| New York mayor incorporates witticism; it sends opponents to the floor (2, 5) | 77 |
| Crisis following the breakup of Guns N' Roses, the Eagles, and Mötley Crüe? | 85 |
| Alistair Horne book subtitled "A Short History" that begins with the division of Gaul into three parts | 112 |
| "As one member of the crew ___ ___ co-worker leaned on his shovel" | 76 |
| Ronald Reagan is the only U.S. president who was also president of a ... | 72 |
| 1970 article by Germaine Greer, which was an early example of the reappropriation of a degrading word | 101 |
| "Your face, my thane, is as a book where men / May read strange matters" speaker | 90 |
| Revolutionary War general with the nickname "The Hero of the Two Worlds" | 82 |
| "My gold dress isn't back from the cleaners yet" and others? | 74 |
| Rossellini film renamed "Ways of Love" in its American version | 72 |
| Target of criticism in Vincent Bugliosi's 1996 book "Outrage" | 75 |
| Geographical features ... or what the circled squares in this puzzle represent | 78 |
| Kaufman play based on the Matthew Shepard incident, with "The" | 72 |
| Michael who memorized the patterns of the "Press Your Luck" board | 75 |
| Cartoonist who said "I don't read or watch TV to get ideas. My work is basically sitting down at the drawing table and getting silly" | 147 |
| "Rent" composer Jonathan and "The Far Side" cartoonist Gary | 79 |
| "A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies" author Bartolomé de ___ | 87 |
| With "The," inspirational bestseller that made About.com's "Top 10 Books of 2008" | 105 |
| Explanatory information about this puzzle is revealed by reading these in the clues | 83 |
| Iggy reported on the delayed start at the billiards tournament so he could yell "___!" | 96 |
| "But he forgot to place the order - we may be looking at a ___ here, folks" | 85 |
| ...while Henry Gibson presented satirical poetry on the 1960s comedy show "___" | 89 |
| Person who believes that studying socks and shorts long enough will reveal god? | 79 |
| He played a Nazi in "Marathon Man" and a Nazi hunter in "The Boys From Brazil" [Connecticut] | 112 |
| Classic Doors song in which Jim Morrison refers to himself anagrammatically as "Mr. Mojo Risin'" | 110 |
| What bottles of "Pluto Water," a drink sold in the early 1900s, were supposed to be used as | 101 |
| How school dress code rules might be enforced the day before summer break | 73 |
| Rare large white animal killed by hunters in Nova Scotia last fall, which sparked an outrage due to its sacred status to the Mi'kmaq people | 143 |
| Ones in charge of a case ... or a literal hint to the eight other longest answers in this puzzle | 96 |
| And that did it--they immediately started crying. I said, "Well, I hope you've ___" ... | 102 |
| Title on certain language videos ... with a hint to entering six answers in this puzzle | 87 |
| N.B.A. star who was on the cover of Sports Illustrated while still in high school | 81 |
| 2003 film with the tagline "Everything sounds sexier in French" | 73 |
| "Futurama" character who grew up in the Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium | 90 |
| He won the Best Actor Oscar for playing both Kid Shelleen and his desperado twin | 80 |
| Internet writing system that popularized "pwn3d" and "n00b" | 79 |
| 1965 Godard film, "Pierrot ___" (meaning "the madman") | 74 |
| Repeated words in a drill sergeant's marching order, and a hint to how the first and second word, in turn, of each starred answer would be touch-typed | 154 |
| You can build a 5,922-piece Taj Mahal replica with the largest one ever made | 76 |
| Philosopher who coined the phrase "the best of all possible worlds" | 77 |
| Mathematician and philosopher who coined the phrase "the best of all possible worlds" | 95 |
| English Midlands city that is home to the largest outdoor covered market in Europe | 82 |
| Comedy writer Carol (whose new book, "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying," inspired this puzzle) | 120 |
| What was removed just before the "Psycho" shower scene was filmed? | 76 |
| "Sweet __": Oscar-winning song from "Waikiki Wedding" | 73 |
| "Sweet ___" (1937 Oscar-winning song from "Waikiki Wedding") | 80 |
| “My father had a small estate in Nottinghamshire; I was the third of five sons” | 87 |
| "I've got a new job! Just call me ___" said Bonnie, the mortgage broker | 85 |
| Reply to "Mark Antony, dost thou require any of my Spock accessories for the costume party?" | 102 |
| "A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead" author | 94 |
