| Dr. King's "queen of American folk music" | 55 |
| Damien's horror film (with ''The'') | 55 |
| Durable synthetic originally called "Fiber A" | 55 |
| Dean's pal in Kerouac's "On the Road" | 55 |
| Day of the wk. ... or an exam usually taken on that day | 55 |
| Dutch explorer who lent his name to a sea and an island | 55 |
| Don Drysdale book "Once ___, Always a Dodger" | 55 |
| Definition you won't hear in English class (Part 1) | 55 |
| Daytime show is thus: a mainstream block of time (4, 5) | 55 |
| Double scoop that's part multicolored, part liqueur | 55 |
| Dom who voiced Pizza the Hutt in "Spaceballs" | 55 |
| Diamond "heists" executed by two base runners | 55 |
| Dick ___, co-creator of "Saturday Night Live" | 55 |
| Description of a balloon race lost due to lack of wind? | 55 |
| Disney's "Darby __ and the Little People" | 55 |
| Don't let '40s shortstop Marion play every day? | 55 |
| Delivers a romantic Valentine's Day surprise, maybe | 55 |
| Documentary about the making of an adult movie musical? | 55 |
| Don't tell him that standing up to the boss ___ ... | 55 |
| Don't feel pain riding London trolleys (palindrome) | 55 |
| Drink that prints facts on the inside of its bottlecaps | 55 |
| Discomforting noise to hear from an inflatable mattress | 55 |
| Display at the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, for short | 55 |
| Dr. ___ Knowles ("Sons of Anarchy" character) | 55 |
| Deck divided into the major arcana and the minor arcana | 55 |
| Duke Ellington's ''Take ___ Train'' | 55 |
| Dashiell Hammett's last novel, with "The" | 55 |
| Dark-horse Oscar winner for "My Cousin Vinny" | 55 |
| Did or didn't participate in the Boy Scouts outing? | 55 |
| Day of the wk. that Microsoft releases software patches | 55 |
| Dear old dad the cosmetic surgeon always told me to ___ | 55 |
| Dog seen during "Family Ties" closing credits | 55 |
| Direction for "my beautiful balloon," in song | 55 |
| Dennis the Menace's neighbors, with "the" | 55 |
| Discipline that teaches "beginner's mind" | 55 |
| Dwellers along a tributary of the Little Colorado River | 55 |
| Drink sometimes indicated in comics by "XXX" | 54 |
| Dog food with the slogan "Happy starts here" | 54 |
| Deer Tick "___ Isn't Real (City of Sin)" | 54 |
| Dutch-speaking tourist mecca off Venezuela's coast | 54 |
| Dangerous group in "Raiders of the Lost Ark" | 54 |
| Director of "You Can't Take It With You" | 54 |
| Destination of many 1960s-'70s airplane hijackings | 54 |
| Diamond/Streisand "You ___ Bring Me Flowers" | 54 |
| Disney dwarf who "never had anything to say" | 54 |
| David Sedaris was one in "SantaLand Diaries" | 54 |
| Dohnányi who composed "Ruralia Hungarica" | 54 |
| Deanna Troi's asset, on "Star Trek: TNG" | 54 |
| Director of "Pippin" and "Chicago" | 54 |
| Dorothy's last name, in 'The Wizard of Oz' | 54 |
| Director King's "Twelve O'Clock ___" | 54 |
| Dream found in this puzzle's seven longest answers | 54 |
| Dostoyevsky masterpiece (with ''The'') | 54 |
| Dollar coin figure before Susan B. Anthony, familiarly | 54 |
| Dutch princess who's the daughter of Queen Juliana | 54 |
| Dionne Warwick classic "___ a Little Prayer" | 54 |
| Dujardin who won Best Actor for "The Artist" | 54 |
| Dr. Austin's portrayer on "Chicago Hope" | 54 |
| Dashiell Hammett detective novel, with "The" | 54 |
| Dillon of "There's Something About Mary" | 54 |
| Dad who "returns" in a 1983 Neil Simon title | 54 |
| Director of Gene and Zero in "The Producers" | 54 |
| Dean's costar in "Rebel Without a Cause" | 54 |
| Demand from the House Un-American Activities Committee | 54 |
| Dealer's disqualifying words at the roulette table | 54 |
| Digger of early TV's "The Life of Riley" | 54 |
| Dickens's orphan in "Great Expectations" | 54 |
| Director of two of the U.S.' 10 top-grossing films | 54 |
| Declare "good" or "excellent," say | 54 |
| Descartes who said, "I think therefore I am" | 54 |
| Dennis's "Yours, Mine & Ours" costar | 54 |
| Director Meyer known as "King of the Nudies" | 54 |
| Desert that's larger than the contiguous 48 states | 54 |
| Danny Aiello's "Do the Right Thing" role | 54 |
| Diplomat who wrote "The Tide of Nationalism" | 54 |
| Drama whose theme song is "Baba O'Riley" | 54 |
| Denzel Washington's "Man on Fire" costar | 54 |
| Director of "Rififi" and "Topkapi" | 54 |
| DDS alternative (they essentially mean the same thing) | 54 |
| Dwight Gooden's nickname, based on many strikeouts | 54 |
| Dancer Gregory's nickname when shootin' hoops? | 54 |
| Dropped "The Simpsons" from the TV schedule? | 54 |
| Domestic car model which changes during April and May? | 54 |
| Dealt with too lightly (with ''over'') | 54 |
| Douglas Hofstadter's "___, Escher, Bach" | 54 |
| Drosselmeier's title in "The Nutcracker" | 54 |
| Duffer's trip through Scotland? (Volkswagen/Honda) | 54 |
| Do a basic surfing move, after the digital conversion? | 54 |
| Dancers known for their Japanese street-style wardrobe | 54 |
| Disease from living with too many scantily-clad wives? | 54 |
| Disease that comes in types A, B, and C, most commonly | 54 |
| Dorothy Lamour film, ''___ Merry Way'' | 54 |
| Definite no-no for a French Orthodox Jewish vegetarian | 54 |
| Dorothy's footwear, but in a less glamorous shade? | 54 |
| Designer of the [circled letters] (b. August 20, 1910) | 54 |
| Disappointing "Who's with me?" response? | 54 |
| Dusty Springfield's "___ a Preacher Man" | 54 |
| Democratic way to decide which rocking device is best? | 54 |
| Destiny of a person who can't get a full-time job? | 54 |
| Duo first seen in "Puss Gets the Boot," 1940 | 54 |