| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |