| Agcy. once involved with fallout shelters |
41 |
| Acrobat and Illustrator company |
31 |
| Aida" segments |
14 |
| A poisonous plant, monkshood. |
29 |
| Axis's foes |
11 |
| Alloy of silver and mercury |
27 |
| ALUMINUM FISHING GEAR |
21 |
| Adjective for Churchill's Government. |
37 |
| Acropolis metropolis |
20 |
| Accepters of deposits |
21 |
| Appraise |
8 |
| A Wimbledon winner: 1975 |
24 |
| Ali __ (Forty Thieves' adversary) |
33 |
| A century has 100 of them: Abbr. |
32 |
| Accounting spreadsheet col. |
27 |
| Abbr. among stock listings |
26 |
| À la the founder of literary naturalism |
40 |
| Amaze greatly |
13 |
| A3 sedan automaker |
18 |
| Action that makes bad situations worse, and this puzzle's theme |
63 |
| Acorn, essentially |
18 |
| Agcy. enforcing truth-in-advertising laws |
41 |
| A "Hair" lyricist |
17 |
| Alien spaceships |
16 |
| AWACS equipment |
15 |
| Afghan exports |
14 |
| A bit too interested |
20 |
| Aerialists’ safeguards. |
25 |
| Absolutely, gent! |
17 |
| Amazed by (with ''of'') |
23 |
| All-day breakfast eatery |
24 |
| An epic of woes. |
16 |
| Arctic dwellings |
16 |
| Abbr. in a return address? |
26 |
| An Eastern belief |
17 |
| Advertising rhyme |
17 |
| Alternatives to Levi's |
22 |
| Adherent of Tibetan Buddhism |
28 |
| Aussie Olympics champ who came out in 2014 |
42 |
| An old silent pond / A frog jumps into the pond / Splash! Silence again," e.g. |
78 |
| Abounding in seaweed |
20 |
| Abner's sidekick |
16 |
| Accept, as a competitor's coupon |
32 |
| Acknowledge the villain's entrance |
34 |
| A nephew of Donald's |
20 |
| Actress Rogers' sporty Mazda? |
29 |
| Aesthetically pleasing ratio of antiquity |
41 |
| Agcy. that Hoover headed |
24 |
| Advice mistakenly laid to Greeley |
33 |
| Attend a tennis tournament because one is a fan of? |
51 |
| Abandoned wreckage |
18 |
| Admiral Nelson's beloved |
24 |
| Act larger than life |
20 |
| Affranchise |
11 |
| Adopt eagerly |
13 |
| Advice for lovers whose parents disapprove |
42 |
| Acoustical foam pattern |
23 |
| Advanced deg. |
13 |
| Advantage (informal) |
20 |
| A k a Barnaby Jones |
19 |
| Alimony check cashers |
21 |
| Acknowledges calm |
17 |
| All I Have To Do Is Dream" brothers |
35 |
| A jacket and a collar |
21 |
| Adding a "z" to its front forms its preceder |
44 |
| Anglo-Saxon domestic |
20 |
| Albany/Buffalo connector |
24 |
| Antarctic explorer Shackleton |
29 |
| Among: Fr. |
10 |
| Abbotsfordto Kamloops dir. |
26 |
| Actor McDermott, also known as Mr. Tori Spelling |
48 |
| A sudden and violent collapse |
29 |
| Alternative to "dude" frequently uttered by Randy Jackson on "American Idol |
75 |
| Aarhus dwellers |
15 |
| Acquire ''the old-fashioned way'' |
33 |
| Alice's workplace |
17 |
| Anti-flood embankments |
22 |
| Alternative to a snake |
22 |
| Advances against earnings |
25 |
| Attendees' bonuses |
18 |
| A Flock of Seagulls biological song "___ |
40 |
| A Chorus Line" character who sings "The Music and the Mirror |
60 |
| Animals of the genus Bos |
24 |
| Airplane's wake |
15 |
| Assure |
6 |
| A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership" author |
53 |
| Animal on the back of the Canadian nickel |
41 |
| Ancient jewelry staples |
23 |
| Airborne mammal |
15 |
| Aroma producers |
15 |
| Accessory on the handlebars |
27 |
| Amateurish dive |
15 |
| Adobe creation |
14 |
| Amazing driving result |
22 |
| A Delicate Balance" Pulitzer playwright |
39 |
| A great-great-grandfather of Elizabeth |
38 |
| Accidentally uninked embossed stamp |
35 |
| Animals keyman Price |
20 |
| Anecdote collections |
20 |
| Against a backdrop of |
21 |