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Artist and chess player who said "While all artists are not chess players, all chess players are artists" 115
Army post merged with McGuire AFB and Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst 77
About 2.6 times the square of the length of one side, for a regular hexagon 75
Alec who starred in "The Ladykillers" and "The Prisoner" 76
Author who said "When the rich wage war, it's the poor who die" 77
Actor who played Hamlet in a 1964 production deliberately staged to look like a rehearsal 89
A1: "... for ___ a sensitive document from the Something-or-other Embassy in Copenhagen." 99
Alan who played Cameron Frye in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" 72
Apt adjective for today that's needed to make sense of eight puzzle answers 79
As it was formerly known, channel with the slogan "play every day" 76
A scarab beetle with a heart-shaped mark on its wing covers was named after this adventurer 91
Asset in answering the question "Does this dress make me look fat?" 77
Antiperspirant that comes in "Fresh Blast" and "Fast Break" scents 86
Atlanta arena that hosted the 1988 Democratic National Convention, with "the" 87
Actress Manheim who wrote the 1995 play "Wake Up, I'm Fat" 72
Athlete John who was the only person to play professionally with Bill Russell and Jim Brown 91
A different one is hidden in each of this puzzle's seven longest answers 76
Actress/singer Helen with the CD "Crossword" (the title track starts "I found my true love today doing the crossword on the back of the 6 train") 165
Annual solving competition held in Brooklyn, briefly ... and a hint to nine squares in this grid 96
African American mathemetician who purportedly surveyed the District of Columbia 80
Author who wrote "Did you ever stop to think, and forget to start again?" 83
Actor Butterfield who will play Ender in the forthcoming "Ender's Game" 85
Antepenultimate word in the opening sketch of "Saturday Night Live" 77
Animal taking a walk in Henry Mancini's jazzy "Hatari!" tune 74
Animator who created "Beavis & Butthead" and "King of the Hill" 87
Antelopes discovered that graze only at twilight; appropriately, they're called ... 87
Après-___ (following a day on the slopes -- and, literally, where the first words of the four longest puzzle answers can be found) 133
A. Egg and matzo meal B. Tomatoes and cheese C. Corn or barley D. Chickpeas or beans 84
Agreement reached in Philadelphia on June 29, 1787 (with "The") 73
Activist who said "You can kill a man but you can't kill an idea" 79
A clip of his "Inside Edition" meltdown made Huffington Post's #1 spot on "YouTube's Best of 2008: Top Ten" 135
Actor whose character said "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer" 87
Actor whose debut film was "The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!" 88
Author of the best-selling investment book "You're Fifty — Now What?" 87
“Chariot” in von DänikenÂ’s “Chariots of the Gods?” 73
Actor in both "Shane," 1953, and "City Slickers," 1991 74
Author who wrote "Anyone who fights for the future, lives in it today" 80
Australian cager Andrew who was selected first overall in the 2005 NBA draft 76
Atmospheric condition in which there is no visibility both horizontally and vertically 86
“... and use later in brilliant research papers, giving me something to ___!” 85
“The surgery departmentÂ’s budget may have to be slashed,” Tom stated ___ 84
Adhering to Strunk and White's advice "Omit needless words" 73
Artist's pseudonym formed from the French pronunciation of his initials 75
“I was born in the year 1632, in the city of York, of a good family ...” 80
ABUNDANT RUSSIAN RESOURCE THAT ONLY NICE, NON-SANCTIONING NATIONS CAN HAVE 74
Airline that offers the most nonstop flights between the U.S. and Israel 72
Annual wetlands tournament involving cattails and water lilies, casually? 73
“Character is like a ___ and reputation like its shadow”: Abraham Lincoln 81
Actor who presented at the 1973 Oscars while a streaker ran past on camera 74
Actress McDaniel who was the first African-American to win an Academy Award 75
