| "Isn't it rich, are ___ pair..." ("Send in the Clowns" lyric) | 85 |
| The "what" of a Clue accusation, whose identity is hinted at by the three circled answers in this quadrant | 116 |
| Word that can mean "deteriorate" or "resist deterioration" | 78 |
| Dress like Homer Simpson when he intentionally gained weight to get disability pay | 82 |
| "And so she ___ steadily, And little other care has she" (Tennyson) | 77 |
| Spud who won the 1986 Slam Dunk Contest with a "180-degree reverse two-handed strawberry jam" | 103 |
| "Baseball Tonight" segment featuring the day's best defensive plays | 81 |
| Stuffed animals sold with secret codes that unlock virtual on-line versions of them | 83 |
| Site that kept telling me I either had sunburn or cancer, when I had food poisoning | 83 |
| Massachusetts town on Lake Chargoggagogg-manchauggagogg-chaubunagungamaugg | 74 |
| "I challenge you to a dance duel to see who can shake their ass the naughtiest!"? | 91 |
| "___ well here in Camelot" (line from a "Spamalot" song) | 76 |
| When "anything can happen" on "The Mickey Mouse Club" | 73 |
| "Letters, ___ letters..." ("Late Show" mailbag song lyric) | 78 |
| Claim from a video store stocking "Bulworth" and "Reds"? | 76 |
| MRS. HAtty-Cyphert you will amaze at your w*ste line goes invisible vvith these rev/olutionary ___ | 98 |
| Olympic figure skater Johnny who skated to Lady Gaga's "Poker Face" | 81 |
| Singer of "Like a Surgeon" (with the lyric "I can hear your heart beat for the very last time") | 115 |
| Longtime G.E. chief with the best seller "Jack: Straight From the Gut" | 80 |
| Onetime popular musician ... or a radio station where he might be heard? | 72 |
| Director of a pioneering 1936 "Macbeth" with an all-black cast | 72 |
| Painted the town red, in a way ... or successfully completed this puzzle? | 73 |
| "Any thoughts I had of having 'free time' quickly ___ ..." | 76 |
| "We're coming to your town, we'll help you party down, ___ American band" | 91 |
| Lead-in to ''kidding'' and ''gonna take it'' | 76 |
| 2010 #1 hit by Ke$ha (the 17th song in Billboard history to debut at the top spot) | 82 |
| "Our experts predict that a pekoe tariff would cause widespread joy"? | 79 |
| The half of the keyboard on which all of this puzzle's answers can be typed | 79 |
| Last part of the country to report election returns, usually, with "the" | 82 |
| "This rental car commercial would be better with an eclectic soundtrack and Bill Murray ..." | 102 |
| The "home" in John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" | 81 |
| With "The," NBC drama inspired by the film "The American President" | 87 |
| Message spelled out by punked Harvard fans at the 2004 Harvard-Yale football game | 81 |
| "What __ got here is a failure to communicate": "Cool Hand Luke" | 84 |
| "Dial ___ Watkins" (2004 album by Welsh bluesman Geraint Watkins) | 75 |
| Boston station that produces most of PBS's prime-time television programming | 80 |
| It's the end of The World!...actually, it's a radio station mentioned at the end of PRI's "The World" | 123 |
| "___ happened?" (Fred Willard's catchphrase in "A Mighty Wind") | 87 |
| The practice of trying to stop something that persistently occurs in an apparently random manner | 96 |
| Computer term, based on an arcade game, regarding the annoyance of fending off recurring spammers | 97 |
| Start of a proverb about consequences ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 79 |
| A. Egg and matzo meal B. Tomatoes and cheese C. Corn or barley D. Chickpeas or beans | 84 |
| ... Massachusetts birthplace of the 19th-century feminist Elizabeth Packard | 75 |
| Irving Berlin standard that begins "Gone is the romance that was so divine" | 85 |
| Song that includes the line, "How can I live through another day" | 75 |
| Question asked by a customs officer or a kid on Christmas ... with a hint to this puzzle's circled squares | 110 |
| "Yeah, I'm asking for people's impression of this inkblot -- so?!" | 84 |
| "Should I say 'Come here often?' or 'Hey, babe!'"? | 76 |
| Classic cartoon in which "Kill da wabbit" is sung to a Wagner tune | 76 |
| Complaint from one trying to concentrate, perhaps—and this puzzle's title | 81 |
| "Drink! for you know not ___ you came, nor why" ("Rubáiyát") | 86 |
