| Asian region whose name means "five rivers" | 53 |
| Artist's expression for "Such is life"? | 53 |
| Aviarists love this "Blurred Lines" singer! | 53 |
| Actress who won a Tony for "Wonderful Town" | 53 |
| Archimedes' ___ (ancient water-transport machine) | 53 |
| A National Cartoonists Society award is named for him | 53 |
| Alexander ___, real-life prototype of Robinson Crusoe | 53 |
| Actress Ione who's the daughter of singer Donovan | 53 |
| Alternative to "champ" or "sport" | 53 |
| Ashford & Simpson lyric "___ as a rock" | 53 |
| Actress Braga of "Kiss of the Spider Woman" | 53 |
| Awful sound to hear while riding in a hot air balloon | 53 |
| Antebellum northerner (with ''free'') | 53 |
| Atlantic City resort, informally with "The" | 53 |
| Atlantic City hotel, informally, with "the" | 53 |
| Atlantic City hotel, familiarly, with "the" | 53 |
| “The ___ of Despereaux” (2004 Newbery winner) | 53 |
| Actress Balsam who was once married to George Clooney | 53 |
| After a rant, avoid saying you never meant to ___ ... | 53 |
| Appealing element in plotless movies, for some: Abbr. | 53 |
| Atomic ___ (Crayola color formerly called Chartreuse) | 53 |
| Athlete Jim whose Native American name was Wa-Tho-Huk | 53 |
| Add atop a refuse pile, after aiming out and missing? | 53 |
| AC/DC "Cause I'm ___, I'm dynamite" | 53 |
| Attired for an ''Animal House'' scene | 53 |
| Adjective for an ethnically marked character, perhaps | 53 |
| A long one is 12% "longer" than a short one | 53 |
| All the "Simpsons" characters, for instance | 53 |
| Aaron's "Beverly Hills, 90210" daughter | 53 |
| Actress Spelling after marrying baseball manager Joe? | 53 |
| Apple thrower in ''The Wizard of Oz'' | 53 |
| Arizona's Petrified Forest dates from this period | 53 |
| American Dialect Society's word of the year, 2009 | 53 |
| Author of "The Unfinished Revolution": 1979 | 53 |
| Actress Liv of ''Cries and Whispers'' | 53 |
| Actress whom Quentin described as "my muse" | 53 |
| Artist with the album "Vivaldi's Cello" | 53 |
| Alcopop brand that means "winter" in Polish | 53 |
| Émile who wrote "Truth is on the march" | 53 |
| African mammal that eats ants, termites, and cucumbers | 54 |
| Assn. with a "100 Years ... 100 Movies" list | 54 |
| “And Then There Were None†author Christie | 54 |
| Accompanier of "thumbs" and "ears" | 54 |
| Attachment for "trust" or "social" | 54 |
| Advocating "Bring the troops home now!," say | 54 |
| Apt anagram of "Sean Connery," ON ___ SCREEN | 54 |
| Architectural piece that becomes weaker when supported | 54 |
| Actor George who won an Oscar for "Disraeli" | 54 |
| Abby and Martha's poison of choice, in a 1939 play | 54 |
| Actor who won comedy and drama Emmys for the same role | 54 |
| Actor who won comedy and drama Emmys for the same part | 54 |
| Actor Sean of the "Lord of the Rings" series | 54 |
| Actress Gardner of "The Night of the Iguana" | 54 |
| Alexander Graham & Timothy's favorite garment? | 54 |
| Attorney Melvin, the ''King of Torts'' | 54 |
| Attorney Melvin known as "The King of Torts" | 54 |
| Antony's player in "Julius Caesar," 1953 | 54 |
| Alternative to "Continue" in an online order | 54 |
| Africa's Lake ___, body of water in four countries | 54 |
| A2: "You mean, they're not exactly ___." | 54 |
| Alternative to "honey" or "sugar"? | 54 |
| Airline once said to be "ready when you are" | 54 |
| Ancient Jews living outside of Palestine, collectively | 54 |
| Alice's pet cat in "Alice in Wonderland" | 54 |
| Actress Roberts of "Everybody Loves Raymond" | 54 |
| Ancient "Prose" and "Poetic" works | 54 |
| Actor who has portrayed Jackson Pollock and John Glenn | 54 |
| Actor seen in credits stuffing his hand down his pants | 54 |
| Airline with the Israeli flag on its planes' tails | 54 |
| Airline whose name means "Skyward" in Hebrew | 54 |
| Alan Cumming's "The Good Wife" character | 54 |
| American university where Desmond Tutu taught theology | 54 |
| Actress Georgia of "Everybody Loves Raymond" | 54 |
| Award for Outstanding Performance Under Pressure, e.g. | 54 |
| Actress Davis of "Girl with a Pearl Earring" | 54 |
| “I’m Just Wild About Harry” composer Blake | 54 |
| “___ Good Boy Deserves Favour” (Stoppard play) | 54 |
| Attendee of the fictional Lowood Institution for girls | 54 |
| Architectural element often decorated with bas-reliefs | 54 |
| American actress who became Princess consort of Monaco | 54 |
| Alexander who said "I'm in control here" | 54 |
| Answer to theme query, "Who's in there?" | 54 |
| Also-ran's response to "How did you do?" | 54 |
| Ancient who used patterns of tied knots for accounting | 54 |
| Ashley's sister, in "Gone With the Wind" | 54 |
| Actress Judith of "The Devil's Advocate" | 54 |
| A.L. East rival of the D-Rays, O's, Sox, and Yanks | 54 |
| Actor Penn who has worked for the Obama administration | 54 |
| Actor Penn of the "Harold & Kumar" films | 54 |
| Actress Dennings of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" | 54 |
| Ashton Kutcher's 'That '70s Show' role | 54 |
| Actor with the lion's share of a 1939 movie script | 54 |
| Actress who is #21 on AFI's 100 Years... 100 Stars | 54 |
| Author of "Herding Cats: A Life in Politics" | 54 |
| African city of 2.5+ million founded by the Portuguese | 54 |
| Ann __, only woman to sign a contract with an NBA team | 54 |
| “You might call me a topologist,” said the ___ | 54 |
| Agreement that created a bloc during the Clinton years | 54 |
| Actor Bruce of radio's "Sherlock Holmes" | 54 |
| Award named for its recipients' performance locale | 54 |