Clues

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Acquisition of "substantially identical" stocks or securities within 30 days of trading at a loss 107
"Strange to see __ good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody": Pepys 82
His only line in "Clerks" ends in "Most of 'em just cheat on you" 89
First tennis player to win more than a million dollars in a single season 73
Org. with the Sullivan Award for character, leadership and sportsmanship 72
"Futurama" character who grew up in the Cookieville Minimum Security Orphanarium 90
He said "If Attila the Hun were alive today, he'd be a drama critic" 82
Known as "the Impaler," prince who inspired "Dracula" 73
Setting of a 1978 hit song that's "the hottest spot north of Havana" 82
Tubful Roger Daltrey lounged in on the cover of "The Who Sell Out" 76
"___ does not surpass nature, but only brings it to perfection": Cervantes 84
Wu-Tang Clan member who released the classic album "Liquid Swords," 1995 82
He came out of retirement to play Winston Churchill in "Inglorious Basterds" 86
Whom People magazine once named the worldÂ’s “sexiest classical musician” 84
1980s Olympic star with the autobiography "Breaking the Surface" 74
1980 comedy that "makes 'Meatballs' seem like 'Hamlet,'" according to Leonard Maltin 110
Will Smith's son who co-starred with him in "The Pursuit of Happyness" 84
1996 best-seller subtitled "And Other Lessons Children Teach Us" 74
Water-bowl user (or the start of a film and TV actor's split personality) 77
"Holy Diver" rocker Ronnie James who guest-starred on South Park 74
"My Friend ___" (film debut for both Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis) 75
Singer who draws a 13 on her hand before each concert (it's her lucky number) 81
Song sampled on "The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" 86
Type of collarless shirt that shares a name with an English regatta town 72
Early production company for "I Love Lucy" and "Star Trek" 78
Hoe or rake (like one might use to tend plants after losing one's job) 74
Joe DiMaggio's "I'll finally get to see Marilyn," e.g. 72
Feeling literal, the woman with the zoo-going addiction tattooed the word ___ 77
Agcy. whose FAQ page includes "Is there an age limit on claiming my child as a dependent?" 100
Fellow forgets to shave before kissing girlfriend; ref cites him for ... 72
"I couldn't be there--I had to sell my steam press" and others? 77
Keaton, née Hall, who won the Best Actress Oscar for "Annie Hall" 78
Lang. that doesn't really contain that many words for "snow" 74
"If you take the cameras out of the courtroom, then you hide a certain measure of truth from the public" speaker 122
Christopher who wrote "The Berlin Stories," inspiration for the play "I Am a Camera" 104
Spy movie villain who says "East, West, just points of the compass, each as stupid as the other" 106
"Lead the way!", and a phonetic hint to this puzzle's theme 73
Test subject #4 perceives A and C as blue, B and D as orange, 1 and 2 as red; maybe she rides the ... 101
Singer who's the subject of Carl Perkins's "The Whole World Misses You" 89
Reggae song with the lyric "Let's get together and feel all right" 80
22-year-old Stanford graduate who became a pro golfer more than six years ago 77
Japanese breed of dog that figured in O.J.'s "Trial of the Century" 81
Mariano Rivera has had only one in his career (not surprisingly, he struck out) 79
Location of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 87
Trumpeter and bandleader who was called "The Round Mound of Sound" 76
Sigur ___ (Icelandic post-rock band that sings in a fictional language called Hopelandic) 89
''... slithy toves did ___ and gimble'' (''Jabberwocky'') 89
He was on deck when Mookie hit the ball through Bill Buckner's legs to win Game 6 of the 1986 World Series 110
Animated film featuring the voices of Gene Hackman and Sylvester Stallone 73
Game from IGNPC's Best of E3 2003 Awards (for Best Persistent Online Title) 79
"Is Anybody Goin' to San ___?" (1970 #1 country hit for Charley Pride) 84
Actor whose character said "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer" 87
Invention modernized by William Bullock that mangled his leg and led to his death 81
"So his next stop was inevitable: Owlcatraz. He became just another ___." 83
It stands for "Committee for State Security" after translation 72
Patterson who played the title role on TV's "Private Benjamin" 76
31st best film of all time, according to AFI's tenth anniversary edition (with "The") 99
"___ Get Fooled Again" (last song on "Who's Next") 74
It's easy to do with the right connections, hard if you can't find a good hotspot 89
Subject of a documentary subtitled "Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism" 85
Arlen/Mercer song "Blues in the Night ("My Mama Done ___ Me") 76
Beginning of labor, and, in another sense, the beginning of each answer to a starred clue 89
"So much depends / upon / ___ wheel / barrow" (William Carlos Williams) 81
What you might do if you get a dent from someone who slaps your car's hood while crossing the street? 105
Scholars doubt that he ever said "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar" 78
Tatyana of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," or a later role for the Fresh Prince himself 96
Former Yankee Aaron whose 2003 ALCS Game 7 homer extended the "Curse of the Bambino" 94
Reception assistant, or what you might incite if you don't perform mitzvahs? 80
"We'll always have __": Rick, to Ilsa, in "Casablanca" 78
Nancy Reagan's antidrug slogan, and a hint to this puzzle's theme 73
"__ who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it": Santayana 81
English philosopher who wrote "Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins" 75
French politician ___ de Silhouette, from whom the word "silhouette" comes 84
MATURE, FUN-LOVING man, smoker, music lover. Come share a palatial home ... 75
Distance forward in the alphabet that each changed letter in the theme entries has moved 88
Like snide remarks from old Russian despots? (#4 in David Yale's "Pun Enchanted Evenings") 104
"Everyone is ___, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody" (Mark Twain) 93
Words before ''Methuselah'' or ''the hills'' 76
"The Suite Life of Zack & Cody" villain Shickelgrubermeiger (c'mon; I'm sick of the "Casablanca" clues) 135
Actress Beverly who played Patsy Cline in "Coal Miner's Daughter" 79
Lurid 1979 film about John Dillinger's girlfriend, with "The" 75
Michael Jackson "it doesn't matter who's wrong or right" hit 78
"Hoc _____ in votis" ("This was among my wishes"): Horace 77
Earned run average times innings pitched divided by earned runs given up 72
Q: "So, what do you think of words like 'peachy' and 'swell'?"A. "___" 106
The only 1930's boxing champ you need to know for solving crosswords 72
hancox73: gtg, lets dump these mofos / notindians50: hurl the cr8s into the harbor / britzred: wtf?? 102
"Something people learn how to do from a how-to book." "___" 80
Villain who says "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that." 85
Diner owner in the comic strip "Non Sequitur" and wife in the comic strip "Andy Capp" 105
Comedian who was the Peace and Freedom Party's 2012 presidential nominee 76
"From hell's heart I stab at thee; for hate's sake I spit my last breath at thee" speaker 107
Magazine with an annual list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies 73
"We have met the enemy, and they ___ ours": Oliver Hazard Perry 73
Part of his body was famously insured for $100,000 by Lloyd's of London 75
"I got ___ named ..." (start of each verse in "Tutti Frutti") 81
"Lulu," "Louise," "Norma," or "Carmen" 78
"Marry ___: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough" (2010 best-seller) 83
Winner of 2009's Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "Precious" 75
Boston College quarterback with a famous game-ending Hail Mary pass, 11/23/84 77