| He wrote "Jupiter from on high laughs at lovers' perjuries" | 73 |
| City of northern Spain featured in Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" | 89 |
| Cirque du Soleil show subtitled "An immersion into the teeming and energetic world of insects" | 104 |
| “I ___ my soul to the company store” (“Sixteen Tons” line) | 74 |
| Catching one in a dream means you should be wary of bad company, supposedly | 75 |
| The first blank in the seafood restaurant sign "___ ___ season" | 73 |
| Triatomic gas in a thinning layer ... and, symbolically, what appears in this puzzle's four longest answers | 111 |
| Onetime host of "The Morning Show" and "The Tonight Show" | 77 |
| Jack who quipped "A funny thing happened to my mother one day: Me" | 76 |
| "I haven't got any troubles I can't tell standing up" speaker | 79 |
| Brand with the old slogan "It's blended, it's splendid" | 73 |
| Actor with three quotes on AFI's "100 Years ... 100 Movies" list | 78 |
| Actor whose character said "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer" | 87 |
| Actor who said "I'll make him an offer he can't refuse" | 73 |
| Actor who delivered the line "Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in" | 92 |
| Character who runs around in a dark room munching yellow pills while repetitive electronic music plays | 102 |
| Arcade game in which characters can pass through tunnels to get to the other side of the screen | 95 |
| Baseball Hall-of-Famer with the autobiography "Maybe I'll Pitch Forever" | 86 |
| Thomas who was "a corsetmaker by trade, a journalist by profession and a propagandist by inclination" | 111 |
| "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil" writer | 78 |
| 1966 Rolling Stones hit ... or an instruction to be followed four times in this puzzle | 86 |
| NTSC alternati...oh wait, no one else cares about analog television protocols and their effect on the framerates of classic video games. Let's just go with [Bud] for this clue | 179 |
| Island nation that was the setting of a 2005 "Survivor" season | 72 |
| Space between Jail and Electric Company in the British version of Monopoly | 74 |
| Actress Anderson who said: "Natural beauty takes at least two hours in front of a mirror" | 99 |
| Prefix that, with "gram," refers to a crossword using every letter of the alphabeT | 92 |
| Discussion group, and a word that can follow the ends of this puzzle's five longest answers | 95 |
| Different kinds of them are split (but not in an embarrassing way) in the four starred answers | 94 |
| "An article of clothing that children are always losing." "___" | 83 |
| Word with ''doll,'' ''clip'' or ''bag'' | 87 |
| They "make children happy by giving them something to ignore" (Ogden Nash) | 84 |
| "We'll always have __": Rick, to Ilsa, in "Casablanca" | 78 |
| "We'll always have ___" (line from "Casablanca") | 72 |
| Spot of "bad intent" in Jethro Tull's "Aqualung" | 72 |
| "Tout le monde en ___" ("Everyone's talking about it": Fr.) | 83 |
| "Moon Over ___" (original theme song for "The Drew Carey Show") | 83 |
| Todd who wrote the children's bestseller "The Thankful Book" | 74 |
| Repeated by rote ... or a word that's mixed up in three themed answers | 74 |
| Word with ''retirement'' or ''graduation'' | 74 |
| Tie-in to another telephone customer, as well as a tie-in to this puzzle's theme | 84 |
| He wrote "The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of" | 76 |
| Rush's song off "Presto" that went long? (with "The") | 77 |
| Thing offered every time you go home even though you've been a vegetarian for years now | 91 |
| On the back at work, it's good; on the backside at work, it's bad | 73 |
| Lady Vols coach Summitt who is the winningest NCAA basketball coach ever | 72 |
| "I think about quitting every time I can't stand the Heat," quipped ___ | 85 |
| 2014 Robin Thicke concept album (if "maybe stalking can win my wife back?" is a concept) | 98 |
| "All In: The Education of General David Petraeus" author Broadwell | 76 |
| Longfellow classic containing a code that is represented within the answers to the asterisked Down clues | 104 |
| Vocalist who gave his farewell performance at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin | 79 |
