Org. with a Five Diamond Award for hotels and restaurants | 57 |
Level that a struggling MLB player might be demoted to | 54 |
League classification of the Toledo Mud Hens and the Durham Bulls | 65 |
Contented sighs (and a homophonic hint to this puzzle's theme) | 66 |
He wrote "You and I have brains. The others have fluff" | 65 |
Creator of Forbes' "most valuable fictional character" | 68 |
Children's author who was a regular contributor to Punch | 60 |
"Isn't it funny / How a bear likes honey?" writer | 63 |
Cable network that airs "Criss Angel: Mindfreak" | 58 |
Cable network specializing in "real life" shows | 57 |
U.S. food retailer that reached its peak in the mid-1900s | 57 |
John Updike short story where the narrator's name is Sammy | 62 |
Chain store that originally published Woman's Day | 53 |
African mammal that eats ants, termites, and cucumbers | 54 |
"Fanfare for the Common Man" composer Copland | 55 |
Spelling, who produced the five series in this puzzle | 53 |
Mets reliever Heilman who got the loss in Game 7 of the 2006 NLCS | 65 |
John Carradine's role in "The Ten Commandments" | 61 |
He's twenty-two spots ahead of Ott on the homerun list | 58 |
He doubted God's ability to bring water out of a rock | 57 |
Hank whose home-run record was surpassed by Barry Bonds | 55 |
First name in "Who's Who in the Bible" | 52 |
First name in ''Who's Who in the Bible'' | 60 |
First name alphabetically in the Baseball Hall of Fame | 54 |
First entry in ''Who's Who in the Bible'' | 61 |
Boy's name that's almost always first alphabetically | 60 |
Alphabetically first member of the Baseball Hall of Fame | 56 |
"The Boondocks" comic strip writer McGruder | 53 |
''Appalachian Spring'' composer Copland | 55 |
Vice president who dueled with Alexander Hamilton in 1804 | 57 |
Publisher of the most widely read magazine in the U.S. | 54 |
Organization that publishes the Spanish magazine Segunda Juventud | 65 |
Org. with the motto "The power to make it better" | 59 |
Org. with a Work & Retirement section on its website | 56 |
Org. with a "Pill Identifier" section on its website | 62 |
Org. this puzzle's honoree might now be interested in joining | 65 |
Org. that gives out "Movies for Grownups" awards | 58 |
Mag formerly titled ''Modern Maturity'' | 55 |
Its logo is on the book "Sudoku to Exercise Your Mind" | 64 |
Grp. founded by a former high-school principal in 1958 | 54 |
"The power to make it better" organization | 52 |
Sports org. headquartered adjacent to Walt Disney World | 55 |
"Defending Liberty, Pursuing Justice" org. | 52 |
''Defending Liberty, Pursuing Justice'' org. | 60 |
Taft became its president after his term as U.S. president | 58 |
Sports league that used a red-white-and-blue ball: Abbr. | 56 |
In an alt. universe, its motto might be "Represent, yo" | 65 |
Host of an annual convention attended by publishers: Abbr. | 58 |
Defunct sports league that used a red, white and blue ball: Abbr. | 65 |
Part of a capital's name meaning "flower" | 55 |
T. B. Aldrich's "The Story of ___ Boy" | 52 |
"There is no such thing as ___ boy" (Father Flanagan) | 63 |
"It's ___ plan that can't be changed" | 55 |
"A rabbi, a priest, and a minister walk into ___... " | 63 |
"A rabbi, a priest and a duck walk into ___ ..." | 58 |
Pop foursome that took its name from its members' first initials | 68 |
Inspiration for Broadway's "Mamma Mia!" | 53 |
Alphabetically first inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | 63 |
''I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do'' singers | 56 |
Swedish group that won the 1974 Eurovision Song Contest | 55 |
Singers of "Voulez-Vous" and "Waterloo" | 59 |
Pop group whose name is coincidentally a rhyme scheme | 53 |
Pop group whose music was the basis of a hit 2001 Broadway musical | 66 |
Palindromic singers of the palindromic hit "SOS" | 58 |
Inspiration for the tribute bands Fernando Rising and Mamamia | 61 |
Inspiration for the tribute bands Björn Again and Swede Dreamz | 65 |
Group whose second letter is often written backwards | 52 |
Group whose name combines the first letters of its members' names | 69 |
Group whose music is heard in "Mamma Mia!" | 52 |
Group whose last Top 40 hit was "When All Is Said and Done" | 69 |
Band whose final new album was "The Visitors" | 55 |
Agnetha, Benny, Björn, and Anni-Frid, collectively | 53 |
"Honey, Honey" and "Money, Money, Money" band | 65 |
''I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do'' group | 54 |
Halévy's ''L' Constantin'' | 53 |
Setting for Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" | 62 |
Wife in O'Neill's "Desire Under the Elms" | 59 |
"Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture" writer Hoffman | 60 |
"Sacred cows make the tastiest hamburger" quipper Hoffman | 67 |
Jack who wrote "In the Belly of the Beast" | 52 |
Late advice-columnist Pauline Esther Friedman Phillips, more commonly | 69 |
Elliott who impersonated Angelina Jolie on "SNL" | 58 |
Where to find ''Desperate Housewives'' | 54 |
Song that knocked "Let it Be" out of the #1 spot | 58 |
Network that tried a "Charlie's Angels" reboot | 60 |
Where "The Fugitive" aired in the 1960's | 54 |
Network that wants us all to get ''Lost'' | 57 |
Its slogan was once "Wide world of entertainment" | 59 |
It succeeded "Let It Be" as Billboard's #1 single | 63 |
Anecdotally, the most ubiquitous song of the last month | 55 |
1970 hit with the lyric "That's how easy love can be" | 67 |
1970 #1 hit with the lyric "Or simple as do re mi" | 60 |
#1 hit between "Let It Be" and "American Woman" | 67 |
"They're ___ Delicious!" (Alpha-Bits slogan) | 58 |
"Don't Trust the B---- in Apt 23" channel | 55 |
___ Powers (negotiators between the U.S. and Mexico, 1914) | 58 |
Rhyme scheme of the first verse of "Mary had a little lamb" | 69 |
"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" rhyme scheme | 56 |
Lyric segment with the same melody as "Twinkle, twinkle" | 66 |
Lesson sung to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" | 66 |