A random assortment, across and down.  
By MATT JONES  |  September 30, 2009
 
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| Across 1 Super power all about transparency
 11 Baby on a farm
 15 "I'm stumped"
 16 Aware of
 17 Like a lot of European cathedral architecture in the 16th century
 18 Abbr. after old generals' names
 19 Altar exchanges
 20 Ear protection?
 21 Hired goon
 22 Network whose first broadcast was "Gone With the Wind"
 23 Average scores
 24 Packaging string
 25 "...man ___ mouse?"
 26 Wearing an underskirt
 28 Honor stitched to some jackets
 30 Board game with SLIDE spaces
 31 Fortune
 33 Lewis locale
 36 Pict. in a book
 38 Ineffectual sort
 40 They'd say "like, gag me" in the 1980s
 44 Title for Italian monks
 45 That is, to Cicero
 46 Joel of "Cabaret"
 47 Class closer?
 48 Honky ___ music
 49 Actresses West and Whitman
 50 Spoiled brat
 51 Opposing opinion
 52 Rarest of the main blood types in the U.S.
 55 Made stuff up
 56 Tool in forestry to measure slope, vertical angles and tree heights
 57 1040 IDs
 58 Source of a stream
 | Down 1 Sugar alcohol in some chewing gums
 2 They may direct traffic
 3 Convert to a computer system, e.g.
 4 Part of Y.S.L.
 5 Be lazy
 6 "___ to Extremes" (Billy Joel song)
 7 Phrase of consequence
 8 "Ow!"
 9 Leaving out
 10 Bottle top?
 11 Indiana's second largest city
 12 Like some musical "wonders"
 13 Bring into harmony
 14 Stuck
 23 In a sassy way
 24 2008 Olympics swimmer Dara
 26 Pac-Man dot
 27 Creepy-___
 29 Supports at the end of planes
 32 Like teddy bears and puppies
 34 Like some wisdom?
 35 Military planes provide it
 37 Manatee's order
 39 Spring holidays
 40 Blood pressure, heart rate, etc.
 41 Aphrodite's beloved
 42 Of a period that ends in 39-down
 43 Transfer an e-mail, perhaps
 49 Speed ratio
 50 "Leave in," to a proofreader
 53 Pai ___ (Chinese gambling game)
 54 Dr.'s org.
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