ACROSS
  • 1. America’s character
  • 10. Rappers, in brief
  • 13. Out in the open
  • 14. Alley ___
  • 15. Did nothing
  • 16. Year the USA Patriot Act became law
  • 17. Smash
  • 18. 2000 Gere title role
  • 19. Whitaker’s 51-Across role
  • 20. Special person
  • 22. Milk, in kidspeak
  • 25. British wheels
  • 27. Most tidy
  • 28. ___ Majesty
  • 30. Prayer opening
  • 31. Some alimony recipients
  • 34. Coral groups
  • 37. Muhammad’s super middleweight daughter
  • 39. Bell the cat
  • 40. Some stopovers
  • 41. UK record label
  • 43. One of the NWA rappers
  • 44. National Soup Mo.
  • 45. Club charges for nonmembers
  • 48. Gator’s tail?
  • 49. Certifies
  • 50. Ben __
  • 51. See 19-Across
DOWN
  • 1. Final result
  • 2. Like some old photos
  • 3. Person who’s in the money?
  • 4. Singer Sumac
  • 5. Larry of the NBA
  • 6. Huge, poetically
  • 7. Ancient German
  • 8. Spike TV, formerly
  • 9. Since 1/1, in finance
  • 10. Joan Crawford exposรฉ starring Faye Dunaway
  • 11. Sunday newspaper section
  • 12. Piano type
  • 19. Went on the road
  • 21. Lubes again
  • 23. Antipoverty agcy.
  • 24. New York Rangers captain Jaromir
  • 26. Fiji’s capital
  • 29. Irish actor Stephen
  • 31. Wood of Hollywood
  • 32. Kublai Khan’s capital
  • 33. Comes down hard?
  • 35. ___ Be You and Me
  • 36. Light detector
  • 38. “No more for me, thanks”
  • 42. “___ date!”
  • 45. Talk incessantly
  • 46. Sport ___
  • 47. Tariff watchdog: Abbr.