| Across | Down |
| 1 'Murder in the Cathedral' author | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
1 Jungle female | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 5 Swing development | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
2 Bering, e.g.: Abbr. | | _ _ _ (3) |
| 10 'Let ___' ('Quit worrying') | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
3 Nathaniel Hawthorne story subtitled 'The Bosom-Serpent' | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 11 Rationale | | _ _ _ (3) |
4 Former Mississippi senator Trent | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 13 When repeated, a Hawaiian food fish | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
6 Model Melissa Aronson, familiarly | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 14 Quaint caves | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
7 Makeshift mask, maybe | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 17 ___ vincit amor | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
8 Only U.S. state without a rectangular flag | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 18 Sporty car addition | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
9 Nero, notably | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 19 Concurred about | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (8) |
12 Argue trivially | | _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) |
| 21 U.K. record label | | _ _ _ (3) |
15 Turntable part | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 23 Roofer's fastening tool | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
16 Opposite of transparent | | _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) |
| 24 1968 hit for Creedence Clearwater Revival | | _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) |
17 Sommelier's prefix | | _ _ _ (3) |
| 25 Nonvegetarian sandwich, for short | | _ _ _ (3) |
19 White-meat sources | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (9) |
| 26 Explosive materials and a cable channel | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
20 It's hard to get out of one | | _ _ _ (3) |
| 27 Scottish actor Alastair | | _ _ _ (3) |
22 Pioneer preservationist | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 28 Airs, in Latin | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
26 Where to see spots | | _ _ _ (3) |
| 29 Md. neighbor | | _ _ _ (3) |
29 'Actually, it's true' | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 30 Resentment reaction | | _ _ _ (3) |
30 Different ending? | | _ _ _ (3) |
| 31 These, in Tours | | _ _ _ (3) |
31 Put into gear | | _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) |
| 34 Introduction introduction | | _ _ _ (3) |
32 Future MD's course | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 35 More of a quote you'll piece together | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
33 Germ-free state | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 36 Bond yield: Abbr. | | _ _ _ (3) |
34 Renovate | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 38 One of two O.T. books | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
35 Capulet murdered by Romeo | | _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) |
| 39 Six-Day War country: Abbr. | | _ _ _ (3) |
36 Kind of lettuce | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 40 Salvage yard item | | _ _ _ _ _ _ (6) |
37 Catcher's apparatus | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
| 41 Sailor's shore leave | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
39 Avarice or lust, e.g. | | _ _ _ (3) |
| 42 H, in Greece | | _ _ _ (3) |
41 Bagel filler | | _ _ _ (3) |
| 43 Outward appearances | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (8) |
44 Hibernia | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 46 Parsley or chive | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
45 Figure (out) | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 48 Another ally of the Cheyenne | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
47 Ottava ___ (poetry type) | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
| 49 Surround, as a castle | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
50 Fella's sweetie | | _ _ _ (3) |
| 51 Journalist Kupcinet and sportscaster Cross | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
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| 52 Alfa Romeo sports cars | | _ _ _ (3) |
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| 53 'I'm Yours' singer Jason | | _ _ _ _ (4) |
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| 54 ___ ghost (is spooked) | | _ _ _ _ _ (5) |
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| 55 Get by trickery | | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) |
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