Broadway hit with the song "I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight" | 78 |
"Anyway, that's the book I just bought (although I think you can get it cheaper in ___)." | 103 |
Classic novel that ends "Well said, but we must cultivate our garden" | 79 |
Nickname for a team from Miami, and an aural hint to the theme of this puzzle | 77 |
"___ thou remember / A time before we came unto this cell?": "The Tempest" | 94 |
Action hero's garb, and what each first word in this puzzle's four longest answers is | 93 |
He said Beat literature "isn't writing at all - it's typing" | 78 |
Big letters, for short (and what your answers must be written in to understand the theme) | 89 |
Former kids' show title character named for the large pockets in his coat | 77 |
Common word spelled in the "Spelling Bee" game on "The Price Is Right" | 90 |
"Eoweoweoweow-powpowpowpow-ooohweee-ooohweee-whooopwhooop-urnhurnhurnh" device | 88 |
These occur—symbolically—at this puzzle's six circled "intersections" | 91 |
On second thought, make it a romantic comedy: "Soylent Green..." | 74 |
Item of clothing named for the major general who led the action of 10/25/1854 | 77 |
Words between ''Would you'' and ''dance'' | 73 |
Scottish historian Thomas who called economics "the dismal science" | 77 |
City that was the source of the marble for Michelangelo's "David" | 79 |
2006 Disney film, and the ends of the eight longest entries in this puzzle | 74 |
1976 movie that parts of the other four movie titles describe from start to finish | 82 |
Word that can follow the starts of this puzzle's five longest answers | 73 |
"And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout" is its penultimate line | 96 |
"I think I'm on a hot streak, should I quit while I'm ahead?" | 79 |
Campbell who captained the Canadian women's hockey team to gold in 2002 and 2006 | 84 |
"The Music and the Mirror" singer in "A Chorus Line" | 72 |
"A Chorus Line" character who sings "The Music and the Mirror" | 82 |
World leader who co-wrote the book "How Far We Slaves Have Come!" with Mandela | 88 |
San Antonio mayor Julián, keynote speaker at the 2012 Democratic convention | 78 |
Comic that comes to an end on October 3rd, and whose catchphrase ends this puzzle's theme answers | 101 |
Comic strip whose last collection was "Shoes: Chocolate for the Feet" | 79 |
"There are two means of refuge from the miseries of life: music and ___." (Albert Schweitzer) | 103 |
"Phantom" surpassed it as the longest-running Broadway musical | 72 |
Game with the figures "soldier's bed" and "fish in a dish" | 82 |
Fashion runway, or, in a way, what this puzzle's 10 perimeter answers comprise | 82 |
"The crows seemed to be calling his name, thought ___" (one of Jack Handey's "Deep Thoughts") | 117 |
One who might radio you not to break double nickel after seeing a Smokey | 72 |
New Jersey area code, in ancient Rome (oh, did you want to do Roman numeral math? That's what I thought) | 108 |
Government agcy. that produced the graphic novel "Preparedness 101: Zombie Pandemic" | 94 |
Ohio's ___ Point, home of the Top Thrill Dragster and Millennium Force roller coasters | 90 |
"The Color Purple" character who refers to her husband as "Mr. ___" | 87 |
Singer whose first top 10 hit was "Where Does My Heart Beat Now" | 74 |
Isolated prison area (represented by this 4x4 corner) from which the solver must escape | 87 |
The "voice" in Bloch's "Voice in the Wilderness" | 72 |
Villa-Lobos's "Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5" is scored for voice and eight of these | 96 |
"Qu'est-ce que ___?" ("What is that?" in French) | 72 |
Ron who was the 1981 World Series co-MVP with Pedro Guerrero and Steve Yeager | 77 |
Former Dodgers third baseman whom Chris Berman nicknamed "Born in the U.S." | 85 |
Sports org. in which the Toronto Argonauts have won the most titles (15) | 72 |
Fictional character who first appeared in "The House Without a Key" | 77 |
Brother of Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo | 72 |
United Artists cofounder whose first feature-length film was "The Kid" in 1921 | 88 |
Whenever Erica Hill came on the set of "CBS This Morning," ___ | 72 |
