| Creature wrapped around the four longest Across answers | 55 |
| Creature whose genus name and English name are the same | 55 |
| Chinese dynasty that included the Warring States period | 55 |
| Company with the motto "A Business of Caring" | 55 |
| Channel that airs "Mad Money with Jim Cramer" | 55 |
| Cruise line whose Concordia ran aground in January 2012 | 55 |
| Comic Andrew Clay Silverstein's adopted middle name | 55 |
| Capital whose name means "big tree" in Arabic | 55 |
| College setting is a sleepaway place by the country (6) | 55 |
| Company plugged prominently in "Transformers" | 55 |
| Co-author of "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls" | 55 |
| Cabaret singer and "Star Search" winner Linda | 55 |
| Company whose slogan is "Home away from home" | 55 |
| Cannonball Adderley's "Somethin' ___" | 55 |
| Cabinet dept. formed in response to the 1973 oil crisis | 55 |
| Costar of Danes and Ribisi in "The Mod Squad" | 55 |
| Crossed one's i's and dotted one's t's? | 55 |
| Coin that's been around for more than half a decade | 55 |
| Chapter 1 of "Italian Cooking for Beginners"? | 55 |
| Cops, in slang ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | 55 |
| Chess tactic that involves attacking two pieces at once | 55 |
| Club with the motto "To Make the Best Better" | 55 |
| Comedian's offering, such as this puzzle's quip | 55 |
| Carraway's Long Island neighbor, in classic fiction | 55 |
| Carney's predecessor as White House press secretary | 55 |
| City that celebrated its millennial anniversary in 2010 | 55 |
| Capital city surrounding the Lake of the Restored Sword | 55 |
| Constellation south of the Hunter, with "the" | 55 |
| Capital nicknamed "Queen City of the Rockies" | 55 |
| Cash in one's chips or pay the ultimate price, e.g. | 55 |
| Corollary to Descartes' famous conclusion? (Part 1) | 55 |
| Creature whose tail makes up half its body's length | 55 |
| Country whose name means "Land of the Aryans" | 55 |
| Carmaker whose name means "arise out of Asia" | 55 |
| Cheryl Ladd's "Charlie's Angels" role | 55 |
| Cowardly Lion portrayer in "The Wizard of Oz" | 55 |
| Crush Kill Destroy "The World's ___ Area" | 55 |
| Confederate general who was a descendant of Thomas More | 55 |
| Cartoon character on the 3/31/52 cover of Life magazine | 55 |
| Came by chance, with "on" or "upon" | 55 |
| Cash advance taken by this puzzle's longest answers | 55 |
| Comic strip title character whose last name is Flagston | 55 |
| Connie ___, Philadelphia Athletics manager for 50 years | 55 |
| Credit company with a "Priceless" ad campaign | 55 |
| Comment that might get the response "de rien" | 55 |
| City in which "The Last Supper" can be viewed | 55 |
| City mentioned in the song "That's Amore" | 55 |
| Co. that originated the ''Think'' motto | 55 |
| Comedic writer Pollack who wrote "Alternadad" | 55 |
| Classic soft drink with orange, grape and peach flavors | 55 |
| Captain who said "Eat your pudding, Mr. Land" | 55 |
| Chris Farley played a Beverly Hills one in a 1997 movie | 55 |
| Chevy station wagon of the 1950s, '60s and '70s | 55 |
| Chuck who can "kill two stones with one bird" | 55 |
| Corollary to Descartes' famous conclusion? (Part 4) | 55 |
| Candy bar once promoted to honor "Hank" Aaron | 55 |
| California hometown for TV's Six Million Dollar Man | 55 |
| Cassini who created Jackie's signature Camelot look | 55 |
| Cause for "I've got a bad feeling" moment | 55 |
| Configuration of six places in this puzzle's answer | 55 |
| Co-founder of the political movement "Bagism" | 55 |
| Cause of 19th century warfare between England and China | 55 |
| Castmate of Gasteyer on "Saturday Night Live" | 55 |
| Condition in which one's arms are laid to the side? | 55 |
| Coworker of Don, Roger, and Lane on "Mad Men" | 55 |
| Chanteuse who sang "Non, je ne regrette rien" | 55 |
| Christina Ricci's "Black Snake Moan" role | 55 |
| Company that introduced TV at the 1939 WorldÂ’s Fair | 55 |
| Commercial prefix meaning "convenient to use" | 55 |
| Cincinnati team until 1959 (they kept one of the words) | 55 |
| City surrounded on two sides by Toiyabe National Forest | 55 |
| Car once called "The Gold Standard of Values" | 55 |
| Cooper's role in "The Fountainhead," 1949 | 55 |
| Costar of Bea and Betty on "The Golden Girls" | 55 |
| Central African country about the size of Massachusetts | 55 |
| Car company that originated as an airplane manufacturer | 55 |
| Cracker factory employee or winter road worker, perhaps | 55 |
| Class with the periodic table on the wall, often: Abbr. | 55 |
| Cooking instruction hinting at this puzzle's theme? | 55 |
| Classic Chinese military treatise, with "The" | 55 |
| Coach whose name is on the NBA Coach of the Year trophy | 55 |
| Character in Ibsen's "Pillars of Society" | 55 |
| Comedian ___ Ansari of "Parks and Recreation" | 55 |
| Crenshaw's farm tool or "Zoolander" star? | 55 |
| Controversial D.W. Griffith film (with "The") | 55 |
| City visited in "Around the World in 80 Days" | 55 |
| Correspondence to the editor of an Allentown newspaper? | 55 |
| Chargers in "The Charge of the Light Brigade" | 55 |
| Contest that's usually over in less than 20 seconds | 55 |
| City known as "The End of the Santa Fe Trail" | 55 |
| Commercial in which all of one's fury is unleashed? | 55 |
| Composer David famous for "Home on the Range" | 55 |
| Cause of congestion / Detective's challenge / Loony | 55 |
| Comics tiger who's named for an English philosopher | 55 |
| College basketball coach + "L.A. Law" co-star | 55 |
| Chess piece belonging to a member of a fraternal order? | 55 |
| Common occurrence in Green Bay after a Packer touchdown | 55 |
| Charles __, major decorator of the Palace of Versailles | 55 |
| Comedienne who played a secretary in "9 to 5" | 55 |
| Cartoonist noted for his drawings of soldiers in battle | 55 |