| Washington, D.C., university | 28 |
| Statesman? | 10 |
| League of Angels | 16 |
| "__ Pie" | 18 |
| Yankees' league | 19 |
| Yankee's league | 19 |
| Word before Pie or Airlines | 27 |
| Word before cheese or eagle | 27 |
| T.S. Eliot, by birth | 20 |
| Red-white-and-blue | 18 |
| Plan or cheese | 14 |
| Part of the Niagara Falls | 25 |
| One of the big leagues | 22 |
| New World resident | 18 |
| Like some cheese ... or apple pie? | 34 |
| Like apple pie, in a saying | 27 |
| League or Legion lead-in | 24 |
| League or Legion | 16 |
| League of the Indians | 21 |
| League of the Angels | 20 |
| League of Indians | 17 |
| Kind of hotel plan | 18 |
| It comes after all? | 19 |
| Indians' league | 19 |
| Greene's "The Quiet ___" | 38 |
| English offshoot | 16 |
| Dreiser's tragedy | 21 |
| Dreiser's "An ___ Tragedy" | 40 |
| Dick Clark's "___ Bandstand" | 42 |
| Apt adjective for today that's needed to make sense of eight puzzle answers | 79 |
| "Something special in the air" sloganeer | 50 |
| "Be yourself, nonstop" sloganeer | 42 |
| "An ___ Tragedy": Dreiser | 35 |
| "___ Idol" | 20 |
| "___ Graffiti": 1973 film | 35 |
| "___ Fabius" | 22 |
| ___ twist (type of serve) | 25 |
| ___ plan, including meals | 25 |
| ``All ___'' | 19 |
| Smithsonian collection | 22 |
| Cultural collection | 19 |
| Yankee reading | 14 |
| Things of national interest | 27 |
| Stuff for a history buff | 24 |
| Some cultural artifacts | 23 |
| Smithsonian specialty | 21 |
| Smithsonian artifacts | 21 |
| Slice of _____ | 14 |
| Records on U.S.A. | 17 |
| Popular collectibles | 20 |
| Old United States maps, e.g. | 28 |
| Norman Rockwell specialty | 25 |
| New World document | 18 |
| Mom and apple pie, e.g. | 23 |
| Material for U.S. scholars | 26 |
| Cultural artifacts | 18 |
| Colonial collectibles | 21 |
| Collection of a kind | 20 |
| Civil War photos and Mickey Mouse dolls, e.g. | 45 |
| Civil War memorabilia | 21 |
| Chevrolets and apple pie, e.g. | 30 |
| Britannica alternative | 22 |
| Bits and pieces of U.S. history | 31 |
| All things U.S. | 15 |
| Western herd member | 19 |
| David Mamet play | 16 |
| Bison | 5 |
| Beast of the plains | 19 |
| US social ideal | 15 |
| Statesman Doria seen in an idealistic vision? | 45 |
| Goal for a U.S. immigrant, perhaps | 34 |
| 1984 Tom Conti film | 19 |
| 1984 JoBeth Williams comedy/adventure film | 42 |
| Fox juggernaut | 14 |
| Top-ranked Fox talent show, and this puzzle's theme | 55 |
| Angel | 5 |
| Don McLean hit | 14 |
| Teen movie franchise whose box set is titled "The Full Reveal" | 72 |
| Song that mentions "the Father, Son and the Holy Ghost" | 65 |
| Song that begins "A long, long time ago" | 50 |
| Song referencing February 3, 1959 | 33 |
| 1999 hit comedy | 15 |
| 1972 song or 1999 movie | 23 |
| 1972 hit with the line "The day the music died" | 57 |
| 1972 #1 hit that starts "A long, long time ago" | 57 |
| 1971 song with the lyric "Helter skelter in a summer swelter" | 71 |
| 1971 Don McLean hit | 19 |
| "Country" song of 1971 | 32 |
| Iowa city | 9 |
| Iowa college town | 17 |
| CIA mole Aldrich | 16 |
| Iowa State's city | 21 |
| Corn Belt city | 14 |
| Singing brothers | 16 |
| Home of Iowa State | 18 |
| Skunk River city | 16 |
| Ed or Leon | 10 |
| City north of Des Moines | 24 |
| "My Cup Runneth Over" singer | 38 |
| Singer Ed | 9 |