MTV reality show that controversially uses the terms "Guido" and "Guidette" | 95 |
Comic actor George who was nicknamed "Toastmaster General of the United States" | 89 |
Commercially, it started in the U.S. around the time of the Boeing 707 launch | 77 |
Acme vehicle made for those who are a bit "unbalanced" (like coyotes), from "Hot Rod & Reel," 1959 | 122 |
D.C. landmark whose interior walls contain excerpts from the Declaration of Independence | 88 |
Son of a 1970s president, or host of the weekend edition of "Today" in the late 1990s | 95 |
Hairstyles seen in "Pulp Fiction" and "Coming to America" | 77 |
Alcohol brand named after the businessman who rebuilt the company post-Prohibition | 82 |
Singer who wrote the poetry collection "The Lords and the New Creatures" | 82 |
Old song with the lyric "When he would ride in the afternoon / I'd follow him with my hickory broom" | 114 |
"Little" singer of "May the Bird of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose" | 82 |
Quote from caveman Kimmel: "Me ready to consider a variety of options..." | 83 |
Sports talk radio host whose show is affectionately called "The Jungle" | 81 |
Monogram of Peter Parker's publisher boss, in "Spider-Man" | 72 |
What the tabloids desperately searched for after a noted 2008 pregnancy? | 72 |
Film in which a stampede of African animals destroys a New Hampshire home | 73 |
One of only two women on Rolling Stone's list of "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" | 100 |
Who said "I have a wonderful psychiatrist that I see maybe once a year, because I don't need it. It all comes out onstage" | 136 |
Williams you no doubt remember from "Poltergeist" and "Dutch" | 81 |
R&B group with the 1995 #2 album "The Show, the After Party, the Hotel" | 85 |
Presidential also-ran who last logged in to his MySpace on January 4, 2008 | 74 |
Politician who appeared as himself on NBC's "Parks and Recreation" | 80 |
Politican who said "We have to go spend money to keep from going bankrupt" | 84 |
Author of "Chasing the Dream: My Lifelong Journey to the World Series" | 80 |
Oscar-winning director of "A Bug's Life" and "Cars" | 75 |
On second thought, make it an edgy comedy: "The Unbearable Lightness of Being..." | 91 |
Then-obscure actor who played a victim in "A Nightmare on Elm Street" (1984) | 86 |
Violet variety (and the longest common word that uses just the right typing hand) | 81 |
Lyricist born 11/18/1909 who wrote the words to the 10 songs with asterisked clues | 82 |
First person inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame as both a player and coach | 81 |
"I wanted a TWIN-NOSED JET, but all I got were these ___! (Which don't bend like normal salamanders)" | 116 |
"That's exactly how I feel" ... or what each starred clue's first word can do? | 96 |
#1 Dolly Parton country hit with the lyric "I'm beggin' of you, please don't take my man" | 111 |
Ballplayer arrested for battery, abuse, and possession of drugs and firearms | 76 |
Catalog for polygamists on "Big Love" [The AV Club xword moves to a subscription model soon! Email bentausig@gmail.com for info] | 138 |
Nora who asked her husband "Why don't you write books people can read?" | 85 |
Tycoon who said "A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure" | 110 |
John Watson's portrayer opposite Robert Downey Jr.'s Sherlock Holmes | 76 |
Why the paparazzi couldn't photograph actress Roberts? [1977, 1985, 1998] | 77 |
Fictional board game that warns "Do not begin unless you intend to finish" | 84 |
1995 film with the line "Alan, please, last time I played this game, it ruined my life" | 97 |
Seed containing moth larva, and what is aptly hidden in each puzzle row whose clues contain asterisks | 101 |
Road in the title of an old Johnny Depp television show and recent movie | 72 |
Carol sung by Ginger and Mary Ann from "Gilligan's Island"? | 73 |
His "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao" was on Publishers Weekly's Best Fiction of 2007 list | 109 |
Standard with the lines "Pay for every dance, sellin' each romance" | 81 |
Answer to "Which of the Justices started eating this sandwich?"? | 74 |
"I only spend these quarters on video games that involving drawing partitions"? | 89 |
Costar of Andy Samberg in a popular "Saturday Night Live" video | 73 |
"Yes, but we woke him up. Then a pinky ring went missing." "Real jewels?" I asked. "No," she said, "___" ... | 149 |
