| First word across in the first-ever crossword (1913) and the first of a dozen appearances of the word in this puzzle's grid, written word search-style (left, right, down, and diagonally) ... Can you f | 204 |
| Former UN leader Hammarskjöld [Note: The circled letters comprise a three-word instruction that, when applied to one square in the completed grid, reveals a group who might follow a code of silence] | 201 |
| First name of the Cardinal who made a "mad dash" from first to home in the bottom of the eighth inning of Game 7 of the 1946 World Series | 147 |
| French goose, which you won't find in a vowelless puzzle (I only allowed this entry in the puzzle because Rex Parker used it once - true story) | 147 |
| Film with the line "By the authority vested in me by Kaiser William II, I pronounce you man and wife. Proceed with the execution" | 139 |
| First of three Mets to hit a lead-off home run in a World Series Game 3 (he did it in '69, Garrett in '73, and Dykstra in '86) | 138 |
| First NHL player to win the Art Ross Trophy, Maurice Richard Trophy, Lester B. Pearson Award, and Hart Memorial Trophy in a single season | 137 |
| First name of a civil rights activist who would turn 85 today, and whose adopted last name is a hint to this puzzle's theme | 127 |
| Fashion designer Marc who bought Barry Bonds's 756th home run ball and let the public vote to brand it with an asterisk | 123 |
| Flying by the bookstore, you were caught doing "One Hundred ___" in a "Fifty Shades of Grey" zone... | 120 |
| Food that "did fall on the Israelites most gently, vexing those burdened with meathead pride" (Exodus 17:17)? | 119 |
| French Stewart's response to the category "Write a Number" in an SNL "Celebrity Jeopardy!" skit | 119 |
| French Stewart's response when asked to "write a number" in an SNL "Celebrity Jeopardy!" skit | 117 |
| Former Disney head Michael [This is the 2nd-to-last Ink Well! Continue to solve Ben Tausig puzzles @ avxword.com] | 113 |
| French mathematician Henri whose conjecture was one of the great unsolved problems (until it was cracked in 2003) | 113 |
| Former U.S. Representative Bella who once ran under the slogan "A Woman's Place is in the House" | 110 |
| Football coach who said, "If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?" | 109 |
| First name invented by Jonathan Swift for his paramour, immortalized in his poem "Cadenus and ___" | 108 |
| Flagmaker Ross (and, starting on the T, an 11-word quote that "runs" diagonally through the grid) | 107 |
| Feather duster's gay best friend in "Beauty and the Beast," as portrayed by Harvey Fierstein? | 107 |
| Female character who sings "Typically English" in "Stop the World - I Want To Get Off" | 106 |
| French novelist Robert ___, upon whose work the 1973 thriller "The Day of the Dolphin" is based | 105 |
| Football player-turned politician whose autobiography is titled "What Color Is a Conservative?" | 105 |
| Francis Mulcahy: "What do you shout as a warning in golf?" Radar O'Reilly: "___" | 104 |
| Family get-together or, alternately, destroy the career of the co-producer of "Achtung Baby"? | 103 |
| Fictional hero whose first words are "I was born in the Year 1632, in the City of York ..." | 101 |
| Former editorial page editor of The Washington Post and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for Newsweek | 101 |
| First part of an erroneous "Christian Science Monitor" headline published on April 15, 1912 | 101 |
| First name of the only two-time Super Bowl MVP who, both times, beat another two-time Super Bowl MVP | 100 |
| Football Hall of Famer Carl who was a member of the Vikings' Purple People Eaters defensive line | 100 |
| Frequent contestant on the "Saturday Night Live" spoof of "Celebrity Jeopardy!" | 99 |
| Failed school curriculum that was the subject of the 1973 book "Why Johnny Can't Add" | 99 |
| Film that lost out to "Places in the Heart" for the 1984 Best Original Screenplay Oscar | 97 |
| Female lab assistant who went for a "roll in the hay" in "Young Frankenstein" | 97 |
| Flowers that materialize above Magrathea, in "The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy" | 97 |
| Fantastically pretentious former nickname for one of the few musicians who could get away with it | 97 |
| Film character who says "I hate everything you say, but not enough to kill you for it" | 96 |
| Familiar name of a Virginia sculpture based on a Pulitzer-winning picture taken by Joe Rosenthal | 96 |
| Familiarly, nutritious trio found twice in this puzzle—one trio is hidden in certain corners | 96 |
| Fish dish served with lemon and pepper, simmered in pretty hate and dissonant synthesizer lines? | 96 |
| Family doctor's specialty, or the short-term experience you'll get solving this puzzle? | 95 |
| Fictional band who sang "Can't Buy Me Lunch" and "All You Need Is Cash" | 95 |
| Fictional corporation that supplied rocket-powered roller skates and jet-propelled pogo sticks | 94 |
| Former Yankee Aaron whose 2003 ALCS Game 7 homer extended the "Curse of the Bambino" | 94 |
