| Word before the first word in this puzzle's theme answers | 61 |
| Criminal Robert nicknamed "The Birdman of Alcatraz" | 61 |
| Coauthors of "The Elements of Style," ___ and White | 61 |
| Al Franken's "SNL" motivational speaker Smalley | 61 |
| Soul's Lattisaw who sang "Let Me Be Your Angel" | 61 |
| Archies hit with the lyric, "You are my candy girl" | 61 |
| Group that was second only to the Beatles in '60s #1 hits | 61 |
| "It's a ___!" ("You can't miss!") | 61 |
| ___ Kramer, 2010 Dutch Olympic gold medalist in speed skating | 61 |
| Part of the "Law & Order" franchise, familiarly | 61 |
| Nation that's home to the metal bands Opeth and Meshuggah | 61 |
| ___ Twitchit (mother of Tom Kitten of Beatrix Potter stories) | 61 |
| Destination of the Bounty in "Mutiny on the Bounty" | 61 |
| Actress Elg of "Les Girls" (hidden in MAINTAINABLE) | 61 |
| Republic with an image of Sun Yat-Sen on some of its currency | 61 |
| "¿Qué ___?" ("How's it going?") | 61 |
| The only chess player you need to know for solving crosswords | 61 |
| "What does it take to succeed in Hollywood, Tonto?" | 61 |
| Sweet group that did the score for "Risky Business" | 61 |
| Food whose name comes from the Tupi language of South America | 61 |
| "Trip for ___" (Tweety and Sylvester cartoon title) | 61 |
| Pop duo with the 2003 hit "All the Things She Said" | 61 |
| Penultimate percent of the last century before the Common Era | 61 |
| All-American Rejects: "I'm on the Football ___" | 61 |
| Group associated with 2009's Taxpayer March on Washington | 61 |
| It's "short and stout" in a children's song | 61 |
| Paretsky's Warshawski and Grafton's Millhone, briefly | 61 |
| #1 hit song that asks "Are you somewhere up above?" | 61 |
| Pearl Jam album with "Alive" and "Jeremy" | 61 |
| ___ Beer Night (1974 baseball promotion that ended in a riot) | 61 |
| Some of the knights in Wagner's "Tannhäuser" | 61 |
| Blythe's daughter in ''Meet the Parents'' | 61 |
| Electric car company named after an Serbian-American inventor | 61 |
| Author Gerritsen who created the characters Rizzoli and Isles | 61 |
| Tactical position that literally means "bridgehead" | 61 |
| "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" singer Ritter | 61 |
| New Valentine's phrase added on Sweethearts candy in 2010 | 61 |
| Je ne sais quoi capturing mid-14th to mid-17th century China? | 61 |
| Word with ''end'' or ''pits'' | 61 |
| Word often mistakenly thought to be in Smokey Bear's name | 61 |
| "The Work of Art in ___ of Mechanical Reproduction" | 61 |
| With the circled letters, 1955 Bill Haley and His Comets hit? | 61 |
| Alice Walker novel ... or a hint to 12 squares in this puzzle | 61 |
| Rockers who reunited to release "Hell Freezes Over" | 61 |
| "___, please" (awards show presenter's request) | 61 |
| Title TV and movie character who sought out the One-Armed Man | 61 |
| Era referred to in the United Kingdom as "naughty"? | 61 |
| "That small drink you ordered has now been poured"? | 61 |
| 1980s TV program that caused a rift between Carson and Rivers | 61 |
| "___ again ..." ("on the other hand ...") | 61 |
| "Floral" film of 1986 based on an Umberto Eco novel | 61 |
| Something to "Blame It On," in a Milli Vanilli song | 61 |
| Debate team's consensus about rules for counterarguments? | 61 |
| Admission from someone who just realized they're rambling | 61 |
| ''__ are the times that try men's souls'' | 61 |
| “___ Thirteen” (1931 Faulkner short-story collection) | 61 |
| 1955 sci-fi film that was one of the first to use Technicolor | 61 |
| Clichéd start of a depressingly-timed February 14th speech | 61 |
| One of the superheroes in 2012's "The Avengers" | 61 |
| '93 album "Common ___: The Songs of the Eagles" | 61 |
| With ''The'', Joanne Woodward film of '57 | 61 |
| Night "Cheers" was on TV for each of its 11 seasons | 61 |
| The Everly Brothers' ''___ I Kissed You'' | 61 |
| Michael Jackson "Don't Stop ___ You Get Enough" | 61 |
| "18 ___ I Die" (platinum Bryan Adams album of 1996) | 61 |
| "___ is but the stream I go a-fishing in" (Thoreau) | 61 |
| Classic TV comic whose tag line was "Oh ye-e-e-ah!" | 61 |
| Hunters' representation in "Peter and the Wolf" | 61 |
| Ginger portrayer on ''Gilligan's Island'' | 61 |
| Turner who sang "What's Love Got to Do With It" | 61 |
| "Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society" author Gore | 61 |
| "_____ sad sight to see the year dying": FitzGerald | 61 |
| "__ consummation devoutly to be wish'd": Hamlet | 61 |
| "Eww, I don't want to hear about it," in a text | 61 |
| Jones who plays the announcer in "The Hunger Games" | 61 |
| Ron Kovic portrayer in "Born on the Fourth of July" | 61 |
| "Hang down your head" guy in a Kingston Trio #1 hit | 61 |
| Shoe aimed at an alley feline? (or cyclotron missing a piece) | 61 |
| John Kennedy ___ ("A Confederacy of Dunces" author) | 61 |
| Response to a joke about Whitney Houston's death, perhaps | 61 |
| Snack item named after the inventor's 6-year-old daughter | 61 |
| Singer who once sang a song to Kramer on "Seinfeld" | 61 |
| 1971 N.L. M.V.P. who was later twice A.L. Manager of the Year | 61 |
| "We love ___ you smile" (old McDonald's slogan) | 61 |
| Light lunch (and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) | 61 |
| Triple-platinum 1982 album with the #1 hit "Africa" | 61 |
| 'L'shanah --!' (Hebrew 'Happy holidays!') | 61 |
| Word with ''fly'' or ''clap'' | 61 |
| "Eat your heart out on a plastic ___" (Sex Pistols) | 61 |
| Poem with the line "Who intimately lives with rain" | 61 |
| Glam band with the classic album "Electric Warrior" | 61 |
| Lars von ___ (writer and director of "Melancholia") | 61 |
| ''What's your sine?'' subject, informally | 61 |
| The Dude, Walter, and Donny, e.g., at least as a bowling team | 61 |
| ''Guilt'' or ''ego'' follower | 61 |
| "I ___ Think About Elvis" (1994 Patty Loveless hit) | 61 |
| ___ Hsi (empress dowager of China during the Boxer Rebellion) | 61 |
| Stanley who appears in the "Hunger Games" franchise | 61 |
| Former "Crossfire" host known for wearing a bow tie | 61 |
| Arizona city where parts of "Infinite Jest" are set | 61 |