| "A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing" comedian Philips | 104 |
| "The other day my nephew's computer beat me at chess. But it was no match for me at kickboxing" comedian | 118 |
| "How many people here have telekinetic powers? Raise my hand" quipper | 79 |
| Its motto is "Cor prudentis possidebit scientiam" ("The wise heart seeks knowledge") | 104 |
| Insincere talk, and a hint to the starts of this puzzle's four other longest entries | 88 |
| It's classified by the U.S.D.A. as red meat under cooking guidelines and as poultry under inspection standards | 114 |
| "Move Like an ___" (song by the Australian kids' group the Wiggles) | 81 |
| Letter abbr. that tells the reader there's something else in the envelope | 77 |
| 1992 comedy with the tag line "Where the Stone Age meets the Rock Age" | 80 |
| "The ___," next-to-last song on "Abbey Road," ironically | 76 |
| "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's ___ ..." (Semisonic) | 89 |
| Author Michael who hated the movie version of "The Neverending Story" | 79 |
| Moon that the second Death Star orbited in "Return of the Jedi" | 73 |
| General dir. of Sal Paradise's return trip in "On the Road" | 73 |
| "Forgive your ___, but never forget their names": John F. Kennedy | 75 |
| "One of the most time-consuming things is to have an ___": E.B. White | 79 |
| "'Tis best to weigh the ___ more mighty than he seems": Shakespeare | 81 |
| "Failure is more frequently from want of ___ than want of capital": Daniel Webster | 92 |
| Fictional Massachusetts town wherein "Infinite Jest" takes place | 74 |
| Midwestern city named after a character in Tennyson's "Idylls of the King" | 88 |
| "I dare 'em to nest in ___, Oklahoma" (final line of Jurassic Park III) | 85 |
| Appropriately named monthly of the National Puzzlers' League, with "The" | 86 |
| The Supreme Court or the starting lineup of the Washington Nationals, e.g. | 74 |
| Traffic safety pioneer (and inventor of the one-way street), William P. ___ | 75 |
| Record producer who published the diary "A Year With Swollen Appendices" | 82 |
| Producer of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends" | 80 |
| Creator of the "Microsoft sound" played when Windows 95 starts | 72 |
| Composer of "1/1," "1/2," "2/1" and "2/2" | 81 |
| Byrne's "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" collaborator | 78 |
| Brian who said "I donÂ’t really have a musical identity outside of studios" | 88 |
| Brian who said "As soon as I hear a sound, it always suggests a mood to me" | 85 |
| Brian who is a rare example of someone whose prominence in crosswords is commensurate with his actual prominence | 112 |
| Brian who hasn't yet joined Neil Diamond in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | 78 |
| Little ___ Burdette (character in the “Smokey and the Bandit” movies) | 77 |
| First name of the Cardinal who made a "mad dash" from first to home in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1946 World Series | 147 |
| Deputy played by Michael Weston in the new "Dukes of Hazzard" movie | 77 |
| Biblical character who had a son at age 90 and then lived another 815 years | 75 |
| "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" Tony nominee Mireille ___ | 73 |
| "Big" or "Little" character in "Smokey and the Bandit" | 84 |
| "...there are evils ___ to darken all his goodness": Shakespeare | 74 |
| It was once voted "America's Most Innovative Company" by Fortune magazine | 87 |
| Fortune magazine named it "America's Most Innovative Company" from 1996 to 2000 | 93 |
| Energy company whose bankrupcy took down the Arthur Andersen accounting firm | 76 |
| Company that won Harvard's 2002 IgNobel Prize for Most Creative Use of Imaginary Numbers | 92 |
| Company that was the subject of "The Smartest Guys in the Room" | 73 |
| Collapsed company chronicled in the 2005 documentary subtitled "The Smartest Guys in the Room" | 104 |
| "America's most innovative company" prior to its bankruptcy in 2001 | 81 |
| "But all I want is __ 'iggins' 'ead!": "My Fair Lady" lyric | 91 |
| S(t)i(fled, i)n(hibited, sh)u(t, con)s(traine)d(, gated,) o(r) c(hecked, with "up") | 93 |
| Wu-Tang Clan "Da Mystery of Chessboxin" lyric "You scream as it ___ your bloodstream" | 105 |
