| Whence the line "A person's a person, no matter how small" | 72 |
| Third base, in baseball lingo ... or a hint for answering eight other clues in this puzzle | 90 |
| “The research study on fevers needs lots of funding,” Tom said ___ | 74 |
| Alcoholic beverage made with jalapeño? (and three words that can follow RED and WHITE, but not BLUE) | 103 |
| And you even managed to do 24 ___ in the strip mall parking lot, when the sign clearly said Five Guys Burgers and Fries... | 122 |
| Sci-fi urban transport vehicles (that will be for sale in California probably next year) | 88 |
| "Strange to see __ good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody": Pepys | 82 |
| "What's that D.C. university, hon?" response (from a director and former pitcher)? | 96 |
| 1985 Smiths single with the line "I am human and I need to be loved / Just like everybody else does" | 110 |
| "In what way?"/Like overcooked steak/Possess/European capital on a gulf (1985) | 88 |
| Poet who wrote "I have executed a memorial longer lasting than bronze" | 80 |
| “You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,’ but that ain’t no matter” | 150 |
| What 16th-17th century countess Elizabeth Bathory reputedly bathed in to stay younger | 85 |
| "I'm kind of embarrassed how many people mistake me for George Clooney and ask for my autograph," e.g. | 116 |
| TIRED OF BREAKING UP! Separated white male, looking for togetherness ... | 72 |
| Host: "Welcome to 'Celebrity Food Fight'! Tonight it's reigning champ Bobby Flay vs. Alton Brown. Needless to say, they both have that ___ ..." | 165 |
| Red Sox pitcher Bruce who was selected to be the 1986 World Series MVP just before the Mets forced Game 7 | 105 |
| Movie with the first female winner of the Oscar for Best Director, with "The" | 87 |
| 1959 Mystics song title word repeated before "Oh my darlin' don't you cry" | 92 |
| Dr. Jekyll's alter ego and family, were he to settle down with an evil wife and kids | 88 |
| Part of NaOH (just to give The Snack's old rival a smidgen of equal time) | 77 |
| Actress Martha who played Sinatra's love interest in "Some Came Running" | 86 |
| ... using ___: “Mary’s microscopic lamb / So white, it struck me blind!” | 84 |
| "___ say it is good to fall": Whitman, "Song of Myself" | 75 |
| Song that starts "A winter's day in a deep and dark December" | 75 |
| "My plan is to hide inside John's piano and jump out at him"? | 75 |
| "So ___ be on my way / In the early mornin' rain" (Gordon Lightfoot lyric) | 88 |
| "___ could get her to sleep with me" (boast before striking out) | 74 |
| Lone Star beverage intended to rival baked Alaska in popularity but which never caught on? | 90 |
| Traffic cop's answer upon being asked "Describe your job"? [1975] | 79 |
| Band that headlines the annual "Gathering of the Juggalos" festival, for short | 88 |
| "__ safe and warm if ...": "California Dreamin'" lyric | 78 |
| Arkansas real estate group under scrutiny in the Whitewater investigations | 75 |
| Today, to Caesar—and a hint to the hidden word appearing in this puzzle 15 times (including the one in this answer) | 119 |
| Madonna's announcement after her workout with the 3-time American League MVP? | 81 |
| "This'll be the day that ___..." ("American Pie" refrain) | 81 |
| Last words from Hamlet (well, he goes on for a while after that, but these words sum it up) | 91 |
| Most prone to play "Grand Theft Auto V" and eatDoritos all day | 72 |
| Start of a bumper sticker that may end with one's favorite vacation spot | 76 |
| Movie co. behind "Wordplay" and "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" | 78 |
| "West Side Story" song, or a hoped-for response after experiencing the transition in this puzzle's word ladder | 124 |
| Words of encouragement that may be heard at a Weight Watchers meeting, part 1 | 77 |
| "As seen on TV" brand of nose hair trimmers and stove top cleaners | 76 |
| Yearly parody prize awarded at Harvard for various scientific categories | 72 |
| "No nation is permitted to live in ___ with impunity": Jefferson | 74 |
| Alternate title of a 1980 animated feature focused on Okefenokee Swamp elections | 80 |
| Classic song that begins "When my baby / When my baby smiles at me" | 77 |
| The genie studies it for a while and finally says, "This is impossible. So ..." | 89 |
| "Am ___ yesterday's news?" ("You'll Never Know," Edwyn Collins) | 91 |
