| Something rapidly deteriorating goes to it, literally | 53 |
| "Get that first down ... and don't fumble"? | 57 |
| Alanis: "You've washed your ___ of this" | 54 |
| & 69 She said, "Then I saw the ___" ... | 56 |
| Hawaiian's phrase that can mean "Take it easy" | 60 |
| Do a basic surfing move, after the digital conversion? | 54 |
| Interested in headaches, puking, and bloodshot eyes? | 52 |
| When long, it's the mark of a good punt in football | 55 |
| ''My Beautiful Laundrette'' writer Kureishi | 59 |
| TV show based on characters from "Red Dragon" | 55 |
| "The Silence of the Lambs" character Lecter | 53 |
| Conservative commentator who wrote "Let Freedom Ring" | 63 |
| Bozeman native named after a "Star Wars" character? | 61 |
| Meistersinger of "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg" | 62 |
| ___ legomenon (word that appears only once in a manuscript) | 59 |
| ___ legomenon (word that appears just once in a given corpus) | 61 |
| ___ legomenon (word or phrase used only once in a document or corpus) | 69 |
| Currency unit in the song "Christmas Is Coming" | 57 |
| "The ___ Girl in the Whole U.S.A." (Donna Fargo hit) | 62 |
| "Finding a pencil," to Broadway's Charlie Brown | 61 |
| "Yep, it doesn't take much to make us ___! ..." | 61 |
| Show whose originial theme song was done by Bill Haley and His Comets | 69 |
| Pleased look (as depicted by this puzzle's grid) | 52 |
| Line from "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" | 60 |
| Line from ''Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas'' | 68 |
| "Rock Center" contributor Ted in good spirits? | 56 |
| Poison source in Christie's "A Pocket Full of Rye" | 64 |
| "Val-de-ri, val-de-ra" song, with "The" | 59 |
| Dancers known for their Japanese street-style wardrobe | 54 |
| Protect the "Kiss From a Rose" singer from the cops? | 62 |
| A1: "Right. They're a couple of ___ types." | 57 |
| "... but it's a good read for anyone who enjoys ___" | 66 |
| With "The," backing band beloved by daredevil surfers? | 64 |
| Feature of "Christmas" or "chimera" | 55 |
| Like a style of painting with sharply delineated forms | 54 |
| He launched his business just a few years after Kroc | 52 |
| Jimmy Cliff "The ___, the harder they'll fall" | 60 |
| Mae West reputedly said this "is good to find" | 56 |
| NIKE/HARRAH'S merger leading to a saffron robe dress code | 61 |
| Ellie May Lester feature in "Tobacco Road" | 52 |
| John Marshall ___, lone dissenter in Plessy v. Ferguson | 55 |
| Hollywood's 'Platinum Blonde' of the 1930s | 54 |
| Editor who "looked like a dishonest Abe Lincoln" | 58 |
| Magazine that celebrated its sesquicentennial in 2000 | 53 |
| First American magazine to excerpt "Moby-Dick" | 56 |
| "Immaculate Reception" running back Franco | 52 |
| First sitting president to have his photograph taken | 52 |
| ''A Certain State of Mind'' author Norma | 56 |
| Antihero of John Updike's "Rabbit" novels | 55 |
| Bygone sportscaster with a statue outside Wrigley Field | 55 |
| Question of "when" involving Billy Crystal | 52 |
| Bad review of "The Outcasts of Poker Flat"? | 53 |
| TV series starring Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers | 52 |
| Bygone TV series about a pair of jet-setting, crime-solving spouses | 67 |
| Granter of an honorary degree to George Washington in 1776 | 58 |
| What the eight Across celebrities all have in common | 52 |
| The German troops' marching song was adapted from _____ | 59 |
| Two-Face's alter ego, in the "Batman" series | 58 |
| Gotham district attorney who becomes Batman's nemesis Two-Face | 66 |
| Is very talented, before "him" or "her" | 59 |
| Fudge ingredient in "The Alice B. Toklas Cookbook" | 60 |
| Smoky song off Weezer's "Green Album"? | 52 |
| Member of a sect of Judaism with an emphasis on mysticism | 57 |
| David with the autobiography "Making Waves" | 53 |
| Element named for the German state where it was discovered | 58 |
| Jamiroquai's "(Don't) Give ___ Chance" | 56 |
| "I do ___ proud man ...": "Troilus and Cressida" | 68 |
| Monthly compendium of writing so vile you can't put it down? | 64 |
| Tautology meaning "I don't care what they say" | 60 |
| Affliction for someone with too many deerstalkers and fedoras? | 62 |
| " . . . his host ___ cast . . . ": Ex. 15:4 | 53 |
| Sir Topham ___ ("Thomas the Tank Engine" manager) | 59 |
| Sir Topham ___ ("Thomas the Tank Engine" boss) | 56 |
| Like a house that's of interest to ghost hunters | 52 |
| Lake ___, Ariz. (current home of the former London Bridge) | 58 |
| Don't do this, even if you're upset with Bart Simpson | 61 |
| What the state gambling board might do to increase sales? | 57 |
| Marilyn McCoo & Billy Davis Jr. "You Don't ___" | 65 |
| Trapper John McIntyre's "MASH" tent-mate | 54 |
| Part of a children's game with the Father of the Symphony? | 62 |
| Command to an Austrian composer on a scavenger hunt? | 52 |
| Biopic about a composer who is unrecognized in public? | 54 |
| Todd who directed the miniseries "Mildred Pierce" | 59 |
| Todd who directed "I'm Not There," 2007 | 53 |
| Cable network unlikely to air repeats of "The Sopranos" | 65 |
| Start of a 1940's-60's world leader's name | 54 |
| Aspic-like meat dish named for an ingredient it doesn't have | 64 |
| Cause of congestion / Detective's challenge / Loony | 55 |
| It may be involved in tallying the four theme answers | 53 |
| Two games between the same two teams on the same day, literally | 63 |
| Wrestling move that puts an arm around someone's neck | 57 |
| Last of the four imperatives in a classic "Tommy" tune | 64 |
| That guy who keeps bugging you about herbal remedies? | 53 |
| Nationalist Timothy ___ of Ireland: 1885–1931 | 52 |
| Carly Simon "That's the Way I've Always ___" | 62 |
| "Magic Man" band appearing at a Motown revue? | 55 |
| Word attached to "cold" or "lion" | 53 |
| W.S. on basketball ("Henry V" III, Prologue) | 54 |
| Bonnie Bedelia film sponsored by a furnishings chain | 52 |
| Neil Young "Keeps me searching for a ___ gold" | 56 |