Prof. Brainard of "The Absent-Minded Professor"

Answer: Ned

Bauxite and others

Answer: Ores

Mattress giant

Answer: Serta

"The Blues Brothers" director John

Answer: Landis

Cooks, in a way

Answer: steams

Gregg pro

Answer: Steno

Neighbor of Leb.

Answer: Isr

Designer Wang

Answer: Vera

What a nod may mean

Answer: Yes

2007, por ejemplo

Answer: Ano

Spicy bowlful

Answer: Salsa dip

"Who's on first?" asker

Answer: Costello

One of 10,000 in Minnesota

Answer: lake

Big copper exporter

Answer: Chile

Catcher's place

Answer: plate

Use again, as a Ziploc bag

Answer: Re-seal

Ballpark buy

Answer: hot dog

Plot feature in many a western

Answer: ambush

Driver's license prerequisite

Answer: Road test

Location to bookmark: Abbr.

Answer: URL

Totally smitten

Answer: ga ga

PC suite components

Answer: apps

Dag Hammarskjold, for one

Answer: Swede

Cry after the sound of a bell

Answer: Time

Pandora's boxful

Answer: Ills

Comic Amsterdam

Answer: Morey

Cyclist Armstrong

Answer: Lance

Common Market inits.

Answer: EEC

Glass of "This American Life"

Answer: Ira

Pewter component

Answer: tin

Metropolis figure

Answer: Lois Lane

Bandleader Eubanks, familiarly

Answer: Kev

Three-time 60-homer man

Answer: Sosa

___ Mae (Whoopi's "Ghost" role)

Answer: Oda

Scrap the original strategy

Answer: Go to plan B

Mrs., in Madrid

Answer: Sra

Juillet's follower

Answer: Aout

Classic muscle cars

Answer: GTOs

Eiffel Tower locale

Answer: Paris

Beast seen by Goldilocks

Answer: bear

Huron or Erie

Answer: lake

Actress show played Connie in "The Godfather"

Answer: Shire

Spielberg's first blockbuster movie

Answer: Jaws

Sean's "Dr. No" bond girl

Answer: Ursula

Lorne Michael's NBC show

Answer: SNL

Author Harper

Answer: Lee

"Spider-Man 3" soft drink company

Answer: Cott

In the human brain it may be temporal or frontal

Answer: lobe

Cartoon voice Blanc

Answer: Mel

Tony winner Lenya

Answer: Lotte

TV twins' name

Answer: Olsen

Plain of Jars locale

Answer: Laos

Artist Matisse

Answer: Henri

Remove glitches from, as a program

Answer: debug

Physicist Enrico

Answer: Salmi

Albert of "Daniel Boone"

Answer: Salmi

Fox series with Alfred E. Newman in the opening credits

Answer: Mad TV

1968 defeater of HHH

Answer: RMN

Machu Picchu's range

Answer: Andes

Brian who coproduced U2's "The Unforgettable Fire"

Answer: Eno

Fictional plantation near Jonesboro, Georgia

Answer: Tara

River through Kazakhstan

Answer: Ural