| Richard ___ (original host of "Family Feud") | 54 |
| Really impress an audience at a New York concert hall? | 54 |
| Rap group with the 2006 #1 hit "Laffy Taffy" | 54 |
| Role that earned Marion Cotillard a Best Actress Oscar | 54 |
| Research journal for Middle-earth gastroenterologists? | 54 |
| Ragtime musician who was the subject of a 1978 musical | 54 |
| Reach as far as, as property vis-Ã -vis its boundary | 54 |
| Religious folks who like to toss ideas back and forth? | 54 |
| Ready to get drunk over Tom Brady being laid up (2, 3) | 54 |
| Reason for an older male relative to use Liquid-Plumr? | 54 |
| Repetitive band with the 2003 hit "Bandages" | 54 |
| Resident of the seat of New York's Tompkins County | 54 |
| Rapper with the 2002 #1 hit "Always on Time" | 54 |
| Review #4: "Dat the 'S.N.L.' fool?" | 54 |
| Remark from someone who's always sponging off you? | 54 |
| Ronald who directed "The Poseidon Adventure" | 54 |
| Repeated words before "me" in a Beatles tune | 54 |
| Roles in "G.W.T.W." and "Scarlett" | 54 |
| Rolling Stone's pick for #1 song of 2007, by Jay-Z | 54 |
| Republic from which Montenegro gained its independence | 54 |
| Result of eating French fries at the ship's wheel? | 54 |
| Restaurant known as "America's Drive-In" | 54 |
| Roughly 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.1 seconds of mean time | 54 |
| Rich bowling alley owner's incentive to bowl well? | 54 |
| Reality show focused on breeding the best female goat? | 54 |
| Real estate mogul with a reality game show, familiarly | 54 |
| Retail event in a furniture store parking lot, perhaps | 54 |
| Richard Schiff's role on "The West Wing" | 54 |
| Rays' home field, familiarly, with "The" | 54 |
| Ruler whose more common spelling is rare in crosswords | 54 |
| Reason for a flood of calls to the police dept., maybe | 54 |
| River that crosses the border of Russia and Kazakhstan | 54 |
| R&B singer with the 2004 #1 song "Yeah!" | 54 |
| Retailer with a fashion show (with "Secret") | 54 |
| Runner-up to Stoudemire for 2002-03 Rookie of the Year | 54 |
| Rowdy ___ (Eastwood's role in "Rawhide") | 54 |
| Reply to "Take out the papers and the trash" | 54 |
| Revolver's hiding place in "Foxy Brown" | 53 |
| Result of pranksters shooting at Wal-Mart's sign? | 53 |
| Rosato portrayer in "The Godfather Part II" | 53 |
| Region of France that borders Germany and Switzerland | 53 |
| Refrigerator company named for the town it started in | 53 |
| Red's pal in "The Shawshank Redemption" | 53 |
| Rita Moreno's role in "West Side Story" | 53 |
| Raskolnikov in "Crime and Punishment," e.g. | 53 |
| Removed from the actual action, as with a commentator | 53 |
| Ralph Vaughan Williams's "___ Symphony" | 53 |
| Roscoe who played the sidekick in Eddie Dean Westerns | 53 |
| Response to videos of puppies descending stairs, e.g. | 53 |
| Reclusive Radley of "To Kill a Mockingbird" | 53 |
| Robin Cook thriller made into a Michael Douglas movie | 53 |
| Rough, entertaining article using bitter remarks (10) | 53 |
| Roald who wrote "James and the Giant Peach" | 53 |
| Reality show featuring Kelly Clarkson and John Legend | 53 |
| Rudy Robles's Calif. birthplace, in a 1987 comedy | 53 |
| Reds great Roush with a .323 lifetime batting average | 53 |
| Real estate agent on "Desperate Housewives" | 53 |
| Rubik who was the first famous puzzlemaker I remember | 53 |
| Richard who played Billy Flynn in "Chicago" | 53 |
| Russian author of "The Lower Depths" (Var.) | 53 |
| Religious leader who wrote "Peace With God" | 53 |
| Recipient of a 45-billion-euro rescue package in 2010 | 53 |
| Repetitive response to 'Who wants ice cream?' | 53 |
| Reiterative reply to "Who wants ice cream?" | 53 |
| Restaurant chain with syrup dispensers on every table | 53 |
| Retailer that recently admitted to using forced labor | 53 |
| Robert who played the son on "The Sopranos" | 53 |
| Reassuring response to "Are you all right?" | 53 |
| Russian princess who was Nicholas II's only niece | 53 |
| Russo with the '90s catchphrase "Whoa!" | 53 |
| Ran the clock down at the end of a football game, say | 53 |
| Russian writer Andreyev famous for his horrific tales | 53 |
| Real first name of Eldridge Cleaver and Satchel Paige | 53 |
| Repetitive "Mama Said Knock You Out" rapper | 53 |
| Robert of "Big" and "Jagged Edge" | 53 |
| Romano who voiced Linguini in "Ratatouille" | 53 |
| Rainer who played O-Lan in "The Good Earth" | 53 |
| Record-holder for most Emmy nominations without a win | 53 |
| Rooney of "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" | 53 |
| Roman numeral that translates to a 4-digit palindrome | 53 |
| Rita who won an Oscar for "West Side Story" | 53 |
| Reply to "Who wants to clean up this mess?" | 53 |
| REO Speedwagon "Throw away the ___ forever" | 53 |
| Reason for an emptier-than-expected subway car, often | 53 |
| Ref. staple that used to come with a magnifying glass | 53 |
| Refrain from the song ''Hot Hot Hot'' | 53 |
| Russian modernizing czar called "The Great" | 53 |
| Rock group with the 1994 #1 album "Monster" | 53 |
| Russo who plays Frigga in the "Thor" movies | 53 |
| Racecar driver Foyt and CNN Headline News host Hammer | 53 |
| Rep. ___ Hastings of the House intelligence committee | 53 |
| Reserved section for an eight-time stolen base champ? | 53 |
| Resin layer on fiberglass from a New York university? | 53 |
| Reporter who was one of "Murrow's Boys" | 53 |
| Reason for having a preference for Italian ice cream? | 53 |
| Relative of "It's not you, it's me" | 53 |
| Rachel McAdams's "Sherlock Holmes" role | 53 |
| Rapper with the 2013 #1 album "Born Sinner" | 53 |
| Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, with "The" | 53 |
| Romance novel released on Valentine's Day in 1970 | 53 |