| Oomph |
| Oscar-winning Patricia |
| Overlapping fugue motifs |
| Peeling potatoes, perhaps |
| Penn station? |
| Performer who gave a memorable rendition of 65-Across in 1991 |
| Periodic table abbr |
| Player in orange and black |
| Political writer Matt |
| Princess played by Naomi Watts |
| River isle |
| River of western Germany |
| Sagittarius, with 'the' |
| Salad green |
| Salle de bain fixture |
| Scope |
| Second-rate |
| See 79-Down |
| Serving edges |
| Setting of James Clavell's 'Gai-Jin' |
| Sidekick of TV and film |
| Skiing destination Val d'___ |
| Some American Indian homes |
| Some natl. leaders |
| Sound of expiration |
| Sounded like a fan |
| Speed |
| Sports org. founded in 1906 |
| Standoffish |
| Star in the Summer Triangle |
| Sun: Sp |
| Sunshine cracker |
| Symbols of change |
| Tarry |
| Texter's qualification |
| Their, singularly |
| They're thrown in decathlons |
| This puzzle's theme, whose first notes are indicated by shaded squares |
| Throw up |
| Title name in a 2000 Eminem hit |
| Vanilla |
| Wanna-___ |
| What the curious may do |
| What the music to 65-Across was, originally |
| Where 24-Across was inspired to write 65-Across |
| Where Michael Jordan played college ball: Abbr |
| Winking, maybe |
| Wrinkle-free, say |
| Year 24-Across wrote 65-Across |
| ___ Wolfsheim, gambler in 'The Great Gatsby' |
| ___-Magnon |
| 'America's most innovative company' prior to its bankruptcy in 2001 |
| 'Come ___?' (Italian greeting) |
| 'Essays of ___' |
| 'I should ___ die with pity, / To see another thus': Shak |
| 'O Sole ___' |
| 'See?' |
| 'Stay out' |
| 'The Hobbit' figure |
| 'The Tempest' spirit |
| Absorbed |
| Ancient walkway |
| Any knight |
| As it happens |
| Author LeShan |
| Beginner for a while? |
| Best Actor nominee for 'Venus,' 2006 |
| Better to a rapper, worse to a patient |
| Big copier maker |
| Birth places? |
| Bit of flimflam |
| Bit of spawn |
| Blood-related |
| Blue |
| Book jacket staple |
| Brick transporter |
| Brilliance |
| Camus, to Sartre, for many years |
| City whose name was the source of the word 'sherry' |
| Cloth for a man of the cloth? |
| Counterpart of Aurora |
| Country whose national currency is the U.S. dollar |
| Crayola color akin to fern |
| Crowd-___ |
| Demean |
| Enunciate slowly |
| Farm female |
| Farm refrain |
| Farrow of MSNBC |
| Film units |
| First U.S. multimillionaire |
| Fixed things? |
| Flynn of old film |
| Four-time N.B.A. All-Star Pau ___ |
| French evenings |
| G.O.P. org |
| Gator's tail? |
| General servant |
| Get an ___ (77-Down) |
| Get to |
| Giant Mel and Pirate Ed |
| God: It |
| Gossip |
| Greenhorn |
| He prophesied the Messiah would be born in Bethlehem |
| Health supplement co |
| Herbal Essences shampoo company |
| High level in karate |
| Husband one's energy, say |
| Immigrant's subj |
| Initialism in a Beatles title |
| Inked |
| It handles lettres |
| It may have a pet name |
| It's bound to be turned |
| Italian province or its capital |
| James Douglas Muir ___ (TV host's birth name) |
| Jan. 1 till now |
| Jewish month |
| Justice Kagan |
| Land's end? |
| Last: Abbr |
| Later |
| Lawyer who wrote 65-Across |
| Like mascara in the rain |
| Locale for this puzzle's shaded squares |
| Long arm |
| Looking up |
| Louvre pyramid designer |
| Menace named after an African river |
| Metal worker? |
| Mission that 24-Across was on when he wrote 65-Across |
| Money in hand |
| MS. managers |
| N.Y.C. subway inits |
| New World monkey |
| Old car company based in Lansing, Mich |
| Old Nick |