| Adjective often before "commentary" | 45 |
| Abolhassan Bani-___ (first president of Iran) | 45 |
| Arabic word meaning ''peace'' | 45 |
| Anti-aircraft gun's onomatopoeic nickname | 45 |
| American suffragist honored with a 1995 stamp | 45 |
| An insect and a musical group are in his name | 45 |
| Antonia Fraser's "Quiet as ___" | 45 |
| Austria-Hungary's Francis Ferdinand, e.g. | 45 |
| Actress Richards of "Jurassic Park" | 45 |
| Aliases, and a hint to the puzzle's theme | 45 |
| Admission rule for the lumberjack convention? | 45 |
| Amore from Jan Garber and His Orchestra, 1926 | 45 |
| Airline's kudos for not losing suitcases? | 45 |
| Air transport for Bruce Wayne's alter ego | 45 |
| Author of "Has Man a Future?": 1961 | 45 |
| Alternative to 'mac' or 'bud' | 45 |
| Aquatic plant whose leaves trap small insects | 45 |
| Adjective for some past-their-prime musicians | 45 |
| Acts the heckler at the Westminster dog show? | 45 |
| Amaze someone who collects archery equipment? | 45 |
| Aussie animal in the floor-covering business? | 45 |
| Amount of groceries bought in one trip, maybe | 45 |
| Analyst's upgrade of a Marsha Mason film? | 45 |
| Aptly named 2003 World Series of Poker winner | 45 |
| Abbr. that denotes "U.S. president" | 45 |
| Actor's twin who's good at paperwork? | 45 |
| Arguably redundant name for a laundry product | 45 |
| Another definition of ''can'' | 45 |
| Accountants aren't fired, they're --- | 45 |
| Award-winning detective fiction writer Robert | 45 |
| Approach surreptitiously, with "on" | 45 |
| Appearing and disappearing feature on Jupiter | 45 |
| At Microsoft, a software engineer gets to ... | 45 |
| Adornments for a brutal dictator's crown? | 45 |
| Author of "The Story of Philosophy" | 45 |
| Â Â "The Da Vinci Code," e.g. | 45 |
| Aquarium denizen with blue and yellow stripes | 45 |
| Austrian river whose name sounds like letters | 45 |
| Achilles' heel and Adam's apple, e.g. | 45 |
| Adenauer's successor as German chancellor | 45 |
| Alcohol that comes in either 190 or 151 proof | 45 |
| Area of town where the supernatural hang out? | 45 |
| Anaheim players tripping over their own feet? | 45 |
| ABBA's biggest-selling single of all time | 45 |
| Albert of ''Erin Brockovich'' | 45 |
| Artificial channels carrying streams of water | 45 |
| Arizona's position, at its 1912 statehood | 45 |
| African flower you don't have to pay for? | 45 |
| Author of "The Sandman" series Neil | 45 |
| Author of "The High and the Mighty" | 45 |
| Actor Frobe of ''Goldfinger'' | 45 |
| Alberta town whose sign boasts a giant perogi | 45 |
| Aria from Bernstein's "Candide" | 45 |
| Apt dish for a team that's been shut out? | 45 |
| A teen blogger narrates this television drama | 45 |
| A: Seven drachmas a day. Q: What's a ___? | 45 |
| Athletic-sounding series of equestrian events | 45 |
| Acronym for a type of filter used in a vacuum | 45 |
| Arthur Agee/William Gates film set in Chicago | 45 |
| Actor Buchholz of "One, Two, Three" | 45 |
| African vine, also called elephant's-foot | 45 |
| Answer to "What's keeping you?" | 45 |
| Action taken to improve a colleague's day | 45 |
| Actress who married Justin Timberlake in 2012 | 45 |
| Actor in "The Devil Commands": 1941 | 45 |
| Aptly named seven-time World Surfing Champion | 45 |
| Aqualung, e.g., in the 1971 Jethro Tull album | 45 |
| As close as shower material on a bridal gown? | 45 |
| Axiom from Virgil's "Eclogue X" | 45 |
| Author of "Heartbreak Tango . . . " | 45 |
| Actual heads-up on a bottle of sleeping pills | 45 |
| Actress Suvari of "American Beauty" | 45 |
| Anagrammy-winning song from a sci-fi musical? | 45 |
| Advice to a writer to keep a stiff upper lip? | 45 |
| Alexander Hamilton's Caribbean birthplace | 45 |
| Antimicrobial bit in mouthwashes [90 degrees] | 45 |
| Author of "The Making of a Surgeon" | 45 |
| Atlanta's Izzy or Sochi's Bely Mishka | 45 |
| Anatomic test that only covers half the body? | 45 |
| Ascending swimmer lacks time for recovery (5) | 45 |
| Agatha Christie spy novel, "N ___?" | 45 |
| Author of "The Gormenghast Trilogy" | 45 |
| Ancient land in what is now Syria and Lebanon | 45 |
| Animation company's quality control goal? | 45 |
| Area where everything feels like a Utah city? | 45 |
| Actor Willard of "The Color Purple" | 45 |
| Actress Dawson of "Men in Black II" | 45 |
| Actor ___ Brazzi of "South Pacific" | 45 |
| Article written by an early American patriot? | 45 |
| Actress Annabella of "The Sopranos" | 45 |
| Artist Warhol accosted by the British police? | 45 |
| Activist gp. with a clenched fist in its logo | 45 |
| Alternative to a station wagon or convertible | 45 |
| Attending the Oscars or knocked to the canvas | 45 |
| Alexander, formerly of "60 Minutes" | 45 |
| Author of "Portrait of a President" | 45 |
| Alastair of "School for Scoundrels" | 45 |
| Apple iPhone's question answering service | 45 |
| Assesses, as a situation, with "up" | 45 |
| Apply, in a way (with ''on'') | 45 |