| [*cross out* Gibbons and siamangs] Mountaintop that's not the very top? | 75 |
| Repeated phrase in Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech | 81 |
| "Then Larry starts begging to play Moe's role for a change, and Curly says to ___, so Moe happily obliges ..." | 124 |
| Rolling Stones album that features "You Can't Always Get What You Want" | 85 |
| Triple-platinum Gloria Estefan album with "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" | 77 |
| Elton John song about a man who "wears his war wound like a crown" | 76 |
| Most likely to go way too far, for example to get drunk and expose one's ass and then shake it in people's faces | 120 |
| Best-selling novelist who wrote the children's poetry volume "Father Goose" | 89 |
| Sign seen when approaching an exit road, perhaps, which limits a motorist's options | 87 |
| Entertainer born in May 1919, the basis for five anagrams in this puzzle | 72 |
| Historic symbol whose shape can be found hidden in this completed puzzle | 72 |
| Tigres del ___, Dominican team that has won the Caribbean World Series nine times | 81 |
| Politician who wrote "The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath" | 90 |
| What a cadet won't do (or tolerate those who do), per the West Point honor code | 83 |
| 1962 hit with the lyrics "the truth could mean I'd lose you" | 74 |
| Why "there's no time for fussing and fighting," per a Beatles hit | 79 |
| Sci-fi swords (that my older brother actually got to use one time at this place but he had to sign a contract saying he wouldn't tell anyone where they're located) | 171 |
| "My boy was just ___" (telling line from Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle") | 106 |
| Rapper who dropped part of his name after 2001's "Doggy Bag" | 74 |
| Rap/country collaboration with an extremely crunk version of "Ring of Fire"? | 86 |
| "All of Me" actress whose first name is a hint to this puzzle's theme | 83 |
| ___ system, part of the brain that regulates emotion, behavior and long-term memory | 83 |
| “And thankfully, the graph’s final dimension is not within the ___” | 79 |
| It's the end of The World!...or at least it's seen in the bottom corner of the tarot card The World | 107 |
| List that includes "full," "round" and "wide"? | 76 |
| Singer who went looking for Mr. Right on the reality show “#1 Single” | 77 |
| It's easy to do if you brought a headset, hard if your batteries died | 73 |
| Milibtary unit on leavbe this weekend and damnasure gonna take 'vantage of it? | 82 |
| ... using ___: “Mary had no giant lamb / Its fleece was not unwhite” | 76 |
| Singer with a 1962 #1 hit that started a dance craze (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) | 92 |
| Novel that begins "'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents'" | 93 |
| Item in Schrödinger's box (and in this puzzle) that exists in two different states simultaneously | 104 |
| "Are you enjoying your time out on the Nascar circuit?" [Ricky Martin, 1999] | 86 |
| "I'm wearing some outdoorsy clothes I bought from a catalog"? | 75 |
| Dinner and a movie with the lyricist for "Mama Said Knock You Out"? | 77 |
| Quote from "When Harry Met Sally..." said by an old lady in response to hearing Meg Ryan fake an orgasm | 113 |
| Ones who are enticing (you didn't think every entry in this stack was going to be pretty, did you?) | 103 |
| Football coach who said, "If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?" | 109 |
| Coach who said "If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm" | 101 |
| Celebrity mentioned in Warren Zevon's 1978 hit "Werewolves of London" | 83 |
| Q: "So, Lone Ranger (whinny, neigh), what do you call these undies of yours (neigh, snort)?" A: "___" | 121 |
| 1976 Neil Young-Stephen Stills single, and a phonetic hint to this puzzle | 73 |
| Cry in Metropolis while pointing ... and a hint to this puzzle's theme | 74 |
| Shakespeare on someone just about to score ("Romeo and Juliet," I, v, 8) | 82 |
| John Travolta film reject about "The Lord of the Rings" author? | 73 |
| The story of "Sleepy Hollow" set in outer space (or wherever else comes to mind)? | 91 |
| ___ ipsum (faux-Latin phrase frequently used by publishers in placeholder text blocks) | 86 |
| Ongoing NYC tribute project where musicians cover the works of other musicians | 78 |
| "La Bamba" band covering "More Than a Feeling" with "Funky Cold Medina" rapper? | 109 |
| James Hilton novel that's the source of the term "Shangri-La" | 75 |