| "Then I like some watcher of the skies": Keats | 56 |
| Like the German "die" and French "la" | 57 |
| "Liz: The Elizabeth Taylor Story" star Sherilyn | 57 |
| Suitor from Shakespeare's "Merry Wives ..." | 57 |
| "Aw geez" ... or another title for this puzzle | 56 |
| Scottie ___, James Stewart's role in "Vertigo" | 60 |
| It took 358 years to prove his "last theorem" | 55 |
| French mathematician with a noted "last theorem" | 58 |
| French mathematician who pioneered in the theory of probability | 63 |
| Detroit suburb named for the plants the area was once overgrown with | 68 |
| First major party female nominee for U.S. vice president | 56 |
| Will's pet running around the "SNL" stage? | 56 |
| Toy for a hunting pet that doesn't get enough exercise? | 59 |
| 10-time "Muscle & Fitness" cover subject | 54 |
| "Highly charged" character on "The Addams Family" | 69 |
| Annual holiday with an "airing of grievances" | 55 |
| "It runs! It retrieves! It brings back!" device | 57 |
| Villain who debuted in the "Star Wars Christmas Special" | 66 |
| Physicist who co-developed the theory of weak nuclear force | 59 |
| Mag with the slogan "It's great to be a man" | 58 |
| Cereal that's really healthy, but takes forever to pass? | 60 |
| Eponym of a number series that begins 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, ... | 59 |
| "A revolution is not a bed of roses" speaker | 54 |
| Opera that includes the "Prisoners' Chorus" | 57 |
| Opera featuring the "Prisoners' Chorus" | 53 |
| Opera about the steadfast wife of a political prisoner | 54 |
| Shakespearean exclamation before "unreverend tongue!" | 63 |
| Ralph who played Voldemort in the Harry Potter films | 52 |
| Actor Ralph with a cameo in "The Hurt Locker" | 55 |
| "...what are we ___?" (from a protest chant) | 54 |
| What the names in this puzzle's theme entries begin with | 60 |
| Word in Portuguese place names that means "fig tree" | 62 |
| They're not literal, and this puzzle's title | 52 |
| In other words, you must spend $500 more to please your child | 61 |
| List with "Save" and "Print" options | 56 |
| Department store founder who pioneered credit unions | 52 |
| Cut from the tenderloin--its name means "dainty cut"! | 63 |
| Where copies of "The Grapes of Wrath" are stored | 58 |
| "Double Indemnity" or "The Big Sleep" | 57 |
| Org. that oversees international swimming competition | 53 |
| 2003 animated film shown on Discovery, appropriately? | 53 |
| "Chantilly Lace" and "Blue Velvet"? | 55 |
| Got to the last page of the "Divine Meditations"? | 59 |
| Sprint to the tape ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 60 |
| "The Garden of the ___-Continis," De Sica film | 56 |
| Singer with the 1996 triple-platinum album "Tidal" | 60 |
| Bob Seger "Only one thing in common, they got the ___" | 64 |
| Hip-hop producer tooling around with a Dalmatian in the window? | 63 |
| What Stephen King title is suggested by the letter F? | 53 |
| What the marshal declared the moonshiner's shed to be? | 58 |
| Undisclosed corporation staging takeover of office-supply chain! | 64 |
| December 21, and the occasion for this puzzle's theme | 57 |
| Organized person's motto (it's the puzzle theme!) | 57 |
| "In love there are these evils: ___": Horace | 54 |
| ___ & Sons ("Six Feet Under" funeral home) | 56 |
| "Short Circuit" star who's part Pisces? | 53 |
| "Just call me ___" said Richard, the troller | 54 |
| Bad-day-in-the-market headline for a sushi restaurant? | 54 |
| Landscape photographer George ___ (Ansel Adams inspirer) | 56 |
| Robert __, captain of the HMS Beagle on which Darwin sailed | 59 |
| Seaside town that's home to Leonardo Da Vinci Airport | 57 |
| Quarter-mile uptown/downtown distance in Manhattan, roughly | 59 |
| Small amount of blood serum ... or a title for this puzzle | 58 |
| Facetious law regarding the edibility of dropped food | 53 |
| Longest number when spelled out in words that has no repeated letters | 69 |
| "The Broken American Male: And How to ___" (2008 book) | 64 |
| Good-guy video game character in a 2012 animated Disney film | 60 |
| "Killing Me Softly With His Song" singer Roberta | 58 |
| " . . . rally round the ___ . . . ": G. F. Root | 57 |
| " . . . the ___ makes you free!": H. C. Work | 54 |
| "...which is probably why I have such a ___" | 54 |
| New product line after the NFL's takeover of Polaroid? | 58 |
| Virtually assembled group that performs confusing actions | 57 |
| April payment in the place where crabs and herons live? | 55 |
| It's brought out by Emeril's "Essence" | 56 |
| Lack of complete trust that kept him from the Promised Land? | 60 |
| Plantain named for its seeds, which resemble small insects | 58 |
| When military ship crews dock and become tourists in big cities | 63 |
| Start of Stephano's song in "The Tempest" | 55 |
| In modern lingo, a vegetarian who occasionally eats meat | 56 |
| Failed to get a hit, in a way (with "out") | 52 |
| Failed to get a hit, in a way (with ''out'') | 60 |
| Is raised all the way up and then back down to the midpoint | 59 |
| "First I'll read, then watch the movie, then..." | 62 |
| Backs of 45's having a sudden change in direction? | 54 |
| Go crazy ... or a hint on how to enter five answers in this puzzle | 66 |
| "I just burned all the meat for the picnic...___!" | 60 |
| "Hound Dog," relative to "Don't Be Cruel" | 65 |
| "Cage" bone that's not attached to the sternum | 60 |
| When there might be a two-for-one special on ice cream drinks? | 62 |
| "I Ran (So Far Away)" band, with "A" | 56 |
| Alcoholic beverage that comes in Grape and Grape MaXed | 54 |
| Location of North America's only living coral reef | 54 |
| Twin of a Tom Hanks character who makes wedding arrangements? | 61 |
| Kid that makes you shoot fireballs, a la Super Mario Bros.? | 59 |
| For note-taking during the debate, Iggy used waterbed linens as ... | 67 |
| No. that Bloomberg's soda ban would have limited | 52 |
| Fictional substance in "The Absent-Minded Professor" | 62 |
| Writing assignment that, through complete luck, got an A? | 57 |
| Command that Ms. Barrymore not leave her poop in the toilet? | 60 |