| 2006 Pixar film | 15 |
| 2006 Pitt/Blanchett movie | 25 |
| 2006 Pink album | 15 |
| 2006 Oscar winner Helen | 23 |
| 2006 Oscar winner for his first film | 36 |
| 2006 Olympics site | 18 |
| 2006 Olympics host, to natives | 30 |
| 2006 Olympics host city in Italy | 32 |
| 2006 Olympics host | 18 |
| 2006 Olympics figure skating silver medalist | 44 |
| 2006 Olimpiadi venue | 20 |
| 2006 NSA suer | 13 |
| 2006 non-fiction work, with "The" | 43 |
| 2006 NLCS venue | 15 |
| 2006 Nintendo debut | 19 |
| 2006 Nintendo collection that included boxing, bowling, and golf | 64 |
| 2006 Newbery winner Lynne ___ Perkins | 37 |
| 2006 Newbery Medal winner Lynne ___ Perkins | 43 |
| 2006 neologism meaning "to demote" | 44 |
| 2006 NBA Rookie of the Year | 27 |
| 2006 NBA Finals MVP | 19 |
| 2006 NBA champs | 15 |
| 2006 NBA championship coach | 27 |
| 2006 NBA champions | 18 |
| 2006 NBA All-Star Game winners | 30 |
| 2006 NASCAR Sprint Cup Rookie of the Year Hamlin | 48 |
| 2006 N.L. MVP __ Howard | 23 |
| 2006 N.L. MVP | 13 |
| 2006 N.B.A. champs | 18 |
| 2006 N. Korea announcement | 26 |
| 2006 movie subtitled "The Last Stand" | 47 |
| 2006 movie subtitled "Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" | 109 |
| 2006 movie starring T.I. | 24 |
| 2006 movie set in Georgia | 25 |
| 2006 movie remake | 17 |
| 2006 million-selling Andrea Bocelli album | 41 |
| 2006 Mike Judge dystopian dark comedy | 37 |
| 2006 Michael Connelly crime novel | 33 |
| 2006 Matt Damon movie | 21 |
| 2006 Mark Twain Prize recipient | 31 |
| 2006 Marion Cotillard romantic comedy | 37 |
| 2006 Lifetime Achievement Emmy-winner Bill | 42 |
| 2006 Kentucky Derby winner | 26 |
| 2006 Kennedy Center honoree | 27 |
| 2006 Ken Jennings book ... or the author himself | 48 |
| 2006 Jay-Z single | 17 |
| 2006 Irish musical film | 23 |
| 2006 hurricane | 14 |
| 2006 hit from The Raconteurs | 28 |
| 2006 Grammy-winning blues singer ___ Thomas | 43 |
| 2006 Grammy-winning blues singer Thomas | 39 |
| 2006 Grammy winner for "Amarantine" | 45 |
| 2006 Golden Globe Best Actress | 30 |
| 2006 Forest Whitaker role | 25 |
| 2006 Forest role | 16 |
| 2006 Final Four team | 20 |
| 2006 film with the tagline "Sit back, relax, and enjoy the fright" | 76 |
| 2006 film with an Elvis-like character named Memphis | 52 |
| 2006 film that was an Internet phemonenon before it was released | 64 |
| 2006 film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar | 44 |
| 2006 film in which Kate Bosworth plays Lois Lane | 48 |
| 2006 film featuring Big Boi | 27 |
| 2006 film based on "Twelfth Night" | 44 |
| 2006 film about puzzles | 23 |
| 2006 FIFA World Cup winners | 27 |
| 2006 farce involving a drinking contest | 39 |
| 2006 fantasy film starring Jeremy Irons | 39 |
| 2006 fantasy film | 17 |
| 2006 fantasy bomb starring Jeremy Irons | 39 |
| 2006 event in North Korea, briefly | 34 |
| 2006 Emmy winner for "The West Wing" | 46 |
| 2006 Elizabeth Gilbert memoir | 29 |
| 2006 Eastwood subject, for short | 32 |
| 2006 dystopian film with Keanu Reeves | 37 |
| 2006 documentary directed by Patrick Creadon | 44 |
| 2006 Disney film, and the ends of the eight longest entries in this puzzle | 74 |
| 2006 DiCaprio film about a gem smuggler | 39 |
| 2006 DiCaprio film | 18 |
| 2006 David Gilmour song and album | 33 |
| 2006 Danielle Steel bestseller about a princess | 47 |
| 2006 comedy about gymnastics | 28 |
| 2006 Collective Soul album | 26 |
| 2006 Cate Blanchett film, and hint to this puzzle's theme | 61 |
| 2006 Cate Blanchett film | 24 |
| 2006 Canadian Idol winner | 25 |
| 2006 Canadian Idol runner-up | 28 |
| 2006 Bullock/Reeves romance | 27 |
| 2006 Brad Pitt movie | 20 |
| 2006 Brad Pitt film that was a Best Picture nominee | 51 |
| 2006 Brad Meltzer novel | 23 |
| 2006 boorish film character from Kazakhstan | 43 |
| 2006 Bond girl ___ Green | 24 |
| 2006 Beyoncé film | 20 |
| 2006 Best Supporting Actor | 26 |
| 2006 Best Picture nominee | 25 |
| 2006 Best Musical nominee, with "The" | 47 |
| 2006 Best Musical | 17 |
| 2006 Best Director ___ Lee | 26 |
| 2006 Best Animated Feature nominee | 34 |
| 2006 Best Actress winner | 24 |