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"I believe in ___" (opening line of "The Godfather") 72
Reply to "would Madame like fresh pepper on the beef bourguignon?" 76
Spot of "bad intent" in Jethro Tull's "Aqualung" 72
"And what's he then, that says I play the villain?" speaker 73
Company name that becomes another company name if you move its first letter to the end 86
Lady Vols coach Summitt who is the winningest NCAA basketball coach ever 72
They were invented by 15-year-old Chester Greenwood in the winter of 1873 73
Sensible car, perhaps [avxwords.com has premium indie xwords - subscribe today] 79
Bush who was the first Republican to be reelected as Florida's governor 75
Profanely-named song from the Rolling Stones' "Sticky Fingers" 76
"Variety" headline about jazz pianist Peterson's acclaimed TV performance? 88
There's one at the beginning of each of this puzzle's four theme entries 80
"___ not for you to hear what I can speak": "Macbeth" 73
"Listen to Your Heart" singer in the musical "Young Frankenstein" 85
I'm fining you 2000 Flushes after passing the supermarket; in the future, please follow the ___. 100
... using ___: “Lisa loved her little lamb / Its wool was white and waxen” 82
"I cannot tell ___" (admission attributed to a young Washington) 74
"The Night of the Hunter" star--his middle names are Charles Durman! 78
Mascot to improve the image of mining, or a household chemical company's expansion into energy? 99
Kids' programming series that produced "Conjunction Junction" and "I'm Just a Bill" 111
1971 hit with the lyric "He danced for those at minstrel shows" 73
Instrument played on the 2005 White Stripes album "Get Behind Me Satan" 81
Former senator for whom Georgia Tech's School of International Affairs is named 83
Electrodynamics class: B -- “We thankfully skipped the history of the subject and jumped straight into ___” 115
"We're on to you!" (and a hint to how this puzzle's other four longest answers were created) 110
With "The," punk-pop band who sang "Bitchin' Camaro" 76
Giants hurler (2010 champs) / Beach Boys vocalist on "Help Me, Rhonda" (#1 in 1965) 93
1950's doo-wop group with the hit "A Thousand Miles Away," with "the" 93
Valentine's Day gifts that have to go back at the end of the night? (-Guns) 79
"The ___ of Sleep" (1860 Mordecai Cook historical survey on drug use, including marijuana) 100
One famously begins "O Wild West Wind, thou breath of Autumn's being" 83
Rapper with the recent "Illmatic XX" twentieth-anniversary rerelease 78
Word with ''retirement'' or ''graduation'' 74
Group with the 1963 #1 hit "So Much in Love," with "the" 76
One who's called "the Merciful" and "the Compassionate" 79
"___ sunshine, in a bag" (Gorillaz, "Clint Eastwood") 73
"Star Trek" character who famously kissed Captain Kirk in a 1968 "Star Trek" episode 104
Contract in which the parties promise to keep proprietary information secret: abbr. 83
Writer who wrote "A bear, however hard he tries, / Grows tubby without exercise" 90
Some film credits, and the idea behind the eight theme answers in this puzzle 77
He said "Playing golf is like going to a strip joint. After 18 holes youÂ’re tired and most of your balls are missing." 132
"Cupid is a knavish ___": "A Midsummer Night's Dream" 77
"Un ___ Dun" (2007 fantasy novel set in a mirror version of the UK) 77
"Sesame Street" character who sang "Hot N Cold" with Katy Perry 83
Word that can precede each set of circled letters, forming a literal hint for entering certain answers in this puzzle 117
Politician who wrote "The Gift of Rest: Rediscovering the Beauty of the Sabbath" 90
"Catch-22" character described as "a warm-hearted, simple-minded gnome" 91
Chairman you shouldn't carry pictures of if you want to make it with anyone, per Lennon 91
Technology that I guess has outed me as a robot because I always get it wrong 77
Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, familiarly—he holds the NCAA Division I men's basketball record for most wins 113
Inappropriate Neil Diamond single "Girl, You'll Be a Woman ___" 77
“The good news is, I told the professor about your lab contributions and she gave us an A for our assignment on ...” 124
Verne character for whom the International Date Line meant almost everything 76
"And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout" is its penultimate line 96
Brother of Tikki tikki tembo-no sa rembo-chari bari ruchi-pip peri pembo 72
For whom Safire wrote the words "nattering nabobs of negativism" 74
Lord Nelson's famous Trafalgar quote, "England expects that every man will ___" 93
"Yesterday, while washing up in the morning, I nearly choked on a ___" 80
Nanobot's hypothetical ability, and the process that's overtaken this puzzle's theme answers 104
Subject that includes women's suffrage and the Equal Rights Amendment 73
''Skoal'' and ''Here's mud in your eye'' 76
T: Ever audit somebody and find they've overpaid? A: __ (Buddy Holly) 73
Stand-up guy who played Tobias Fünke on "Arrested Development" 75
That guy who shoves his political beliefs on you whether you like it or not, briefly 84
Start of a Bob Dole quip on how he fared the night after losing the 1988 New Hampshire primary 94
___ J. Gaines, who wrote "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" 75
Character in "The Producers" who sings "I Wanna Be a Producer" 82
1963 hit for the Drifters ... or where you can see the ends of the starred answers 82
Language producing ''shampoo'' and ''pajamas'' 78
Word appearing twice after "Boogie" in a 1978 #1 hit's title 74
"I ___ red door and I want it painted black" (Rolling Stones lyrics) 78
Hagen who originated the role of Martha in "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" on Broadway 102
"You won't have ___ to kick around anymore, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference" (1962 quote) 124
"What's playin' at the ___?" ("Guys and Dolls" line) 80
In his first TV appearance, he played Scrooge in a 1962 animated special 72
"Let's ___" (Grammy-winning suggestion from the Black Eyed Peas) 78
Dancer Ailey, in his upstate New York home (as screamed on "Chipmunk Day Afternoon")? 95
Uta who played Martha in the 1962 premiere of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" 93
"At age 12 he started traveling with a fast crowd, which began ___ ..." 81
Show whose opening theme was the Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again" 81
White Queen's response to "I can't remember things before they happen" 88
Village People hit whose title completes the line "It's fun to stay at the ..." 93
Stars of "The Breakfast Club" and "St. Elmo's Fire," collectively 89
Musketeer Salim imagined himself to be, in "Slumdog Millionaire" 74
Only person to win an Oscar and a Razzie for Direction (not for the same movie, however) 88
Shade from the sun that's inserted in this puzzle's theme answers 73
"And I've got one, two, three, four, five ___ working overtime" (XTC lyric) 89
Classic Doors song in which Jim Morrison refers to himself anagrammatically as "Mr. Mojo Risin'" 110
Cosmetics company that has released brands by Faith Hill and Halle Berry 72
Film in which Marv says, "He's only a kid, Harry. We can take him." 81
Speedskater who won the fourth season of "Dancing With the Stars" 75
Real-life opera composer who's a title character in a Rimsky-Korsakov opera 79
Novel that opens "There was no possibility of taking a walk that day" 79
''Feliz ___ Nuevo!'' (''Happy New Year!'') 74
The "me" in "nothing can stop me now," in a 1962 #1 hit 75
“I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family ...” 80
The second blank in the seafood restaurant sign "___ ___ season" 74
Actor with the memoir "Things I've Said, But Probably Shouldn't Have" 87
Island known for having "the wettest spot on Earth" (450+" of rain per year) 91
Game that can follow the first part of this puzzle's four longest answers 77