| "__ New Mexico": state song | 37 |
| "The Greatest Love ___" | 33 |
| "The best ___ possible worlds" | 40 |
| "I am monarch ___ I survey": Cowper | 45 |
| "I am monarch ___ I survey" | 37 |
| "___ the gin joints ..." | 34 |
| ''__ the nerve!'' | 33 |
| NOFX's "Idiot Son ___ Asshole" | 44 |
| "It's the end ___ era" | 36 |
| "In the twinkling ___ eye" | 36 |
| "... in the twinkling ___ eye" | 40 |
| " . . . wings ___ angel" | 34 |
| ''... in the twinkling ___ eye'' | 48 |
| 'The Three Faces (1957 film) --' | 40 |
| Not quite right, as a musical note | 34 |
| "And they're ___!" (racetrack cry) | 48 |
| "They're ___!" (racetrack cry) | 44 |
| "Kiss You ___" Scissor Sisters | 40 |
| The Donnas "Take It ___" | 34 |
| The ''O'' in OTB | 33 |
| Down, usually, on a light switch | 32 |
| Command to a pooch on a couch, maybe | 36 |
| "We're ___ to see the . . . " | 43 |
| "Turn that racket ___!" | 33 |
| "They're ___!" (racing term) | 42 |
| "Noises ___," Frayn farce | 35 |
| "Let's Call the Whole Thing ___" | 46 |
| "I'm _____!" ("Ta-ta!") | 47 |
| "Ferris Bueller's Day ___" | 40 |
| "And we're ___ like a prom dress!" | 48 |
| Inedible parts of a butchered animal | 36 |
| When things aren't going right | 34 |
| When one's not at one's best | 36 |
| 0-for-5 performance for Mark McGwire, e.g. | 42 |
| When things aren't going very well | 38 |
| Times when you're not at your peak | 38 |
| Times when you're not at your best | 38 |
| Did away with, in gangster lingo | 32 |
| "Orpheus in the Underworld" composer | 46 |
| He wrote "La Vie parisienne" | 38 |
| "Les Contes d'Hoffmann" composer | 46 |
| Step on someone's toes, so to speak | 39 |
| Figurehead making casual remarks? | 33 |
| Rainn Wilson sitcom, with "The" | 41 |
| Sitcom at Dunder Mifflin, with "The" | 46 |
| Like secret military facilities, to civilians | 45 |
| Transfer data, to a peripheral device | 37 |
| "Tip" or "rip" finish | 41 |
| Word after "pay" or "play" | 46 |
| Word with "pay" or "show" | 45 |
| The three of this puzzle's theme entries | 44 |
| Dispatches, 'Sopranos' style | 36 |
| Time when many an athlete gets into trouble | 43 |
| This is no time for playing games | 33 |
| Penalty that prevents a play from starting | 42 |
| Rooting for the team everyone else hates? | 41 |
| Alternate title for this puzzle? | 32 |
| "The Wizard __": comic strip | 38 |
| Comic strip "The Wizard ___" | 38 |
| "Wizard ___," Parker-Hart comic | 41 |
| "The Wizard ___" (comic) | 34 |
| ''The Wizard ___'' (comic) | 42 |
| Loverboy "Lovin' Every Minute ___" | 48 |
| "Just for the heck ---" | 33 |
| "Just for the fun ___" | 32 |
| "What ___?" (snippy reply) | 36 |
| "Wanna make something ---?" | 37 |
| "Just for the thrill ___" | 35 |
| "Just for the heck ___..." | 36 |
| "Heaven make thee free ___!": Shak. | 45 |
| "Heaven make thee free ___!": Hamlet | 46 |
| ''Wanna make something ___?'' | 45 |
| ''Think nothing __!'' | 37 |
| ''Make ___ what you will'' | 42 |
| ''Man ___ Mancha'' | 34 |
| ''Man _____ Mancha'' | 36 |
| ''Man __ Mancha'' | 33 |
| Faulkner story "A Point ___" | 38 |
| ''The Ascent ___'' | 34 |
| Shakespeare's seven ages ____ | 33 |
| Paine's "The Rights ___" | 38 |
| Bronowski's "The Ascent ___" | 42 |
| "You want a piece ___?" | 33 |
| "For the life ___ ..." | 32 |
| "Part __": Katy Perry hit | 35 |
| "All ___" (Steve Martin comedy) | 41 |
| "All ___" (Martin/Tomlin film) | 40 |
| Steve Martin's "All ___" | 38 |
| Michael Jackson "Another Part ___" | 44 |
| Martin/Tomlin film "All ___" | 38 |
| Classic tune, "All ___" | 33 |
| "You're not the boss ---!" | 40 |
| "You'll be the death ___!" | 40 |
| "You want a piece ---?" | 33 |
| "Why not take all ___?" (song lyric) | 46 |
| "Why not take all ___?" | 33 |
| "What's to become ___?" | 37 |
| "Piece ___" (Britney Spears song) | 43 |
| "Memories __": Billy Crystal film | 43 |
| "For the life --- ..." | 32 |