| Writer who said "I am not a speed reader. I am a speed understander" | 78 |
| "And the world will live ___" (closing lyric of "Imagine") | 78 |
| Word of encouragement with ''boy'' or ''girl'' | 78 |
| Instantly ... or how this puzzle's other three longest answers came about? | 78 |
| "A little thing that makes a big difference," according to Churchill | 78 |
| "Histoire de ___," first in a popular series of children's books | 78 |
| Arthur who played Larry David's mother on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" | 78 |
| Michael Jackson "it doesn't matter who's wrong or right" hit | 78 |
| 1999 #1 hit that introduced the "Cher-bot" vocal recording technique | 78 |
| "I got this hat at a thrift store; all I had to do was clean it..." | 78 |
| "If you prick us, do we not __?": "The Merchant of Venice" | 78 |
| "A person who talks when you wish him to listen," per Ambrose Bierce | 78 |
| Goes on and on about the recent changes in your child's nap schedule, e.g. | 78 |
| So-called "mansiere," essentially, in a "Seinfeld" episode | 78 |
| European city whose airport is the world's largest chocolate-selling point | 78 |
| Short form of the formal name for mad cow disease (hidden in RUBS ELBOWS WITH) | 78 |
| Mad cow disease or, if you prefer a less off-putting clue, Indian trading org. | 78 |
| Broadway hit with the song "I Wonder What the King Is Doing Tonight" | 78 |
| He said Beat literature "isn't writing at all - it's typing" | 78 |
| San Antonio mayor Julián, keynote speaker at the 2012 Democratic convention | 78 |
| 1980s-'90s slugger who ranks fourth in career home runs by a switch hitter | 78 |
| Word of greeting and parting with the derivation "I am your servant" | 78 |
| Movie with the refrain "I'm not even supposed to be here today!" | 78 |
| "Narrator" of Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle" | 78 |
| "L'Elephante Giraffe" and "Lobster Telephone," for two | 78 |
| TV host who told viewers "Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls!" | 78 |
| California governor Gray whom Cybill Shepherd called "a good kisser" | 78 |
| Early production company for "I Love Lucy" and "Star Trek" | 78 |
| Keaton, née Hall, who won the Best Actress Oscar for "Annie Hall" | 78 |
| Former Kansas senator who said "Life is very important to Americans" | 78 |
| Legendary crooner who entertained tourists wearing raspberry-tinted sunglasses | 78 |
| Peter Tosh "You Don't Miss Your Water (Till Your Well Runs ___)" | 78 |
| "I'm a ___!" (Rosie O'Donnell's coming-out announcement) | 78 |
| What the blind man who thought the elephant was "like a fan" touched | 78 |
| California locale where "Maria Maria" fell in love, in a Santana hit | 78 |
| 1984 hit with the lyric "Have some more yogurt, have some more Spam" | 78 |
| Words on cakes in "Alice in Wonderland" and "Animal House" | 78 |
| "Electronics, Cars, Fashion, Collectibles, Coupons and More" website | 78 |
| "... that draweth from my snow-white pen the __-coloured ink": Shak. | 78 |
| LeShan who wrote "It's Better to Be Over the Hill Than Under It" | 78 |
| 'Old MacDonald' sequence found in this puzzle's 10 longest answers | 78 |
| Flight from Israel [SEE NOTE ABOVE for explanation of last week's answers] | 78 |
| Intuitively reasonable but rarely actually used name for an online publication | 78 |
| Record label that Paul McCartney blames for the Beatles' absence on iTunes | 78 |
| Byrne's "Everything That Happens Will Happen Today" collaborator | 78 |
| Brian who hasn't yet joined Neil Diamond in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame | 78 |
| Bombeck who wrote "The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank" | 78 |
| "Mars's armour, forg'd for proof ___...": "Hamlet" | 78 |
| Most of the characters in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" | 78 |
| J. Geils: "You're Gettin' ___ While I'm Gettin' Odd" | 78 |
