| Tyrone Power film remake with the line "This mask is really itchy"? | 77 |
| Type of worker theorized to have built the Death Star, according to a "Clerks" bit | 92 |
| Type of waveform that gets its name from its resemblance to the serrations on a woodworker's cutting tool | 109 |
| Type of gear on which the letters in this puzzle's nine theme squares are arrayed | 85 |
| Type of collarless shirt that shares a name with an English regatta town | 72 |
| Tycoon who was reputedly the first person in New York City to own an automobile | 79 |
| Tycoon who said "A lasting relationship with a woman is only possible if you are a business failure" | 110 |
| Two-time Oscar winner whose identity is "mistaken" in five puzzle answers | 83 |
| Two-part David Bowie song from "Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps)" | 76 |
| Two-headed, three-armed President in the books referenced in this puzzle's theme | 84 |
| Two great genres that for some inexplicable reason don't go well together | 77 |
| Two features of being tormented with endless replayings of "Dear God"? | 80 |
| Twins player with the team's all-time highest single-season batting average (.388 in 1977) | 94 |
| Twice Oscar-nominated actress for "Camille Claudel" and "The Story of Adele H." | 99 |
| TV theme composer Hagen (he's also the one whistling at the start of "The Andy Griffith Show") | 108 |
| TV star who directed the 1999 documentary "Barenaked in America" | 74 |
| TV sketch comedy set in the "city where young people go to retire" | 76 |
| TV show with the tagline "Sometimes you have to play with fire" | 73 |
| TV show with the catchphrase "I love it when a plan comes together," with "The" | 99 |
| TV show with episodes titled "Viva Las Vegas" and "What's Eating Gilbert Grissom?" | 106 |
| TV show whose working title was "Please Stand By" (and what you'll have to cross 18 times when solving this puzzle) | 129 |
| TV show that was pitched as "a High School Musical for adults" | 72 |
| TV show that gave us the classic line "I love it when a plan comes together," with "The" | 108 |
| TV show that debuted on 11/3/93 (and start of a parent's distressed cry?) | 77 |
| TV show on which Freddy "Boom Boom" Cannon holds the record for most appearances with 110 | 99 |
| TV show inspired by the 1975 New York magazine article "Night-Shifting for the Hip Fleet" | 99 |
| TV show in which a "Jackass" star meets "The Simple Life"? | 78 |
| TV series whose theme song is "I'm a Survivor" (sung by the star) | 79 |
| TV series whose fourth season had the subtitle "No Corner Left Behind" | 80 |
| TV series whose finale was titled "The Truth," with "The" | 77 |
| TV series that originally had the redundant "Navy" in its title for the first season | 94 |
| TV prog. that became the most Primetime Emmy-nominated show of all time in 2010 | 79 |
| TV procedural that's had some episodes directed by Quentin Tarantino | 72 |
| TV neighbor who said "I'm out there, Jerry, and I'm loving every minute of it!" | 97 |
| TV Judge who said: "If I could fine you for stupid, I would fine you for stupid" | 90 |
| TV jargon term for Seinfeld's "The Chinese Restaurant" and others, in which all of the action takes place on a single set with only a few characters | 162 |
| TV interviewer who called astronaut "Buzz" Aldrin "Buzz Lightyear" | 86 |
| TV host/singer roomies' mailbox label that sounds like a vital sign? | 72 |
| TV host whose first name is spelled by the first and last letters of his surname | 80 |
| TV host who told viewers "Look that up in your Funk & Wagnalls!" | 78 |
| TV father of Anoop, Uma, Nabendu, Poonam, Priya, Sandeep, Sashi, and Gheet | 74 |
| TV character who was a role model to the first African-American female astronaut Mae Jemison | 92 |
| TV character who says "It's 1 a.m. Better go home and spend some quality time with the kids" | 106 |
| TV character who says "I didn't think it was physically possible, but this both sucks and blows" | 110 |
| TV character who says "Captain, you almost make me believe in luck" | 77 |
| TV character who said "I wasn't known on Melmac as the whiz kid for my scholastic ability" | 104 |
| TV character who said "Him a beauty. Like mountain with snow - silver-white" | 86 |
| TV character who came out of the closet in "The Puppy Episode" | 72 |
| TV character who addresses a golf ball by saying "Hello, ball!" | 73 |
| TV character who "will never speak unless he has something to say" | 76 |
