| Contentious economic issue for the 112th Congress | 49 |
| Comic strip boy with a stuffed tiger named Hobbes | 49 |
| Card game at Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory? | 49 |
| Character in "The Phantom of the Opera" | 49 |
| City of a quarter million founded on a ranch site | 49 |
| Cowardly "It's Tricky" hip-hoppers? | 49 |
| Cartoon character who once appeared as Robin Hood | 49 |
| Choreographer's signals to get off the stage? | 49 |
| Comic writer who produced this puzzle's quote | 49 |
| Characters written on the restroom wall by Bambi? | 49 |
| Cheap fanzine about the "Whip It" band? | 49 |
| Certain ranch name ... or this puzzle's theme | 49 |
| Conclude with an emotional demonstration, perhaps | 49 |
| Could this chef be dubbed "Sir Coffee"? | 49 |
| Cussword that's "dropped," slangily | 49 |
| Celebration of saints that involves a lot of food | 49 |
| Chemists' devices to get rid of love handles? | 49 |
| Catcher who died on his 72nd birthday, 12/20/1972 | 49 |
| Chesterton's "Man Who Was Thursday" | 49 |
| Company that keeps its investments in paper bags? | 49 |
| Chess player's ''Way to go!'' | 49 |
| Character that takes Alice to see the Mock Turtle | 49 |
| Cry to comic Sales when he's losing his grip? | 49 |
| Channels included in some premium cable groupings | 49 |
| Cry during an escape, and this puzzle's title | 49 |
| Country with the highest murder rate in the world | 49 |
| Citizenship and Immigration Services head office? | 49 |
| Confession by evolution pioneer's babysitter? | 49 |
| Creamy Indian dish prepared by just adding water? | 49 |
| Chain store that began as The Golden Rule in 1902 | 49 |
| Chichi-___ (largest of Japan's Bonin Islands) | 49 |
| Completely fooled one of the Beverly Hillbillies? | 49 |
| Cult Canadian comedy troupe, with "The" | 49 |
| Cow cookies, meadow muffins, and pasture patties? | 49 |
| Comic actress nicknamed "The Big Mouth" | 49 |
| Coke's competitor to Pepsi's Mountain Dew | 49 |
| Conclusion of a 1910s "prairie trilogy" | 49 |
| CHARLESTON honors a graduate of an online college | 49 |
| Clash "You didn't stand by me, ___" | 49 |
| Cigar brand that comes in grape and peach flavors | 49 |
| Comfortable perches and plenty of nocturnal prey? | 49 |
| Contract addition for a bit of sandbox equipment? | 49 |
| Coat, as metal, to reduce its chemical reactivity | 49 |
| Charles Bronson's "Death Wish" role | 49 |
| Cheap poker player's inVestment of the 1940s? | 49 |
| Cartoon character who gets called "sir" | 49 |
| Class that might have finger painting and naptime | 49 |
| College cost borne by a mid-year transfer student | 49 |
| Christie's "The Mysterious Mr. ___" | 49 |
| Creator of Sheriff Deadeye and Cauliflower McPugg | 49 |
| Cry between "ready" and "go!" | 49 |
| Curly Howard's "stooge" replacement | 49 |
| Card game that doesn't use twos through sixes | 49 |
| Canadian one-hit wonder with "Informer" | 49 |
| Carter Bays power pop group, with "The" | 49 |
| Cleaning product that may be useful after a party | 49 |
| Celebrity really wants to read a parody magazine? | 49 |
| Cézanne's "The Big Apples," e.g. | 49 |
| Choice of any non-solid pool ball you'd like? | 49 |
| Concludes one's remarks (with "up") | 49 |
| Crunchy treats filled with fish, chicken, or beef | 49 |
| Cream might tell one of "Brave Ulysses" | 49 |
| Commercial ploy pitting one brand against another | 49 |
| Collegiate honor society of Bloomberg and Iacocca | 49 |
| Comic collected in "Cows of Our Planet" | 49 |
| Consequently, hesitation sound, Magi gift, snout? | 49 |
| City whose name means "eastern capital" | 49 |
| Characters in the comic "Family Circus" | 49 |
| Critters to spring for at the amphibian exchange? | 49 |
| Cry when an Oakland player's iron-on arrived? | 49 |
| Connoisseur of used tissues and old banana peels? | 49 |
| Continued in one direction, like the stock market | 49 |
| Creature in "The Lost World," for short | 49 |
| Cereal advertised with a "silly rabbit" | 49 |
| City of southwest Germany where Einstein was born | 49 |
| Cohost of the 2007 Peace Prize Concert with Kevin | 49 |
| Camus's "Lettres à ___ Allemand" | 49 |
| Cry made with one's arm behind one's back | 49 |
| Coupling that allows for rotation in three planes | 49 |
| City where the first Woolworth's opened, 1879 | 49 |
| Charles who was dubbed "the Victorious" | 49 |
| Club that you're never sure is the right one? | 49 |
| Coiner of the term ''horsepower'' | 49 |
| Competition featuring snowboarding and rally cars | 49 |
| Collegian whose fight song is "Bulldog" | 49 |
| Co- (ahem) Peace Nobelist with Shimon and Yitzhak | 49 |
| Creature in Disney World's Expedition Everest | 49 |
| Cellist who performed at Steve Jobs's funeral | 49 |
| Comic strip featuring Jeremy and his teen friends | 49 |
| Chain that filed for Chapter 11 in December 2010 | 48 |
| Cooperstown's "Hammerin' Hank" | 48 |
| Caldwell's "God's Little ____" | 48 |
| Contributes (or creates this puzzle's theme) | 48 |
| City where some believe Cain and Abel are buried | 48 |
| Created for a specific purpose, like a committee | 48 |
| Co-screenwriter of "The African Queen" | 48 |
| Celtics President of Basketball Operations Danny | 48 |
| City whose daily newspaper is the Beacon Journal | 48 |
| Cop who brings back the genie when he goes AWOL? | 48 |
| Co-star of 2005's "Fantastic Four" | 48 |