| Foreign relations strengthened by financial resources | 53 |
| French word that sounds like a letter of the alphabet | 53 |
| Friedrich ___, first president of the German Republic | 53 |
| Flotsam and Jetsam, in "The Little Mermaid" | 53 |
| First word in a children's random selection rhyme | 53 |
| Funeral poem often invoked in black metal song titles | 53 |
| First over-all NFL draft pick between Carson and Alex | 53 |
| Football's Hirsch, known as "Crazylegs" | 53 |
| First name of Football Hall of Famer Crazylegs Hirsch | 53 |
| First act of the ballet "Jewels," by George | 53 |
| Foursome in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" | 53 |
| First name of a "Desperate Housewives" star | 53 |
| Feature atop the pyramid on the back of a dollar bill | 53 |
| Four-time Oscar nominee (never a winner) in the 1930s | 53 |
| Fourth state to ratify the Constitution: Jan. 2, 1788 | 53 |
| Financial svcs. giant affiliated with an auto company | 53 |
| Father ___ Sarducci (early "SNL" character) | 53 |
| First name of ''Catwoman'''s star | 53 |
| F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, with "The" | 53 |
| Follower of "Rocky" or "Superman" | 53 |
| Furniture company with an Online Assistant named Anna | 53 |
| Fezzik's friend in "The Princess Bride" | 53 |
| Flatow who hosts NPR's "Science Friday" | 53 |
| Fast-food franchise that started in S. Salt Lake, Ut. | 53 |
| Former "Weekend Edition Sunday" host Hansen | 53 |
| Friend of Pete and Julie on "The Mod Squad" | 53 |
| First name among the ''Friends'' cast | 53 |
| First Oscar recipient for a non-English-speaking role | 53 |
| Frank Black "I want to live in ___ Angeles" | 53 |
| Fairy queen mentioned in "Romeo and Juliet" | 53 |
| First song on Genesis's "Genesis" album | 53 |
| First-ever singer with a Greatest Hits album, in 1958 | 53 |
| First word of Dante's ''Inferno'' | 53 |
| Featured instrument of "Peter and the Wolf" | 53 |
| Fourteenth-to-last word before a baseball game begins | 53 |
| Fisherman's remark after catching a cod relative? | 53 |
| Florence and the Machine "Dog Days Are ___" | 53 |
| Fruit with a "check the neck" ripeness test | 53 |
| Frequent insult in "The Catcher in the Rye" | 53 |
| Food named six times in a children's number rhyme | 53 |
| Founder of the "philosophy of common sense" | 53 |
| First name among the ''Hee Haw'' cast | 53 |
| Film role played by both Vincent Price and Bill Cosby | 53 |
| First president born outside the original 13 colonies | 53 |
| Formal acknowledgment of the end of the calla season? | 53 |
| Farm structure is built in Switzerland's capital? | 53 |
| Ford, GM and Chrysler, "the ___" automakers | 53 |
| Fire a holy singer who specializes in French dancing? | 53 |
| Former New Jersey Senator Jon in a 2007 auto accident | 53 |
| Furniture within easy walking distance of the kitchen | 53 |
| Fleetwood Mac "___ thinking about tomorrow" | 53 |
| Food whose name literally means "twig bean" | 53 |
| Final dramatic notes of the "1812 Overture" | 53 |
| Filmmaker who alternates top billing with his brother | 53 |
| Facetious law regarding the edibility of dropped food | 53 |
| First in John Wayne's "Cavalry Trilogy" | 53 |
| French film starring Clio Goldsmith as a femme fatale | 53 |
| Fish co-owned by pianist Myra and ex-Jets owner Leon? | 53 |
| First #1 Billboard hit by an Australian artist (1972) | 53 |
| Formal/informal reply to "Who's there?" | 53 |
| First athlete to appear on the cover of Time magazine | 53 |
| Five-time N.H.L. scoring leader of the 1990s-'00s | 53 |
| Fourth-grade teacher Edna on "The Simpsons" | 53 |
| First thing zoo employees learn at the reptile house? | 53 |
| Former Treasury secretary Paul and former Yankee Paul | 53 |
| Film designed to attract Academy Awards consideration | 53 |
| Famous part of Rossini's "William Tell" | 53 |
| Family of an actor in the "Godfather" films | 53 |
| Faddish stuffed toys of the late 1990s, to a florist? | 53 |
| Fruit whose most common pollinator is the hummingbird | 53 |
| Fonda's "Fun With Dick and Jane" costar | 53 |
| First film to win the Oscar for Best Animated Feature | 53 |
| Frat. whose alumni include Dr. Seuss and John Goodman | 53 |
| Film based on Stephen King's "The Body" | 53 |
| Former Republican National Committee chairman Michael | 53 |
| Fictional band in the movie "Almost Famous" | 53 |
| Frito-Lay product once sold in a 100% compostable bag | 53 |
| Fox News political analyst with her head in the sand? | 53 |
| Former Vietnamese president's dining reservation? | 53 |
| First president buried at Arlington National Cemetery | 53 |
| Florida's ___ Trail (road through the Everglades) | 53 |
| Former Notre Dame football star and hoax victim Manti | 53 |
| Former "Entertainment Tonight" co-host John | 53 |
| Fish that sounds like it should be in a group of four | 53 |
| Flight attendant's reminder when serving alcohol? | 53 |
| Father or son Joad in "The Grapes of Wrath" | 53 |
| First carrier to offer regular in-flight movies, 1961 | 53 |
| Five-time American Crossword Puzzle Tournament winner | 53 |
| Feature mistakenly added to some male cartoon bovines | 53 |
| Fantasy role-playing video game series set in Sosaria | 53 |
| Feeling when Axl hasn't come out of dressing room | 53 |
| Former name of Broadway's George Gershwin Theatre | 53 |
| Former Laker Jerry who is silhouetted in the NBA logo | 53 |
| First name in the ''Sister Act'' cast | 53 |
| Former NBAer Ming who's now a politician in China | 53 |
| Film with the song "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" | 53 |
| First name alphabetically in the Baseball Hall of Fame | 54 |
| Fivesome found in the five Tony winners in this puzzle | 54 |
| Foxxy Cleopatra's hairdo in "Goldmember" | 54 |
| Fourth word in the "Star Wars" opening crawl | 54 |