| English county from which the Pilgrims set sail in 1620 | 55 |
| Exclamation after "What are you waiting for?" | 55 |
| Epic poem that begins with the "Gylfaginning" | 55 |
| Ex-mayor seen in "The Muppets Take Manhattan" | 55 |
| Elizabeth Reaser's "Twilight" series role | 55 |
| Epithet for France's Louis VI, with "the" | 55 |
| Entertainer nicknamed "The Abdominal Showman" | 55 |
| English author who wrote "The Quiet American" | 55 |
| Enthusiastic response to "Who wants cookies?" | 55 |
| Ebenezer's partner in "A Christmas Carol" | 55 |
| End of the second line of the traditional alphabet song | 55 |
| Ensor's granddaughter, in a novel by R.D. Blackmore | 55 |
| Economics prefix relating to the study of large systems | 55 |
| Except in leap years, its calendar is identical to Jan. | 55 |
| Extend, as cell phone service outside its coverage area | 55 |
| Edmond O'Brien comedy of 1950, with "The" | 55 |
| E.T.'s ability to use the lower part of a keyboard? | 55 |
| Exotic reptile wreaking havoc in the Florida Everglades | 55 |
| Explanation from one who doesn't care for anal sex? | 55 |
| Embroidery X's and 40 (Diag. down) Conflicting aims | 55 |
| Edith Piaf's signature song, "La Vie ___" | 55 |
| English novelist Nick who wrote "About a Boy" | 55 |
| Encore by a "Saturday Night Live" comedienne? | 55 |
| Everest climber Jon who wrote "Into Thin Air" | 55 |
| Emily ___, Radner's "Never mind!" persona | 55 |
| Emergency shout ... or a possible title for this puzzle | 55 |
| Early U.S. actress who starred in "Peter Pan" | 55 |
| EDWARDIAN WIT WHO WROTE "THE HAPPY HYPOCRITE" | 55 |
| Eating record #1 (four 32-ounce bowls in eight minutes) | 55 |
| Exonerated boxer who is the subject of a Bob Dylan song | 55 |
| English philosopher called "Doctor Mirabilis" | 55 |
| Ecuadorean currency replaced by the U.S. dollar in 2000 | 55 |
| Expressions of regret from apartment building managers? | 55 |
| Emulated Pacino in a "Scent of a Woman" scene | 55 |
| Edited 2004 chiller about a bunch of Seattle musicians? | 55 |
| Either of two "The Cat in the Hat" characters | 55 |
| Emperor who was a general in the First Jewish-Roman War | 55 |
| Evanescence lyric "Give ___ me your troubles" | 55 |
| English seaside resort (with ''Great'') | 55 |
| Evidentiary home movie studied by the Warren Commission | 55 |
| Explorer whose autobiography is titled "Alone" | 56 |
| Eddie Murphy's role in "Coming to America" | 56 |
| English navigator who searched for the Northwest Passage | 56 |
| Extricates from a sticky situation, with "out" | 56 |
| Eric who played Nero in 2009's "Star Trek" | 56 |
| Ensign from Russia in the original "Star Trek" | 56 |
| Ernie of the PGA, to whom this puzzle could be dedicated | 56 |
| Eliminate, as a contestant on "The Apprentice" | 56 |
| Employee's rant, to the absent-minded memory expert? | 56 |
| Esmeralda in “The Hunchback of Notre Dame,” e.g. | 56 |
| Either of the first two consonants in "coccyx" | 56 |
| Early withdrawal from it might cause you to be penalized | 56 |
| Emancipated Middle Eastern country with no more problems | 56 |
| Earliest pope to receive the title "the Great" | 56 |
| E. S. ___, old game company famous for Yahtzee and Bingo | 56 |
| Elinor's sister in "Sense and Sensibility" | 56 |
| Eastern Canadian province grouping, with "the" | 56 |
| Everlast line "Had to walk a ___ in his shoes" | 56 |
| Engineer's prop when designing the airport addition? | 56 |
| Element between polonium and radon on the periodic table | 56 |
| Employee's rant, to the back-stabbing tire salesman? | 56 |
| Expressionist painter of "Grosse Sonnenblumen" | 56 |
| European clothier with a calculatedly controversial name | 56 |
| Excellent chances with one of Liz Taylor's husbands? | 56 |
| Erich ___, author of "Emil and the Detectives" | 56 |
| Eagles song on the album "One of These Nights" | 56 |
| Extreme worry that the price of stamps will keep rising? | 56 |
| Experimental, dissonant music genre named by Stan Kenton | 56 |
| European coastal plant once thought to be an aphrodisiac | 56 |
| End of an exclamation that begins ''23'' | 56 |
| Enchanter in "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" | 56 |
| Eastern Catholic who recognizes the pope's authority | 56 |
| Eustacia ___, "The Return of the Native" woman | 56 |
| Event that earned McKayla Maroney a silver medal in 2012 | 56 |
| Elizabeth who pioneered in the advertising of beauty aids | 57 |
| Explanation that doesn't explain anything, informally | 57 |
| Either Abby or Martha in "Arsenic and Old Lace" | 57 |
| Early film star who wore lipstick in the shape of a heart | 57 |
| Earthmoving machine, and hopefully not the one driving it | 57 |
| Event first hosted by Dennis Miller, with "the" | 57 |
| Employee's rant, to the nightmarish Freudian analyst? | 57 |
| Egyptian goddess whose headdress was shaped like a throne | 57 |
| Early '90s Michael Jackson single "Who ___" | 57 |
| Electrical unit that's the reciprocal of its reversal | 57 |
| Ethelbert who composed "Mighty Lak' a Rose" | 57 |
| Exclamation from Mr. Bill in old "SNL" sketches | 57 |
| Exclamation often followed by multiple exclamation points | 57 |
| Euripides hero who killed his mother to avenge his father | 57 |
| Encounters no resistance (with ''along'') | 57 |
| E-mail from a Nigerian with $10 million to give you, e.g. | 57 |
| Emeril Lagasse's 'There's -- in My Soup!' | 57 |
| Emergency situation that an Egyptian goddess experiences? | 57 |
| Either way, the letter carrier's work not appreciated | 57 |
| Engagement gift (both words suit this puzzle's theme) | 57 |
| Exhortation that, in fact, is not in the Hippocratic Oath | 57 |
| Entertainer with the gag reply "What elephant?" | 57 |
| Easy A (or where to learn about this puzzle's theme?) | 57 |
| Elegant but confusing way to present your job application | 57 |
| Enliven, as a crossword grid with previously dull letters | 57 |
| Element name derived from the Latin for "Paris" | 57 |