| Golfer's lament about failing to recognize different ball positions? | 72 |
| Grateful Dead "Yes ___ the gist of it, but it's all right" | 72 |
| Gp. whose logo is a martini glass and car key in a "no" symbol | 72 |
| Grateful Dead "Yes I get the gist ___, but it's all right" | 72 |
| Grate, with "get," or what this puzzle's theme answers get | 72 |
| Group with the 1962 hit "The Wah Watusi," with "the" | 72 |
| Golden Globe-nominated actress for "The Opposite of Sex," 1998 | 72 |
| Guesthouse where one would enjoy the starts of the three longest answers | 72 |
| Gabonese president for 41 years, the longest such run in African history | 72 |
| Group with the 1967 #2 hit "Georgy Girl," with "the" | 72 |
| Game with a "Livin' Large" expansion, with "The" | 72 |
| God whose chariot was pulled by the goats Tanngrisnir and Tanngnjóstr | 72 |
| Garnish that some upscale fries at Chicago restaurant mk are served with | 72 |
| General dir. of Sal Paradise's return trip in "On the Road" | 73 |
| Gershwin title girl who can make "all the clouds ... roll away" | 73 |
| Gp. that brought an antislavery lawsuit on behalf of SeaWorld's orcas | 73 |
| Game show host Pat who had a cameo in "Airplane II: The Sequel" | 73 |
| Group called Girls Tyme when they lost on "Star Search" in 1993 | 73 |
| Guns 'N' Roses "___ me when I speak a piece of my mind" | 73 |
| Ghost writer of "The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care"? | 73 |
| Guy who wrote "Guys and Dolls" songs including nothing minor (7) | 74 |
| George who famously asked Knute Rockne to "win just one" for him | 74 |
| Gold digger seduces a different kind of gold digger, gets charged with ... | 74 |
| Good time of the week to solicit support from a rich campaign contributor? | 74 |
| Group that starred in the 1968 film "Head," with "the" | 74 |
| Govt. agcy. with a "sustainable practices" section on its website | 75 |
| Govt. agcy. with a "Recover & Rebuild" section on its website | 75 |
| Govt. org. with an "Information Assurance" section on its website | 75 |
| Govt. agency whose motto (it's joked) is "never say anything" | 75 |
| Genre-hopping jazz pianist who scored the "Fat Albert" theme song | 75 |
| Greek prince ___ Cassadine, longtime "General Hospital" character | 75 |
| Gus __, subject of the 1951 biopic "I'll See You in My Dreams" | 76 |
| Grateful Dead "Beggin' you baby, 'cause I'm ___ knees" | 76 |
| George of "Night After Night" (source of this puzzle's quotes) | 76 |
| Genre for "The Breakfast Club" or "A Catcher in the Rye" | 76 |
| Geraldine who co-founded the National Organization of Italian American Women | 76 |
| Gilbert and Sullivan work subtitled "The Lass That Loved a Sailor" | 76 |
| Garson ___, writer and director of Broadway's "Born Yesterday" | 76 |
| Gessen who wrote the 2012 Putin biography "The Man Without a Face" | 76 |
| Gland at the base of the neck that produces and "educates" T cells | 76 |
| Group with the 1963 #1 hit "So Much in Love," with "the" | 76 |
| Google Easter egg game wherein a pack of O's devours your search results | 76 |
| Gp. whose members might greet each other with "What's up, doc?" | 77 |
| GOP senator's vote on anything that would in any way make Obama look good | 77 |
| Group that sang the 1962 hit "The Wah Watusi," with "the" | 77 |
| Game that can follow the first part of this puzzle's four longest answers | 77 |
| Group whose hits included "The Glow-Worm" and "Tiger Rag" | 77 |
| Georges who wrote "A Void" (novel without the letter "E") | 77 |
| Group whose 1972 debut album "Can't Buy a Thrill" went platinum | 77 |
| Grunge band whose final album was 1995's "Infrared Riding Hood" | 77 |
| Govt. agcy. whose headquarters house the partially unsolved Kryptos sculpture | 77 |
| Goes on and on about the recent changes in your child's nap schedule, e.g. | 78 |
| Gershon who played a seductive dry cleaner on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" | 78 |
