| Depiction of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns | 44 |
| Danish king called "the Memorable" | 44 |
| Dylan "I ___ Change Comin' On" | 44 |
| Deputy after Chester on "Gunsmoke" | 44 |
| Detective's illumination source, perhaps | 44 |
| Dann of TV's "Law & Order" | 44 |
| Developer noted for its drive-through kiosks | 44 |
| Documents bequeathing tiny exercise devices? | 44 |
| Describing a paperback's dearer relative | 44 |
| Dated "Wow!" to a good-looking gal | 44 |
| Declaration upon checking oneself into rehab | 44 |
| Dick Nixon's nonsweating debate opponent | 44 |
| Daily Bugle editor in "Spider-Man" | 44 |
| Dodgers slugger who was the 1988 N.L. M.V.P. | 44 |
| Deighton's "Only When I _____" | 44 |
| Dieter's hope when entering the brewpub? | 44 |
| Drops the equipment at the club before a gig | 44 |
| Dissolved, as bacteria exposed to antibodies | 44 |
| Documentary on many best movie lists of 2008 | 44 |
| Devices for amplifying electromagnetic waves | 44 |
| Dessert nicknamed "The Merciless"? | 44 |
| Dessert with candied fruit, nuts and liqueur | 44 |
| Did away with Homer's neighbor for good? | 44 |
| Defamatory remarks uttered on ocean cruises? | 44 |
| Dracula's least favorite sporting event? | 44 |
| Digits some people write with an extra slash | 44 |
| Did or didn't play a good round of golf? | 44 |
| Drive one's spouse to the couch, perhaps | 44 |
| David Byrne's career after Talking Heads | 44 |
| Donnie Darko's sister's dance troupe | 44 |
| Department for Detectives Stabler and Benson | 44 |
| Dr. Egon ___ ("Ghostbusters" role) | 44 |
| Director of "Being John Malkovich" | 44 |
| Drink for which "lymon" was coined | 44 |
| Doesn't stick to the straight and narrow | 44 |
| Dil Pickles's dad on "Rugrats" | 44 |
| Dowson's "Non ___ Qualis Eram" | 44 |
| Doyle's "The Adventure of ___" | 44 |
| D. H. Lawrence's first novel, colorfully | 44 |
| Drive-___[SEE NOTE ABOVE ABOUT HOW TO SOLVE] | 44 |
| Day when Corpus Christi is celebrated: abbr. | 44 |
| Disneyland bird show, the Enchanted ___ Room | 44 |
| Dr. Frank 'N' Furter portrayer Curry | 44 |
| Dickens character (and title of this puzzle) | 44 |
| Double-edged blade for hand-to-hand fighting | 44 |
| Detective famous for a "last case" | 44 |
| DiCaprio owned it in "The Aviator" | 44 |
| Dancer with John in "Pulp Fiction" | 44 |
| Dylan Thomas's "___ Milk Wood" | 44 |
| Dennis Haysbert series, with "The" | 44 |
| During an earthquake on the East Coast . . . | 44 |
| Dylan "Froggie ___ A Courtin'" | 44 |
| Drenched gangsters who are out of the woods? | 44 |
| Declaration of Independence's first word | 44 |
| Description of an 18th-century writing desk? | 44 |
| D. H. Lawrence's "___ in Love" | 44 |
| Designations for secret papers of 1790's | 44 |
| Dice game whose maximum score is 1575 points | 44 |
| Director of the last four Harry Potter films | 44 |
| Dr. Seuss's "king of the pond" | 44 |
| Dismissive term for chronic fatigue syndrome | 44 |
| Drag queen in "La Cage aux Folles" | 44 |
| Dr. Seuss's "If I Ran the ___" | 44 |
| Defunct org. with a red-white-and-blue ball | 43 |
| Dalton formerly of "Falcon Crest" | 43 |
| Defender of some unpopular causes, in brief | 43 |
| Defense lawyers' adversaries, for short | 43 |
| Devilkin in "Rosemary's Baby" | 43 |
| Director of "Betsy's Wedding" | 43 |
| Deity named twice on Afghanistan's flag | 43 |
| Dylan's "I --- Lonesome Hobo" | 43 |
| Dean Martin's "That's __" | 43 |
| Director of "The Wedding Banquet" | 43 |
| Director of "Eat Drink Man Woman" | 43 |
| DiFranco who founded Righteous Babe records | 43 |
| Donna ___, "Don Giovanni" soprano | 43 |
| Dahl of "A Southern Yankee," 1948 | 43 |
| Do the work of a florist or an orchestrator | 43 |
| Devilish Beherit song "Black ___" | 43 |
| Didion's "Play It _____ Lays" | 43 |
| Dr. Seuss's "Horton Hears __" | 43 |
| Dr. Seuss' "Horton Hears ___" | 43 |
| Disney's follow-up to "Dumbo" | 43 |
| Daily ___, "Spider-Man" newspaper | 43 |
| Danny Williams on "Hawaii Five-0" | 43 |
| Detective in "The Shanghai Cobra" | 43 |
| Detective in "The Shanghai Chest" | 43 |
| Department in France's Bourgogne region | 43 |
| Default song that will say it ain't so? | 43 |
| Director of 1983's "Scarface" | 43 |
| Donna Summer "___ All the Lights" | 43 |
| Dr. you wouldn't ask for medical advice | 43 |
| Dog the Bounty Hunter's real first name | 43 |
| Dreyer's ice cream, in the Eastern U.S. | 43 |
| Diptheria inoculation scientist von Behring | 43 |
| David Ruffin "My Whole World ___" | 43 |
| Doctors who check out head colds, for short | 43 |
| Detergent featuring 3x stain-fighting power | 43 |
| Divide by zero in a computer program, maybe | 43 |
| Dir. from Springfield, Mass., to Providence | 43 |