| Stormers of Saruman's fortress, in "The Lord of the Rings" | 72 |
| "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is ___" | 81 |
| Ntozake Shange play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is ___" | 101 |
| Singer with the 1992 quintuple-platinum album "Shepherd Moons" | 72 |
| Singer with an Oscar-nominated song in "The Lord of the Rings" | 72 |
| Singer with a "Best of" album titled "Paint the Sky With Stars" | 83 |
| New age artist who has supposedly sold more records than Nirvana and the Spice Girls, although I can't name one of her songs | 128 |
| Her "Orinoco Flow" has a macabre role in "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" | 94 |
| Her "May It Be" featured lyrics in the Tolkien language of Quenya | 75 |
| Ancient stone once thought to be man-made but now believed to have been produced by glaciation | 94 |
| Time it takes to get to a human being when calling a call center, seemingly | 75 |
| Geology class periods [subscribe to the best indie xwords today at avxwords.com] | 80 |
| Org. that promotes motor oil recycling with the slogan "You dump it, you drink it" | 92 |
| Govt. agcy. with a "sustainable practices" section on its website | 75 |
| Federal org. with a "personal greenhouse gas emissions calculator" | 76 |
| Event at the 2012 Olympics in which a Venezuelan won gold for his country's only medal | 90 |
| Ben Franklin's ''Little strokes fell great oaks,'' e.g. | 75 |
| Proposed legislation whose current lead sponsor in the Sen. is Ted Kennedy | 74 |
| Legislation recently re-introduced by Edward Kennedy and Carolyn Maloney: Abbr. | 79 |
| Fantasy title character whose name is one letter different from the creature he rides | 85 |
| "Only the hand that ___ can write the true thing": Meister Eckhart | 76 |
| "Hoc _____ in votis" ("This was among my wishes"): Horace | 77 |
| "How long will a man lie i' the earth ___ he rot?": Hamlet | 72 |
| "___ the bat hath flown / His cloister'd flight ...": Macbeth | 75 |
| "Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ___ the other side he see." | 118 |
| "Sometimes I ain't so sho who's got ___ a right to say when a man is crazy and when he ain't" (William Faulkner) | 134 |
| "I hope to see London once ___ I die": "Henry IV, Part 2" | 77 |
| "Ev'n thought meets thought, ___ from the lips it part" (Pope) | 76 |
| "But I heard him exclaim, ___ he drove out of sight" (penultimate line of "A Visit From St. Nicholas") | 122 |
| "And look thou meet me ___ the first cock crow" (Oberon, to Puck) | 75 |
| "___ thrice the sun hath done salutation to the dawn" (Shakespeare) | 77 |
| "___ the long roll of the ages end" (start of an old Irish song) | 74 |
| "___ midnight's frown and morning's smile..." (Shelley) | 73 |
| "___ fancy you consult, consult your purse": Benjamin Franklin | 72 |
| Title words repeated in a 1974 song after "Como una promesa ..." | 74 |
| 1974 Mocedades hit whose English version is titled "Touch the Wind" | 77 |
| Knuckleballer Yoshida, currently the only professional woman pitcher in the U.S. (for the Chico Outlaws) | 104 |
| Animated character Cartman who describes himself as "big-boned" | 73 |
| Actor Dane who plays "Dr. McSteamy" on "Grey's Anatomy" | 79 |
| 2002 A.L. Rookie of the Year Hinske who struck out to end the 2008 World Series | 79 |
| "A lot has been said about politicians; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate" comedian | 109 |
| American lake every constructor is sick of cluing, and "American lake" was probably enough to give it to you, so screw it | 131 |
| Brockovich who helped build a case against Pacific Gas and Electric Company | 75 |
| Actress Torpey who was on "One Life to Live" for over a decade | 72 |
| Song that ends "O dolcezze perdute! O speranze d'amor, d'amor, d'amor!" | 93 |
| "I Lost Everything in the Post-Natal Depression" author Bombeck | 73 |
| Bombeck who wrote "The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank" | 78 |
| Bombeck who wrote "If Life is a Bowl of Cherries, What Am I Doing in the Pits?" | 89 |
| Bombeck who said "A friend doesn't go on a diet because you are fat." | 83 |
| "When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It's Time to Go Home" author Bombeck | 91 |