| Speech that leads to some soul-searching | 40 |
| Spanish painter José MarÃÂa | 40 |
| Subjs. of a famous literary controversy? | 40 |
| Silverstein of children's literature | 40 |
| Setting for many Sholem Aleichem stories | 40 |
| Stopped operating, with "down" | 40 |
| Short nap while hiking rugged mountains? | 40 |
| Shane's brother on "Weeds" | 40 |
| Springfield family, with "The" | 40 |
| Stevie Wonder's "___ Duke" | 40 |
| Stops along the Information Superhighway | 40 |
| Stabilizers on the aft sections of keels | 40 |
| Sound before "Snap out of it!" | 40 |
| State capital founded in 1847, for short | 40 |
| Shakespeare's "___of care" | 40 |
| Stephen King's "Doctor __" | 40 |
| Snoozes, online journal-style, to Tonto? | 40 |
| Seamstress's concealed interlacement | 40 |
| Shredding evidence of one's mistake? | 40 |
| Sound like you've had a few too many | 40 |
| Star of the "Siroccky" series? | 40 |
| Saturday morning favorite in 80's TV | 40 |
| Salinger novel about an alien abduction? | 40 |
| Small shears used by sheet-metal workers | 40 |
| She said, “Ain’t I a woman?” | 40 |
| Start of a verse about holiday fruitcake | 40 |
| Suzanne of 'Three's Company' | 40 |
| Seven-time major-league All-Star Alfonso | 40 |
| Side 2 opener on "Small Faces" | 40 |
| Spiny, yellow-green, tart-tasting fruits | 40 |
| Subjects of Dr. Carver's experiments | 40 |
| Subject of a museum in Austin, Minnesota | 40 |
| Sends millions of unwanted messages, say | 40 |
| Scottish river famous for salmon fishing | 40 |
| Superhero first introduced as a teenager | 40 |
| Selects candidates from multiple parties | 40 |
| Strategy rarely involving a power hitter | 40 |
| Stockpile, with ''away'' | 40 |
| SrA's superior on the Air Force base | 40 |
| State dissolved after perestroika: Abbr. | 40 |
| Seminal punk label founded by Black Flag | 40 |
| Symbol in the center of a Scrabble board | 40 |
| Seafood serving at a Beatle's house? | 40 |
| Subject of an annual presidential speech | 40 |
| Sneak off, with ''away'' | 40 |
| Superhero played by Shaquille O'Neal | 40 |
| Sir Richard who co-founded the Spectator | 40 |
| Senior-most Justice of the Supreme Court | 40 |
| Singer on "Shiny Happy People" | 40 |
| Super Bowl XXXIV winners, on scoreboards | 40 |
| Sitting spots, in the absence of a porch | 40 |
| Segal's "Oliver's ___" | 40 |
| Song from "The New Moon": 1928 | 40 |
| S&P stock for kids on Christmas Eve? | 40 |
| Sport in which the referee carries a fan | 40 |
| Snack food with a Harvest Cheddar flavor | 40 |
| Start of the title of a Broadway musical | 40 |
| Start of a conjecture re a novelty dance | 40 |
| Soccer mom's wheels, stereotypically | 40 |
| Sibelius tone poem, with "The" | 40 |
| Swing that rips the leather off the ball | 40 |
| Steinbeck's "___ Thursday" | 40 |
| Slide, as a credit card through a reader | 40 |
| Sounded like the net on a perfect jumper | 40 |
| Supplier of puzzles to newspapers: abbr. | 40 |
| South Pacific island where Gauguin lived | 40 |
| Seventh-century Chinese emperor __ Tsung | 40 |
| Suffer one-day losses in the market, say | 40 |
| Sulu portrayer, in "Star Trek" | 40 |
| Shire of "The Godfather" films | 40 |
| Sylvester's "Rocky" costar | 40 |
| Shire who had a "Rocky" career | 40 |
| Shire of ''Rocky'' films | 40 |
| Stereophonics "T-Shirt Sun __" | 40 |
| Scottish fashion designer's showing? | 40 |
| Section below a knight's breastplate | 40 |
| Sitcom with the theme "Angela" | 40 |
| She voices Audrey in 'The Lorax' | 40 |
| Shortening often used in cookie recipes? | 40 |
| Start of a group member's revelation | 40 |
| Shelley's "Cheers" co-star | 40 |
| Started a golf hole, with "up" | 40 |
| Sci-fi series written by William Shatner | 40 |
| Speed at which the apocalypse is coming? | 40 |
| Something to take when you're tired? | 40 |
| Sends a written message to by cell phone | 40 |
| Start of an angler's lament (Part 2) | 40 |
| Start of a quip about financial planning | 40 |
| Scientist featured in an adventure film? | 40 |
| Show whose title character was Fran Fine | 40 |
| Something kids might very well tune out? | 40 |
| Strong family connections, idiomatically | 40 |
| Sleight-of-hand games aimed at swindling | 40 |
| Supplier of electricity to subway trains | 40 |
| Storybook group residing in this puzzle? | 40 |
| Sonic Youth guitarist Moore's booty? | 40 |
| Soundtrack to many a bomb-defusing scene | 40 |
| Something always sold in mint condition? | 40 |
| Status of an unresolved contest, perhaps | 40 |
| Saying at the onset of wrinkles (Part 1) | 40 |