Clues

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''When ___ fly!'' (''It'll never happen'') 78
Male protagonist in William Inge's "Good Luck, Miss Wyckoff" 74
2014 NBC comedy starring David Walton ... and a hint to the puzzle theme which is ___ 85
"Captain Phillips" Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominee Barkhad ___ 76
"Merry Christmas" is "Gojan Kristnaskon kaj felican novan jaron" in it 90
Mascot for a soup vendor, or a soda company's expansion into selling drugs? 79
Word with ''queen,'' ''oyster'' or ''flower'' 93
"Imaginary" number in a game show skit on the BBC's "That Mitchell and Webb Look" 105
James with the ironically titled "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" 73
Country singer with the #1 album and single "Killin' Time" [New Hampshire] 88
Someone who isn't going to have a Four Loko and salvia cocktail before planking, obviously! 95
Artist with the #1 albums "Relapse" (2009) and "Recovery" (2010) 84
Waitress: "In other words, the One-Two ___. Comin' right up." 75
Popular 1980s arcade game where one had to fence off a supermajority of the screen 82
"So why on earth should ___ ..." (line from "A Hard Day's Night") 89
Washed-up-but-still-nominally-entertaining "Dogg After Dark" host, casually 85
Period that ends Nov. 3rd, requiring a shift, and letters that shift in this puzzle's theme entries 103
"The White Album" song with several references to other Beatles recordings 84
Start of an Einstein quote that holds true when solving clever crosswords 73
Geology class periods [subscribe to the best indie xwords today at avxwords.com] 80
Bend to go through a doorway, say ... or what may be in front of the door 73
CUTE, NAUGHTY vegetarian seeks female for fuzzy times in underground digs. Large family not a problem ... 105
Petty: "Me and ___ were singing, 'Little Runaway' ..." 72
Bear: sp. (I'm not even going to dignify this crap fill with a clever clue) 79
Redistributionist's catchphrase ... or a hint to the words formed by the circled letters 92
Rock song with the lyric "A big-legged woman ain't got no soul" 77
Google Easter egg game wherein a pack of O's devours your search results 76
Song performed by U2 at Live Aid in 1985, and a single for Michael Jackson in 1987 82
Lying in the mud during a freezing storm, in "The Divine Comedy"? 75
Actress Seydoux of the 2013 Palme d'Or winner "Blue Is the Warmest Color" 87
2005 Black Eyed Peas hit that Pitchfork called "so monumentally vacuous, slapped together and tossed-off that it truly tests the definition of 'song.'" 169
1978 King novel rereleased in a "Complete and uncut" version in 1990 78
"Play it again, ___" (famous line never actually said in "Casablanca") 90
Brit's ending to the song "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" 74
Don't toss out that pile of OLD MAGAZINES; recycle them into a ___, perfect for keeping your beer clean at the beach 120
Author Andreyev, called "The Edgar Allan Poe of Russian Literature" 77
Poe poem that ends "From grief and groan to a golden throne beside the King of Heaven" 96
Actress Torpey who was on "One Life to Live" for over a decade 72
In Search Of: Southeast Asian boyfriend; maybe you can work out as my ___ 73
Group dance song with the repeated lyric "that's what it's all about" 87
Animated skunk Le Pew [get the 2013 rate at avxwords.com while it lasts - sign up now] 86
Deg. of the professional who may instruct you to do the last words of the four longest puzzle answers 101
"All In: The Education of General David Petraeus" author Broadwell 76
Prefix that, with "gram," describes names like Vivian Darkbloom and Mr. Mojo RisiN' 97
Farrah Fawcett played her in "The Great American Beauty Contest" 74
"21. I have a tough time listening to ___ in front of women ('Ready To Die' is too misogynist)" 113
Shakespeare villain who says "I will wear my heart upon my sleeve" 76
"... 'Tis a pageant / To keep __ false gaze": "Othello" 79
Explanatory information about this puzzle is revealed by reading these in the clues 83
