| Where "the nights are stronger than moonshine," per America (1972) | 76 |
| EPILOGUE: Band member: Where can we possibly go where they won't find us? T: I'm thinking __ (Frankie Avalon) | 117 |
| "Walk" or "crawl" or "sink" or "swim" | 77 |
| Author of "Paris in the 20th Century," an 1863 novel first published in 1994 | 86 |
| Setting of Shakespeare's "Two households, both alike in dignity" | 78 |
| U2 song about a common affliction for "Spider-Man" performers? | 72 |
| This puzzle's honorees, one of which is spread out in each of the four longest answers | 90 |
| Word that led to the "Why a duck?" routine by the Marx brothers | 73 |
| "... but the daughters acted swiftly and drank from the enchanted waters of ___ Falls ..." | 100 |
| Wavy tonal quality overdone by a lot of "American Idol" hopefuls | 74 |
| Notably snarky magazine/media empire [The AV goes subscription only soon! Sign up at avxwords.com] | 98 |
| Hipster magazine that seems, despite its protestations, persistently conservative | 81 |
| “The leaders of the hostiles are said to comprise a particularly ___” | 77 |
| Quarterback Michael who was suspended for his involvement in dogfighting | 72 |
| Oscar-winning star of "A World for Two" in 1954's "A Star Is Born" | 90 |
| Director of the eight starred films in this puzzle, who was born on 2/23/1889 | 77 |
| Director of "Gone With the Wind" and "The Wizard of Oz" (who is no relation to the author of this puzzle) | 125 |
| Youtube clip of a chat with the author of "Myra Breckenridge"? (party-hopping à la Charles Barkley in 2006) | 120 |
| Super Bowl in which Miami completed the NFL's only perfect season ever | 74 |
| Artist Muniz who's the subject of the documentary 'Waste Land' | 74 |
| Football team involved in a notorious 2005 "love boat" scandal | 72 |
| Word that becomes its own synonym if the last letter is moved to the front | 74 |
| Then-obscure actor who played a victim in "The People Under the Stairs" (1991) | 88 |
| Certification requirement from the American Turntablist's Association? | 74 |
| "A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a ___; what else does a man need to be happy?": Albert Einstein | 112 |
| TV show in which a "Jackass" star meets "The Simple Life"? | 78 |
| Elvis standard that begins "Bright light city gonna set my soul / Gonna set my soul on fire" | 102 |
| Cancelled 2007 CBS dramedy that "comes close" to being "the worst show in the history of television," according to the New York Times | 153 |
| Reindeer name rhymed with Blitzen in "A Visit from St. Nicholas" | 74 |
| When Alfred Eisenstaedt shot his famous Times Square photo of a sailor kissing a nurse | 86 |
| Prince called "the Impaler," who was the inspiration for Dracula | 74 |
| Known as "the Impaler," prince who inspired "Dracula" | 73 |
| Former Lakers center who won two Olympic silver medals playing with Yugoslavia | 78 |
| He named a minor character in his most famous work Vivian Darkbloom, an anagram of his name | 91 |
| Event that often provides occasion for Kanye West to make a fool of himself: Abbr. | 82 |
| "Mr. Roboto" effects device invented as a military encryption technology | 82 |
| Alcohol rumored to spoil after opening, in an "Arrested Development" episode | 86 |
| Ostensible backdrop of the 2003 roman à clef "The Devil Wears Prada" | 81 |
| Member of the 2007 Women's N.C.A.A. champion basketball team, for short | 75 |
| 1958 #1 song with the lyric "Let's fly way up to the clouds" | 74 |
| Philosopher who wrote "It is difficult to free fools from the chains they revere" | 91 |
| He wrote "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him" | 78 |
| "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him" writer | 76 |
| (Thomas Pynchon, 1963) Its formula is 4/3 x pi x r³ (Michael Crichton, 1987) | 79 |
| Substance under Little Cat Z's hat in "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back" | 83 |
| "Faites ___ jeux" (croupier's phrase at the roulette wheel) | 73 |
| Acronym for aircraft that can depart from short runways (anagram of VOLTS) | 74 |
| Mr. Peabody's aptly named time machine, as the creators of Rocky and Bullwinkle spelled it | 94 |
| Only major U.S. city with a radio station whose call letters spell the city's name | 86 |
| City with a radio station that has the same call letters as the city's name | 79 |
