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