Future senator who delivered the 2004 Democratic convention keynote address | 75 |
Funny Cide was the first one to win the Kentucky Derby in more than 70 years | 76 |
Fundraisers where Federer and Nadal sell Rice Krispies Treats and upside-down cake? | 83 |
Frost said writing this was like "playing tennis without a net" | 73 |
From a star on "The Golden Girls" to a Pennsylvania Avenue abode? | 75 |
From a star in "A Guide for the Married Man" to a telegrapher's language? | 87 |
From 1988 to 1999, a record 856 consecutive games were played in Dodger Stadium without one | 91 |
Frightful-looking "Alice in Wonderland" character, with "the" | 81 |
Friend barges in while gent is making amorous overtures; ref declares ... | 73 |
Friday: Iggy hosts Google Search call-in show in his attempt to offer ... | 73 |
Frequent panelist of "Match Game" who was one of three actress sisters | 80 |
Frequent contestant on the "Saturday Night Live" spoof of "Celebrity Jeopardy!" | 99 |
French writer who coined the phrase "Facts are stubborn things" | 73 |
French Stewart's response when asked to "write a number" in an SNL "Celebrity Jeopardy!" skit | 117 |
French Stewart's response to the category "Write a Number" in an SNL "Celebrity Jeopardy!" skit | 119 |
French prophet whose predictions are often shoehorned into describing modern events | 83 |
French politician ___ de Silhouette, from whom the word "silhouette" comes | 84 |
French novelist Robert ___, upon whose work the 1973 thriller "The Day of the Dolphin" is based | 105 |
French mathematician Henri whose conjecture was one of the great unsolved problems (until it was cracked in 2003) | 113 |
French goose, which you won't find in a vowelless puzzle (I only allowed this entry in the puzzle because Rex Parker used it once - true story) | 147 |
French forest region that was the site of the final offensive of World War I | 76 |
French dancer who played the title role in the ballet "Carmen" | 72 |
Freezing material that figures in Vonnegut's "Cat's Cradle" | 77 |
Frederick Law ___, the "father of American landscape architecture" | 76 |
Fred ___, whose sneeze was the subject of the first copyrighted movie in the U.S. | 81 |
Frat standard with the lyric "let's get together and feel all right" | 82 |
Frank Sinatra said he had "the silkiest chops in the singing game" | 76 |
Frank Delano Roosevelt’s phrase “New Deal” came from a book by ... | 78 |
Francis ___, 17th-century English poet who wrote “A Feast for Worms” | 76 |
Francis Mulcahy: "What do you shout as a warning in golf?" Radar O'Reilly: "___" | 104 |
Francis Coppola's first "mainstream" film, "___ 13" | 75 |
Fragile articles ... or a hint to the things named by the circled letters | 73 |
Fourth word in the opening sequence to all six "Star Wars" films | 74 |
Four-time winner of Ring magazine's Fighter of the Year award in the 1970s | 78 |
Four-time Pro Bowl tight end Crumpler whose first name sounds like a microbiology topic | 87 |
Founding member of Public Enemy known for wearing large clocks around his neck | 78 |
Founder of the first institution of higher learning in the Western world | 72 |
Fortune magazine named it "America's Most Innovative Company" from 1996 to 2000 | 93 |
Fortuitous point in the Showcase Showdown to land on $1.00, on "The Price Is Right"? | 94 |
Former Yankee Aaron whose 2003 ALCS Game 7 homer extended the "Curse of the Bambino" | 94 |
Former weekly mag that still publishes an annual "Best Colleges" issue | 80 |
Former UN leader Hammarskjöld [Note: The circled letters comprise a three-word instruction that, when applied to one square in the completed grid, reveals a group who might follow a code of silence] | 201 |
Former U.S. Representative Bella who once ran under the slogan "A Woman's Place is in the House" | 110 |
Former U.S. Open champ Monica's cry upon seeing wooden rackets in her locker? | 81 |
Former U.S. Open champ Chris's answer to "Who'll be tops this year?" | 86 |
Former teen heartthrob James Van Der ___ ("Dawson's Creek" star) | 78 |
Former senator for whom Georgia Tech's School of International Affairs is named | 83 |
Former Prince percussionist/singer who had a 1984 hit "The Glamorous Life" | 84 |
Former NFL quarterback Tim whose name became a dictionary-recognized verb in 2012 | 81 |
