| Evil grandmother on "Malcolm in the Middle" | 53 |
| Edward who wrote "The Owl and the Pussycat" | 53 |
| Either of two guests on "To Tell the Truth" | 53 |
| Employee of the fictional Wagner Company for 34 years | 53 |
| Eight milkers in "The 12 Days of Christmas" | 53 |
| Elton's love song hit off "Ice on Fire" | 53 |
| Esther Williams film, "___ Island With You" | 53 |
| Essay usually near the page with readers' letters | 53 |
| Eric Stratton's "Animal House" nickname | 53 |
| Eastwood's "In the Line of Fire" costar | 53 |
| Exterminator, or what an insect says when it sees one | 53 |
| Event where everyone in New Orleans naps in sunbeams? | 53 |
| English poet who wrote "A Book of Nonsense" | 53 |
| Endings for "differ" and "prefer" | 53 |
| Eve ___, "The Vagina Monologues" monologist | 53 |
| Estimates suggest there are an average of 100,000 ... | 53 |
| Exclamation that might be punctuated "??!?" | 53 |
| Euphemism used often on "The Newlywed Game" | 53 |
| Ex-Smiths (and current Modest Mouse) guitarist Johnny | 53 |
| Eloi portrayer in "The Time Machine" (1960) | 53 |
| Early dropout in the 2000 presidential race, politely | 53 |
| Ernie Kovacs's gorilla band, with "The" | 53 |
| Equine that originated in Italy's Campania region | 53 |
| Events crashed by this puzzle's uninvited guests? | 53 |
| Elizabethan property tax to benefit the disadvantaged | 53 |
| Elisabeth of ''Deconstructing Harry'' | 53 |
| Elmer holds one in "What's Opera, Doc?" | 53 |
| Exclamation after "Presto chango!," perhaps | 53 |
| Embrace more than just a family of Baroque composers? | 53 |
| Event won by Roger Federer for five consecutive years | 53 |
| Explorer of North America's eastern coast in 1524 | 53 |
| Easy-to-recognize word in speech recognition programs | 53 |
| Elmo's orange friend on "Sesame Street" | 53 |
| ET who's appeared on "Hollywood Squares" | 54 |
| Eatery where "you can get anything you want" | 54 |
| English princess after whom a Virginia county is named | 54 |
| Eisenberg who played Nog in "Star Trek: DSN" | 54 |
| Eddie's character in "Beverly Hills Cop" | 54 |
| Epithet coined for the 2002 State of the Union address | 54 |
| Erykah in "Dave Chappelle's Block Party" | 54 |
| Elaine's last name on ''Seinfeld'' | 54 |
| Either of two brothers with a Pulitzer Prize in poetry | 54 |
| Evil "Star Trek" group, with "the" | 54 |
| Eric who wrote "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" | 54 |
| Elaine ___, first female Asian-American cabinet member | 54 |
| Eddy Arnold won its first Entertainer of the Yr. award | 54 |
| Ellen DeGeneres's role in "Finding Nemo" | 54 |
| Ending with "Ecuador" and "Caesar" | 54 |
| Editor Carmichael of Deadspin, Gawker, and the Hairpin | 54 |
| Event at every modern Summer Olympics except the first | 54 |
| Either "You've Got Mail" co-screenwriter | 54 |
| Eleniak of ''The Beverly Hillbillies'' | 54 |
| Ellie Kemper's character on "The Office" | 54 |
| Either ''Wake Up Little Susie'' singer | 54 |
| Eisenhower's Agriculture Secretary ___ Taft Benson | 54 |
| Exclamation before "I didn't know that!" | 54 |
| Existence portrayed in TV's "The Riches" | 54 |
| Enthusiastic reply to "Who wants ice cream?" | 54 |
| Ending for "national" or "capital" | 54 |
| Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Love ___ All" | 54 |
| Early host of "Mystery Science Theater 3000" | 54 |
| Elissa of "The Count of Monte Cristo" (1934) | 54 |
| Earl ___, first African-American to play in the N.B.A. | 54 |
| Exam Ally McBeal would have had to take, were she real | 54 |
| Ex-NBAer Jerry who cowrote "The Memory Book" | 54 |
| End of the beginnings of 17, 20, 51, 55-A and 19, 25-D | 54 |
| Eight answers in this puzzle are athletes in this org. | 54 |
| Early Eagles coach Earle, nicknamed "Greasy" | 54 |
| Elderly Machine Head hit off "Burn My Eyes"? | 54 |
| Engine type, in mechanic shorthand (anagram of OH, DC) | 54 |
| Embarrassing message you might hear about the next day | 54 |
| Early hip-hop group with "Strictly Business" | 54 |
| Exam material you really wouldn't want to memorize | 54 |
| Elvis instrument now in the Country Music Hall of Fame | 54 |
| Ellington's "__ Song Go Out of My Heart" | 54 |
| Emma Frost portrayer in "X-Men: First Class" | 54 |
| Edited 1977 horror movie about part of a citrus fruit? | 54 |
| Event whose followers are sometimes called bracketeers | 54 |
| Egyptian king credited with founding the First Dynasty | 54 |
| English physician James who gave his name to a disease | 54 |
| Evening after work set aside for a urinary tract exam? | 54 |
| Exclamation from George Costanza's relaxation tape | 54 |
| Effect of downgraded credit on a potential home buyer? | 54 |
| Emily Dickinson's "___ a Daisy Vanished" | 54 |
| Eponym of an annual award for best left-handed pitcher | 54 |
| Espionage novels heavy on futuristic gadgets, slangily | 54 |
| European cheese with a Protected Designation of Origin | 54 |
| Economics has a "law" of these market forces | 54 |
| Excavation site in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" | 54 |
| English "Rattus Norvegicus" punk forerunners | 54 |
| Employee who always agrees with the mint company boss? | 54 |
| Element of surprise in this puzzle's theme answers | 54 |
| Egbert Sousé portrayer in "The Bank Dick" | 54 |
| Eternal, and a hint to this puzzle's phonetic theme | 55 |
| Environmental datum of concern to asthmatics, for short | 55 |
| Exhibit found in this puzzle's four longest answers | 55 |
| European capital that houses the Universal Postal Union | 55 |
| Early aviator Richard who led expeditions to Antarctica | 55 |
| Explorer who commanded HMS Endeavour and HMS Resolution | 55 |
| Either directing brother of "The Ladykillers" | 55 |