| W. Hemisphere gp. formed to defend against communism | 52 |
| W.C. Fields's epitaph: " . . . I'd rather ___" | 64 |
| W.C. Fields's role in "The Bank Dick," Egbert ___ | 63 |
| W.C.'s costar in ''My Little Chickadee'' | 60 |
| W.C.'s costar in "My Little Chickadee" | 52 |
| W.S. on basketball ("Henry V" III, Prologue) | 54 |
| W.S. on hockey ("A Midsummer Night's Dream" II, 1) | 64 |
| W.W. II hero who later had a successful career in politics | 58 |
| W.W. Jacobs short story "The Monkey's __" | 55 |
| Wade Boggs book subtitled "My Favorite Chicken Recipes" | 65 |
| Wade's opponent in a landmark 1973 Supreme Court case | 57 |
| Wagner opera based on a 14th-century Italian patriot | 52 |
| Waif befriended by Katniss in "The Hunger Games" | 58 |
| Wailin' Jennys "Something to Hold ___" | 52 |
| Wait time at the cashiers on Black Friday, seemingly | 52 |
| Waiter's question to a chef concerning a mushroom soup order? | 65 |
| Waldorf's appropriately-named wife on "The Muppet Show" | 69 |
| Waldorf's heckling parter, on "The Muppet Show" | 61 |
| Walking trees in ''The Lord of the Rings'' | 58 |
| Walks in the rain, vis-Ã -vis fair-day activities? | 52 |
| Wallace ___, Pulitzer winner for "Angle of Repose" | 60 |
| Wallach of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" | 53 |
| Wallach who wrote "The Good, the Bad, and Me" | 55 |
| Wallet-size photos of a children's story character? | 55 |
| Wally __, whom Lou Gehrig replaced as Yankee first baseman | 58 |
| Walsh with 2004 and 2008 gold medals in beach volleyball | 56 |
| Walt Whitman poem "___ Pondered in Silence" | 53 |
| Walt Whitman's ''procreant urge'' | 53 |
| Walt Whitman's ''Song of the ___ Road'' | 59 |
| Walt Whitman's "Queries to My --- Year" | 53 |
| Walt Whitman's "___ the Body Electric" | 52 |
| Walter Cronkite's Missouri birthplace, informally | 53 |
| Walter Matthau's costar and director in "A New Leaf" | 66 |
| Walter Matthau's love interest in "Out to Sea" | 60 |
| Walter of "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" | 56 |
| Walter ___, The Clock King portrayer on TV's "Batman" | 67 |
| Walter's ''I'm Not Rappaport'' co-star | 62 |
| Walter's "I'm Not Rappaport" co-star | 54 |
| Walter's "I'm Not Rappaport" costar | 53 |
| Wanamaker of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" | 66 |
| Wanda's boyfriend in "A Fish Called Wanda" | 56 |
| Want Christmas trees covered with treats in a superficial way (10) | 66 |
| Wanted: Attorney who's better at acting the coquette | 56 |
| Wanted: Clothing store worker who's not so robust | 53 |
| WANTED: Delinquent minor, for breaking curfew and inappropriate dress | 69 |
| Wanted: Diamond salesman less likely to treat customers kindly | 62 |
| WANTED: Dimwitted loiterer, for pie-tasting without intent to buy | 65 |
| Wanted: Flier to tow "Occupy Wall Street" banner | 58 |
| WANTED: Merry monarch, for smoke pollution with his pipe | 56 |
| Wapner's successor on "The People's Court" | 60 |
| War hero who killed himself with a onetime rival's sword | 60 |
| War song that begins "Johnnie, get your gun" | 54 |
| Warbird fliers in the "Star Trek" universe | 52 |
| Warning from a player with armies massed in Siberia? | 52 |
| Warning sign outside of Br'er Rabbit's home? | 52 |
| WARNING: Improper use could lead to jealousy, treachery and/or war | 66 |
| Warp drive repairman on the original "Star Trek" | 58 |
| Warranting "Parental Advisory" stickers, maybe | 56 |
| Warren Beatty's role opposite Julie Christie's Mrs. Miller | 66 |
| Warren of "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" | 57 |
| Warren ___ ('99 NFL Defensive Player of the Year) | 53 |
| Warren ___, 1999 N.F.L. Defensive Player of the Year | 52 |
| Warren's "Splendor in the Grass" director | 55 |
| Warrior introduced on "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys" | 66 |
| Warriors with supposed powers of invisibility and shapeshifting | 63 |
| WAS MR. GIBSON HATCHED DOWN UNDER? NO, ___ IN PEEKSKILL | 55 |
| Washing machine phase graphically shown in this puzzle's circles | 68 |
| Washington & Lee University students, appropriately | 55 |
| Washington dropped from "Grey's Anatomy" | 54 |
| Washington neighborhood that's home to the State Department | 63 |
| Washington who was called "Queen of the Blues" | 56 |
| Washington's motto, meaning "by and by" in Chinook | 64 |
| Washington's state gem and Arizona's state fossil | 57 |
| Watch brand that means "precision" in Japanese | 56 |
| Watch with the old slogan "Modern Masters of Time" | 60 |
| Watches worn by some in Hillary's Everest ascent party | 58 |
| Water brand that spells an uncomplimentary word in reverse | 58 |
| Water brand that's an insult to the buyer when spelled backwards | 68 |
| Water _____ ("Wind in the Willows" character) | 55 |
| Waterfowl whose young inspired this puzzle's theme | 54 |
| Watkins who plays Bob Hunter on "Desperate Housewives" | 64 |
| Watson of "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" | 53 |
| Waukegan's fiddler and London's Professor Marvel | 56 |
| Wax-winged flier who went too close to the sun, in myth | 55 |
| Way to beat bad breath: swap sides in a battle plan (3, 3) | 58 |
| Waylon Jennings's "___ Always Been Crazy" | 55 |
| Wayne Rooney's jersey number, for Manchester United | 55 |
| Wayne W. ___, author of "Your Erroneous Zones" | 56 |
| Wayne's leading lady in "Red River": 1948 | 55 |
| Weapon that comes in easy-to-carry and hard-to-carry varieties | 62 |
| Weapon that Reagan called the "Peacekeeper" | 53 |
| Weapon used to make Luca Brasi sleep with the fishes | 52 |
| Weapons in Wells's "The War of the Worlds" | 56 |
| Weapons once produced extensively by the Royal Small Arms Factory | 65 |
| Weapons used to finish off the Greek army at Thermopylae | 56 |
| Weapons whose tips are held in place with grub screws | 53 |
| Wearer of #37, the first uniform number retired by the Mets | 59 |
| Wearer of skinny jeans and big-rimmed glasses, perhaps | 54 |
| Wearer of uniform #37, retired by both the Yankees and the Mets | 63 |
| Wearing a long dress and a collar buttoned to the top, maybe | 60 |