| Grammy winner for Best Female Country Vocal Performance the year before Trisha | 78 |
| Govt. agcy. with a "Whistleblower Protection" section on its website | 78 |
| Girlfriend whose name Jerry thinks is Mulva, in a "Seinfeld" episode | 78 |
| Genre that's so obviously, transcendently bad you have to hear more of it? | 78 |
| Garden outside Jerusalem that was the scene of the agony and betrayal of Jesus | 78 |
| Genuine designer shades (and the department store was charging twice as much!) | 78 |
| Geographical features ... or what the circled squares in this puzzle represent | 78 |
| Golden Ticket finder Mike in "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" | 78 |
| Gp. of which Michael Dukakis was proud to be a "card-carrying member" | 79 |
| Garbo line from "Grand Hotel" (and a hint to this puzzle's theme) | 79 |
| Griffey Jr. who is virtually certain to join the "600 club" this year | 79 |
| Girl's nickname formed by removing the first two letters of its longer form | 79 |
| Group whose "If You Leave" was written for "Pretty in Pink" | 79 |
| Game from IGNPC's Best of E3 2003 Awards (for Best Persistent Online Title) | 79 |
| Gilbert ___, author of "A Void," a 290-page novel without the letter E | 80 |
| Geology class periods [subscribe to the best indie xwords today at avxwords.com] | 80 |
| Guess, in brief (and what's been added to this puzzle's longest answers) | 80 |
| Gambling game whose name spells a gambling town when the first letter is changed | 80 |
| Grp. whose members account for more than 50% of the world's defense spending | 80 |
| Graphic novel whose first section was titled "My Father Bleeds History" | 81 |
| Govern, or word that can follow the first word of the four longest puzzle answers | 81 |
| Gizmo often with five balls that demonstrates conservation of momentum and energy | 81 |
| Genghis's 100%-wooden cousin (as screamed in "Lumberjack Trek II")? | 81 |
| George "Kingfish" Stevens of TV's "Amos 'n' Andy" | 81 |
| Game with the figures "soldier's bed" and "fish in a dish" | 82 |
| Graphic novel whose first volume is subtitled "My Father Bleeds History" | 82 |
| Guy acquires girl's phone number but waits too long to use it; ref signals ... | 82 |
| Golfer who hit "the shot heard 'round the world" at the 1935 Masters | 82 |
| Garlic sauce in Guy Fieri's unfortunate "Tex Wasabi's Fish Tacos" | 83 |
| George who played the title character in the 2004 TV movie "Evel Knievel" | 83 |
| Guest commenter Roger on the 70th Anniversary DVD edition of "Casablanca" | 83 |
| Gilbert (who I was kind of in love with) on "Little House on the Prairie" | 83 |
| Gibby Haynes' band, or the crowd participants who got in my way at the concert? | 83 |
| Group that performs "White & Nerdy" by "Weird Al" Yankovic? | 83 |
| Goo Goo Dolls "I'll do anything you ever dreamed to be complete" song | 83 |
| Grassy ___ (part of Dealey Plaza of interest to Kennedy assassination investigators) | 84 |
| Gather wealth by exploitation ... as hinted at by this puzzle's circled squares? | 84 |
| Girl's name that becomes a boy's name when the last letter moves to the start | 85 |
| Graphic novel subtitled "A Survivor's Tale" that won a Pulitzer in 1992 | 85 |
| Groening character whose theme song was co-written by Michael Jackson (Matt Groening) | 85 |
| Girl's name that begins the lyrics of Neil Diamond's "Solitary Man" | 85 |
| Gilbert and Sullivan character who sings "Under the brave black flag I fly" | 85 |
| Game my dad refused to install on our computer in 1993 because it took up 40 megabytes | 86 |
| Guy de Maupassant novel published in English as "The History of a Scoundrel" | 86 |
| Gridiron players who make "snap" judgments ... or a hint to the puzzle theme | 86 |
| Group dance song with the repeated lyric "that's what it's all about" | 87 |
| Genghis Khan reportedly decided not to conquer India after meeting one on a mountaintop | 87 |