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 ___
