| Org. that discovered GFAJ-1 | 27 |
| Org. for Apollo and Mercury | 27 |
| Orbiting telescope launcher | 27 |
| Initiator of a probe, maybe | 27 |
| Gp. with sky-high ambitions | 27 |
| Employer of many scientists | 27 |
| Employee of many scientists | 27 |
| Agcy. that gave Ride a ride | 27 |
| "Endeavour" group | 27 |
| Kind of spray for allergies | 27 |
| Type of spray or congestion | 27 |
| Like some French consonants | 27 |
| Like Ray Romano's voice | 27 |
| How some country stars sing | 27 |
| Org. based in Daytona Beach | 27 |
| Acronym for Jarrett or Foyt | 27 |
| Where Sealy is listed as ZZ | 27 |
| "One-l lama" poet | 27 |
| "The Turtle" poet | 27 |
| Ogden who wrote light verse | 27 |
| "Hard Lines" poet | 27 |
| City on the Merrimack River | 27 |
| Org. that Pelé played in | 27 |
| Largest city in the Bahamas | 27 |
| Largest city of the Bahamas | 27 |
| Political cartoonist Thomas | 27 |
| Thomas who drew Santa Claus | 27 |
| Tammany tiger's creator | 27 |
| Republican-elephant creator | 27 |
| Republican elephant creator | 27 |
| Political-animal cartoonist | 27 |
| Drawer of the Tammany Tiger | 27 |
| Condé ___ (GQ publisher) | 27 |
| Icy cold and rainy, perhaps | 27 |
| Turner of a page in history | 27 |
| Writer Benchley, to friends | 27 |
| Posthumous duettist of 1991 | 27 |
| N.B.A. Hall-of-Famer Holman | 27 |
| “Little Men” orphan | 27 |
| First name of a Styron hero | 27 |
| DC baseballer, in headlines | 27 |
| Clifton of the 1950s Knicks | 27 |
| Adrian Monk's assistant | 27 |
| Boris' partner in crime | 27 |
| "Why, certainly!" | 27 |
| "Why, of course!" | 27 |
| Odomes of the Buffalo Bills | 27 |
| NBA Hall-of-Famer Archibald | 27 |
| Interior design star Berkus | 27 |
| Basketball player Archibald | 27 |
| ___ Dogg of R&B/hip-hop | 27 |
| __ the Great: boy detective | 27 |
| __ Dogg, Snoop's cousin | 27 |
| Hale fellow of U.S. history | 27 |
| Part 6 of today's quote | 27 |
| Central figure of a country | 27 |
| Actor endorsed by Congress? | 27 |
| United ___ Day (October 24) | 27 |
| Thomas Hardy's returner | 27 |
| Kind of bank or flag: Abbr. | 27 |
| Big-time competition: Abbr. | 27 |
| Western alliance, for short | 27 |
| Western alliance since 1949 | 27 |
| Alliance since 1949 (abbr.) | 27 |
| Peacekeeping gp. since 1949 | 27 |
| Grp. that includes the U.S. | 27 |
| Gp. battling Somali pirates | 27 |
| Defense org. formed in 1949 | 27 |
| Defense alliance since 1949 | 27 |
| Acronym originating in 1949 | 27 |
| Acronym for a defense group | 27 |
| Washington team, familiarly | 27 |
| Texas Rangers' old name | 27 |
| Former A.L. team, for short | 27 |
| World of the great outdoors | 27 |
| A hiker may commune with it | 27 |
| South Pacific island nation | 27 |
| Side effect or ride effect? | 27 |
| Possible result of pitching | 27 |
| Pertaining to seamen: Abbr. | 27 |
| Of ships and sailing: abbr. | 27 |
| Brand with a spinnaker logo | 27 |
| Sailor's favorite food? | 27 |
| Where the congregation sits | 27 |
| What the transept transects | 27 |
| Subject of gazing, at times | 27 |
| Focus of some contemplation | 27 |
| Refusal from Li'l Abner | 27 |
| Backwoods "uh-uh" | 27 |
| "Shucks, I dunno" | 27 |
| "I doubt it, man" | 27 |
| Dissenter's declaration | 27 |
| Org. with Wizards and Magic | 27 |
| Org. with thirty franchises | 27 |
| Org. with Bulls and Raptors | 27 |
| Org. with a Sixth Man Award | 27 |
| Org. with a lot of centers? | 27 |
| Cavs' and Mavs' gp. | 27 |
| Assn. for "Dr. J" | 27 |
| ___ Jam (video-game series) | 27 |