| Inviting danger ... the end of which can precede each half of the answer to each asterisked clue | 96 |
| "... Don't talk about ___! You kidding me?! ..." (Jim Mora, 2001) | 79 |
| "If music be the food of love, ___" ("Twelfth Night") | 73 |
| It put out the first crossword book in 1924 (and soon changed its name to Simon & Schuster) | 95 |
| Kind of arena that might host the Hugger Games (and a group hug involving tributes #1, #2, and #6) | 98 |
| "Find more great clues like this in the author's Winner's Circle Crosswords!," e.g. | 101 |
| Writer whose work was Shakespeare's primary source for "Julius Caesar" | 84 |
| What some astronomers did with their teeth when the remotest planet in the Solar System was demoted? | 100 |
| Tipper Gore org. that placed "Darling Nikki" and "She Bop" on its Filthy Fifteen list | 105 |
| A1: "... for ___ a sensitive document from the Something-or-other Embassy in Copenhagen." | 99 |
| Metaphor for kinetic grace ... or what this puzzle's six eight-letter answers display? | 90 |
| On second thought, make it an inspirational film: "The Evil Dead..." | 78 |
| French mathematician Henri whose conjecture was one of the great unsolved problems (until it was cracked in 2003) | 113 |
| "Then Curly ___ in and says, 'Do I smell donuts?' ..." | 72 |
| Item on a safari guide's "least recommended activities" list? | 75 |
| Law, before the "Mad Madam" from Disney's "The Sword in the Stone" showed up? | 101 |
| Insurance plan, before the "Mad Madam" from Disney's "The Sword in the Stone" showed up? | 112 |
| "Weird Al" Yankovic album featuring "Addicted to Spuds" | 75 |
| Symphonic ode to a nation by Elgar that includes quotations from "Warszawianka" | 89 |
| "The House at ___" (1928 volume in which A.A. Milne introduced Tigger) | 80 |
| Test subject #2 perceives 1 as yellow, 3 as red, 8 as black; maybe she owns a ... | 81 |
| Supporter of class struggle who also happens to run a Fortune 500 company? | 74 |
| Head of the Catholic Church when Luther's "95 Theses" was posted | 78 |
| "Robin Williams's best work was playing a comics character in the early '80s"? | 96 |
| Low-priced American vodka known affectionately (and ironically) as "Russia's finest" | 98 |
| Asked, burst open, extracted, or broke, as the ends of this puzzle's four longest answers | 93 |
| Lady Gaga's "Applause" and Katy Perry's "Roar" | 74 |
| Recently revived TV show with trivia-filled bubbles called "info nuggets" | 83 |
| Character who shared a cameo with Tinkerbell in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" | 83 |
| Cartoon character whose debut film was "Golddiggers of '49" | 73 |
| Mammal whose name derives from the Latin words for "pig" and "fish" | 87 |
| TV sketch comedy set in the "city where young people go to retire" | 76 |
| What the plastic surgeon created after I asked to look like a "Star Wars" actress? | 92 |
| "Few can be induced to labor exclusively for ___": Abraham Lincoln | 76 |
| Bodily organ with no definite structure, function, or truth-value at all? | 73 |
| Surname of the Beast's head housekeeper (which ended up ironically apt after the curse, I mean, what are the odds?) | 119 |
| ___ Awards (pop culture ceremony in which the public votes for the winners) | 75 |
| Word that could mean “before Samuel Johnson’s 1755 book” or “related to fortunetelling” | 107 |
| Possible outcome of the event that is visually represented twice in this grid | 77 |
| Real-life death penalty opponent played by Sarandon in "Dead Man Walking" | 83 |
| “The neonatology department needs funding most of all,” Tom blurted ___ | 79 |
| Theater VIP section, as suggested by the answers on this puzzle's edges | 75 |
| Journalist you can't take seriously 'cause he's just so gosh darn cute? | 83 |
| Billy Joel hit that begins "You'll have to learn to pace yourself" | 80 |
| Magician, and word whose ten letters make up every answer in this puzzle | 72 |
| Description of Molly Ringwald's character at the prom, in a 1986 movie | 74 |
| "... and in less than a ___ they were turned into great hairy warriors ..." | 85 |
| "I think ___ initial intention was to make tennis balls" (Mitch Hedberg) | 82 |
| 1894 novel describing the adventures of Rudolf Rassendyll, with "The" | 79 |
| 1981 Hall & Oates song with the lyric "They're watching you" | 78 |
| Word accented on the antepenultimate syllable (the answer is an example of one) | 79 |
| 1969 hit with the repeated lyric "Big wheel keep on turnin'" | 74 |
