the media portrayed the press conference as bland and amicable -- the latest in a series of ___ | 115 |
| It's classified by the U.S.D.A. as red meat under cooking guidelines and as poultry under inspection standards | 114 |
| Insurance plan, before the "Mad Madam" from Disney's "The Sword in the Stone" showed up? | 112 |
| It's zero in free-fall—and, put another way, a hint to how the four longest puzzle answers were formed | 110 |
| Instrument heard prominently midway through the Mamas & the Papas' "California Dreamin'" | 110 |
| It's "more fun than walking naked in a strange place, but not much," according to Buddy Hackett | 109 |
| Initials found inside Slytherin's locket at the end of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" | 109 |
| Indicted musician who said: "Osama Bin Laden is the only one who knows what I'm going through" | 108 |
| Interjection that's the last entry in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary (it requires both blanks) | 108 |
| It's the end of The World!...or at least it's seen in the bottom corner of the tarot card The World | 107 |
| Insignificant guy (and #7 on the "Top Ten Words That Sound Romantic When Spoken By Barry White") | 106 |
| It uses only the 12 letters A, E, H, I, K, L, M, N, O, P, U and W (like eight long answers in this puzzle) | 106 |
| International Association for the Development of ___ (organization that oversees the sport of freediving) | 105 |
| It's the end of The World!...or not, since that was the first company to provide access to it in 1989 | 105 |
| Its motto is "Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam" ("The wise heart seeks knowledge") | 104 |
| Item in Schrödinger's box (and in this puzzle) that exists in two different states simultaneously | 104 |
| Important trial figure, or what you'll be when you read this puzzle's other four longest answers | 104 |
| It "delights by affording a shadow of the pleasure which exists in pain," according to Shelley | 104 |
| If he's missing a few office supplies, don't say, "It's okay, we'll ___" ... | 102 |
| It has counties named Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Van Buren, and Harrison | 101 |
| Illegal saloon offering "complimentary" drinks to those who paid to see an animal curiosity | 101 |
| It's the end of the world!...or, the country home to Ushuaia, the southernmost city in the world | 100 |
| I'm fining you 2000 Flushes after passing the supermarket; in the future, please follow the ___. | 100 |
| It precedes "Substituted Ball" in the Definitions section of the "Rules of Golf" | 100 |
| Irish-themed Vegas casino that features a tattoo parlor owned by Mötley Crüe's Vince Neil | 99 |
| It features John Trumbull's painting "The Signing of the Declaration of Independence" | 99 |
| It's "heavier freight for the shipper than it is for the consignee": Augustus Thomas | 98 |
| Illegal football tackle involving grabbing the inside of the shoulder pads from behind or the side | 98 |
| In "Macbeth," it starts with the line "Thrice the brinded cat hath mew'd" | 97 |
| It blows; I just got scolded for using portable electronic devices and they're out of peanuts | 97 |
| It was 2nd (behind New York City) on Travel and Leisure's list of America's Rudest Cities | 97 |
| Instruments in the Beatles' "Norwegian Wood" and "Within You Without You" | 97 |
| It's easy to do if you're not traveling alone, hard if you're surrounded by strangers | 97 |
| Invention a British parliamentarian claimed in 1903 would not lead to a decline in riding horses | 96 |
| It doesn't convey ferocious fuel-burning action, action, action! when it's regular-sized | 96 |
| Iggy reported on the delayed start at the billiards tournament so he could yell "___!" | 96 |
| In Search Of: Ladyfriend for a foreign exchange student in Yorkshire - where can I find my ___ ? | 96 |
| Inviting danger ... the end of which can precede each half of the answer to each asterisked clue | 96 |
| In a Weird Al Yankovic song, he "looks like a Muppet, but he's wrinkled and green" | 96 |
| Ian's role in "The Fellowship of the Ring" and "The Return of the King" | 95 |
| Inventor whose name is spelled out by the horizontal lines of special characters in this puzzle | 95 |
| Indie band with the classic album "If You're Feeling Sinister" (with sword drawn) | 95 |
| It's made with bread at the bottom, bananas and fish in the middle, and potato chips on top | 95 |
| It put out the first crossword book in 1924 (and soon changed its name to Simon & Schuster) | 95 |
| It's more of a privilege, really, in countries like Canada that have fairly strict gun laws | 95 |
| Indie rock band that played the Velvet Underground in 1996's "I Shot Andy Warhol" | 95 |
| Its cause is what rocket scientist Robert Truax predicted would be found and corrected by 2010 | 94 |
| Irish-born actor whose character in "Barbarella" inspired the band name Duran Duran | 93 |
| Iggy reviewed the autobiography of a hide-and-seek champion so he could yell "___!" | 93 |
| Iggy investigated the theft of benches from the weight-room so he could yell "___!" | 93 |
| Its first tweet was "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet" | 92 |
| Its stroke is "as a lover's pinch, which hurts, and is desired," per Cleopatra | 92 |
| Impersonal notes ... or what four groups of this puzzle's answers do (totaling 11 words) | 92 |
| If you go out drinking with them, say "Cheers!" instead of "Bottoms up!" | 92 |
| Initialism for what was once known as "shell shock" and "combat fatigue" | 92 |
| Island known for having "the wettest spot on Earth" (450+" of rain per year) | 91 |
| Impressionist who painted people on lawns, in cafés, brutally murdering each other, etc. | 91 |
| Infielder Juan who won World Series rings with the White Sox in 2005 and the Giants in 2010 | 91 |
| Its name comes from a Native American word meaning "land of the trembling earth" | 90 |
| It's what Jack Benny says twice after being told, "Your money or your life!" | 90 |
| Irish writer who said "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much" | 90 |
| It's derived from the French word "hautbois," meaning "high wood" | 89 |
| Indie rock band whose "The Suburbs" was the Grammys' 2010 Album of the Year | 89 |
| Item of clothing named for the site of a disastrous British military action of 10/25/1854 | 89 |
| If one were to ___, one would discover that they have 8 million articles in 253 languages | 89 |
| It's easy to do if you're hungry, hard if it's late and the shops have closed | 89 |
| It's easy to do with the right connections, hard if you can't find a good hotspot | 89 |
| Iggy wrote about the rising popularity of sleep shirts so he could yell "___!" | 89 |
| It's part of the eight original "Public Ivy" schs., per author Richard Moll | 89 |
| Insincere talk, and a hint to the starts of this puzzle's four other longest entries | 88 |
| Indian leader whose 1947 inauguration speech was titled "A Tryst with Destiny" | 88 |
| It begins "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion" | 88 |
| It's put in front of a window to fool people into thinking someone is standing there | 88 |
| It once had a jingle with the line "One little can will keep you running free" | 88 |
| Item: 1947 novel. Problem: Currently inaccessible; also probably sustaining fire damage. | 88 |
| Issue of a U.S. beauty magazine historic for being the first sent to post-Soviet Russia? | 88 |
| It "enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time": Merton | 87 |
| Isolated prison area (represented by this 4x4 corner) from which the solver must escape | 87 |
| It was once voted "America's Most Innovative Company" by Fortune magazine | 87 |
| Item missing in this puzzle's theme that's absent as well in the fill and clues | 87 |
| Interview show since 1947 ... and what this puzzle's starred answers do in two ways | 87 |
| Inventor and electricity pioneer (the coil named for him is twisted up in four answers) | 87 |