ACROSS
- 1. Scratch the surface of
- 4. Pilgrim to Mecca
- 9. Court ploy
- 12. Sport ___ (all-purpose vehicle)
- 13. Met highlights
- 14. Botanist Gray
- 15. Postal delivery
- 17. Stripling
- 18. Big gobblers
- 19. Conscious
- 21. ___ bourguignon
- 23. Delay
- 25. Book decoration
- 27. Telephoned
- 28. Pub order
- 30. Mock comment of understanding
- 33. Servant of the Bones novelist
- 37. Cartoon creation
- 39. Cut into cubes
- 40. One on the lam
- 41. Art collectibles
- 42. "___ to Joy"
- 43. Twitter icon when its server is down
- 48. "Uh-huh"
- 49. Singer Vedder
- 50. Square-dance partner
- 51. Engages in Halloween mischief, maybe
- 52. Kilns
- 53. TV-drama settings
DOWN
- 1. "There's no other explanation"
- 2. When a shoot-out might take place
- 3. Didn't just criticize
- 4. 2001 mainframe
- 5. Offshoot
- 6. Domingo, e.g.
- 7. "___ Ho" (Slumdog Millionaire song)
- 8. Muhammad's religion
- 9. Refrain part
- 10. One of 2.5 million Japanese
- 11. No-goodnik
- 16. Hemmer's comment
- 20. Cry after a lucky strike?
- 22. JFK overseer
- 23. Parenting challenges
- 24. Tehran's land
- 26. Blueprint
- 29. Managed
- 30. Four-time Indy 500 winner
- 31. Delayed
- 32. Soaks
- 34. Cooling-off period
- 35. Last position
- 36. "E-cars"
- 38. Gluck's ___ ed Euridice
- 44. Toothpaste tube letters
- 45. Fingers
- 46. Burning
- 47. NFL wide receiver Welker