| Film in which the title character says "I don't permit the suffering—you do" | 94 |
| Fortuitous point in the Showcase Showdown to land on $1.00, on "The Price Is Right"? | 94 |
| Fortune magazine named it "America's Most Innovative Company" from 1996 to 2000 | 93 |
| For example, any of the women who claimed to have had sex for money with Sen. Robert MenendeZ | 93 |
| For our Mixed-Up Lit class, you'll have to read "Charlotte Brontë" by ___... | 93 |
| Fashion rule for the liberated ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle | 93 |
| Fictional character who says "I now prophesy that I will dismember my dismemberer" | 92 |
| Find new work - or what you must do to get the three theme entries' names in this puzzle | 92 |
| Former Buccaneer whose dismissal was named 2003's worst sports event by "Time" | 92 |
| First British group since the Beatles to have two albums in the U.S. top 10 at the same time | 92 |
| First name of a former president ... or, read another way, what each of the circled lines is | 92 |
| First baseman Mientkiewicz who caught the final out of the 2004 Boston World Series victory | 91 |
| From 1988 to 1999, a record 856 consecutive games were played in Dodger Stadium without one | 91 |
| Film character who says "I promise teach karate. That my part. You promise learn" | 91 |
| First words of the title of Sue Grafton's as-yet-unwritten 24th Kinsey Millhone mystery | 91 |
| Fire-breathing monster with a lion's head, a goat's body, and a serpent's tail | 90 |
| First female singer to have three different singles in Billboard's Top 10 at one time | 89 |
| Fictional character whose name the Beastie Boys chant in "Rhymin & Stealin" | 89 |
| Family that first appeared in the 1962 children's book "The Big Honey Hunt" | 89 |
| First of 12 popes (just put the Roman numeral in now and get the name from the crossings) | 89 |
| Final attempt to hook up among college students ... or a hint to this puzzle's theme | 88 |
| Film with the tagline "TV the way it was meant to be seen: in a movie theatre" | 88 |
| Four-time Pro Bowl tight end Crumpler whose first name sounds like a microbiology topic | 87 |
| Final (and a word that can precede the first word of this puzzle's longest answers) | 87 |
| Football target, in a lot of "America's Funniest Home Videos" submissions | 87 |
| First celebrity to use his likeness on a video game (albeit his was a primitive square) | 87 |
| Former "Saturday Night Live" cast member Bill who played the character Stefon | 87 |
| Fictional character who says "I have measured out my life with coffee spoons" | 87 |
| From a star in "A Guide for the Married Man" to a telegrapher's language? | 87 |
| First publisher of Hunter S. Thompson's "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" | 86 |
| Fast-food chain that peddles a 1,010-calorie Six Dollar Super Bacon Cheese Thickburger | 86 |
| Former U.S. Open champ Chris's answer to "Who'll be tops this year?" | 86 |
| For whose benefit "the quality of mercy is not strain'd" in Shakespeare | 85 |
| Former Dodgers third baseman whom Chris Berman nicknamed "Born in the U.S." | 85 |
| Fantasy title character whose name is one letter different from the creature he rides | 85 |
| Fisher who plays "Mytle Wilson" in 2013's "The Great Gatsby" | 84 |
| First person to win a Smarties Prize, for children's books, three years in a row | 84 |
| French politician ___ de Silhouette, from whom the word "silhouette" comes | 84 |
| Former L.A. Ram who holds the N.F.L. record for most receiving yards in a game (336) | 84 |
| Fixed as a target ... or a hint to four pairs of intersecting answers in this puzzle | 84 |
| Fictional board game that warns "Do not begin unless you intend to finish" | 84 |
| Former Prince percussionist/singer who had a 1984 hit "The Glamorous Life" | 84 |
| Film character who says "Named must your fear be before banish it you can" | 84 |
| Fictional pitchman whom Michael Dukakis likened to George H.W. Bush during a debate | 83 |
| Former senator for whom Georgia Tech's School of International Affairs is named | 83 |
| Fundraisers where Federer and Nadal sell Rice Krispies Treats and upside-down cake? | 83 |
| Foodie who's the "Lady" of the Lady & Sons restaurant in Savannah | 83 |
| Fictional parrot type featured in Monty Python's "dead parrot sketch" | 83 |
| French prophet whose predictions are often shoehorned into describing modern events | 83 |
| First tennis player to simultaneously hold Grand Slams on clay, grass and hardcourt | 83 |
| Fastest ocean liner ever in a transatlantic crossing (3 days, 12 hours, 12 minutes) | 83 |
| Food brand that was the sole sponsor of the first "60 Minutes" broadcast | 82 |
| Fashion runway, or, in a way, what this puzzle's 10 perimeter answers comprise | 82 |
| First name associated with Christmas, from the Hebrew for "rock of help" | 82 |
| Finnish pentathlete Lehtonen who won back-to-back Olympic gold medals in the 1920s | 82 |
| Figs. that always seem to get pushed back when you're in a rush at the airport | 82 |