"'Tis best to weigh the ___ more mighty than he seems": Shakespeare 81
Bill Barber played it on Miles Davis' "Birth of the Cool" album 77
"Remember to look __ the stars and not down at your feet": Hawking 76
Nearing the TV station billboard, you did "77 ___" where the sign said "60 Minutes"... 106
"___ Declassified School Survival Guide" (former Nickelodeon sitcom) 78
"Here Come the ___" (Abbott and Costello film set at a girls' school) 83
"I Was ___" (Alanis Morissette song on the album "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie") 106
Organization whose members are at least halfway toward becoming centenarians 76
Elvis standard that begins "Bright light city gonna set my soul / Gonna set my soul on fire" 102
An arachnid that sucks the juices of its prey was named after this author 73
"In ___" (jokey postscript tacked onto fortune cookie messages) 73
"My Heart Can't Take ___ More" (1963 single by the Supremes) 74
Novelist Elinor who coined the "It girl" nickname for Clara Bow 73
"Wordplay" director Patrick Creadon's documentary about debt 74
Pop star releasing her first Spanish language record this year, familiarly 74
Words to a kidder, and a hint to how this puzzle's five longest answers were created 88
"Required reading for all 'Purple Rain' fans who think their idol is too goody-goody" 103
It's featured in the Marx Brothers' "A Night at the Opera" 76
U.S. stealth bomber (usually written with a numeral, but how about a little creative license?) 94
"You can't spell 'elite' without ___" (Super Bowl XLVI aphorism) 86
Don't do this, even if I'm an unruly student at a political forum 73
Poem featuring the line “Sunset and evening star / And one clear call for me!” 86
Beatty who voiced Lots-O'-Huggin' Bear in "Toy Story 3" 73
Where "the nights are stronger than moonshine," per America (1972) 76
"Is she not down so late, ___ so early?": "Romeo and Juliet" 80
End of a nursery rhyme, or the fate of this puzzle's other three long answers 81
Varnish component that gets its name from the Latin for "garlic" 74
On second thought, make it a goofball comedy: "The Good Earth..." 75
Sch. whose women's basketball team is currently on a 76-game winning streak 79
Girlfriend whose name Jerry thinks is Mulva, in a "Seinfeld" episode 78
"American Top 40" host (and the voice of Shaggy on "Scooby-Doo") 84
Winner of a 2008 Pulitzer Prize Special Citation for his "profound impact on popular music and American culture" 122
"Let's see who can prepare for their colonoscopy first," et al.? 78
Ratt "Feel the heat of the rhythm. Feel the heat of my hand. ___" 75
Answer to the old riddle "What lies flat when empty, sits up when full?" 82
It's depicted by a cello melody in "The Carnival of the Animals" 78
Lindsay nominated for two "Worst Actress" Razzie Awards in 2007 for two roles in the same movie 105
"T-ball is just like baseball, except there's no pitching -- just like the ___" (David Letterman) 111
Texas oil company whose name comes from the Spanish for "treasure" 76
Parody song with the lyric "I always eat too much and throw up" 73
"___ we came forth to rebehold the stars" (last line of Dante's "Inferno") 98
1979 film with the tagline "In space no one can hear you scream" 74
What the tabloids desperately searched for after a noted 2008 pregnancy? 72
Second-greatest player of all time, in a 1997 "Hockey News" vote 74
Political family that probably shouldn't go to their dad for sex advice 75
Morgan who is "too sleepy and self-centered to ever hurt another person," per Tina Fey 96
1970s R&B trio in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, with "the" 74
"The stuff that belongs to the person you just broke up with" (George Carlin) 87
Game my dad refused to install on our computer in 1993 because it took up 40 megabytes 86
Actor who won Emmys for playing the same character on two different shows 73
Ohio's ___ Point, home of the Top Thrill Dragster and Millennium Force roller coasters 90