| Van Morrison's former backup band | 37 |
| Ungrammatical word before apples | 32 |
| Goes with Pink Floyd's "Us" | 41 |
| Goes w/Pink Floyd's "Us" | 38 |
| Berlin's "___ There Eyes" | 39 |
| 1954 sci-fi film with giant ants | 32 |
| 1954 horror film about giant ants | 33 |
| "There's gold in ___ thar hills!" | 47 |
| "Always leave ___ laughing" | 37 |
| "___ There Eyes," 1930 tune | 37 |
| "___ Bones" (Alice in Chains song) | 44 |
| " . . . gold in ___ thar hills" | 41 |
| Possible creator of some Easter bonnets | 39 |
| Opera about spellbinding stairs? | 32 |
| Opera by today's birthday composer | 38 |
| "___ Animal," 1942 film | 33 |
| What Tito Puente was "King of" | 40 |
| Title of Al Jolson's memoirs? | 33 |
| Beginning of an ungrammatical quip | 34 |
| Guy holding a Hostess snack cake? | 33 |
| What scattered things are said to be all over | 45 |
| ''Blue Moon'' singers (1961) | 44 |
| Participant in a literary tea party | 35 |
| Demonstration staged by food fish | 33 |
| "Shoe the horse, shoe ___" | 36 |
| Thurgood's judicial expertise | 33 |
| "Horse Feathers" stars | 32 |
| Superhero alter ego of Stanley Ipkiss | 37 |
| Ibsen's "___ Builder" | 35 |
| 2005 Brosnan/Kinnear film with a bullfight scene | 48 |
| Like some passages in a symphony | 32 |
| 1959 romantic comedy appropriate for this puzzle? | 49 |
| Play based on a "Wild Kingdom" episode? | 49 |
| Movie with the line "There is no spoon" | 49 |
| Movie with a red pill and a blue pill | 37 |
| Graham Greene's "The Heart of ___" | 48 |
| It may be held by a short order cook | 36 |
| A waiter may be asked to hold it | 32 |
| "Make that with mustard only" | 39 |
| Feature of any USA Today crossword | 34 |
| What a puzzle's title alludes to | 36 |
| Soundtrack's first track, often | 35 |
| Parts of a bride's attire, for this puzzle | 46 |
| Ampersand for and, e.g. (as herein) | 35 |
| A Sunday crossword usually has one | 34 |
| "Fools are my ___ . . . ": Byron | 42 |
| The Offspring "___ Life" | 34 |
| Like many restaurants and amusement parks | 41 |
| Tom Wolfe term for baby boomers as a whole | 42 |
| Topic, Magi gift, intone, range part, you and me | 48 |
| Place that offers corn with your meal? | 38 |
| 1934 title role for Jeanette MacDonald | 38 |
| What many crossword puzzles have | 32 |
| Many crosswords feature them, but not this one | 46 |
| All USA TODAY crosswords have them | 34 |
| Sinatra's "Put Your Dreams Away" | 46 |
| Lincoln Center landmark, informally | 35 |
| Where Barber's "Vanessa" premiered | 48 |
| Lincoln Center opera site, familiarly | 37 |
| Lincoln Center opera setting, familiarly | 40 |
| 2001 film whose title refers to an antique gun | 46 |
| Backup singers in a 1960's R & B group | 46 |
| Backup band said to be named for a car | 38 |
| Nickname for a really strong novelist? | 38 |
| "___ Son," Sondheim song | 34 |
| Place for seeing without really seeing | 38 |
| TV series that takes place in a bog? | 36 |
| Film starring our Hollywood legends | 35 |
| 1961 film scripted by Arthur Miller | 35 |
| A man's "better half" | 35 |
| Show about some demure cheerleaders? | 36 |
| Series about countercultural crime fighters | 43 |
| Reality game show once hosted by Anderson Cooper | 48 |
| ABC series hosted by Anderson Cooper | 36 |
| 2001 reality show hosted by Anderson Cooper | 43 |
| Vessel passed around for the bar band? | 38 |
| Church-owned newsweekly, for short | 34 |
| "I'm a Believer" band, corrected? | 47 |
| Famous W. W. Jacobs horror story | 32 |
| 2014 George Clooney/Matt Damon flick | 36 |
| "I'm in ___ for Love" | 35 |
| Roving band of Prozac dispensers? | 33 |
| TV show about a team of aromatherapists? | 40 |
| Sitcom about a team of aromatherapists? | 39 |
| Group working to keep folks in high spirits? | 44 |
| Tarot card that may represent fear | 34 |
| Hog farm night watchman's memoir? | 37 |
| Subtitle of a Shakespearean play | 32 |
| Setting for some Sherlock Holmes mysteries | 42 |
| "Hound of the Baskervilles" setting | 45 |
| "___ I See of You," 1945 song | 39 |
| Start of a quotation by Mme. de Stael | 37 |
| TwoÂ’s company, threeÂ’s a crowd, but ... | 47 |
| Time for contrition re imbibition | 33 |
| "Choose your allegiance!" | 35 |
| Drake song that launched "YOLO" | 41 |
| Scandinavian folklore figure in a Grieg title | 45 |
| Christie's record-breaking long run | 39 |
| "___ finger writes . . . " | 36 |
| "--- fightin' words!" | 35 |