| A+ or C |
9 |
| A crankshaft drives it |
22 |
| Added a triangular insert |
25 |
| Archaeologist's achievements |
28 |
| Admits to wrongdoing |
20 |
| Aladdin's hat |
13 |
| Advertising catchword |
21 |
| Agency featured in "Third Watch" (abbr.) |
40 |
| After dusk, poetically |
22 |
| Actor Buddy |
11 |
| Ancient court official who got his job because he could be trusted around women |
79 |
| Airport terminal figs. |
22 |
| Anglo-Saxon laborers |
20 |
| Antarctic observatory mount |
27 |
| Ancient explorer |
16 |
| A unit of geological time |
25 |
| Advanced degrees for painters, sculptors, etc. |
46 |
| After-school punishment |
23 |
| Abel, vis-à-vis Adam: Abbr. |
28 |
| Airport workers newspaper?' |
27 |
| Amateurish artist |
17 |
| Agatha Christie or Margot Fonteyn, e.g. |
39 |
| After-dinner coffee choices, often |
34 |
| A merry heart ___ good like a medicine" (Proverbs 17:22) |
56 |
| Add highlights to, at a salon |
29 |
| Angelic sort |
12 |
| All That Remains "This ___ my beliefs |
37 |
| Author who was once Claudia Johnson's press secretary |
53 |
| Aladdin's transportation |
24 |
| Acoustically, it affects treble but not bass |
44 |
| Aromatic alcoholic drink |
24 |
| Active Ecuadorean volcano whose name means "Smooth neck of the moon |
67 |
| A couple CBS spinoffs |
21 |
| A discovery in 1492 |
19 |
| Again, in musical notation |
26 |
| Antonym for zesty |
17 |
| Accounting department employees |
31 |
| Adipose tissue |
14 |
| American Idol" Lambert |
22 |
| Allergy reaction |
16 |
| Amtrak's "bullet train |
22 |
| Anne Nichols' hero. |
19 |
| Actor in "The Four Seasons |
26 |
| Alias preceder |
14 |
| Accomplice of sorts |
19 |
| A long, long time ___ ..." ("American Pie" opening line) |
56 |
| Accursed white whale" pursuer |
29 |
| Albatross slayer |
16 |
| Amaretto ingredients |
20 |
| A self-help dining experience |
29 |
| Author credited on many old poems |
33 |
| A seemingly endless series |
26 |
| Ancient vase handles |
20 |
| Aides to execs. |
15 |
| Accessory with a morning coat |
29 |
| Architectural frames |
20 |
| Acknowledgment from Gen. Montgomery? |
36 |
| Alphabet ender, somewhere |
25 |
| Ardently eager |
14 |
| Accepts reality |
15 |
| Advocate for seniors |
20 |
| Academy attendees |
17 |
| Anderson Cooper in the late 1980s, e.g. |
39 |
| A "swish" misses it? |
20 |
| Active intro? |
13 |
| A teammate of Jackie Robinson |
29 |
| Actors' gigs |
12 |
| Abu Dhabi's nation, initially |
29 |
| Agitated symptom of nerves |
26 |
| Angering Miss Manners |
21 |
| Anatomical knots |
16 |
| Alaska ZIP code starter |
23 |
| Amphibians that may have toxic skin |
35 |
| Ancient potion of forgetfulness |
31 |
| Accelerator bits |
16 |
| Ancient Andes dweller |
21 |
| Activist Blades who co-founded moveon.org |
41 |
| A very small quantity. |
22 |
| Abandoned, and a description of one of this puzzle's circled words |
66 |
| African jungle predators |
24 |
| A Milli" rapper who's actually 34, despite his name: 2 wds. |
59 |
| Ancient musicmakers |
19 |
| Ah Sin" co-dramatist |
20 |
| Apocalypse quartet |
18 |
| A bunch of |
10 |
| Activity for debaters or dicers |
31 |
| Ad men's avenue |
15 |
| Actress Kunis of "Friends With Benefits |
39 |
| Amounts of gas, abbr. |
22 |
| An officer below a lt. |
22 |
| A.k.a. Saki |
11 |
| A final defender |
16 |
| Amused looks |
12 |
| Alejandro" singer, casually |
27 |
| Alternative to a conventional mortgage |
38 |
| Acrobatic feats |
15 |
| Admiral's pride |
15 |
| Actor Jannings, or a citrus fruit in reverse |
44 |
| Austen opus |
11 |
| Adversary of Bugs |
17 |