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Like something deep fried vis-a-vis something oven broiled, say 63
"The Handmaid's Tale" novelist Margaret 53
Sports great seen on "Dancing with the Stars" 55
Willy ___ (only post-WWII German winner of the Nobel Peace Prize) 65
"Assassination on Christmas ___" Archers of Loaf 58
"Shall I compare __ to a summer's day?": Shakespeare 66
"I'm smarter than the average ..." speaker 56
Like the perfect working relationship of lazy, lusty, greedy people? 68
Violent Femmes "I ___ before I had two feet" 54
Subject of Filippino Lippi's "Allegory of Music" 62
" . . . the ___ evidently coming in": Macaulay 56
Character debuting in 1710 as a Chinese ne'er-do-well 57
Word before "chi" and after "mai" 53
Having only the upper part showing, as a heraldic beast 55
'I come from -- down under' (1981 hit song lyric) 57
Annual "Movie Yearbook" author since the 1990s 56
Wordsworth's "Intimations of Immortality," e.g. 61
Word that can precede the answer to each starred clue 53
"Approximately Infinite Universe" musician 52
W.C.'s costar in ''My Little Chickadee'' 60
Barbara Stanwyck feature with a Dustin Hoffman short 52
He was Samwise Gamgee in "The Lord of the Rings" 58
Its motto is Latin for "Always prepared": Abbr. 57
"King Lear" and "Othello" have them 55
Setting for David's "The Death of Marat" 54
1980s show set to become a 2008 movie (with "The") 60
Classical subject of a Velázquez painting in the Prado 57
Pasta name that's Italian for "quills" 52
Site of the Otter River State Forest, gazetteer-style 53
Tennis player who won five consecutive Wimbledon championships 62
Rhyme runaway, and how this puzzle's theme answers are formed? 66
Rapper behind the 2012 "Gangnam Style" YouTube sensation 66
"___ geht's?" (German "How are you?") 61
"Gimme ___" (1998 Busta Rhymes" song) 52
Exclamation written in scripts as "(annoyed grunt)" 61
The holiest of poker hands? (You screaming convicts can relax) 62
Hank who voices Moe Szyslak on "The Simpsons" 55
''Le surréalisme, c'est moi'' speaker 60
U.S.S. ___, first battleship to become a state shrine 53
Brian Eno "Small Craft on a Milk Sea" collaborator Abrahams 69
Gift from a clueless uncle (really, you shouldn't have) 59
French inventor Lenoir who invented the internal combustion engine 66
Grammy-nominated "Indestructible" Disturbed song 58
Billy Idol "If I should stumble, ___ my fall" 55
Lift that works many of the same muscles as a handstand push-up 63
Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" is one 54
The rest of the U.S., to Hawaiians (with "the") 57
"Once I had ... love and it was __": Blondie lyric 60
Judge who heard "If it doesn't fit, you must acquit" 66
"(What's the Story) Morning Glory" band 53
Longtime Greenwich Village music venue, with "the" 60
'90s video store mantra, "Be kind, ___" 53
Vinick portrayer on ''The West Wing'' 53
Director Boll of 2005's "Alone in the Dark" 57
2002 film "Divine Secrets of the ___ Sisterhood" 58
It's easy to do....well, it's just easy to do 53
Water brand that's an insult to the buyer when spelled backwards 68
Phrase often followed with "it's nothing" 55
Cape ___, Wash. (westernmost point in the contiguous 48 states) 63
Rapper spoofed in the South Park episode "Fishsticks" 63
Command to opium plants that they leave the Flower Kingdom? 59
Coaches who give pointers to hurlers? (trade 3 and 8) 53
Bebe's "Frasier" and "Cheers" role 58
Singer in the John Wayne film "The Longest Day" 57
Stop on Magellan's circumnavigation of the world 52
Family of George's fiancée on "Seinfeld" 57
"Now That's What ___ Music!" (pop compilation series) 67
"With the jawbone of an ___ ..." (Judges 15:16) 57
Manager who managed the Mets, Braves, Cardinals, Yankees and Dodgers 68
"I Hate Myself for Loving You" singer Joan 52
Initial hurdles for those who want to join the Supremes? 56
''Jake's Thing'' author Kingsley 52
"No time to wallow in the ___" (Doors lyric) 55
Gary of "Forrest Gump" and "CSI: NY" 56
Location of London's "Speakers' Corner" 57
Lancaster's "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" role 60
"A whole new world of baking ... in a box!" sloganeer, once 69
Defense strategy that's not an option in some states 56
"... to your beauteous blessings ___ curse": Shak. 60
“The ___ Ascending” (Ralph Vaughan Williams composition) 64
To whom Polonius says "To thine own self be true" 59
It was known as the Blue Sea during the reign of Peter the Great 64
Religious affiliation of John Adams and William Howard Taft 59
''To ___ their golden eyes'' (Shakespeare) 58
"The cause and solution to all of life's problems" 64
Suffix with ''old'' or ''spin'' 63
Group whose tours always have a really quiet crowd: Abbr. 57
Letters given in the bonus round of "Wheel of Fortune" 64
Native of the largest of the central Ryukyu Islands 54
"Greatest Love ___" (#1 Whitney Houston song) 55
Northwest college town where "Animal House" was filmed 64
Status honored during the diagonal occasion, in April 53
2003 prequel subtitled "When Harry Met Lloyd" 55
Guesses "true" when the answer is "false" 61
William Phelps ___ (creator of modern-day traffic laws) 55
1985 National Association of Broadcasters Hall of Fame inductee 63
"No ---" (menu phrase in certain restaurants) 55
Gift from a clueless grandmother (really, you shouldn't have) 65
"House of the Long Shadows" actor Christopher 55
Hank Schrader's org. on "Breaking Bad" 52