| Eight answers in this puzzle are athletes in this org. | 54 |
| TV channel whose slogan is "More Colorful" | 52 |
| It aired the first coast-to-coast Oscar telecast, 1953 | 54 |
| Airer of "Dr. Kildare" and "Mr. Novak" | 58 |
| Org. with a self-serving category called "student athletes" | 69 |
| Nonprofit sports org. with $846 million in revenue in 2010-'11 | 66 |
| Site of Mt. Mitchell, highest U.S. point east of the Mississippi | 64 |
| Birthplace of James K. Polk and Andrew Johnson: Abbr. | 53 |
| CBS series with a spin-off that takes place in Los Angeles | 58 |
| Agarn or O'Rourke, in "F Troop": Abbr. | 52 |
| A Marine Corps lance corporal no longer qualifies as one: Abbr. | 63 |
| Co. that originated the ''Think'' motto | 55 |
| State with roughly the same population as Boston, MA | 52 |
| "America's Most Affordable Vacation State": AAA | 61 |
| D.C. sch. with programs focusing on military strategy and diplomacy | 67 |
| Org. whose logo features the letter pi with an arrow through it | 63 |
| Govt. org. with a Shakespeare in American Communities initiative | 64 |
| "Shakespeare in Amer. Communities" co-sponsor | 55 |
| "Great public schools for every child" org. | 53 |
| Patricia who co-starred in "The Fountainhead" | 55 |
| Patricia, the Cookie in ''Cookie's Fortune'' | 64 |
| Patricia of "The Day the Earth Stood Still" | 53 |
| Patricia of ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' | 61 |
| Host Conan of NPR's "Talk of the Nation" | 54 |
| Composer Hefti who wrote the theme to "The Odd Couple" | 64 |
| Comedic writer Pollack who wrote "Alternadad" | 55 |
| Actress Patricia of "The Subject Was Roses" | 53 |
| "The Terrible Truth About Liberals" author Boortz | 59 |
| "The Baroque Cycle" sci-fi author Stephenson | 54 |
| "Hill Street Blues" character ___ Washington | 54 |
| "Breakfast at Tiffany's" actress Patricia | 55 |
| ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' actress Patricia | 63 |
| Hall of Fame football coach Earle "Greasy" __ | 55 |
| Early Eagles coach Earle, nicknamed "Greasy" | 54 |
| "Their Eyes Were Watching God" novelist Zora ___ Hurston | 66 |
| "Conversations With God" author ___ Donald Walsch | 59 |
| Miller's "S.N.L." "Weekend Update" successor | 68 |
| "Weekend Update" anchor between Miller and Macdonald | 62 |
| Occurrence after the first and third quarters of the moon | 57 |
| Word with "miss" or "catastrophe" | 53 |
| Word with ''miss'' or ''catastrophe'' | 69 |
| Word with ''miss'' or ''sighted'' | 65 |
| "Emergency Broadcast: The End Is ___" Underoath | 57 |
| "...suddenly appear / Every time you are ___?" | 56 |
| It's where someone in the sticks might go to buy groceries | 62 |
| Originally, the greatest extent of the Ottoman Empire | 53 |
| "___ in bloody thoughts, but not in blood": Richard III | 65 |
| Johnny Cash: "You're the ____ Thing to Heaven" | 60 |
| "Do the duty which lies ___ thee": Carlyle | 52 |
| "This ___ Was Mine" ("South Pacific" song) | 62 |
| " . . . ___, and trimly dress'd": Shak. | 53 |
| "'__ the Arizona Skies": 1934 John Wayne movie | 60 |
| "___ Arizona Skies" (early John Wayne film) | 53 |
| Title state in a 2013 film nominated for six Oscars (abbr.) | 59 |
| St. whose motto is "Equality Before the Law" | 54 |
| Jordan's Mount ___, from which Jericho can be seen | 54 |
| Its motto is "Equality before the law": Abbr. | 55 |
| First st. to join the Union after the end of the Civil War | 58 |
| "Equality before the law" is its motto: Abbr. | 55 |
| ''Turtle'' or ''crew'' attachment | 65 |
| "South Park" character with an electronic voice box | 61 |
| William Hurt's ''Body Heat'' role | 53 |
| Lee Pace's character on "Pushing Daisies" | 55 |
| Prof. Brainard of "The Absent-Minded Professor" | 57 |
| Maude Flanders's spouse, in "The Simpsons" | 56 |
| Lyricist Washington who won two Oscars for songwriting | 54 |
| Insurance salesman Ryerson in "Groundhog Day" | 55 |
| Flanders who said, "Boys, get the alcohol-free alcohol" | 65 |
| First name among "The Simpsons" characters | 52 |
| "Viva ___ Flanders" ("The Simpsons" episode) | 64 |
| "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" character Land | 64 |
| "The Simpsons" character who says "Okily-dokily!" | 69 |
| "Simpsons" character who uses the "diddly" infix | 68 |
| "Nightmare ___," 1997 Disney animated series | 54 |
| "___ and Stacey" (Thomas Haden Church TV series) | 58 |
| ''Old Uncle'' in a Stephen Foster title | 55 |
| ''Old Uncle'' in a Stephen Foster song | 54 |
| ___ Washington, who wrote "When You Wish Upon a Star" | 63 |
| ___ Land of "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" | 61 |
| ___ Donnelly (Tom Hanks' "Family Ties" role) | 58 |
| ___ Brooks, 1950's-60's "Meet the Press" moderator | 68 |
| ___ Brooks, 1950's-60's "Meet the Press" host | 63 |
| Oldtime radio kids' show "Uncle ___ Squadron" | 59 |
| Nickelodeon's "___ Declassified School Survival Guide" | 68 |
| "Not Sleeping Around" (___ Atomic Dustbin) | 52 |
| ___ Point Lighthouse, Massachusetts landmark since 1838 | 55 |
| Often-unnecessary word in celebrity wedding announcements | 57 |
| It can put some distance between you and your former self | 57 |
| "By the wicked ___-ba-naw-baigs" (Longfellow) | 55 |
| Nirvana "I ___ an easy friend. I do, with an ear to lend" | 67 |
| Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding "I ___ Your Love" | 60 |
| "When I ___ you, I just close my eyes and I'm with you" | 69 |
| "I Don't ___ Man" (2007 Pussycat Dolls single) | 60 |
| "Heaven, I ___ Hug" (R. Kelly post-scandal track) | 59 |
| What this puzzle's four longest answers have in common | 58 |
| Sleep and a stiff drink, among others, for new parents | 54 |
| Hard-up Collective Soul song off "Dosage"? | 52 |
| Hard up Collective Soul song off "Dosage"? | 52 |
| " . . . to each according to his ___": Marx | 53 |
| "Oh, thou did'st then __ love so heartily": Shak. | 63 |