| Unions in "Monsoon Wedding" and many other romantic Bollywood movies | 78 |
| Sitcom about the Connor family, which helped propel John Goodman to fame | 72 |
| Record label that released the "Tommy" and "Grease" soundtracks | 83 |
| Alan who played Cameron Frye in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" | 72 |
| "Finally, we won! But we left behind some gold and had to go..." | 74 |
| Keeps going longer than is technically really necessary and then begins to start to become awkward, as a sentence | 113 |
| Prince ___ Land (historical Canadian region that drains into Hudson Bay) | 72 |
| "Strangers on a Train" actress who survived the sinking of the Andrea Doria | 85 |
| "Lick my stilettos, Mr. Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget"? | 81 |
| Flower mentioned initially by character on TV's "Entourage" (8) | 77 |
| Star of "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan" | 103 |
| Creatively-censored 4/28/10 New York Post headline about the foul-mouthed Senate/Wall Street hearings | 101 |
| Why guitar-loving Cooke was blue when his gal named her favorite musical instrument? | 84 |
| Elton John hit that begins "Guess there are times when we all need to share a little pain" | 100 |
| Wordsmith who wrote "Last but not least, avoid clichés like the plague" | 84 |
| He once wrote "Last but not least, avoid clichés like the plague" | 78 |
| "I'm returning this room warmer-it makes my floor bend downward" | 78 |
| Long rant about how the captain was mean, the shanties sucked, and everyone got scurvy? | 87 |
| Three-time All-Star pitcher Johnny who threw the first major league pitch to Jackie Robinson | 92 |
| Pitcher Johnny who completes the old rhyme, "Spahn and ___ and pray for rain" | 87 |
| Skating maneuver by "Best Damn Sports Show Period" cohost John? | 73 |
| "Yesterday, while washing up in the morning, I nearly choked on a ___" | 80 |
| "Six of one, half a dozen of the other" (and this puzzle's theme) | 79 |
| Sitcom character who said "Not many people know this, but I happen to be famous" | 90 |
| "And would you like anything else with your imported coffee?" "___" | 87 |
| Don't toss out that pile of OLD MAGAZINES; recycle them into a ___, perfect for keeping your beer clean at the beach | 120 |
| Birthplace of the first giant panda in North America to survive to adulthood | 76 |
| "We ___ song of sorrow..." (lyric from Saves the Day's "What Went Wrong") | 97 |
| Song whose subject is encouraged to "hurry down the chimney tonight" | 78 |
| Female actress who played Hamlet in 1899 at LondonÂ’s Adelphi Theatre | 72 |
| Who said "Y'know they say the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull? Lipstick." | 101 |
| Golfer who hit "the shot heard 'round the world" at the 1935 Masters | 82 |
| "It's soft and glossy and would make a great sheet," e.g.? | 72 |
| One of the "Ten Worst Automobiles of 2007" as ranked by thetruthaboutcars.com | 87 |
| "Lord of the Rings" villain whose eye symbol looks like a giant flaming vagina | 88 |
| Southern city that's the setting for "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" | 92 |
| "Please, please be a love seat or a recliner or something ..."? | 73 |
| London-based dubstep artist whose name is pronounced like a math operation | 74 |
| 1983 film with the classic line "Say hello to my little friend!" | 74 |
| 1990s dance hit with that recurring line "Bada bwi ba ba bada bo" | 75 |
| He voiced Meadowlark in the "Harlem Globetrotters" cartoon series | 75 |
| You might get them for having seen an Arcade Fire show before they were signed to a label | 89 |
| "Antony and Cleopatra" is the only Shakespeare play to have one (in Act IV) | 85 |
| "The one beer to have when you're having more than one" sloganeer | 79 |
| "The one beer to have when you're having more than one" brewer | 76 |
| Kids' programming series that produced "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm Just a Bill" | 111 |
| Politico who had a bit part in Altman's "The Long Goodbye" | 72 |
| Ben & Jerry's ice cream flavor based on a "Saturday Night Live" sketch | 88 |
| Individual string cheese: "Safety first! Open with hands, not teeth"... | 81 |