Queensryche song for when the cops are coming after you (with "The")? | 79 |
Who said "The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall" | 104 |
He said "The revolution is not an apple that falls when it is ripe. You have to make it fall." | 104 |
Result of black's move from the upper-left board to the lower-right board | 77 |
Singer with top 10 hits in the 1960's, 70's, 80's and 90's | 74 |
Singer who said, "Men should be like Kleenex—soft, strong and disposable" | 87 |
Her first solo recording ("Ringo, I Love You") was released under the pseudonym Bonnie Jo Mason | 105 |
Word that can precede the first word of the answers to the asterisked clues | 75 |
___ Helms, "Father" of San Francisco's "Summer of Love" | 79 |
Likely 2008 playoff team in both the American and National leagues, on the scoreboard | 85 |
Nile Rodgers band I can't believe aren't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yet | 86 |
Professional sports team with a very long championship drought (100+ years) | 75 |
Seasoning option for fries at the Japanese fast food restaurant First Kitchen | 77 |
Spanish word for "boy" used as a belittling insult by WWF's Razor Ramon | 85 |
1980s-'90s slugger who ranks fourth in career home runs by a switch hitter | 78 |
Fire-breathing monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail | 90 |
"Romeo and Juliet" : Paris :: "West Side Story" : ___ | 73 |
Deer discovered that subsist solely on cacao beans; appropriately, they're called ... | 89 |
Who said "The less you open your heart to others, the more your heart suffers" | 88 |
"Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to, and the one white people used to go to." | 114 |
Org. at the center of the 2007 memoir "At the Center of the Storm" | 76 |
Its first tweet was "We can neither confirm nor deny that this is our first tweet" | 92 |
The sculpture "Kryptos," which has never been fully deciphered, stands at its main entrance and courtyard | 115 |
Word of greeting and parting with the derivation "I am your servant" | 78 |
R&B singer with "Like a Surgeon" (no relation to the Weird Al song) | 81 |
Roman who originated the phrase "While there's life, there's hope" | 84 |
He originated the phrase "While there's life, there's hope" | 77 |
"The best debater since ___" (The Bush campaign on John Kerry in 2004) | 80 |
Sonnet that starts "My love is strengthen'd, though more weak in seeming" | 87 |
Kid who first appeared in O. Henry's "The Caballero's Way" | 76 |
"You ___ good!" (saying to one who's bathed and dressed nicely) | 77 |
The only movie to be the highest-grossing of the year and still lose money | 74 |
Shakespearean character who introduced the phrase "salad days" | 72 |
About whom Shakespeare wrote "Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale / Her infinite variety" | 103 |
Movie with the refrain "I'm not even supposed to be here today!" | 78 |
"I am so ___ that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying" (Oscar Wilde quote) | 115 |
Mythical figure represented in Vermeer's "The Art of Painting" | 76 |
Award given to the creators of Dos Equis' "The Most Interesting Man" ad | 85 |
Instrument that hints at the missing parts of certain answers in this puzzle | 76 |
Potentially stressful place to be, vis-a-vis one's sexual orientation | 73 |
"I refuse to join any __ that would have me as a member": Groucho | 75 |
1985 movie with the tagline "It's not just a game anymore" | 72 |
"Parker Spitzer" channel (better run this clue before it gets cancelled) | 82 |
(Mark Kurlansky, 1997) Supplement that some claim eases arthritis (Upton Sinclair, 1927) | 88 |
Runner Sebastian who headed London's successful bid for the 2012 Olympics | 77 |
Country singer David Allan ___, writer of "Take This Job and Shove It" | 80 |
"Here Come the ___" (Abbott and Costello film set at a girls' school) | 83 |
"I'm Mighty Glad I'm Living, That's All" songwriter | 73 |
Each circled pair is an abbreviation for one; all 13 are arranged in the roughly north-to-south order in which their representatives (except for John Hancock) signed the Declaration of Independence | 197 |