Nancy Reagan's antidrug slogan, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 73 |
"Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's ___": John Kenneth Galbraith | 101 |
Beyonce's "Irreplaceable" and Hall & Oates's "She's Gone," for two | 102 |
Serving it to children, not putting enough of it into a Black Russian, and so on | 80 |
John Cho's co-star in "Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay" | 83 |
Dictionary term for any of the "self-defining" answers in this puzzle | 79 |
Garson ___, writer and director of Broadway's "Born Yesterday" | 76 |
Rapper who said "My greatest pain in life is that I will never be able to see myself perform" | 103 |
One place to follow the object named in the circled letters (reading left to right) | 83 |
Parsons who played Hilary Banks on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air" | 74 |
Middle infielder who homered for the Mets in his first plate appearances of 2004, 2005, and 2006 | 96 |
Danny O'___ ("Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues" singer-songwriter) | 85 |
"I enjoy attending all these evening awards ceremonies," gushed ___ | 77 |
Counterculture author who wrote about and drove the psychedelic "Furthur" school bus | 94 |
___ Ration (former brand with the jingle "My dog's better than yours") | 84 |
Director and star of the first unabridged film version of “Hamlet” | 74 |
"For his contributions to jazz, ___ should be smeared with bacon grease, placed in a cage with three underfed Kodiak grizzly bears, and whatever happens, happens." ("Genius Guide to Jazz") | 208 |
DNA marker that indicates a tendency to be killed, as on "South Park"? | 80 |
Yankees hurler (1996 champs) / Solo singer of "Lady" (#1 in 1980) | 75 |
It states that a planet's orbit is an ellipse with the Sun at one focus | 75 |
Upside-down food packaging that made BusinessWeek's Best Products of 2002 list | 82 |
"Who is ___ Söze?" ("The Usual Suspects" question) | 73 |
Former Buccaneer whose dismissal was named 2003's worst sports event by "Time" | 92 |
Remington owner Victor who said "I liked it so much, I bought the company" | 84 |
Radiohead album that was #428 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" | 96 |
Hit song of 1973 and 1996 with the lyrics "I heard he sang a good song / I heard he had a style" | 106 |
Mixed martial arts fighter Rolling Stone called "The King of the Web Brawlers" | 88 |
1965 "vagabond" song that's featured in "Brokeback Mountain" | 84 |
"The Village Green Preservation Society" band, with "the" | 77 |
__ Suzuki, mother of Bond's unborn child at the end of Fleming's "You Only Live Twice" | 104 |
Org. that suggests Obama's success is attributable to his being half-white | 78 |
The "only g-g-g-girl that I adore," according to a WWI-era song | 74 |
Soccer coach who said "I do swear a lot, but the advantage is that having played abroad, I can choose a different language from the referee's." | 157 |
___ Commission (corruption investigation at which Frank Serpico testified) | 74 |
Author of "The General Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money" | 75 |
Classic math problem involving a chess piece's movement through the board | 77 |
Blanche __, pseudonymous author of the 1983 best-seller "Truly Tasteless Jokes" | 89 |
Rap/country collaboration with the album "Defying Gravity with Dr. Octagon"? | 86 |
Dudes who promise you rides to nu metal shows but keep forgetting to show up? | 77 |
Fashion designer Michael who's a judge on "Project Runway" | 72 |
Transmission with the heading: "FROM: THE GREATEST PITCHER EVER"? | 75 |
They were labeled "Breakfast," "Dinner" and "Supper" | 82 |
Brand whose logo has a man in a hard hat dangling from one of its letters | 73 |
Olympic gold medalist who was a "Dancing With the Stars" champion | 75 |
"Dancing With the Stars" winner who's an Olympic skating champ | 76 |
The length of a meter is based precisely on the amount of light emitted from this | 81 |
Judy who was the singing voice of Pocahontas in Disney's "Pocahontas" | 83 |
Literary character whose last words are "The horror! The horror!" | 75 |
"If skills sold, truth be told, I'd probably be / lyrically Talib ___" (Jay-Z lyric) | 98 |
Nation invented by a John Kerry flub in his first major speech as US Secretary of State | 87 |