| Across | Down |
| 1 Plus-or-minus fig. | | _ _ _ (3) |
1 ''The Magic Kingdom'' novelist Stanley | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
| 4 Grab, in slang | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
2 Victory, Viennese-style | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 6 Subsided (with ''down'') | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
3 Some court attire | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (11) |
| 8 Take a rest | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
4 ''Sommersby'' star | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 10 'Hold on ___!' | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
5 Title girl in a Roald Dahl novel | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 11 ___ Ration (dog food brand) | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
6 Piece of office furniture | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 12 Actress Ekland | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
7 French 101 word | | _ _ _ (3) |
| 13 Punjabi religious community member | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
9 One may be late | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 15 Base | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
12 Cloud-nine feeling | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
| 17 H-L fillers | | _ _ _ (3) |
14 Israeli commune | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 19 Arabian nights total | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
16 Vehicle on a trailer, perhaps | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 20 Guadalajara greeting | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
18 Hockey great Jaromir | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 22 Federal agcy. for entrepreneurs | | _ _ _ (3) |
20 Millennium Falcon pilot in 'Star Wars' | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 23 Looting technique | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (12) |
21 Short race distance, perhaps | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 24 Plagues | | _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) |
22 Body in a Jean Rhys title | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (11) |
| 26 Kind of miss | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
24 Measure of heat energy | | _ _ _ (3) |
| 27 Oxcart's track | | _ _ _ (3) |
25 Hunting times, for kids | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 29 Asian goat | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
28 Mao ___-tung | | _ _ _ (3) |
| 30 '___ me if I care' | | _ _ _ (3) |
30 Church desk | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 31 York and Snorkel: Abbr. | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
31 Cover thickly, as with onions | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 32 Grp. that entertains troops | | _ _ _ (3) |
33 Galway Bay's ___ Islands | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 33 Spherical starter | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
34 'I remember when ...' | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 35 Birthday preparation class? | | _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) |
35 State second: Abbr. | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
| 37 Challenging phase of a child's development | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (12) |
36 Like tongues on a talk show | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 38 Wanna-___ | | _ _ _ (3) |
41 Raw data, e.g. | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
| 39 'Here ___, there ...' | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
42 Completely wowed | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 40 G-men's weapons | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
43 Work unit abbr. | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 42 What the 1939 50,000-word novel 'Gadsby' completely lacks | | _ _ _ (3) |
44 Tiffs | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 43 Ship's warning signal | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
46 Gene's 'Brigadoon' partner | | _ _ _ (3) |
| 45 Shoreline guardians, initially | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
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| 47 Computerless Internet device | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
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| 48 Benefit program giving workers a chance to buy co. shares | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
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| 49 Sci-fi sage | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
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| 50 Madison, N.J., school, for short | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
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| 51 Empire State, e.g.: Abbr. | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
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| 52 Claim check | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
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| 53 Virgin Islands setting, initially | | _ _ _ (3) |
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