Across
1. At the drop of ___ (2 wds.)
5. Computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey
8. Blind ___ (Bruce Willis-Kim Basinger comedy of '87)
12. ___ Sampras (pro opponent of 18 Across)
13. The Silent ___ (period before talkies)
14. Sherman Hemsley sitcom, 1986-91
15. A Jeff Bridges sci-fi flick of '82
16. The Ipcress File author Deighton
17. Pop pianist Peter ___
18. Tennis great: U.S. Open and Wimbledon winner (2 wds.)
21. Geological age
22. The novelist Umberto ___
23, Golden Globe ___ (movie-TV prizes)
26. "___the Clowns" (77 hit for Judy Collins; 2 wds.)
30. 56, in old Rome
31. Grand ___ Opry
32. Jim, Betsy, Lilli or Arnold
36. Actress ___ Shields (the wife of 18 Across)
39. The Monkees' '66 hit" ___ Believer" (2 wds.)
40. Charlotte ___ of TV's The Facts of Life
41. Star of Sleepers, Rush and The Lost Boys (2 wds.)
46. Jody Watley's '88 hit "___ Kind of Lover"
47. ___-in-law ('93 Pauly Shore comedy)
48. The Tender ___ ('55 Sinatra romance)
50. Twosome
51. ___ Yeller (Disney movie about a dog)
52. Actress Maureen O'___
53. Williams or Warhol
54. Cow's bellow
55. All's Well That ___Well
Down
1. Fitting, or appropriate
2. Zeus's wife, goddess of women
3. Like ___ of bricks (2 wds.)
4. ___ Mercies (Robert Duvall's Oscar drama)
5. Hunt, Redd and Mirren
6. Zone
7 Jessica and Hope
8. TV's Ink star Ted ___
9. The singing ___ Brothers
10. Hatcher or Garr
11. British rock composer Brian ___
19. Stewart or Steiger
20. What 18 Across serves up
23. Mont Blanc is one
24. Wheeling's state (abbr.)
25. Be "under the weather"
27. "Da ___ Ron Ron" (Shaun Cassidy's '77 chart topper)
28. Type or kind
29. Hillary Clinton, ___ Rodham
33. Kathy Bates's Oscar film
34. Comedian ___ Philips
35. Mel Gibson-Rene Russo thriller
36. Don Juan DeMarco star Marlon ___
37. Ronald Reagan movie of '38, Brother ___
38. "___ land of the free and the home of the brave" (2 wds.)
41. ___ Allen (Oscar nominee in The Crucible)
42. In the thick of
43. A Ralph Lauren brand name
44. Persia, now ___
45. Green ___ ('90 Andie MacDowell comedy)
46. Health club
49. Ma Kettle's hubby and others
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