| "I could substitute better than you while standing on my head," e.g.? | 79 |
| Polygonal numerical array named for mathematician Blaise, in which each number is the sum of the nearest two in the row aboveit | 127 |
| Description of a computer algorithm which resembles (but isn't actually) formal syntax | 90 |
| Beatles hit with the line, "Treasure these few words till we're together" | 87 |
| Q: See title A: "Just one, but it has to really WANT to change" | 73 |
| Showman associated with the quote "There's a sucker born every minute" | 84 |
| Warning sign at a train station's food court? (NOTE: The original sign, without my additions, actually exists. It's in Grand Central Terminal in NYC, on the lower level — the food court level. The sig | 215 |
| Initialism for what was once known as "shell shock" and "combat fatigue" | 92 |
| Film with the classic line "Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead." | 76 |
| Lying in the mud during a freezing storm, in "The Divine Comedy"? | 75 |
| What the puzzlemaker did to the name in each of this puzzle's theme answers? | 80 |
| The ability to be on a string, can mouth along to what I'm saying, etc. | 75 |
| "The ___ treasure mortal times afford is spotless reputation": Shakespeare | 84 |
| Bulwer-Lytton's "It was a dark and stormy night ...," e.g. | 72 |
| The overdramatic speaker at the press conference was known for using ___ ... | 76 |
| "If my study doesn't get published, I'll be ___," said the botany professor | 93 |
| Spin, as a cue ball, and how to answer each starred clue in this puzzle? | 72 |
| Words with ''pedestal'' or ''happy face'' | 73 |
| Sidelined by injury, in baseball lingo, and a hint to how this puzzle's theme puns are formed | 97 |
| Variant spelling for an eskimo boat recently added to the Scrabble dictionary (you'll need at least one blank to play it) | 125 |
| Novel whose four parts are titled "The Plaintiff," "The Defendants," "Brief to Counsel," and "The Trial" | 144 |
| "The Powerfully Effective, Take It Only When You Need It, Sinus and Allergy Medicine" | 95 |
| Market value of a company's assets divided by their replacement cost | 72 |
| Song from "The Man Who Knew Too Much" with a title that is actually not a grammatical phrase in any Romance language | 126 |
| What people in relationships need together ... or this puzzle's title | 73 |
| Sci-fi geek who loves a "Deep Space Nine" alien and a Robin Williams sitcom? | 86 |
| Francis ___, 17th-century English poet who wrote “A Feast for Worms” | 76 |
| Politician who said "Quite frankly, teachers are the only profession that teach our children." | 104 |
| "Show Boat" character who says "Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies!" | 103 |
| What King Arthur's men would like to have seen more of along the way? | 73 |
| "Stand behind the person in front of you" and "Don't cut"? | 82 |
| Possible response to "My boss is leaving and I hate his replacement"? | 79 |
| 2012 Best Actress nominee alongside Jessica, Jennifer, Emmanuelle, and Naomi | 76 |
| Doomed Netflix offshoot on CNET's "20 Worst-Named Tech Products" | 78 |
| Initials found inside Slytherin's locket at the end of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" | 109 |
| Author who used the pseudonym “Alcofribas Nasier,” an anagram of his full name | 86 |
| Don't ditch your CLEAR PLASTICS; recycle them into a ___, a useful tool for bigoted surgeons | 96 |
| Band who was the subject of the documentary "Meeting People Is Easy" | 78 |
| Song played by Elvis Costello on "SNL" that led to his twelve-year ban | 80 |
| One who maintains that scientists from another planet created all life on Earth | 79 |
| First tennis player to simultaneously hold Grand Slams on clay, grass and hardcourt | 83 |
| Male protagonist in William Inge's "Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff" | 74 |
| Item of clothing named for the commander in chief who ordered the action of 10/25/1854 | 86 |
| "___ Emanuel is son of the devil's spawn. He is an individual who would sell his mother to get a vote." (Eric Massa) | 130 |
| Name for a storm in which romaine lettuce, Parmesan, and croutons fall from the sky? | 84 |
| Missed Connection: You gallantly lent me your umbrella during a downpour, then disappeared - my ___! | 100 |
| Rocker Bonnie [CONTEST NOTE: My online all-skill crossword contest is Sept. 30. First prize is $2,500. For details visit www.alzfdn.org.] | 138 |
| "The best part of the job, of course, is when I'm out on the street ___" | 86 |