| Ostensible composer of "The Abduction of Figaro" and "Oedipus Tex" | 86 |
| Composer of "Oedipus Tex" and "A Little Nightmare Music" | 76 |
| Essential legume in a porridge served hot, cold, or in the pot nine days old | 76 |
| Norman Vincent ___, author of "The Power of Positive Thinking" | 72 |
| 1930's-60's columnist who wrote "Washington Merry-Go-Round" | 77 |
| Carolina river that was Foster's original choice for "Way Down Upon the Swanee River" | 99 |
| What "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" has a lot of | 74 |
| Paul Reubens alter ego who laid low for a while after the public masturbation bust | 82 |
| One-named sports star who was once the highest-paid athlete in the world | 72 |
| First celebrity to use his likeness on a video game (albeit his was a primitive square) | 87 |
| Literary captain who says "It's better to sail with a moody good captain than a laughing bad one" | 111 |
| Regarding Obamacare, she said "we have to pass the bill so that we can find out what is in it" | 104 |
| Politician who said "We have to pass the bill so you can find out what is in it" | 90 |
| Three of the first five words of a "Funny Girl" song, or its title | 76 |
| Animated skunk Le Pew [get the 2013 rate at avxwords.com while it lasts - sign up now] | 86 |
| "Looney Tunes" character seen in "Odor of the Day" and "Two Scent's Worth" | 108 |
| Cola brand that claimed to be "The Choice of a New Generation" | 72 |
| "If you must drink and drive, drink ___" (bumper sticker quote) | 73 |
| Author of "Save Your Job, Save Our Country: Why Nafta Must Be Stopped — Now!" | 91 |
| Latin phrase in the etymology of the word whose symbol is "&" | 75 |
| Real-life actor Joe who is a character in Broadway's "Jersey Boys" | 80 |
| "Lethal Weapon 2," "... 3" and "... 4" actor | 74 |
| What you get when you blend the results of this puzzle's recipe instructions | 80 |
| Water-bowl user (or the start of a film and TV actor's split personality) | 77 |
| Org. that requested the Pet Shop Boys change their name to the Rescue Shelter Boys | 82 |
| Org. that issued a statement on Michael Vick's signing with the Eagles | 74 |
| Org. that campaigned unsuccessfully to change the name of Fishkill, New York | 76 |
| Gp. that brought an antislavery lawsuit on behalf of SeaWorld's orcas | 73 |
| California city that was the longtime host of the World's Wristwrestling Championship | 89 |
| He's #1 on baseball's all-time list of games played ahead of Carl, Hank, Rickey, and Ty | 95 |
| Actor Ostrum who played Charlie Bucket in "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" | 93 |
| CUTE, NAUGHTY vegetarian seeks female for fuzzy times in underground digs. Large family not a problem ... | 105 |
| Location of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | 87 |
| Acidity or alkalinity measurement, which is literally 8 for this puzzle's four longest answers | 98 |
| Communications device described by the first words of the puzzle's four longest answers | 91 |
| Swedish soccer player Sundhage who coached the U.S. women's team to two Olympic golds | 89 |
| "A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor": Ambrose Bierce | 80 |
| Boulevard where Fox Studios and the Los Angeles Convention Center are located | 77 |
| "Pearls Before Swine" character [See the NOTE for the theme of this puzzle.] | 86 |
| If they're dropping by your house, don't stick your head out the window | 79 |
| ''When ___ fly!'' (''It'll never happen'') | 78 |
| Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon character that debuted in 2001 | 73 |
| Arizona Indians whose name comes from a phrase meaning "I don't know" | 83 |
| Follower of Brink, Carnation, Pig, Shocking, and Tickle Me in Crayola color names | 81 |
| Racer Protasiewicz or ex-prime minister Jaroszewicz (or a variant spelling of Tchaikovsky's first name) | 107 |
| Browning work "__ Passes," source of "All's right with the world" | 89 |
| ...while actor Bill Nighy costarred with many ___ in a 2000s movie trilogy | 74 |
| "The ___" (Mortal Kombat arena where the loser falls to their death) | 78 |
| "No beast so fierce but knows some touch of __": "King Richard III" | 87 |
| "A woman's ___ often opens the door to love": Henry Ward Beecher | 78 |