Clues

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Detention center with a questionable human rights record, briefly 65
Desserts reputedly named in honor of Czar Alexander I 53
Dance that cost Rhett 150 gold pieces to dance with Scarlett 60
Decorative physical changes, and a hint to this puzzle's theme 66
DiFranco who wrote a book of poetry called "Verses" 61
Data request from a good ol' furnace repairman? [1953] 58
Dance in which "you bring your knees in tight" 56
Deconstructed "iCarly" in a risqué fashion (6) 59
Designer of Penn Station's "Eclipsed Time" 56
Disney's "Darby ___ and the Little People" 56
Double scoop that's part sweet and chunky, part tart 56
Don't let '40s shortstop Marion play every day? 55
Drugmaker Lilly who have spent over $100 million marketing Cialis 65
Device for converting alternating current into direct current 61
Drippings appropriately positioned under the circled letters 60
Do an "America's Most Wanted" dramatization, e.g. 63
Donizetti's ''___ di Lammermoor'' 53
Donizetti's "Tornami a dir che m'ami," e.g. 61
Drillmaster? (and a hint at this puzzle's theme) 52
Director of "You Can't Take It With You" 54
Drink sometimes indicated in comics by "XXX" 54
Donald Sutherland/Elliott Gould movie with asterisks in the title 65
Dahl who wrote "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" 60
Device that cuts your fingernails without even touching them? 61
Description of the contents of the electrician's brown bag? 63
Dewar's alternative, and this puzzle's theme 52
Dorothy's aunt's precipitation is surprisingly mild? 60
Dr. Hahn's first name on "Grey's Anatomy" 59
Doc Brown in the "Back to the Future" films 53
Dr. Seuss's "Bartholomew ___ the Oobleck" 55
David who directed the final four Harry Potter films 52
Donkey was temporarily turned into one, in "Shrek 2" 62
DevilDriver "Head on to Heartache (Let Them ___)" 59
D.C.'s historic Dumbarton Bridge is on it: abbr. 52
Dr. Seuss story about stubbornness, with "The" 56
Daytime Emmy winner for Outstanding Talk Show Host, familiarly 62
Dennings who's one of the girls on "2 Broke Girls" 64
Deborah's "From Here to Eternity" co-star 55
DiFranco with the double album "Living in Clip" 57
Drexell's first name on "Drexell's Class" 59
Darcy's Pemberley, e.g., in "Pride and Prejudice" 63
Descartes's statement about pondering an addition problem? 62
Della sells hers in "The Gift of the Magi" 52
Drummer who narrated "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends" 67
Democratic way to decide which rocking device is best? 54
Dyslexic TV host with a college degree in speech therapy 56
Dermatologic treatment that can be achieved with duct tape 58
Dog seen during "Family Ties" closing credits 55
Dylan "___ they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth" 62
Designer of a stained-glass window in the U.N. building 55
Double scoop that's part sugary nuts, part three-flavored 61
Director of the Humphrey Bogart film 'Sahara' 53
Duke men's basketball head since 1980, familiarly 53
Duke Ellington's "I ___ Song Go Out of My Heart" 62
Dan who was the head coach of the Broncos, Giants, and Falcons 62
Declaration from the "tag-ee" in a game of tag 56
Director of 2011's "The Adventures of Tintin" 59
Dante sees him in ''The Divine Comedy'' 55
D.C. sch. with programs focusing on military strategy and diplomacy 67
Daughter of Pelias whose story was dramatized by Euripides 58
Daughter of preacher and civil rights activist C.L. Franklin 60
Dictator Jong-il lampooned in the song "I'm So Ronery" 68
DJ Johnny Fever's fictional radio station employer 54
Dionne Warwick's "I ___ Little Prayer" 52
Dark-horse Oscar winner for "My Cousin Vinny" 55
Dominick who wrote "A Season in Purgatory" 52
Dorothy's last name, in 'The Wizard of Oz' 54
DiFranco with the 2008 album "Red Letter Year" 56
Diane that played a singer in "Streets of Fire" 57
Diagnostic that entails sticking the forearm with a needle 58
Disney's 'Darby -- and the Little People' 53
Dinosaur Jr. "___ Song" off "Bug" 53
Director of "Pippin" and "Chicago" 54
Dean's "Rebel Without a Cause" co-star 52
Devendra Banhart "___ About Tellin' a Story" 58
Dir. when taking one's talents from Cleveland to South Beach? 65
Dancer Graham given the Presidential Medal of Freedom 53
Declaration of Independence signer Richard Henry ___ 52
Dennis the Menace's neighbors, with "the" 55
Dionne Warwick's "Anyone Who ___ Heart" 53
Data storage device, for short (hidden in PRESS DOWN) 53
Dylan "Do Right To Me Baby (Do ___ Others)" 53
Doctor's idea about when children should start dieting nowadays? 68
Dolly's ''Islands in the Stream'' partner 61
Dutch scientist for whom an astronomical "cloud" is named 67
Double-play partner of Jackie on baseball's All-Century team 64
Don ___, benevolent prince in “Much Ado About Nothing” 62
Drivers of black SUVs in the "Grand Theft Auto" series 64
Doubled, Paris Hilton's ex-step-great-grandmother Gabor 59
Disease generally vaccinated against with measles and rubella 61
Duffer's trip through Scotland? (Volkswagen/Honda) 54
Dreadful Shadows song about earth (with "The")? 57
Dr. ___ Knowles ("Sons of Anarchy" character) 55
Disease for which riluzole received FDA approval in 1995 56
David who played Bosley on TV's "Charlie's Angels" 68
Dandy in "The Importance of Being Earnest" 52
Dropped "The Simpsons" from the TV schedule? 54
DON'T heed this "Twelfth Night" order! 52
Dr. King's "queen of American folk music" 55
D.C. PBS station that produces Jim Lehrer's "NewsHour" 68