ACROSS
  • 1. Bering, e.g.: Abbr.
  • 4. Xbox 360 competitor
  • 7. Passing fancies
  • 12. Patting oneself on the back
  • 14. Thumb
  • 15. Notre Dame athletes
  • 17. Flat statement?
  • 18. Actor with a partly shaved head
  • 19. Huffy state
  • 22. Ben-Hur studio
  • 25. Contributes, as money
  • 29. Authorized
  • 31. On cloud nine
  • 33. Travis of country music
  • 34. Adamant words
  • 35. Sellout
  • 36. Research facility: Abbr.
  • 37. Standings stat
  • 39. TiVo precursors
  • 43. Beachwear, for some
  • 49. Young-looking gay man
  • 50. Board
  • 51. Drop shots
  • 52. Mil. award
  • 53. Brazilian dance band with the 2008 album Donkey
DOWN
  • 1. Lotion nos.
  • 2. Speaker of baseball
  • 3. Fixes, in a way
  • 4. Ad-libber's asset
  • 5. Kamoze of reggae
  • 6. Engine part: Abbr.
  • 7. Buzz
  • 8. Trumpeter Al
  • 9. "Lord, is ___?"
  • 10. Hosts
  • 11. "Zip it!"
  • 13. Some batters, for short
  • 16. Clock standard: Abbr.
  • 19. USMC rank
  • 20. Fed. biomedical research agcy.
  • 21. How heathens live
  • 22. 12th-cen. date
  • 23. Vamooses
  • 24. ___ Helens (noted volcano)
  • 25. Kin's partner
  • 26. Cross inscription
  • 27. Gambler's marker
  • 28. Word with mess or press
  • 29. Fluff
  • 30. Kind of agent
  • 32. Jumbles
  • 36. Gerund maker
  • 37. Instant
  • 38. Contents of some cartridges
  • 39. Kick
  • 40. Mad Money network
  • 41. How the Other Half Lives author
  • 42. Nine-digit IDs
  • 43. Basic version: Abbr.
  • 44. Prefix with light
  • 45. "Oysters ___ season"
  • 46. Alphabet trio
  • 47. French pronoun
  • 48. Indie rockers Matt and ___