| Nevertheless, she asked him if he had attended her high school, and after he said yes, she asked "...?" | 113 |
| 1952 Doris Day hit that was an even bigger hit for the Lettermen in 1961 | 72 |
| The point at which people will see me as "The War of the Worlds" author Wells? | 88 |
| Mean-sounding Elvis Costello solo album on NPR's Best Music of 2002 list | 76 |
| Novel with the subtitle "A Story of London Under the Hohenzollerns" | 77 |
| Question that follows "O Brother" in film ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 93 |
| Classic ad line, and question you need to answer to find the hidden theme in four starred answers | 97 |
| A. "Mommie Dearest" B. "Lonesome Dove" C. "Angela's Ashes" D. "Times to Remember" | 125 |
| Wine that can't decide what it is (from a stand-up comedian and a fictional newsman)? | 89 |
| Holiday song that begins "The sun is shining, the grass is green" | 75 |
| Waistcoat-wearing lagomorph in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" | 79 |
| In the end, though, the media portrayed the press conference as bland and amicable -- the latest in a series of ___ | 115 |
| "'___?' The light was ebbing, and Eddie Willers could not distinguish the bum's face." | 108 |
| Hit song from 2000 ... and a hint to 10 symmetrically arranged Across answers | 77 |
| It's "no longer current in natural colloquial speech," per the OED | 80 |
| She followed and preceded Billy as host of the Academy Awards ceremony twice | 76 |
| Best Supporting Actress of 1990 who later supplied a voice for "The Lion King" | 88 |
| "I took you for that cunning ___ of Venice" (line from "Othello") | 85 |
| "Here lies One ___ Name was writ in Water" (words on Keats's tombstone) | 85 |
| Aired on 11/21/1980, it was then the highest rated episode in TV history | 72 |
| "___ loves believes the impossible": Elizabeth Barrett Browning | 73 |
| Question from someone with serious doubts about their opponent's abilities | 78 |
| "I'm going to ___" White Stripes "Seven Nation Army" lyric | 82 |
| 22-year-old Stanford graduate who became a pro golfer more than six years ago | 77 |
| "Something that has to warm up before you use it." "___" | 76 |
| "My ___" (song on The Who's "Who's Next" album) | 75 |
| Julian Assange's controversial website, and a hint to what's missing from this puzzle's four longest answers | 120 |
| Band featured in the 2002 documentary "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" | 81 |
| Football formation in which the quarterback doesn't receive the snap | 72 |
| Irish writer who said "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much" | 90 |
| He wrote "A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies" | 77 |
| Pieces of pasteboard with "The Ballad of Reading Gaol" printed on them? | 81 |
| Award honoring literature that features women's stories set in the West | 75 |
| Start of a bumper sticker that may end with one's favorite attraction | 73 |
| He wrote, "God moves in a mysterious way, His wonders to perform" | 75 |
| Former "On Language" New York Times columnist who died on 9/27/09 | 75 |
| His "Seeking Major Tom" made Pitchfork's "Worst Album Covers of 2011" list | 98 |
| Start of a showbiz question about whether a hit in one town will be a hit in a different town | 93 |
| Annual English sports event that begins today, and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 84 |
| Title under which "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" originally charted, in 1952 | 81 |
| Answer to "Charlie Sheen, do you remember the name of your 'Bad Day on the Block' co-star?" | 109 |
| Actress Kate recently voted "most desirable body" in a Daily Mail poll | 80 |
| Leader who said "The empires of the future are the empires of the mind" | 81 |
| Bob Woodward book subtitled "The Short Life and Fast Times of John Belushi" | 85 |
| "The road of excess leads to the palace of ___": William Blake | 72 |
| "Why, oh why isn't my boyfriend more like the 1999 sexiest man alive?"? | 85 |
| Huge fan of spells, conjuring, and anything and everything broom-related? | 73 |
| On second thought, make it a gangster film: "Charlie's Angels..." | 79 |
| Theodore Roosevelt, who was never known as the modest type, is the only U.S. president ever to give an inaugural address ... | 124 |