Former New York Giants star currently in jail after shooting himself in the leg | 79 |
Former Lakers center who won two Olympic silver medals playing with Yugoslavia | 78 |
Former L.A. Ram who holds the N.F.L. record for most receiving yards in a game (336) | 84 |
Former kids' show title character named for the large pockets in his coat | 77 |
Former Kansas senator who said "Life is very important to Americans" | 78 |
Former editorial page editor of The Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for Newsweek | 101 |
Former Dodgers third baseman whom Chris Berman nicknamed "Born in the U.S." | 85 |
Former Disney head Michael [This is the 2nd-to-last Ink Well! Continue to solve Ben Tausig puzzles @ avxword.com] | 113 |
Former CIA agent Philip who wrote the 1987 memoir "On the Run" | 72 |
Former Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher who played for the Yanks in the late '90s | 80 |
Former Buccaneer whose dismissal was named 2003's worst sports event by "Time" | 92 |
Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Bill who played the character Stefon | 87 |
Former "On Language" New York Times columnist who died on 9/27/09 | 75 |
Former "Headbangers Ball" regulars with "Round and Round" | 77 |
Form of Japanese dance drama in which the performers often wear white body makeup | 81 |
Form of address for a supreme ruler, after "His" or "Her" | 77 |
For whose benefit "the quality of mercy is not strain'd" in Shakespeare | 85 |
For whom Safire wrote the words "nattering nabobs of negativism" | 74 |
For our Mixed-Up Lit class, you'll have to read "Charlotte Brontë" by ___... | 93 |
For example, any of the women who claimed to have had sex for money with Sen. Robert MenendeZ | 93 |
Football team involved in a notorious 2005 "love boat" scandal | 72 |
Football target, in a lot of "America's Funniest Home Videos" submissions | 87 |
Football tackle Warren who competed on "Dancing With the Stars" | 73 |
Football player-turned politician whose autobiography is titled "What Color Is a Conservative?" | 105 |
Football legend who was the first non-referee to do the Super Bowl coin toss | 76 |
Football Hall-of-Famer Ronnie, playing an extra in "Lord of the Rings"? | 81 |
Football Hall of Famer Carl who was a member of the Vikings' Purple People Eaters defensive line | 100 |
Football formation in which the quarterback doesn't receive the snap | 72 |
Football coach who said, "If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?" | 109 |
Football coach Bill Parcells's nickname (not a standard sushi option) | 73 |
Foodie who's the "Lady" of the Lady & Sons restaurant in Savannah | 83 |
Food that "did fall on the Israelites most gently, vexing those burdened with meathead pride" (Exodus 17:17)? | 119 |
Food brand that was the sole sponsor of the first "60 Minutes" broadcast | 82 |
Follower of Brink, Carnation, Pig, Shocking, and Tickle Me in Crayola color names | 81 |
Folk art pieces that are the subject of a museum in Havre de Grace, Maryland | 76 |
Flying by the bookstore, you were caught doing "One Hundred ___" in a "Fifty Shades of Grey" zone... | 120 |
Flowers that materialize above Magrathea, in "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" | 97 |
Flower whose name is derived from the Turkish/Persian for "turban" | 76 |
Flower mentioned initially by character on TV's "Entourage" (8) | 77 |
Florida city that was once home to the world's largest Shuffleboard club | 76 |
Floors [an avxwords.com subscription makes a great holiday crossword gift!] | 75 |
Flight-ending words from the captain of the "Miracle on the Hudson" | 77 |
Flight from Israel [SEE NOTE ABOVE for explanation of last week's answers] | 78 |
Flattering courtier who changed places with the tyrant Dionysius, in Greek legend | 81 |
Flamboyant '40s men's outfit with baggy pants and padded shoulders | 74 |
Flagmaker Ross (and, starting on the T, an 11-word quote that "runs" diagonally through the grid) | 107 |
Fixed as a target ... or a hint to four pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle | 84 |
Five-time teammate of Bryant, Duncan, and Nowitzki at the NBA All-Star Game | 75 |
Fisher who plays "Mytle Wilson" in 2013's "The Great Gatsby" | 84 |
Fish in Guy Fieri's unfortunate "Tex Wasabi's Fish Tacos" | 75 |
Fish in "Finding Nemo" who thinks her reflection is her sister Flo | 76 |