Across
- 2. it's no "Mission Impossible" for him
- 5. Located in Alaska, this is North America's highest peak
- 7. "sly" creature sought by sportsmen riding hounds
- 9. New Zealand, Midway, and Hawaii are all parts of this "many island" group
- 10. a selected material from a larger work
- 12. De"faced" by sand & invading armies, it crouches near the Great Pyramids
- 16. this Mexican dish is meat & veggies coated in masa dough & wrapped in a corn husk
- 17. the number of senators from each state
- 21. a flooding embankment; Led Zeppelin had a song about one
- 23. president in the 1920s, this man must have said "vo dee oh do" at least once
- 25. between 1816 & 1819 westward expansion brought 4 new states, including this Hoosier homeland
- 26. the elected office held by the president of the senate
- 27. land animal with the largest teeth
- 29. King David and Jesus both hailed from this town
- 30. this is the name of a horn on a vessel, used to signal to other vessels during foggy weather; its also this "I say" this name of a character
- 31. this U.S. president shares a name with the creator of a machine that really "sucks"
- 33. knee-length trousers
- 35. this movie pirate, plundered the silver screen seas in 2003
- 37. in 2009, a housewife practicing file-sharing was found to have infringed these on 24 songs & hit with a $2 million judgement
- 38. floating sea creature named by sailors for the Iberian fighting ship it resembles
- 40. it was the decade when the first Baby Boomers were born
- 41. the name of this pasta, similar to penne, means "little mustaches"--doesn't sound so tasty now
- 44. Place known for growing apples and "Walla Walla" onions
- 45. he took the 1997 & 2006 title of Sexiest Man Alive, proving once again that the life of this "Michael Clayton" guy isn't that bad
- 48. this U.S. president only served one term, by choice; it may have been easy to "Keep Cool" with this guy
Down
- 1. perhaps you'd like to pick up his "Collected Plays: 1944-1961" which includes "The Crucible" and "Death of a Salesman"
- 3. a frankfurter on a stick that's dipped in batter & fried, it's a kissing cousin to pigs in a blanket
- 4. His statue sits atop Philadelphia's city hall
- 6. at 1,424 pages, the Penguin Classics Deluxe version of his "War and Peace" is hardly a quick read
- 7. Name of the sport of hunting birds with other birds
- 8. the 1850s saw a bad one of this 5-letter word that refers to an economic crash & the fear-driven rush to sell
- 11. try some of the chicken cooked in the charcoal-fired oven that's used throughout India
- 12. Arrested for voting in 1872 election, she died 14 years before the 19th Amendment
- 13. a musical instrument, made out of wooden bars, and played by striking with mallets
- 14. an accused person in court, along with their counsel
- 15. "If you can read, you can cook," she wrote in introduction of her classic "Mastering the Art of French Cooking"
- 18. Shes the 'funny' woman behind the book, "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea"
- 19. he wrote books on fishing & hunting, & you might also enjoy his classic "A Farewell to Arms"
- 20. ironically, he lost the leading role in the 1960 play "The Best Man" because he didn't look presidential
- 22. this U.S. president during World War I
- 24. Since 1932, the U.S. Badge of Military Merit has had this colorful name
- 28. this exclusive grade of beef comes from cattle raised in a Japanese sea port of the same name
- 32. natural vanilla flavoring comes from this tropical flower
- 34. he won 'Sexiest Man Alive' 1995 & 2000, & he'll probably win next year 'cause he's cute as a "Button"
- 36. the world's largest office building, named for this geometric shape
- 39. "You gave an aging suburban dad the ego-boost of a lifetime" said this man "Bourne" to be Forbes "most bookable man"
- 42. this pseudoscience researches the alleged existence of unknown, legendary, or extinct animals, whose presence is disputed
- 43. The children are poults, the mothers hens, and the fathers, toms
- 46. an 1870s novel about greed & corruption gave us the name of this Age, meaning "gold covered"
- 47. This animal is the "ship of the desert"