| Turow memoir subtitled "The Turbulent True Story of a First Year at Harvard Law School" | 97 |
| Tunnel effect created by blowing air through a line of empty-headed participants? | 81 |
| Tune also known as "It's in His Kiss" (with "The") | 74 |
| Tuna that isn't actually a sushi fish, as I recently clued it (sorry) | 73 |
| Tuesday: Iggy serves up medley of national anthems when asked to play ... | 73 |
| Tubful Roger Daltrey lounged in on the cover of "The Who Sell Out" | 76 |
| Trumpeter and bandleader who was called "The Round Mound of Sound" | 76 |
| Trump who authored "The Best Is Yet to Come: Coping with Divorce and Enjoying Life Again" | 99 |
| Tropical insect whose name is the last word in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary | 87 |
| Triple-platinum Gloria Estefan album with "Rhythm Is Gonna Get You" | 77 |
| Triple Crown winner whose sire, Gallant Fox, was also a Triple Crown winner | 75 |
| trickyman: y0 im not a cr00k / uspubl200mil : cough bs / trickyman: ok i give up | 81 |
| TriBeCa restaurant in "Bright Lights, Big City," with "the" | 79 |
| Triatomic gas in a thinning layer ... and, symbolically, what appears in this puzzle's four longest answers | 111 |
| Trial for a car [NOTE: My online solve-at-home crossword contest is TODAY AT 3 P.M. ET (Sunday, 9/30/12). First prize is $2,500. For details, visit www.alzfdn.org.] | 165 |
| Trent who resigned from the Senate two days before his brother-in-law was indicted | 82 |
| Trendy cosmetic ingredient traditionally produced using nut-eating goats | 72 |
| TREASURE HUNT STEP 5: Read these (starting east) ... and congratulations! | 73 |
| Travis who sang "Here's a Quarter (Call Someone Who Cares)" | 73 |
| Travel organization with the slogan "Adventures in lifelong learning" | 79 |
| Transvestite Maxwell with a Martha Stewart-like show on the Style Network | 73 |
| Transport in an action-packed "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom" scene | 84 |
| Transmission with the heading: "FROM: THE GREATEST PITCHER EVER"? | 75 |
| Transit vehicle through which the crime was "witnessed" in "12 Angry Men" | 93 |
| Trains, in a way, and the key to 18 of this puzzle's black squares. (Ones that begin with the keyword are asterisked. The others are for you to discover.) | 158 |
| Training site for certain WWII airmen, first African American fighter pilots | 76 |
| Traffic safety pioneer (and inventor of the one-way street), William P. ___ | 75 |
| Traffic cop's answer upon being asked "Describe your job"? [1975] | 79 |
| Trading center (or the start of a lifestyle arbiter's split personality) | 76 |
| Trademarked name for the product of a Morristown, New Jersey animal training program | 84 |
| Tracy Chapman: "You've got a ___, I want a ticket to anywhere" | 76 |
| Toy that "Log" was a parody of, on "Ren & Stimpy" | 73 |
| Town on the SE tip of Italy that's the title setting for a Horace Walpole novel | 83 |
| Total value of the symbols created by the special crossings in this puzzle | 74 |
| Topic of a classic 1940s comedy routine, and the inspiration of this puzzle | 75 |
| Top-grossing concert act of 1989, '94 and '05, with "the" | 75 |
| Tools for ESP researchers (whose symbols are found at the ends of the answers to the five asterisked clues) | 107 |
| Tony-winning playwright for "Art" and "God of Carnage" | 74 |
| Tony-winning director of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" | 85 |
| Tony winner for her Daisy Mae portrayal in "Li'l Abner" (1956) | 76 |
| Tony winner between "A Chorus Line" and "Ain't Misbehavin'" | 87 |
| Tony Nelson: "What's another word for 'toilet'?" Jeannie: "___" | 95 |
| Tone-Loc and Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, e.g. ... or how this puzzle's theme entries might be described? | 112 |
| Tom's costar in "Days of Thunder," "Far and Away," and "Eyes Wide Shut" | 105 |
| Tom ___, Vito's adopted son and consigliere in "The Godfather" | 76 |
| Toiletry product whose slogan once began "Don't be half-safe" | 75 |
| Todd who wrote the children's bestseller "The Thankful Book" | 74 |
| Todd Snider "Conservative Christian, Right-Wing, Republican, Straight, White American ___" | 100 |
| Today, to Caesar—and a hint to the hidden word appearing in this puzzle 15 times (including the one in this answer) | 119 |
| Today, I tried to put a self-effacing three-letter acronym inside each theme entry. Turns out it works in any order except the one I want. ___ | 142 |