ACROSS
  • 1. Head honcho
  • 10. Oregon ___
  • 13. Marine creatures
  • 14. Acid
  • 15. Keith Lockhart–conducted group
  • 17. Venus or Mars
  • 18. Lollapalooza
  • 19. Vocalist Sumac
  • 22. Direct elsewhere
  • 26. Sara Sidle player on CSI
  • 31. Kind of blocks
  • 32. Statement of truth made by Pliny the Elder
  • 34. Visited
  • 35. Jupiter's moon named after a Trojan prince
  • 36. ___ Gras
  • 38. "Just ___ thought!"
  • 39. "Oh, woe!"
  • 42. Jazz grp.
  • 45. Spicy dish served with nachos
  • 51. Referee
  • 52. ___ system (hormone producers)
  • 53. Madhouse
  • 54. Lust, e.g.
DOWN
  • 1. Tyke
  • 2. Number below cinco on un telĂ©fono
  • 3. Wing: Prefix
  • 4. Chris Matthews infamously said "Oh, God" after introducing this politician
  • 5. Mil. address
  • 6. Some fraternity men
  • 7. Regarding
  • 8. Element #10
  • 9. Player of Santa in Elf, 2003
  • 10. Teller in the Progressive car commercials
  • 11. AOL, for example: Abbr.
  • 12. Tpks.
  • 16. Opening round in a tournament
  • 20. "Whew!"
  • 21. In ___ (dazed)
  • 23. Big do
  • 24. "Yikes!"
  • 25. Valentine's Day flower
  • 26. Spunk
  • 27. Eminently draftable
  • 28. Campsite hookup user
  • 29. Egg cells
  • 30. TV's Warrior Princess
  • 33. Trains: Abbr.
  • 37. An admission of guilt
  • 40. Teen spots?
  • 41. Fizzy drink
  • 43. Jewish ritual
  • 44. Years abroad
  • 45. Rap "buddy"
  • 46. Medical care grp.
  • 47. NASDAQ debut: Abbr.
  • 48. Silent assent
  • 49. Half of D
  • 50. Poetic contraction