ACROSS

1 "Waltz Across Texas" by Ernest ___

5 School organization for the grown-ups (inits.)

8 Actor Pitt of Babel

12 Butter substitute

13 ___ the Devil Wear Black, starring Mary-Louise Parker

14 Chad or Rob

15 "Don't Go ___ the Water" by Johnny Cash

16 ___ Wednesday (Edward Burns mob drama)

17 Iridescent gemstone

18 "She's Got It All" country star (2 wds.)

21 Smokey Robinson's "From Head to ___"

22 Actor Beatty of Deliverance

23 Almost ___, starring Kate Hudson and Billy Crudup

26 War of the Worlds director Spielberg

30 Pub drink

31 "You Left Me a Long, Long Time ___" by 41 Across

32 "___ John" by Jimmy Dean (2 wds.)

36 Former Cover Girl model Niki ___

39 ___ Force One, starring Harrison Ford

40 Actor Cube of Are We There Yet? and Barber Shop

41 "Always on My Mind" Grammy winner (2 wds.)

47 ___ with a Pearl Earring, starring Scarlett Johansson

48 Wes Craven's cult hit A Nightmare on ___ Street

49 "Fall in ___" by 18 Across

50 ___ mater (the school a person attended)

51 Deep Blue ___ starring Samuel L. Jackson and LL Cool J

52 Lyrical poems

53 "___ to Be Unhappy" by the Mamas & the Papas

54 The ___ Commandments, starring Charlton Heston

55 Star ___: Episode VI—Return of the Jedi

DOWN

1 "From Hillbilly Heaven to Honky ___ Hell" by 18 Across

2 ___'s Gold, starring Peter Fonda

3 Green, lima or

string ___

4 "___ Run" by Bruce Springsteen (2 wds.)

5 Trading ___ starring Dan Aykroyd

6 New Age musician John ___ (Live at Red Rocks)

7 Location of 2004 summer Olympics

8 Legally ___, starring Reese Witherspoon and Luke Wilson

9 "Skip a ___" (Henson Cargill classic country song)

10 Cast ___ (Tom Hanks adventure drama)

11 Benicio ___ Toro (Academy Award winner for Traffic)

19 "___ Had Me from Hello" by 18 Across

20 Sting's "If You Love Somebody ___ Them Free"

23 The ___ Four (Beatles nickname)

24 Actress Larter of Heroes

25 Actress Ryan of You've Got Mail and City of Angels

27 Actor Kilmer of Déjà Vu

28 ___ trip (self-centered behavior)

29 "Hide ___ Hair" by Ray Charles

33 Talladega Nights: The ___ of Ricky Bobby, starring Will Ferrell

34 Suffer an illness

35 Waterless, parched area most in need of rain

36 "The ___" (hit song by 18 Across; 2 wds.)

37 "___ in the Hole" (George Strait country smash hit)

38 "Goodbye ___ Brick Road" by Elton John

41 I ___ Stand (hit album by 18 Across)

42 ___ La Douce, starring Shirley MacLaine

43 "Waiting for the Robert ___" (init. & wd.)

44 "___ Pop" by Britney Spears

45 "I Might Get ___ You" by 18 Across

46 Loch ___ (location of a famous monster)

47 Comic's laugh-getter

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