| John/Rice musical |
| 2008/2012 campaign portmanteau |
| Horoscope writer |
| Creatively-censored 4/28/10 New York Post headline about the foul-mouthed Senate/Wall Street hearings |
| And I only am escaped alone to tell thee" writer |
| 1979 Caine/Ustinov film |
| ABA/NBA star with more than 30,000 points |
| English comedian (1925-1992) |
| James Bond film, to a letter writer? |
| Romance writer Ahlers |
| Baltimore specialty / Effortless task / Move on all fours with the belly up |
| A poetry form/With seventeen syllables/And only three lines |
| Award for mystery writers |
| Actor/singer Jared |
| Native American tribesman in a 1992 Daniel Day-Lewis/Madeleine Stowe film |
| American Pastoral" Pulitzer-winning writer |
| Uncle ___ (comedian Berle's nickname in the 1950s) |
| Baseball/football Hall-of-Famer Hubbard |
| Uplifting remake of a 1964 Audrey Hepburn/Rex Harrison film? |
| Video game that comes out today (9/9/09), whose songs/levels are referenced in this puzzle, with "The |
| A-list screenwriter (and crossword fan) who won an Oscar for "Schindler's List," Steven ___ |
| Career decision for a referee/lawyer? |
| Death in the Desert" writer, 1930 |
| Annoying obligations / "No need to check" [split] |
| A People's History of the United States" writer Howard |
| Acid/alcohol compound |
| Actor/comedian Brian __-Murray |
| Before: taking some off the top? / after: craft involving tiny objects |
| Gone With the Wind" (1964)/"Avatar" (today) |
| Combined Latin/Jamaican/hip-hop genre |