| A ''That's Entertainment!'' host | 52 |
| A "clothing refresher" used to be called a ___ | 56 |
| A "Desperate Housewives" actress's sewing material? | 65 |
| A "man that is not passion's slave," in Shakespeare | 65 |
| A "nail technician" used to be called a ___ | 53 |
| A 1969 rock anthem — as sung by a famous swinger? | 56 |
| A Beatles tune — as sung by a famous swinger? | 52 |
| A century after the Wright brothers' first flight | 53 |
| A chef who won't cook with certain roots anymore? | 53 |
| A Christmas in ''A Christmas Carol'' | 52 |
| A Cole Porter classic — as sung by a famous swinger? | 59 |
| A drink was spilled all over her wallet and she had to ___ clean | 64 |
| A famous one begins "How sleep the brave ..." | 55 |
| A founder of the Liberal Association of South Africa | 52 |
| A four-letter exclamation that wouldn't get bleeped | 55 |
| A funny thing happened on the way to this, in an old musical | 60 |
| A genus of shell-less snails was named after this noblewoman | 60 |
| A gift in O. Henry's "The Gift of the Magi" | 57 |
| A girl, born 8:48 a.m., weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces, e.g.? | 58 |
| A good breakfast, but a bad supper, according to Francis Bacon | 62 |
| A good one follows the starts of the four longest puzzle answers | 64 |
| A hint for the "life insurance" options in this puzzle | 64 |
| A kind of one ends each of this puzzle's four longest answers | 65 |
| A language spoken in ''Lord of the Rings'' | 58 |
| A letter + nautical term + query start + ray source = ? | 55 |
| A letter + smell + a letter + unbiased + a pronoun = ? | 54 |
| A long one is 12% "longer" than a short one | 53 |
| A loose one may activate the "Check engine" light | 59 |
| A lot of Britney Spears's "Oops ... I Did It Again" | 65 |
| A Marine Corps lance corporal no longer qualifies as one: Abbr. | 63 |
| A National Cartoonists Society award is named for him | 53 |
| A network that broadcast "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" | 61 |
| A one-milligram tablet, compared to a five-milligram tablet? | 60 |
| A platform in front of Elsinore, in "Hamlet"? | 55 |
| A really upset person may have one that's been hit | 54 |
| A section of New York City that sounds like a person | 52 |
| A Simpson without access to his volume of the "Odyssey"? | 66 |
| A star of "Come Back to the 5 & Dime . . . " | 58 |
| A star of "Rashomon" and "Ugetsu" | 53 |
| A straight one is the shortest distance between two points | 58 |
| A Supremes classic — as sung by a famous swinger? | 56 |
| A target in Marcia Clark's "Without a Doubt" | 58 |
| A third one is the subject of many science fiction stories | 58 |
| A Tribe Called Quest "Ham 'N' ___" | 52 |
| A waistcoat worn in summer, compared to one worn in winter? | 59 |
| A&E police drama set in South Florida, with "The" | 63 |
| A&E reality series featuring the Robertson family | 53 |
| A&E TV show with professional cleaners and clinical psychologists | 69 |
| A. Karl Malden B. Robert Mitchum C. George C. Scott D. Burt Lancaster | 69 |
| A.B.A. team that signed Moses Malone out of high school | 55 |
| A.k.a. "Christmas Don't Be Late": 1958 | 52 |
| A.L. East rival of the D-Rays, O's, Sox, and Yanks | 54 |
| A.L. player whose team logo includes an Uncle Sam hat | 53 |
| A1: "Our guy is being held by a couple of tough ___ ..." | 66 |
| A1: "Right. They're a couple of ___ types." | 57 |
| A1: "So, here's hoping for a job ___." | 52 |
| A1: "They're probably ___ him as we speak." | 57 |
| A2: "You mean, they're not exactly ___." | 54 |
| A2: "___?" A1: "No thanks, just coffee." | 61 |
| A: Annie Laurie. Q: What is the indefinite English ___? | 55 |
| A: Chicken Teriyaki. Q: Who is the sole surviving ___? | 54 |
| A: Dr. Livingstone, I presume. Q: What is your full name, ___? | 62 |
| A: Ready to start? T: I wish I had __ (Phil Collins) | 52 |
| A: So you lead a rock band. Where do you perform? T: __ (Beach Boys) | 68 |
| A: You're looking a bit pale. T: I'm __ (Elvis) | 55 |
| Aaron Spelling show ''The ___ Squad'' | 53 |
| Aaron's "Beverly Hills, 90210" daughter | 53 |
| Abalone so-called from where it comes from and what it looks like | 65 |
| Abandoned after falling into a swimming pool while drunk? | 57 |
| Abbott and Costello movie based on a Ziegfeld musical | 53 |
| Abbott and Costello's "Here Come the ___" | 55 |
| Abbr. after "Cleveland" or "Shaker" | 55 |
| Abbr. before "Gordon Brown" on an envelope | 52 |
| Abbr. before 1895 on the "Cheers" bar sign | 52 |
| Abbr. in "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations" | 55 |
| Abbr. in a geography book that should probably be recycled | 58 |
| Abbr. meaning "in the same place," in footnotes | 57 |
| Abbr. that starts with a different letter than its word | 55 |
| Abbreviation in the lyrics of Aretha's "Respect" | 62 |
| Abbreviation meaning "and more stuff like that" | 57 |
| Abbreviation meaning "plus additional things" | 55 |
| Abby and Martha's poison of choice, in a 1939 play | 54 |
| Abby and Martha, to Mortimer, in "Arsenic and Old Lace" | 65 |
| ABC show that ended its fourth season with a car crash cliffhanger | 66 |
| Abductees' destinations, in some hard-to-believe stories | 60 |
| Ability to adjust one's balance to the motion of a ship | 59 |
| Ability to drink alcohol without evident drunkenness | 52 |
| Ability to encourage people to use designated drivers, say? | 59 |
| Able to tear a phonebook in half with one's bare hands, perhaps | 67 |
| Abolitionist-founded Kentucky college that charges no tuition | 61 |
| About a quarter of the population of Sicily lives on its slopes | 63 |
| About to lose your shirt in a secret "flight connection"? | 67 |
| About which the Bible says "Consider her ways, and be wise" | 69 |
| Above-average grade, or alternate title for the puzzle | 54 |
| Aboveground dwellers in "The Time Machine" | 52 |
| Abram's original "This Old House" co-host | 55 |
| Abridged Shakespeare play featuring only a famous soliloquy? | 60 |
| Abstract sculptor whose work is seen at Lincoln Center | 54 |
| Abu ___ Bay, site of Horatio Nelson's naval victory, 1798 | 61 |
| Abused Mexican immigrant character created by the Jerky Boys | 60 |