| Speak derisively, and a hint to how this puzzle's long answers were created | 79 |
| Serving in John Betjeman's poem "How to Get on in Society" | 72 |
| "Teach not thy lip such ___, for it was made for kissing": Shak. | 74 |
| Skating legend who cameoed as a commentator in "Blades of Glory" | 74 |
| Best-selling novelist whom Time called "Bard of the Litigious Age" | 76 |
| "O.K., he's ordered the pizza - but now his wife is moving around in front of the TV, making ___!" | 112 |
| Item in the hardware department with a "+" or "-" on its head | 81 |
| Show that's had Clay Aiken, Matthew Perry and Dick Van Dyke as guest stars | 78 |
| Show with an "American Bandstand"-like spoof called "Mel's Rock Pile" | 93 |
| Only U.S. state in which the name of the state and its capital share no letters: Abbr. | 86 |
| Belle Fourche, in this state, is about 20 mi. south of the U.S.'s geographic center | 87 |
| "Enchantment Under the ___ Dance" (setting for the climax of "Back to the Future") | 102 |
| 1926 "Moby-Dick" adaptation starring John Barrymore, with "The" | 83 |
| Company associated with the alcoholic "7" in a "7 and 7" | 76 |
| '60s political activist whose autobiography is "A Lonely Rage" | 76 |
| 1962 hit that starts "Tho we gotta say goodbye for the summer ..." | 76 |
| Elite Navy group that's fittingly camouflaged in the four longest answers in this puzzle | 92 |
| Oscar winner who sang in "Darby O'Gill and the Little People" | 75 |
| In computer science, a characterization of every possible solution to a problem | 79 |
| English illustrator who created the "St. Trinian's" cartoon series | 80 |
| "From ___ shining ..." ("America the Beautiful" lyric) | 74 |
| Washington newspaper that ended its printed version in March 2009, for short | 76 |
| Antiperspirant brand once advertised as "strong enough for a man" | 75 |
| A2: "Say, what's the 'sensitive document' our guy grabbed?" A1: "A ___, of course." A2: "Ah! Figures." | 146 |
| "... edged tools [to] be kept from children and from fools": Dryden | 77 |
| Nickname of Pink Floyd musician Barrett after he became a financial watchdog | 76 |
| Sensible car, perhaps [avxwords.com has premium indie xwords - subscribe today] | 79 |
| Meal at which "Why is this night different from all other nights?" is asked | 85 |
| ''They ___'' (fitting anagram of ''the eyes'') | 78 |
| "I ___ red door and I want it painted black" (Rolling Stones lyrics) | 78 |
| "Now you ___ ..." (magician's comment about disappearing cards) | 77 |
| Trademarked name for the product of a Morristown, New Jersey animal training program | 84 |
| Group with the 1967 #2 hit "Georgy Girl," with "the" | 72 |
| "I've ___ All Good People" (song on "The Yes Album") | 76 |
| Opening track of Television's classic album "Marquee Moon" | 72 |
| Company with the slogans "It's thinking" and "Up to 6 billion players" | 94 |
| River that's the site of Javert's demise in "Les Misérables" | 81 |
| She won the 1992 U.S. Open without losing a set in the entire tournament | 72 |
| "... and that's why I ate all of your favorite cookies," e.g.? | 76 |
| Nanobot's hypothetical ability, and the process that's overtaken this puzzle's theme answers | 104 |
| Scottish sailor Alexander who was supposedly the inspiration for Robinson Crusoe | 80 |
| Eisenhower portrayer in the 2004 TV movie "Ike: Countdown to D-Day" | 77 |
| "If you want to make a few bucks in the communications business ..." | 78 |
| One of the worst big-name TV casting choices of 2008 (for "Kath & Kim"), according to the website Television Without Pity | 135 |
| Word that could mean “sparsely filled with settlers” or “added a certain punctuation mark to” | 109 |
| "I would rather die than be in the United States ___" (Chris Christie) | 80 |
| Author of the controversial kids' book "In the Night Kitchen" | 75 |
| Roman philosopher who originated the phrase "What fools these mortals be" | 83 |
| Final attempt to hook up among college students ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | 88 |
| ___ Octubre (nickname of Orlando Hernández after he went 8-0 to start his postseason career) | 95 |
| Breath mint mentioned in "Ya Got Trouble" (from "The Music Man") | 84 |