| Man-versus-machine play of 1921 | 31 |
| "Fools ___ in . . . " | 31 |
| Crooner Columbo: 1908–34 | 31 |
| Russia, before the 16th century | 31 |
| It spans nine time zones: Abbr. | 31 |
| "Tin Cup" costar Rene | 31 |
| "Ransom" actress Rene | 31 |
| Issue for those out of practice | 31 |
| Demolition derby entry, perhaps | 31 |
| Gives in to oxidation, in a way | 31 |
| Road to nowhere, metaphorically | 31 |
| It's hard to get out of one | 31 |
| Obed's mother, in the Bible | 31 |
| Hugo's "___ Blas" | 31 |
| Cross-country camper, for short | 31 |
| Campers' campers, for short | 31 |
| The Concord Sage's monogram | 31 |
| Meg of Sleepless in Seattle | 31 |
| House Budget Committee chairman | 31 |
| Damon role in a Spielberg movie | 31 |
| "___ Hope" (old soap) | 31 |
| Onetime renter of yellow trucks | 31 |
| Catcher's field, in fiction | 31 |
| Bread for a ham sandwich, often | 31 |
| 'The Catcher in the --' | 31 |
| Baseball Hall of Famer Sandberg | 31 |
| Baseball Hall-of-Famer Sandberg | 31 |
| Company owned by General Motors | 31 |
| River from the Vosges Mountains | 31 |
| "'Quien __?'" | 31 |
| It's rattled metaphorically | 31 |
| Gypsum variety used in carvings | 31 |
| "___ Fair," 1953 play | 31 |
| Plant's pouchlike structure | 31 |
| Vanzetti's fellow defendant | 31 |
| Controversial execution of 1927 | 31 |
| Anarchist in '20s headlines | 31 |
| Scented bag in a dresser drawer | 31 |
| Goldman's brokerage partner | 31 |
| Drop the quarterback for a loss | 31 |
| Prevents from passing, in a way | 31 |
| ___ plexus (lower back network) | 31 |
| "Le ___ du printemps" | 31 |
| '-- bleu (French cry)!' | 31 |
| Posterior section of the pelvis | 31 |
| Black Hawk and tribesmen (Var.) | 31 |
| Like many a weepie's ending | 31 |
| "Eyes" to Robert John | 31 |
| Thompson of "Pollock" | 31 |
| Time's 1977 Man of the Year | 31 |
| Mubarak's famed predecessor | 31 |
| Former Egyptian president Anwar | 31 |
| Egyptian leader of the 70's | 31 |
| Begin's Peace Prize partner | 31 |
| Begin's co-Nobelist in 1978 | 31 |
| After-school anti-drinking org. | 31 |
| Charges, as with responsibility | 31 |
| "Diamond Life" singer | 31 |
| "Marat/__": 1963 play | 31 |
| One-named Grammy winner of 2001 | 31 |
| 1985 Grammy winner from Nigeria | 31 |
| One who gets kicks from cruelty | 31 |
| "It hurts to say ..." | 31 |
| 1980s Iranian president Bani-__ | 31 |
| Encl. with some contest entries | 31 |
| 1940 Douglas Fairbanks Jr. film | 31 |
| Unlikely to produce controversy | 31 |
| Wager that's not very risky | 31 |
| "60 Minutes" reporter | 31 |
| Baseball as opposed to football | 31 |
| Temptations for Jimmy Valentine | 31 |
| It's supposed to come first | 31 |
| ''Roots,'' e.g. | 31 |
| "Lonesome Dove" genre | 31 |
| "Contact" author Carl | 31 |
| "Heimskringla" et al. | 31 |
| "___ of Mount Vernon" | 31 |
| Starch used as a food thickener | 31 |
| Cosmetic surgeons' concerns | 31 |
| Scene of "Beau Geste" | 31 |
| Like some North African terrain | 31 |
| "You ___ a mouthful!" | 31 |
| No. 1 hit for Christopher Cross | 31 |
| Elton John does this on a boat? | 31 |
| Where a captain can buy canvas? | 31 |
| Shaw's "___ Joan" | 31 |
| Certainly not Dennis the Menace | 31 |
| 2/9/2010 victory parade honoree | 31 |
| 'Wheel of Fortune' host | 31 |
| "Solve or spin" sayer | 31 |
| "For Pete's ___!" | 31 |
| Clear libation popular in Japan | 31 |
| "Gracious ___ alive!" | 31 |
| Pseudonymous short-story writer | 31 |
| Pseudonymous short-story master | 31 |
| "Mame" director: 1974 | 31 |
| Alternative to Barneys New York | 31 |
| "Blueberries for ___" | 31 |
| Trumpeter and bandleader Carson | 31 |
| ''Gal'' of song | 31 |