| Mythical lyrist |
15 |
| Misery" co-star |
15 |
| Meat packing plants |
19 |
| Minimum number of times each letter of the alphabet appears in this puzzle's solution |
85 |
| March |
5 |
| Make fractions |
14 |
| Maraschino throwaway |
20 |
| Mild stimulant from a palm tree |
31 |
| Much removed (from) |
19 |
| Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock |
21 |
| Mushroom producers |
18 |
| Mirror ___ (reversed reflection) |
32 |
| Mammals with parts in "Guys and Dolls"? |
39 |
| Movie character based on Hearst |
31 |
| Moppy hair |
10 |
| Movie role played by George Burns and Morgan Freeman |
52 |
| Mall handouts |
13 |
| Mountain that housed Hephaestus's workshop |
42 |
| Ms. Kett |
8 |
| Miscalculation |
14 |
| Mend old socks |
14 |
| Macbeth" spot descriptor |
24 |
| Menu listing |
12 |
| Medical journal write-up |
24 |
| Matting fibers |
14 |
| More "aww"-inspiring |
20 |
| Maximally intense |
17 |
| Made a perfect serve |
20 |
| More likely to make unreasonable demands |
40 |
| Method |
6 |
| Marvel mutant superhero |
23 |
| Moderate |
8 |
| Missing persons |
15 |
| Mel Gibson's production company |
31 |
| Mrs. Hoover |
11 |
| Muslim's House of God |
21 |
| Ms. Kardashian ... have an orange cracker"? |
43 |
| Messy substances |
16 |
| Mosaicist's supply |
18 |
| Moses' birthplace |
17 |
| Mid-seasons occurrence? |
23 |
| Mythical lyre player |
20 |
| Mark clearly |
12 |
| Metal-stamping tools |
20 |
| Medicine morsels similar to pills |
33 |
| Markers |
7 |
| Making secure |
13 |
| Morning Edition" newswoman Roberts |
34 |
| Making all your beer the night before? |
38 |
| Military chapeau |
16 |
| Melville's white-whale hunter |
29 |
| Maker of Meal Helpers dog food |
30 |
| Masterpieces in a museum |
24 |
| Mate's affirmatives |
19 |
| Monks' mentor |
13 |
| Math preposition |
16 |
| More needy |
10 |
| Mary Hartman's TV hometown |
26 |
| Most heartfelt |
14 |
| Mona Lisa" features that "follow" the viewer |
44 |
| MD ÷ V |
7 |
| Marrakesh marketplace |
21 |
| More than devotees |
18 |
| Much-discussed 1991 film |
24 |
| Motor |
5 |
| Music-video cable station |
25 |
| Monastery gp. |
13 |
| Mudslide causers |
16 |
| Manipulates the outcome |
23 |
| Measured two-dimensionally |
26 |
| Moslems collectively |
20 |
| Musical refrain syllables |
25 |
| Mental defectives |
17 |
| Mature, presumably |
18 |
| Middle Eastern nabobs |
21 |
| Ms.Fitzgerald |
13 |
| Medium ability? |
15 |
| Manners |
7 |
| Muddle |
6 |
| Midriff |
7 |
| Maven |
5 |
| Mirror images? |
14 |
| Mournful wails |
14 |
| Melissa Etheridge album that answers a question? |
48 |
| Memory failure |
14 |
| Maui garlands |
13 |
| Mitt filler |
11 |
| Moose |
5 |
| Musical Duke's monogram |
23 |
| Medieval laborer |
16 |
| Manhattan garnishes |
19 |
| Middling grades |
15 |
| Meat cooked in its own fat, to a chef |
37 |
| Mostly Sex Stuff" comedian who opened for Madonna three times |
61 |
| Margin |
6 |
| Months |
6 |
| Medieval officer |
16 |
| Minimum limits? |
15 |
| Milk-lover's letter opening? |
28 |
| Mythological semi-equines |
25 |