| "Spirit of '76" activity | 38 |
| Step just before publishing an article | 38 |
| On a quest for a modern musical style? | 38 |
| Penalized for a driving violation, say | 38 |
| Seafood dish that's rather a mess? | 38 |
| "___ Rainbow" (1947 musical) | 38 |
| Concerns of a safety sprinkler system? | 38 |
| Instrument for an emergency responder? | 38 |
| Final step in a marksman's manual? | 38 |
| Logs and twigs, in the eyes of campers | 38 |
| Ones getting Secret Service protection | 38 |
| Initial protective action, Ohio-style? | 38 |
| 1965 Yardbirds song for tree fanciers? | 38 |
| Angler's times to enjoy long days? | 38 |
| Manhattan Project skeptic's motto? | 38 |
| Substance used to protect or stabilize | 38 |
| Marks certain bovine parents (if X=4)? | 38 |
| "Simon says act like a bird" | 38 |
| It borders the Brooklyn Botanic Garden | 38 |
| Symbol marking a composer's music? | 38 |
| Kentucky Derby and Epsom Oaks, for two | 38 |
| Entertaining show in a run-down hotel? | 38 |
| Emblem of the 2011-12 New York Knicks? | 38 |
| Hit a ball caught by Ted Williams, say | 38 |
| Publication that's quickly thumbed | 38 |
| Bad place to live when the river rises | 38 |
| Peaceful ethic throughout the '60s | 38 |
| George VI, with a pilot's license? | 38 |
| Proceed so as to avoid radar detection | 38 |
| Self-deprecating Internet abbreviation | 38 |
| "Fascinating" Semisonic song | 38 |
| Comic strip about the Patterson family | 38 |
| Ornamentation with curved indentations | 38 |
| Concerns of someone who's choking? | 38 |
| Restaurant offering worth considering? | 38 |
| Region at the base of a mountain range | 38 |
| Question about hoof-and-mouth disease? | 38 |
| Last words of the Pledge of Allegiance | 38 |
| Rush "Hold Your Fire" opener | 38 |
| Exotic center of instinctive impulses? | 38 |
| Plea from those in witness protection? | 38 |
| I'll always remember you, so . . . | 38 |
| Song about a guy with his jug of wine? | 38 |
| Slight imperfection on an entry blank? | 38 |
| Kill Hannah "___ & Ever" | 38 |
| Why some people move to Massachusetts? | 38 |
| Decade of this puzzle's theme song | 38 |
| "I ___" (tune for Scarface?) | 38 |
| Hamlet's "___ is woman!" | 38 |
| Buck's candid conversation opener? | 38 |
| Founder of the Austro-Hungarian empire | 38 |
| Simon of "Shaun of the Dead" | 38 |
| P.G.A.'s 1992 leading money winner | 38 |
| Hip-hopper's improvisational skill | 38 |
| Police command when arresting a nymph? | 38 |
| Lenses in lighthouses and stage lights | 38 |
| 'The Feminine Mystique' author | 38 |
| Lionel, after a grueling concert tour? | 38 |
| Conductor of Chicago Symphony: 1953-62 | 38 |
| Rockwell's "Freedom ___" | 38 |
| How those with a meager existence live | 38 |
| Range of settings on the Gumbo Phaser? | 38 |
| "___ halls of Montezuma ..." | 38 |
| Repeated word in Imogen Heap band name | 38 |
| Hard-hit line drive, in baseball lingo | 38 |
| [Oy, it's so hot in this kitchen!] | 38 |
| Govt. program that backs school grants | 38 |
| Army base that's in Tex. and Okla. | 38 |
| Key at the top-right of some keyboards | 38 |
| Old drive-thru film development kiosks | 38 |
| Way to upload or download data (abbr.) | 38 |
| Digital document-sending method: Abbr. | 38 |
| Chocolate-and-vanilla ice cream flavor | 38 |
| Tokyo visitors' culinary challenge | 38 |
| Ex-senator with former pitcher on time | 38 |
| What a certain octagonal sign requires | 38 |
| "And don't try any ___!" | 38 |
| Stock exchange worker who was cheated? | 38 |
| Fetishist who likes mascot suits, e.g. | 38 |
| Little chick taking down a worm, e.g.? | 38 |
| "Purchase" principal of 1853 | 38 |
| Eric ___, 2004 Dodger All-Star pitcher | 38 |
| Montreal Alouettes' halfback Gene | 38 |
| Classic arcade game with tractor beams | 38 |
| Annoy people by blowing a fan on them? | 38 |
| Moves like the Jabberwock's slayer | 38 |
| Viola da ___ (old stringed instrument) | 38 |
| Situation when a server might be jumpy | 38 |
| Umbrella named for a Dickens character | 38 |
| Bullied, in a way, with "on" | 38 |
| Combining against, with "on" | 38 |
| Obtrusively bright, like a needlefish? | 38 |
| Possible result of eating Italian food | 38 |
| "Mr. Mom" co-star and others | 38 |
| "Doonesbury" creator Trudeau | 38 |
| Situation when a fuel gauge is at 50%? | 38 |
| "Two Tahitian Women" painter | 38 |
| "Iron Man" of Ruth's day | 38 |
| Field that may include feminist theory | 38 |
| Early loser at Saratoga: Oct. 17, 1777 | 38 |