| ". . . 'Scuse me, while I kiss the ___" | 53 |
| "That inverted Bowl," per Edward FitzGerald | 53 |
| ''Reach for the ___!'' (oater phrase) | 53 |
| Actress Ione who's the daughter of singer Donovan | 53 |
| "Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst" gp. | 53 |
| '70s radical gp. with a seven-headed cobra symbol | 53 |
| It's between finishing a job and starting another | 53 |
| ''And hast thou ___ the Jabberwock?'' | 53 |
| "Hit the road" or "hit the books" | 53 |
| "___ Punk!" (movie about punk rock in Utah) | 53 |
| Alternative to "champ" or "sport" | 53 |
| Something to give security, when sneaking into a show | 53 |
| "Butter futures? We think that's a ___" | 53 |
| Comp claim from a lapsed footballer with bad footing? | 53 |
| "Cut" British punkers, with "The" | 53 |
| Like almonds in many casseroles, salads, and desserts | 53 |
| ''Entertaining Mr. ___'' (Orton play) | 53 |
| ___ of Despond, in "Pilgrim's Progress" | 53 |
| Kind of request in Burns's "To a Mouse" | 53 |
| Place for tennis players who aren't too boastful? | 53 |
| Workplace 'under the spreading chestnut tree' | 53 |
| Big ___ (country rapper with an A&E reality show) | 53 |
| Planned site of the Geo. W. Bush Presidential Library | 53 |
| "____, crackle, pop" (Rice Krispies slogan) | 53 |
| ''Cheer up, for goodness' sake!'' | 53 |
| Brand that has "Real Facts" on its products | 53 |
| Robert Palmer's "___ Through the Alley" | 53 |
| "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" character | 53 |
| Check the contents of the host's medicine cabinet | 53 |
| Sing & ___ Ernie ("Sesame Street" doll) | 53 |
| Journalists who write heart-tugging stories, slangily | 53 |
| Oprah's ''The Color Purple'' role | 53 |
| '95 Hole single off "Live Through This" | 53 |
| Home to some notable cast-iron architecture in N.Y.C. | 53 |
| "___ Married an Axe Murderer" (1993 comedy) | 53 |
| Word before "battery" or "energy" | 53 |
| "We ___ Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll" | 53 |
| Ashford & Simpson lyric "___ as a rock" | 53 |
| Biblical king who built the first temple in Jerusalem | 53 |
| Metallica documentary "___ Kind of Monster" | 53 |
| "It's been quite / I last saw you" link | 53 |
| "Pathétique" or "Appassionata" | 53 |
| Braga of ''Kiss of the Spider Woman'' | 53 |
| Actress Braga of "Kiss of the Spider Woman" | 53 |
| " . . . all men are Noah's ___": Wilbur | 53 |
| Like Santa's suit after going through the chimney | 53 |
| Hit for Guy Lombardo in 1937 and Jimmy Dorsey in 1957 | 53 |
| Palindromic name high on the Forbes billionaires list | 53 |
| "Afraid you can't have your money back" | 53 |
| "Hot Buttered ___" (1969 Isaac Hayes album) | 53 |
| Cuisine featuring collard greens and sweet potato pie | 53 |
| "Ooh! My ___" (1958 hit for Little Richard) | 53 |
| "Blueberry Hill" and "Abbey Road" | 53 |
| Most famous director of the United States Marine Band | 53 |
| Composer of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" | 53 |
| <u>John</u> <u>Philip</u> ___ | 53 |
| Site of a protest against the Afrikaans Medium Decree | 53 |
| 1996 Michael Jordan movie featuring product placement | 53 |
| "And God ___ unto Israel . . . ": Gen. 46:2 | 53 |
| Terse request to stop receiving a men's magazine? | 53 |
| "I'm such a ___!" (klutz's comment) | 53 |
| Totally inept sorts (max opening score of 104 points) | 53 |
| Elmer holds one in "What's Opera, Doc?" | 53 |
| Sports organization founded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver | 53 |
| Bonnie Tyler "Faster Than the ___ of Night" | 53 |
| Giving Justin a breather by taking the stage for him? | 53 |
| Playing with the bow bouncing lightly off the strings | 53 |
| "The first network for men" sloganeer, once | 53 |
| Parts that a doctor may remove — from his car? | 53 |
| "Airplane!" or "Hot Shots!", e.g. | 53 |
| Name linked to "This pie is occupewed" etc. | 53 |
| Like a stereotypical little old lady in tennis shoes? | 53 |
| "The ___ Wife" (1980 Reginald Hill mystery) | 53 |
| Title that literally means ''beauty'' | 53 |
| Honorific that's Sanskrit for "majesty" | 53 |
| Data storage device, for short (hidden in PRESS DOWN) | 53 |
| Awful sound to hear while riding in a hot air balloon | 53 |
| Cimabue's ''___ Trinita Madonna'' | 53 |
| Baffled "Jeopardy!" contestant's effort | 53 |
| "60 Minutes" correspondent starting in 1991 | 53 |
| Inge's "The Dark at the Top of the ---" | 53 |
| Suffix meaning "land" in some country names | 53 |
| Paul Simon advised him to "make a new plan" | 53 |
| Kyle and Kenny's friend on "South Park" | 53 |
| Film based on Stephen King's "The Body" | 53 |
| ''The Girl From Ipanema'' saxophonist | 53 |
| Outlaw Belle who is said to have harbored Jesse James | 53 |
| It's headquartered in the Harry S Truman Building | 53 |
| Antebellum northerner (with ''free'') | 53 |
| ''The Man Who Loved Children'' author | 53 |
| Makes temporarily nonfunctional, as a bathroom mirror | 53 |
| Tahiti 80's Avenger-inspired "John ___" | 53 |
| ". . . as a __ that knows its rider": Byron | 53 |
| Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael | 53 |
| ''Merry Company on a Terrace'' artist | 53 |
| She wrote that "a rose is a rose is a rose" | 53 |
| "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose" writer | 53 |
| Word before "aside" or "aerobics" | 53 |
| "That's one small ___ for a man . . . " | 53 |
| NBA star Kobe Bryant has nicknamed "Gatsby" | 53 |