Clues

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Van Gogh's technique in "The Starry Night" 56
Vintner Paul who would "sell no wine before its time" 63
Verdi aria that translates to "It was you" 52
Van Gogh's ''The Bedroom at __'' 52
Vince's costar in "The Wedding Crashers" 54
Valedictorian's pride, and a hint to this puzzle's theme 64
Vice president after whom a U.S. city is thought to have been named 67
Vacationer's goal (and favorite Sly & the Family Stone hit) 67
Video game console whose name sounds like two pronouns 54
Village People "It's fun to stay at the ___" 58
Vehicular rescue device trademarked by Hale Products 52
Voice type that figures into this puzzle's theme 52
Volume on permanent display at the Library of Congress 54
Van Gogh painting that once sold for a record $53.9 million 59
Villainous group in the "Star Wars" universe 54
Vehicle to be raced in the Olympics for the first time in 2008 62
Vacationer's favorite song from "The Pajama Game"? 64
Verdi's "Fu la sorte dell' armi," e.g. 56
Verdon who was the first professional chef to work in the White House 69
Venezuelan statesman known as "El Libertador" 55
Video game with the subtitle "Combat Evolved" 55
Van Morrison: "His Band and the Street ___" 53
Villainous member of the Serpent Society, in Marvel Comics 58
Verdi opera that had the working title "Violetta" 59
Vice president during Roosevelt's first two terms 53
Vardalos of ''My Big Fat Greek Wedding'' 56
Vacationer's favorite '70s album by The Trammps? 56
Vinick portrayer on ''The West Wing'' 53
Villain who says "For I am nothing, if not critical" 62
Vice president who dueled with Alexander Hamilton in 1804 57
Valenzuela and Piazza's manager during their rookie seasons 63
Virtual reality drug from a 90's William Shatner TV series 62
Verb in the first line of "The Lord's Prayer" 59
Val's younger daughter in the comic strip "Stone Soup" 68
Ventura County town who name means "the river" 56
Vargas Llosa novel "___ Julia and the Scriptwriter" 61
Van Gogh's "Letters to His Brother ___" 53
Vietnamese government branch in charge of the New Year celebration? 67
Value of a U.S. coronet head coin, minted from 1838 to 1907 59
Val and Joan's mother in the comic strip "Stone Soup" 67
Virgin Valley black fire ___ (Nevada's state precious gemstone) 67
Vast expanse (and a fitting setting for this puzzle) 52
Video game system that originally came with Duck Hunt 53
Villagers' tormentor in "Fiddler on the Roof" 59
Vietnamese stateman who declined the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize 59
Versions of films that, having been edited, are ready to screen 63
Velvet's older sister in "National Velvet" 56
Vinick portrayer in ''The West Wing'' 53
Vic who sang "On the Street Where You Live" 53
Victor of "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?" 54
Verse often beginning "There once was a ..." 54
Verdi's "Ernani! Ernani, involami," e.g. 54
Violinist Leopold or his comic-actor grandson Mischa 52
Villainous laugh added to Oxford Dictionaries Online in 2012 60
Villain who says "So you don't like spinach?" 59
Vaughn's co-star in "The Break-Up," 2006 54
Villain in the fourth highest-grossing film of all time 55
Victor who played King Tut on TV's "Batman" 57
Video game company parodied in "Wreck-It Ralph" 57
Verb with ''down'' or ''out'' 61
Vice president who died on his 96th birthday, 5/16/1920 55
Variety of music that almost purposely avoids mainstream 56
Viv on "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air," e.g. 52
Val-d'___ (French départment named after a river) 56
Visual deception (with ''l'oeil'') 54
Victor HugoÂ’s “LÂ’Art dÂ’___ grand-père” 61
Van Gogh painting that set an auction record in 1987 52
Vigoda who makes frequent "Conan" appearances 55
Venue for the Not Ready for Prime Time Players, in brief 56
Virginia setting for the Associated Press convention? 53
Villain who says "O, beware, my lord, of jealousy" 60
Villa ___, gold-mining center in 19th-century Georgia 53
Verb conjugated as "suis" in the first person singular 64
Video game that was an inspiration for "Lost" 55
Villainous "Star Trek" collective, with "the" 65
Villainous organization in the 007 film "GoldenEye" 61
Van Gogh painting that sold for a record $53.9 million in 1987 62
Vic Morrow's role in "Blackboard Jungle" 54
V.S. Naipaul's ''___ in the River'' 55
View espoused in Thomas Paine's "The Age of Reason" 65
Volcano name that means ''bald'' in French 58
Vehicle part that might feature a picture of Calvin pissing 59
Volcano described in Virgil's "Aeneid" 52
Vowel sound in "phone" and "home" 53
Vowel sound represented by an upside-down "e" 55
Value of any Scrabble tile in the word "ordinates" 60
Village on the Hudson River where painter Edward Hopper was born 64
Vince ___ (John Travolta's "Pulp Fiction" role) 61
Virtually assembled group that performs confusing actions 57
Verdi's ''D'amor sull'ali rosee,'' e.g. 67
Vice President Biden installed by the Shadow Government? 56
Video game whose slogan is "Combat Evolved" 53
Van Gogh's "Letters to His Brother _____" 55
Vermont Rep. Bernard ___, Congress's only Socialist 55
Voltaire satire that Leonard Bernstein turned into a musical comedy 67
Vehicles propelled by sails over a frozen body of water 55
Van Eyck's "Ghent Altarpiece," for one 52
Von Trapp girl who's "sixteen going on seventeen" 63
Viktor Frankl's "___ Search for Meaning" 54
Violinist Peña who was a founding member of the Eroica Trio 62