ACROSS

1 Clapton or Idle
5 "Me" to Miss Piggy
8 ___ Boot (WWII film)
11 Singer-songwriter Laura ___
12 Hilda, to Sabrina the teenage witch
14 Australia's national bird
15 "___ Goodbye" (song on 16 Across's debut album)
16 'N Syncer who released his first solo album, Schizophrenic (2 wds.)
18 Winnie the ___
20 Kimberly ___ of The Manchurian Candidate
21 Woody Allen's ex-wife Louise ___
24 "___ to Billie Joe"
25 "Burn" and "Confessions" singer
26 Lake ___ (1980 Winter Olympics setting)
29 Compete
30 Help
31 Ready, ___, go
33 Joey ___ of 'N Sync
36 Bass of 'N Sync
38 No ___ Out
39 Timberlake of 'N Sync
40 Kirkpatrick of 'N Sync
43 Austrian physicist Ernst ___
44 Peaches and Herb classic
46 "I Need___" (song from 'N Sync's first album)
50 Web address (abbr.)
51 "___ Girls (Dance with Women)" (16 Across's single)
52 One of the Great Lakes
53 Spelling of the alphabet's last letter
54 The Squad ___ starring Peggy Lipton
55 A ___ in the R.A.F.

DOWN

1 ___ of Days (Schwarzenegger action flick)
2 The Catcher in the ___
3 Patriot Games bad guys (abbr.)
4 Evidence on CSI
5 ___ League (Charlie Sheen movie)
6 Yelp of pain
7 Disney's Monsters, ___
8 He loved Lucy
9 Ed who played Mingo on Daniel Boone
10 Money guru Orman
13 Star of silent films Bara
17 Guinness or Baldwin
19 "___ the land of the free..."
21 Tony-winning play of the '60s
22 "Yeah, right!" (2 wds.)
23 Where the Mets play
24 ___ School (Will Ferrell comedy)
26 National Velvet horse
27 "___ She Lovely?" (Stevie Wonder song)
28 Prefix for "one-tenth"
30 ___ Wednesday (Jane Fonda movie)
32 The Whole ___ Yards
34 Mary-Kate, to 37 Down
35 Fertile spot in a desert
36 Jean-___ Picard
37 The older Olsen sister
39 World-weary
40 Actress Penélope ___ of Gothika
41 "Right ___ (By Your Side)" (song from 16 Across's solo album)
42 Rapper Ja ___
43 Interoffice note
45 Collateral villain Cruise
47 "Are you a ___ man mouse?" (2 wds.)
48 Sportscaster Scully
49 Cry of surprise