| "We must use time as a ___, not as a couch": JFK | 58 |
| "A Confederacy of Dunces" author John Kennedy ___ | 59 |
| John Kennedy ___ ("A Confederacy of Dunces" author) | 61 |
| ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' novelist | 52 |
| ''A Confederacy of Dunces'' author John Kennedy | 63 |
| "A secret is ___" (start of a Howell quote) | 53 |
| ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' character | 53 |
| ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'' character | 54 |
| All the "Simpsons" characters, for instance | 53 |
| Response to a joke about Whitney Houston's death, perhaps | 61 |
| It might mean "hello" or "goodbye" to a driver | 66 |
| Ravenous creature in "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" | 60 |
| Movie featuring the TV soap opera "Southwest General" | 63 |
| Film featuring "America's hottest new actress" | 60 |
| #2 on the AFI's "100 Years...100 Laughs" | 54 |
| Snack item named after the inventor's 6-year-old daughter | 61 |
| Word with ''seed'' or ''banana'' | 64 |
| Word with ''dog'' or ''banana'' | 63 |
| Spinning toy featured in a Burlington, Wisconsin museum | 55 |
| Peak that's hidden in the four longest puzzle answers | 57 |
| "You're the ___" (Cole Porter classic) | 52 |
| It's between quartz and sapphire on the Mohs scale of hardness | 66 |
| 1960s cartoon inspired by "The Phil Silvers Show" | 59 |
| New parents might scour Consumer Reports for info about them | 60 |
| ''Let's toast the end of hostilities!'' | 59 |
| Where to find the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site | 68 |
| Headwear seen on the cover of "Guitar Hero III" | 57 |
| They got tipped at old-fashioned gentlemen's clubs | 54 |
| "Anyone's Daughter" author ___ Alexander | 54 |
| "As if there weren't enough," after "to" | 64 |
| Involving folk with the highest security clearance, say | 55 |
| Drifters "I climb way up to the ___ the stairs" | 57 |
| Item used to settle disputes about mathematical connectedness? | 62 |
| If you go at it, you'll get there as quickly as possible | 60 |
| Uncreative Father's Day present rated the best in the world? | 64 |
| Actor Johnson of "Plan 9 From Outer Space" | 52 |
| "The Boy Who Would Live Forever" publisher | 52 |
| ''High ___'' (Maxwell Anderson play) | 52 |
| When said three times, 1970 film on the Pearl Harbor attack | 59 |
| Cave complex targeted during the invasion of Afghanistan | 56 |
| Afghanistan caves where the Taliban is suspected to be based | 60 |
| Patricia McCormick was the first American professional one in Mexico | 68 |
| Subjects in the Hemingway book "Death in the Afternoon" | 65 |
| Gave a tough choice to sexploitation director Meyer? | 52 |
| Donna's portrayer on "Beverly Hills 90210" | 56 |
| Spelling of ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' | 52 |
| First name in the ''Beverly Hills, 90210'' cast | 63 |
| Aaron's "Beverly Hills, 90210" daughter | 53 |
| "___ & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood" (reality series) | 65 |
| Singer/pianist with the 2002 hit "A Sorta Fairytale" | 62 |
| Singer with the 1994 #1 alternative rock hit "God" | 60 |
| Angels outfielder Hunter who has won nine straight Gold Gloves | 62 |
| Ford model featured in "Starsky & Hutch" | 54 |
| "Road ___" (Crosby/Hope film set in Brazil) | 53 |
| Actress Spelling after marrying baseball manager Joe? | 53 |
| Vocalist on "Pool It!" and "Justus" | 55 |
| ''It Wasn't All Velvet'' autobiographer | 59 |
| Singer with the 1995 album "Velvet and Brass" | 55 |
| Singer who once sang a song to Kramer on "Seinfeld" | 61 |
| "It Wasn't All Velvet" autobiographer Mel | 55 |
| Early 2012 U.S. disasters (in a legit but unusual spelling) | 59 |
| Figure in Hemingway's "Death in the Afternoon" | 60 |
| Starting catcher in every All-Star Game from 1964 to 1967 | 57 |
| Sports Illustrated's manager of the decade (2000-09) | 56 |
| Manager who managed the Mets, Braves, Cardinals, Yankees and Dodgers | 68 |
| Baseball manager Joe who coauthored "The Yankee Years" | 64 |
| Baseball manager Joe who authored "The Yankee Years" | 62 |
| 1971 N.L. M.V.P. who was later twice A.L. Manager of the Year | 61 |
| ___ Strait (water separating Australia and New Guinea) | 54 |
| San Diego's ___ Pines, site of the 2008 U.S. Open | 53 |
| Law school subject that sounds like a piece of cake? | 52 |
| Island setting for "Pirates of the Caribbean" | 55 |
| "___ with history" (like the Mississippi, to Hart Crane) | 66 |
| Nora's husband in "A Doll's House" | 52 |
| Political label derived from an Irish word for "outlaw" | 65 |
| " . . . squander what he lived ___": Bierce | 53 |
| Titular opera character who jumps to her death at the end | 57 |
| Puccini opera with the aria "Vissi d'arte" | 56 |
| Opera title character who hurls herself from a parapet | 54 |
| Opera character who sings “Vissi d’arte” | 52 |
| Opera character who commits suicide by jumping off a parapet | 60 |
| On the podium did he say, "O, I can't sin!"? | 58 |
| Words repeated at the start of the "Sailor's Song" | 64 |
| "Out __" (Chapter 1 of "Tarzan of the Apes") | 64 |
| "And they went ___ in a Sieve": Edward Lear | 53 |
| ''We're off ___ the wizard . . .'' | 54 |
| "We love ___ you smile" (old McDonald's slogan) | 61 |
| ''The better ___ you with, my dear!'' | 53 |
| Company that makes semiconductors and digital rice cookers | 58 |
| You'll probably kick the football if you lose it | 52 |
| Fix part of dinner with lettuce, carrots, peppers, etc. | 55 |
| Light lunch (and a hint to this puzzle's circled letters) | 61 |
| Give, as a topic for discussion, in newscaster lingo | 52 |
| One is "cradled" in answers to asterisked clues | 57 |
| Teenage Bottlerocket album that will completely wreck you? | 58 |
| "There's no such thing as safe sex" policy | 56 |
| Word with ''bag'' or ''board'' | 62 |
| "When I Take My Sugar ___" (Frank Sinatra song) | 57 |
| "The aim of forensic oratory is ___": Cicero | 54 |
| Cobb's spinning top, e.g., in "Inception" | 55 |