Across
- 2. Remove defenses through vulnerability
- 4. Actor-director who pioneered American independent cinema
- 6. Texas slacker who filmed Boyhood over 12 years
- 9. Call credibility into question baselessly
- 10. Teen movie king who defined 1980s comedies
- 12. Call forth deliberately from within
- 14. Seven Super Bowl champion who retired 2023
- 15. Stabilize or ground oneself emotionally
- 16. Struggle with obstacles or opposition
- 18. Portuguese icon with 900 career goals
- 19. Baby-faced assassin who revolutionized three-point shooting
- 22. First and only Black F1 driver with 7 titles
- 23. Make conflict or problem worse
- 27. Avoid obstacles through indirect means
- 30. Assert ownership or rightful place
- 31. Signal intentions too clearly beforehand
- 33. Reduce argument to core essence
- 34. Gather resources and deploy deliberately
- 35. Take apart argument piece by piece
- 36. Screenwriter who makes brain-melting meta films
- 39. Chiefs quarterback with three Super Bowls by 28
- 40. Take in information or emotion fully
- 41. Shift perspective on situation productively
- 43. Eight-time Ballon d'Or winner who ended curse
- 47. Add difficulty or new layers
- 48. All-time leading NBA scorer with 4 championships
- 49. Most decorated gymnast advocating mental health
- 50. Oppose impulse internally or externally
- 51. Prosperity gospel megachurch pastor in Houston
Down
- 1. Wear away confidence or trust gradually
- 3. 23 Grand Slam champion fighting for equality
- 5. DeepMind founder who created AlphaGo
- 7. 24 Grand Slam champion banned for vaccine refusal
- 8. Deliberately not give information or opinion
- 11. Restrict or limit ability
- 13. Iran's Supreme Leader since 1989
- 17. UK Chief Rabbi criticizing Labour antisemitism
- 20. Investigate gently but persistently
- 21. Consider seriously the consequences
- 24. Potter's House pastor with charismatic preaching
- 25. Elegant Swiss tennis legend who retired 2022
- 26. B-movie king who mentored New Hollywood directors
- 28. Astrophysicist who rebooted Cosmos
- 29. Four-time Grand Slam champion representing Japan
- 32. Provoke or accelerate necessary change
- 37. Purpose Driven Life author who retired 2022
- 38. Archbishop of Canterbury officiating royal weddings
- 42. Break unity emotionally or structurally
- 44. Undermine power structures from within
- 45. Unravel gradually in unexpected directions
- 46. ImageNet creator called godmother of AI
