| "___ and meagre as an ague's fit": Shak. | 54 |
| "The poet makes himself ___ . . . ": Rimbaud | 54 |
| "___ of fools sailing on" (Wang Chung lyric) | 54 |
| Where Knievel jumped 13 cars on two consecutive nights | 54 |
| Facing one's house from a short distance away, say | 54 |
| "That's not ___!" (parent's warning) | 54 |
| " . . . lay like ___ taking his rest": Wolfe | 54 |
| The holiday gathering at actress Betty's was _____ | 54 |
| "That's what I'm talkin' about!" | 54 |
| When your last birthday was, if today is your birthday | 54 |
| First song on the Beatles' "White Album" | 54 |
| Stephen King book about a group of long-winded people? | 54 |
| "La ___" (traditional Mexican nuptials song) | 54 |
| George Bailey in "It's a Wonderful Life" | 54 |
| 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' lifeline chart | 54 |
| Bruce Wayne's status during speed dating sessions? | 54 |
| "All Summer Long" and "Pet Sounds" | 54 |
| "It is better to ___ than . . . ": Stevenson | 54 |
| Old military slogan with scattered money from a shark? | 54 |
| Londoner's room with sleeping accommodations | 54 |
| The "Appassionata" was his 23rd piano sonata | 54 |
| "__ Mir Bist Du Schoen": Andrews Sisters hit | 54 |
| Annual horse race, one that sounds ominous to Dracula? | 54 |
| Private consultant to the federal government, in slang | 54 |
| One of five golfers to have won all four of the majors | 54 |
| "Chicken George" Moore, in "Roots" | 54 |
| Longtime panelist on "I've Got a Secret" | 54 |
| She played Rose Nylund on "The Golden Girls" | 54 |
| Massachusetts city for which a California one is named | 54 |
| South African "Cry Freedom" activist Stephen | 54 |
| "Politics is the art of the possible" source | 54 |
| It's often the second piece moved in a chess match | 54 |
| Above-average grade, or alternate title for the puzzle | 54 |
| "Hey, babe, wanna sit with me on the plane?" | 54 |
| Cape Verde isle whose name means "good view" | 54 |
| ''Let's see your swan dive . . .'' | 54 |
| Tacky Mexican "eatertainment" chain Casa ___ | 54 |
| General Colin's nickname in the dynamite business? | 54 |
| Cooking a metal point, like you would with short ribs? | 54 |
| Motorist pulls into parking lot, gets charged with ... | 54 |
| What closers need, per "Glengarry Glen Ross" | 54 |
| Responsibility of the Pentagon's personnel office? | 54 |
| Host: "And he takes another one in the ___!" | 54 |
| William Jennings __, three-time presidential candidate | 54 |
| "Have You Ever Really Loved a Woman?" singer | 54 |
| "Takin' Care of Business" group, to fans | 54 |
| Victor of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" | 54 |
| ___ Dubai (world's tallest skyscraper, as of 2009) | 54 |
| Transported from another area, as a special work force | 54 |
| Facetious label for certain misstatements of the 2000s | 54 |
| Spanish midfielder Hernandez's nose for economics? | 54 |
| Response to "That's a good clarinetist"? | 54 |
| Tune heard in ''Sleepless in Seattle'' | 54 |
| Coin flip to see who gets the first glass of Bordeaux? | 54 |
| Baltimore Oriole who played in 2,632 consecutive games | 54 |
| Where Cal Ripken's consecutive game record was set | 54 |
| Lepidopterist's thought while chasing a butterfly? | 54 |
| Feature of Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" | 54 |
| Thomas ______ , first brewed in London Ontario in 1840 | 54 |
| She was married to Dennis Rodman for nine days in 1998 | 54 |
| ''(They Long to Be) Close to You'' duo | 54 |
| "The Constant Gardener" novelist John le ___ | 54 |
| ''A Perfect Spy'' novelist John le ___ | 54 |
| "___ Comedy Classics" (syndicated TV series) | 54 |
| Your one-stop shopping place for on-the-road utensils? | 54 |
| Toronto museum whose name means "hill house" | 54 |
| Unforeseen series of events brought on by a single act | 54 |
| One of three camel riders[IMPORTANT: See Note, above.] | 54 |
| "When the ___ abroad, the mice play": Florio | 54 |
| Computer pro who diagnoses the reason for the problem? | 54 |
| 1968 title role for which Cliff Robertson won an Oscar | 54 |
| Fictional substance in "The Powerpuff Girls" | 54 |
| ___ Burnett, bluesman better known as Howlin' Wolf | 54 |
| He played Fiorello in "A Night at the Opera" | 54 |
| Treat represented visually by this puzzle's answer | 54 |
| Strategy for removing stains from sopranos' robes? | 54 |
| Company that gets a lot of its money from foundations? | 54 |
| "Dancing With the Stars" contestant Leachman | 54 |
| ... and the math department brought it home with a ... | 54 |
| Nightspot where you can't be too big or too small? | 54 |
| Protest activity for PETA members against Tyson Foods? | 54 |
| Where you may get your "Get Fuzzy" fix, e.g. | 54 |
| Kind of puzzle suggested by this crossword's theme | 54 |
| Host of 1980's TV's "Super Password" | 54 |
| __ Square, adjacent to the Boston Marathon finish line | 54 |
| Roddy McDowall's 'Planet of the Apes' role | 54 |
| Mark the transition from an old year to the new, maybe | 54 |
| Options strategy also known as a "buy-write" | 54 |
| Submission with a submission (with an up-front charge) | 54 |
| Aging effect that art forgers can't well duplicate | 54 |
| Attend a national party in Nuuk without an invitation? | 54 |
| " . . . tomorrow ___ this petty pace . . . " | 54 |
| Order to a Nile reptile to upset a vessel? [1973/1974] | 54 |
| Italian appetizer, literally "little toasts" | 54 |
| Arthur Miller drama set in Salem, with "The" | 54 |
| Drama whose theme song is "Baba O'Riley" | 54 |
| "We'll tak a ___ kindness . . . ": Burns | 54 |
| Try-before-you-buy opportunities at knickknack stores? | 54 |
| "Come see the view, for all you nosy types!" | 54 |
| "Sleight of hand" used to summon a Bohemian? | 54 |