| Coveted [subscribe to avxwords.com for the best indie puzzles in the land ...] | 78 |
| Book that begins "Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ..." | 78 |
| Comic collected in "The Chickens Are Restless," with "The" | 78 |
| Quarterback who played himself in "There's Something About Mary" | 78 |
| 1970's TV character whose real first name was Arthur, with "the" | 78 |
| NFLer Harris, known for his 1972 game-winning "Immaculate Reception" | 78 |
| Scholars doubt that he ever said "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" | 78 |
| Who said "An ounce of practice is worth more than tons of preaching" | 78 |
| Actor who played a coin-flipping killer in the 1932 movie "Scarface" | 78 |
| Gershon who played a seductive dry cleaner on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" | 78 |
| She beat out Renée, Sissy, Judi, and Nicole for the 2001 Best Actress Oscar | 78 |
| He was called a "stuck-up, half-witted, scruffy-looking nerf herder" | 78 |
| "Isn't ___ bit like you and me?" ("Nowhere Man" lyric) | 78 |
| "___, don't tell me there's no hope at all" Pink Floyd lyric | 78 |
| Language producing ''shampoo'' and ''pajamas'' | 78 |
| Shakespeare character who said "I will wear my heart upon my sleeve" | 78 |
| Pretty intense way to refer to an undocumented worker, when you think about it | 78 |
| Film character who says "Play it once, Sam, for old times' sake" | 78 |
| Word derived from the Latin "uncia," meaning "one-twelfth" | 78 |
| FDR moved it from the Department of Labor to the Department of Justice in 1940 | 78 |
| Product whose name was inspired by the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey" | 78 |
| "The gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom," per Anatole France | 78 |
| "___ that special?" ("SNL" Church Lady's catch phrase) | 78 |
| U.S. ally whose capital has the letters U-S-A in the middle of its name: Abbr. | 78 |
| "___, dislike it" (start of Marianne Moore's "Poetry") | 78 |
| Theme #1 (Doo doo doo-doo, doo doo doo, doo doo doo-doo DO do-do-do-do-do ...) | 78 |
| Surname of literary characters Noah, Tom, Al, Rosasharn, Ruthie, and Winfield | 78 |
| "Mad Men" character Harris periodically involved with Roger SterlinG | 78 |
| "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" author | 78 |
| Plains Native American tribe that becomes a state if you drop the first letter | 78 |
| Middle Eastern resident who sounds like something Little Miss Muffet would eat | 78 |
| "The ___ Not for Burning" (1948 comedic play set in the Middle Ages) | 78 |
| Title woman about whom Clapton sings "You've got me on my knees" | 78 |
| Probably my least-favorite Eric Clapton song (and that's saying something) | 78 |
| Grammy winner for Best Female Country Vocal Performance the year before Trisha | 78 |
| "The Girl With the Million Dollar ___" (Betty Grable's nickname) | 78 |
| First name of the only person in the Inventors and Rock and Roll Halls of Fame | 78 |
| ''_____ Folks'' (original name of ''Peanuts'') | 78 |
| "Oh, Lord, stuck in ___ again" (Creedence Clearwater Revival lament) | 78 |
| Mockingjay holding an arrow in a circle for "The Hunger Games," e.g. | 78 |
| Charmer who "walks like a woman and talks like a man," in a 1970 hit | 78 |
| Seuss character who "spoke with a voice that was sharpish and bossy" | 78 |
| Brian McKnight/Vanessa Williams duet with the line "It conquers all" | 78 |
| Designed with a projecting part for fitting into a corresponding recessed part | 78 |
| Chairman who said "political power grows out of the barrel of a gun" | 78 |
| Frank Delano Roosevelt’s phrase “New Deal” came from a book by ... | 78 |
| It's along the bus route of ''Canada's Walk of Fame''? | 78 |
| Who said "History repeats itself, first as tragedy, second as farce" | 78 |
| "Anyone who says he can see through women is missing a lot" quipster | 78 |
| Scarlett's sister-in-law and best friend in "Gone With the Wind" | 78 |