| Vegan professor at Middle Tennessee State University | 52 |
| Voice type that figures into this puzzle's theme | 52 |
| Van Gogh's ''The Bedroom at __'' | 52 |
| Volcanic stuff that's slowed air traffic of late | 52 |
| Violinist Leopold or his comic-actor grandson Mischa | 52 |
| Viv on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," e.g. | 52 |
| Voice actor Castellaneta of "The Simpsons" | 52 |
| Vision of sugarplums dancing in one's head, e.g. | 52 |
| Verdi's ''___ tu che macchiavi'' | 52 |
| Verdi aria that translates to "It was you" | 52 |
| Volcano described in Virgil's "Aeneid" | 52 |
| Van Gogh painting that set an auction record in 1987 | 52 |
| Venti's equivalent in regular coffeeshops: Abbr. | 52 |
| Victoria Williams' benefit "Sweet ___" | 52 |
| Vanessa the florist in ''Bee Movie'' | 52 |
| Van Gogh's "Starry Night Over the ___" | 52 |
| Vast expanse (and a fitting setting for this puzzle) | 52 |
| Vehicular rescue device trademarked by Hale Products | 52 |
| Vietnamese official who declined a Nobel Peace Prize | 52 |
| Van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece," for one | 52 |
| Vermont tourist town, home to the Trapp Family Lodge | 52 |
| Victim in a 1932 mystery novel, with "the" | 52 |
| Vince Gill's "Tryin' ___ Over You" | 52 |
| Vanessa's "High School Musical" costar | 52 |
| Vinick portrayer in ''The West Wing'' | 53 |
| Vinick portrayer on ''The West Wing'' | 53 |
| Virginia Woolf's "___ of One's Own" | 53 |
| Venetian who explored for England in the 15th century | 53 |
| Van Morrison: "His Band and the Street ___" | 53 |
| Volume that requires lots of preparations to compile? | 53 |
| Vic who sang "On the Street Where You Live" | 53 |
| Vision of sugar-plums dancing in one's head, e.g. | 53 |
| Vice president during Roosevelt's first two terms | 53 |
| Video game whose slogan is "Combat Evolved" | 53 |
| Vowel sound in "phone" and "home" | 53 |
| Virginia Woolf's ''___ Dalloway'' | 53 |
| Video game system that originally came with Duck Hunt | 53 |
| Villa ___, gold-mining center in 19th-century Georgia | 53 |
| Van ___ Boys (gang in a "Seinfeld" episode) | 53 |
| Virginia setting for the Associated Press convention? | 53 |
| Vacuum cleaner-like "Teletubbies" character | 53 |
| Video game that takes place in an Escheresque pyramid | 53 |
| Velvet Underground ode to an ironic English novelist? | 53 |
| Vietnamese holiday that falls in late January in 2009 | 53 |
| Van Gogh's "Letters to His Brother ___" | 53 |
| Von ___ family ("The Sound of Music" group) | 53 |
| Vaughn's co-star in "The Break-Up," 2006 | 54 |
| Verdi's "Ernani! Ernani, involami," e.g. | 54 |
| Vic Morrow's role in "Blackboard Jungle" | 54 |
| Violent Femmes "I ___ before I had two feet" | 54 |
| Vessels seen in "Saving Private Ryan": Abbr. | 54 |
| Viktor Frankl's "___ Search for Meaning" | 54 |
| Vince's costar in "The Wedding Crashers" | 54 |
| Vegetable "ammunition" for a child's toy | 54 |
| Victor of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" | 54 |
| Visual gripper by Stephen King? (with "The") | 54 |
| Volume on permanent display at the Library of Congress | 54 |
| Version of a punching prank for a more refined palate? | 54 |
| Verse often beginning "There once was a ..." | 54 |
| Villainous group in the "Star Wars" universe | 54 |
| Van Halen "Come on baby, finish what ya ___" | 54 |
| Visual deception (with ''l'oeil'') | 54 |
| Video game console whose name sounds like two pronouns | 54 |
| Vigoda who makes frequent "Conan" appearances | 55 |
| Violet Crawley of "Downton Abbey," and others | 55 |
| Virgil described its "roar of frightful ruin" | 55 |
| Van Morrison's '74 album "Veedon ___" | 55 |
| Video game with the subtitle "Combat Evolved" | 55 |
| Vincent van Gogh's "Le ___ de Saint-Paul" | 55 |
| Video game that was an inspiration for "Lost" | 55 |
| Vermont Rep. Bernard ___, Congress's only Socialist | 55 |
| Vowel sound represented by an upside-down "e" | 55 |
| V.S. Naipaul's ''___ in the River'' | 55 |
| Venezuelan statesman known as "El Libertador" | 55 |
| Vincent of "Law & Order: Criminal Intent" | 55 |
| Vehicles propelled by sails over a frozen body of water | 55 |
| Vice president who died on his 96th birthday, 5/16/1920 | 55 |
| Viral video in which a defendant gets a light sentence? | 55 |
| Vehicle that can sleep nearly a dozen college students? | 55 |
| Van Gogh's "Letters to His Brother _____" | 55 |
| Visitors get a rise out of this White House attraction? | 55 |
| Vocalist on "Pool It!" and "Justus" | 55 |
| Villain in the fourth highest-grossing film of all time | 55 |
| Verdi's "E il sol dell'anima," for one | 56 |
| Violinist's item, or what she might do after playing | 56 |
| Vacationer's favorite '70s album by The Trammps? | 56 |
| Verdi's "Fu la sorte dell' armi," e.g. | 56 |
| Velvet's older sister in "National Velvet" | 56 |
| Van Gogh's technique in "The Starry Night" | 56 |
| Vardalos of ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' | 56 |
| Val-d'___ (French départment named after a river) | 56 |
| Voice actress on Fox's "Sit Down, Shut Up" | 56 |
| Violation of the first and second laws of thermodynamics | 56 |
| Ventura County town who name means "the river" | 56 |
| Vice President Biden installed by the Shadow Government? | 56 |
| Venue for the Not Ready for Prime Time Players, in brief | 56 |
| Variety of music that almost purposely avoids mainstream | 56 |
| Villagers in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" | 56 |
| Vice president who dueled with Alexander Hamilton in 1804 | 57 |
| Video game company parodied in "Wreck-It Ralph" | 57 |