| Nebraska town made famous as the home office of Letterman's Top Ten List | 76 |
| Nebraska city that serves as David Letterman's Top 10 List "home office" | 86 |
| 1960s-'70s group originally known as the Teenagers, with "the" | 76 |
| Playground equipment that'll move if you're really, really patient? | 75 |
| It may be charged by airport shuttle services if you're late from a flight | 78 |
| On hold ... or what the seven rows of black squares in this puzzle's grid spell in Morse code | 97 |
| Tarzan's order to Cheeta when the wedding bouquets didn't arrive? | 73 |
| Whence the line "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation" | 75 |
| Book including chapters titled "Solitude" and "The Ponds" | 77 |
| Its royal badge features the motto "Pleidiol wyf i'm gwlad" | 73 |
| Dionne Warwick song that says "Foolish pride is all that I have left" | 79 |
| Minnesota's state fish, and a hint to all 12 border answers in this puzzle | 78 |
| Robert Frost poem that includes "Good fences make good neighbors" | 75 |
| "Either that ___ goes, or I do" (Oscar Wilde's reputed last words) | 80 |
| Animator who dropped out of high school to join the army (but was rejected) | 75 |
| Disney et al., or, when added to the starts of the starred answers, a 1965 musical (listen!) | 92 |
| 63-year-old Vera reportedly dating 27-year-old skating gold medalist Evan Lysacek | 81 |
| "I can teach you how to sew an artist's hat, if you're interested"? | 85 |
| It's good for "absolutely nothing" according to a 1970 hit | 72 |
| It's good for "absolutely nothing," according to a 1970 #1 hit | 76 |
| Campaigner's contest (or the start of a 1930s movie actor's split personality) | 86 |
| Bertrand Russell supposedly said that it "does not determine who is right--only who is left" | 102 |
| "That mad game the world so loves to play" according to Jonathan Swift | 80 |
| "Much too serious a thing to be left to the military": Clemenceau | 75 |
| "It can only be postponed to the advantage of others," according to Machiavelli | 89 |
| "___ does not determine who is right - only who is left." (Bertrand Russell) | 86 |
| "Word that can appear before the starts of A-, B- C-, D- and E-Across" crossword theme, e.g. | 102 |
| With "The," 1989 Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner film that starts with a card game? | 93 |
| Movie that hit #1 for Worst Actor and Worst Picture in an IMDb 2005 "Worst of" poll | 93 |
| Sci-fi acceleration technology (that I think I actually figured out how to make if I just had this one part) | 108 |
| Senate candidate whose "proof" that she is 1/32nd Cherokee is her high cheekbones | 91 |
| Only person to garner Oscar nominations for producer, director, writer, and actor for two films | 95 |
| Team Wilt Chamberlain played for when he scored 100 points in a single game | 75 |
| "The sea ___ that day, my friends" (line from "Seinfeld") | 77 |
| Off-the-cuff riffs about old-timey clothes-cleaning devices? (Happy New Year to Emperor Justinian I!) | 101 |
| 1997 Jennifer Jason Leigh adaptation of a Henry James novel--refilmed in 3-D? | 77 |
| Acquisition of "substantially identical" stocks or securities within 30 days of trading at a loss | 107 |
| Phase in which the moon's right half is mostly visible in the Northern Hemisphere | 85 |
| " . . . longest ___ is the shortest way home": Italian proverb | 72 |
| With “The,” 1973 Alistair MacLean novel whose title comes from “Macbeth” | 88 |
| Ring org. with a "Minimumweight" category (less than 105 pounds) | 74 |
| His tombstone reads "Cast a cold Eye / On Life, on Death. / Horseman, pass by" | 88 |
| "Start every day off with a smile and get it over with" speaker | 73 |
| He said "Start every day off with a smile and get it over with" | 73 |
| "I certainly do not drink all the time. I have to sleep, you know" speaker | 84 |
| "I cant stand water because of all the things fish do in it" comic | 76 |
| "A woman drove me to drink and I didn't even have the decency to thank her" speaker | 97 |
| Radio station whose call letters include the first three letters of its Ohio city | 81 |
| Prof'l league sometimes called the "Dream Tour of Surfing" | 72 |
| Public FM station in Michigan's largest city (as seen in its call letters) | 78 |