| ``He seemed the incarnate 'Well ___ you so!''': Longfellow | 74 |
| ___-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson's role in "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace") | 92 |
| ___ Wuornos, "Monster" role for which Charlize Theron won an Oscar | 76 |
| ___ worm (punch line to a "What's worse ...?" riddle involving an apple) | 86 |
| ___ Wintour, real-life editor on whom "The Devil Wears Prada" is based | 80 |
| ___ Way (Block on Ninth Avenue in New York between 15th and 16th named after a sweet) | 85 |
| ___ Torrence, American sprinter who won three gold medals at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics | 87 |
| ___ to school . . . or a hint to the puzzle theme suggested by the ends of five answers | 87 |
| ___ the Jebusite (Biblical figure who sold his threshing floor to David) | 72 |
| ___ the Destroyer (rabble-rouser in Ralph Ellison's "Invisible Man") | 82 |
| ___ Talks (lecture series with the slogan "Inspired Jewish ideas") | 76 |
| ___ system, part of the brain that regulates emotion, behavior and long-term memory | 83 |
| ___ Street, London's onetime equivalent to New York's Wall Street | 73 |
| ___ St. James, first woman to be named the Indy 500 Rookie of the Year, 1992 | 76 |
| ___ St. Clair (Christopher Guest's "Waiting For Guffman" role) | 76 |
| ___ Spalko, ("Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" villain) | 84 |
| ___ Soundsystem (subject of the 2012 documentary "Shut Up and Play the Hits") | 87 |
| ___ Soundsystem (band with the 2010 album "This Is Happening") | 72 |
| ___ Snow, Russell Brand's character in "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and "Get Him to the Greek" | 117 |
| ___ Sigurdson (Eric Forman's grandmother on "That '70s Show") | 79 |
| ___ Shinrikyo (Japanese group that carried out a 1995 sarin attack in Tokyo) | 76 |
| ___ Schneider, villainess in "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" | 75 |
| ___ Roberts, first inductee into the Romance Writers of America Hall of Fame | 76 |
| ___ Robbins, co-lyricist of the #1 "Rocky" theme song "Gonna Fly Now" | 89 |
| ___ Rhodes Revels, the first African-American to serve in the U.S. senate | 73 |
| ___ Reiss Merin, babysitter player in "Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead" | 94 |
| ___ Ration (former brand with the jingle "My dog's better than yours") | 84 |
| ___ ranger (punny name for a British yuppie, based on a fancy London neighborhood) | 82 |
| ___ Quonsett (Oscar-winning role for Helen Hayes in "Airport") | 72 |
| ___ Perkins (Leslie Knope's best friend on "Parks and Recreation") | 80 |
| ___ Palma (Argentine national who is purportedly the first person to be born in Antarctica) | 91 |
| ___ One (political idea-sharing .org site with the slogan "You Set the Agenda") | 89 |
| ___ Octubre (nickname of Orlando Hernández after he went 8-0 to start his postseason career) | 95 |
| ___ Octavius ("Spider-Man" villain Doc Ock's "real" name) | 81 |
| ___ Observatory, home of the world's largest single-aperture radio telescope | 80 |
| ___ O'Hara, Bill Bixby's role on "My Favorite Martian" | 72 |
| ___ Nelson who on 4/7/10 became the NBA's all-time coaching leader in victories | 83 |
| ___ Nahan (real-life boxing commentator who appeared in all six Rocky movies) | 77 |
| ___ McGarry (Posthumus vice president elect on "The West Wing") | 73 |
| ___ Martins, main character in Graham Greene's "The Third Man" | 76 |
| ___ Line (informal baseball term for the threshold of incompetent hitting) | 74 |
| ___ Light (Obama astroturfer who has published letters to the editor in over 40 newspapers) | 91 |
| ___ Leasure (Courtney Love's role in "The People vs. Larry Flynt") | 80 |
| ___ Kalugin, former K.G.B. general with the 1994 book "Spymaster" | 75 |
| ___ Kabloozie (character voiced by Ruth Buzzi in "Sesame Street" shorts) | 82 |
| ___ J. Gaines, who wrote "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" | 75 |
| ___ It Leaked? (website to check if that upcoming record is on torrents) | 72 |
| ___ ipsum (faux-Latin phrase frequently used by publishers in placeholder text blocks) | 86 |
| ___ Hunt, Tom Cruise's character in "Mission: Impossible" films | 77 |
| ___ Helms, "Father" of San Francisco's "Summer of Love" | 79 |
| ___ Group (multinational financial services corporation based in Canada) | 72 |