| Response to a polite refusal / (next line) It's spelled out in a Tammy Wynette hit | 86 |
| Periodical with the tagline "A home doesn't need to be big, just smart" | 85 |
| Most-distributed publication in the world, with over twice as many copies as The Bible | 86 |
| "Did you do anything for luck before today's race?" [Katy Perry, 2008] | 84 |
| Comment to a baseballer from a fan who's studied his fly-catching technique? | 80 |
| Comment to one, previously thought to be a stranger, after an aha moment | 72 |
| Classic Mardi Gras song that begins "My grandma and your grandma were / Sitting by the fire" | 102 |
| "___ You Better Before You Were Naked on the Internet" (From First to Last song) | 90 |
| Start of remark to me by a guy in a coffee shop in March 2011 about his observations in my traffic courtroom not long before | 124 |
| Start of the caption to a Jim Johnson cartoon showing a woman holding a 32-oz. piece of stemware | 96 |
| What a two-letter Romance-language translation of "the" might be | 74 |
| Lame alternative to "Couldn't be bothered with writing that five paragraph essay" | 95 |
| "Sesame Street" song with the lyric "Anything dirty or dingy or dusty" | 90 |
| Monkees hit composed by Neil Diamond which was later covered by Smash Mouth | 75 |
| "3. The first song I learned how to play on guitar was '___' (albeit in a very punk rock style)" | 114 |
| Reality TV show won by Cris Judd and Lou Diamond Phillips in its first two seasons, familiarly | 94 |
| 1,000,000 in the phrase "When I win a million dollars" is an example of an ___ number | 95 |
| Start of an Einstein quote that holds true when solving clever crosswords | 73 |
| Title of hits for Neil Diamond, Celine Dion and the Electric Light Orchestra | 76 |
| Promise to a contact upon arriving at the rendezvous point with the suitcase | 76 |
| Kids' song about an acorn "lying on the cold, cold ground" | 72 |
| Source for finding out if that was actually Courteney Cox in "Masters of the Universe" | 96 |
| Egyptian polymath considered to be history's first physician and first architect | 84 |
| "___ with a wonderful guy" (lyric from "South Pacific") | 75 |
| Schoolhouse Rock cartoon that begins "You sure gotta climb a lot of steps to get to this Capitol Building here in Washington" | 135 |
| Like fewer and fewer children, as from diseases like whooping cough (grrrr...) | 78 |
| "So why on earth should ___" ("A Hard Day's Night") | 75 |
| "So why on earth should ___ ..." (line from "A Hard Day's Night") | 89 |
| Springsteen song that starts, "Hey, little girl, is your daddy home?" | 79 |
| Form of address for a supreme ruler, after "His" or "Her" | 77 |
| Like the answers to the 10 asterisked clues, more often than any other English words, according to a 1999 study | 111 |
| Sarcastic remark when your friend pays you back that quarter he borrowed | 72 |
| "When ___, you're a clown" (from "I Got You Babe") | 74 |
| "When __ she comes to me with a thousand smiles": "Little Wing" lyric | 89 |
| Beginning of a private message that all the readers of the A.V. Club now get to listen in on | 92 |
| "___ one" (repeating lyric in Johnny Rivers' hit "Seventh Son) | 81 |
| It's what Jack Benny says twice after being told, "Your money or your life!" | 90 |
| 1992 chart-topper that mentions "my little turn on the catwalk" | 73 |
| 1997 Kevin Kline film, and a hint to the puzzle theme hidden in four answers | 76 |
| "The car stopped on a dime. Unfortunately, the dime was ___": Anonymous | 81 |
| 1983 hit with the lines "Dreams stay with you / Like a lover's oink / Fires the mountainside"? | 108 |
| Q: "So, what do you think of words like 'peachy' and 'swell'?"A. "___" | 106 |
| Item: 1966 true-crime work. Problem: Pages soaked with viscous red substance. | 77 |
| 1996 blockbuster with the tagline "Don't make plans for August" | 77 |
| Singer with the 2006 album "Testimony: Vol. 1, Life & Relationship" | 81 |
| Critic's complaint about the new restaurant "Double Fault"? | 73 |
| "Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow of ___, of most excellent fancy": "Hamlet" [1996 novel] | 125 |
| Boxer Johansson who was Sports Illustrated's 1959 Sportsman of the Year | 75 |
| Soul singer James with the 1990 #1 hit "I Don't Have the Heart" | 77 |
| A. God of war B. Goddess of the earth C. God of love D.Ruler of the gods | 72 |
| "It's ___ Kiss" (alternate name of "The Shoop Shoop Song") | 82 |