ACROSS
- 1. "___ ever notice..." (observational comic's lead-in)
- 6. Generations of major leaguers
- 11. Early tie
- 13. Combination wager
- 14. "The loudest taste on earth" snack item
- 15. Go-___
- 16. Hurler Hershiser
- 17. Va. neighbor
- 19. Not go straight
- 20. Deli item
- 22. Actress Scala
- 23. ESPN sports columnist who coined the Ewing Theory
- 26. "A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle" speaker
- 28. Stern
- 29. Epoch
- 30. Ankles
- 31. Slangy turndown
- 32. Señor's emphatic yes
- 33. Unlikely to bite
- 37. Square, e.g.
- 39. Drops off
- 41. Having the same reach
- 42. Sarge, e.g.
- 43. Has to have
- 44. Vermont ski resort
DOWN
- 1. Dumb cluck
- 2. "___ out?": dealer's query
- 3. Brooklynese "yonder"
- 4. Cooler dweller
- 5. Cockpit dial: Abbr.
- 6. Downsizer
- 7. Midback muscle, for short
- 8. Eight-sided figures
- 9. Womb-related
- 10. It bites
- 12. Pain-relief ad term
- 13. Classless society supporter
- 18. Lear alternatives
- 21. Others, to Ovid
- 23. Mining passage
- 24. "Please help ___ this...?"
- 25. Activist, often
- 26. Accra resident
- 27. Food Network star
- 32. Princes, e.g.
- 34. Old record label
- 35. Cat call
- 36. Edward Cullen's mom in Twilight
- 38. Pan, e.g.
- 40. Red Sox, on scoreboards