| ___ grecque (cooked in olive oil, lemon juice, wine, and herbs, and served cold) | 80 |
| ___ Goldsman, Oscar-winning screenwriter of "A Beautiful Mind" | 72 |
| ___ Gault, 387 U.S. 1 (1967) (juveniles accused of crimes in delinquency cases must be given Due Process) | 105 |
| ___ Garden (variety crossword in which answers are entered in "blooms") | 81 |
| ___ Flanagan (American Vampire League spokeswoman on TV's "True Blood") | 85 |
| ___ fish (creatures that can translate any language in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy") | 108 |
| ___ Erdai (character in Scott Turow's "Reversible Errors") | 72 |
| ___ earnings (phrase used when comparing a current and upcoming paycheck) | 73 |
| ___ diet, food plan emphasizing olive oil, fish, fruit, vegetables and red wine | 79 |
| ___ Diamond, author of the 1998 Pulitzer-winning book "Guns, Germs, and Steel" | 88 |
| ___ Debevoise, Marilyn Monroe's "How to Marry a Millionaire" role | 79 |
| ___ Dark Materials (Philip Pullman trilogy that includes "The Golden Compass") | 88 |
| ___ Danssen (Heidi Klum's "Parks and Recreation" character) | 73 |
| ___ Dan (sexual device in William S. Burroughs's "Naked Lunch") | 77 |
| ___ D-Lite (gross frozen dessert place that appeared on "Sex and the City") | 85 |
| ___ Crosley, author of the 2008 best seller "I Was Told There'd Be Cake" | 86 |
| ___ compounds are synthesized to mimic the effects of a) adrenaline; b) testosterone; c) serotonin; d) insulin | 110 |
| ___ Commission (corruption investigation at which Frank Serpico testified) | 74 |
| ___ Chao, only cabinet member to serve through George W. Bush's entire administration | 89 |
| ___ Center (New Jersey Nets' current arena, named for a menswear company) | 77 |
| ___ Calrissian (Billy Dee Williams's role in the "Star Wars" franchise) | 85 |
| ___ Cafe (restaurant chain with the slogan "Come enjoy a taste of France") | 84 |
| ___ Building, company headquarters erected in 1908 in New York City, at the time the tallest building in the world | 114 |
| ___ Brunelleschi, Italian Renaissance architect who developed linear perspective | 80 |
| ___ Bowl (annual college football game between the Big Ten and the Big 12) | 74 |
| ___ Booker (Rhodes Scholar, Yale Law graduate, and New Jersey's first African-American US senator) | 102 |
| ___ Blaine, protagonist of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "This Side of Paradise" | 86 |
| ___ Awards (pop culture ceremony in which the public votes for the winners) | 75 |
| ___ Arthur (British psych rock band named after a Pink Floyd member and a bad Herman Hesse pun) | 95 |
| ___ Arden Oplev, director of "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo" | 72 |
| ___ Annie (singer of "I Cain't Say No" in "Oklahoma!") | 78 |
| ___ Annie (girl who "cain't say no" in "Oklahoma!") | 75 |
| ___ and response ("human microphone" technique at Occupy Wall Street) | 79 |
| ___ and Jayna (TV's Wonder Twins, whose names were inspired by an Edgar Rice Burroughs pair) | 96 |
| ___ accent, mark used symmetrically six times in this puzzle's solution | 75 |
| ___ "Bad" Blake (Jeff Bridges's Oscar-winning role for "Crazy Heart") | 93 |
| ___ & Ern (Kellogg's program where kids redeem coupons for prizes) | 74 |
| __-Chung (T.C.) Chen, first golfer in U.S. Open history to make a double eagle (1985) | 85 |
| __ Vandelay, recurring fake "Seinfeld" character who turns out to be a real judge in the final episode | 112 |
| __ Suzuki, mother of Bond's unborn child at the end of Fleming's "You Only Live Twice" | 104 |
| __ Squalor, Count Olaf's girlfriend in "A Series of Unfortunate Events" | 85 |
| __ Schayes, who held the NBA career scoring record when he retired in 1964 | 74 |
| [We don't know who's opening the show, but trust us, they're going to be AWESOME, we hope] | 102 |
| [I can't believe you just stepped on my tail. Now back the fuck away.] | 74 |
| [Getting milked is sort of annoying, but I don't feel like running away] | 76 |
| [*cross out* Symbols of happiness] Transmissions with colons, dashes and parentheses? | 85 |
| [*cross out* Member of a certain 1990s-2000s rock band] Censor unhappy with "Family Guy" and "Glee," maybe? | 127 |
| [*cross out* Gibbons and siamangs] Mountaintop that's not the very top? | 75 |
| [*cross out* Children's song] Ignore the rest of the lunch I brought and just eat the fish? | 95 |