According to legend, he spent decades in his mother's womb and emerged with a gray beard 92
A Bond baddie had them in "The Spy Who Loved Me" and "Moonraker" 84
“You donÂ’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,Â’ but that ainÂ’t no matter” 150
Artist Muniz who's the subject of the documentary 'Waste Land' 74
“Cupid is a knavish ___”: “A Midsummer NightÂ’s Dream” 73
Alcoholic beverage made with jalapeño? (and three words that can follow RED and WHITE, but not BLUE) 103
Avant-garde filmmaker Paul whose "Rebus-Film Nr. 1" is a crossword puzzle 83
“If you really want to hear about it, the first thing youÂ’ll probably want to know is where I was born ...” 119
Agcy. whose careers page says "Where Intelligence Goes to Work" 73
Actress Seydoux of the 2013 Palme d'Or winner "Blue Is the Warmest Color" 87
Awaken, and words that can precede first words of answers to asterisked clues 77
Arcade game in which characters can pass through tunnels to get to the other side of the screen 95
Author Andreyev, called "The Edgar Allan Poe of Russian Literature" 77
A series of "insurmountable obstacles on the road to imminent disaster," per Tom Stoppard 99
Author Prosper __ who wrote "Carmen," on which the opera is based 75
Answer to "Which of the Justices started eating this sandwich?"? 74
American Film Institute's "greatest male star of all time" 72
Actor who had to wait 41 years from his first Oscar nomination to his first win 79
A good band pic on the CD, songs that will appeal to music producers, etc.? 75
Actor originally slated to play Michael Corleone in "The Godfather" 77
Awarder of a thimble to Alice, in "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" 82
    Add light, or not (and do this 13 more times to solve this puzzle) 76
According to legend, its continued presence on Gibraltar allows the British to retain control thereof 101
Apt subject for today that's hidden in this puzzle's four longest answers 81
A: You have 24 hours to arrange payment. T: (to himself) Looks like we'll be a __ (Paul McCartney & Wings) 114
Autobiography subtitled "A Baseball Life" by a Yankees bench coach 76
Adjective for the man who shirtlessly plays "Careless Whisper" on his saxophone in malls and grocery stores 117
A U.S. president who was also an architect, musician and inventor was ... 73
A French military strategist described it in 1918 as "an interesting toy" but "with no military value" 122
Asian capital that was from 2004-07 home of the world's tallest building 76
Alternate title of a 1980 animated feature focused on Okefenokee Swamp elections 80
Acme product for unsuspecting rabbits to swallow (comes with magnet), from "Compressed Hare," 1961 108
Attempts to get a higher court to overturn one's espionage conviction? 74
Adam Sandler cringefest that topped many "Worst Movie of 2011" lists 78
After a single hearing of a sacred piece in the Sistine Chapel, Mystery Person ... 82
Author Michael who hated the movie version of "The Neverending Story" 79
Advice for the brokenhearted ... or one of four arrangements found literally in this puzzle 91
Aretha Franklin album with the Grammy-winning song "Wonderful" 72
Actress in "Dracula's Daughter" and "The Invisible Man Returns" 87
Answer to "which Rogers and Hammerstein musical do you want to see and when?" 87
Arthur who played Larry David's mother on "Curb Your Enthusiasm" 78
Artist with the #1 albums "Relapse" (2009) and "Recovery" (2010) 84
Actor Dane who plays "Dr. McSteamy" on "Grey's Anatomy" 79
Antonius Block's chess opponent in Bergman's "The Seventh Seal" 81
Alcohol rumored to spoil after opening, in an "Arrested Development" episode 86
Actress Loretta who starred in the "Cagney & Lacey" television pilot 82
Author of "Time's Arrow," 1991, a novel written in reverse chronological order 92
“Iggy, your stirring Duncan Hines batter has no relevance to our experiment on ...” 91
Author who "a lot of us ... pick[ed] up ... when we were 17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood," per Obama 113
“Iggy, this picture you doctored to make us look like a prom couple is of no use to our study on ...” 109