•
Starting point for a 3D animatorAcross
1
Starting point for a 3D animator
6
Test that may involve traffic lights
13
Bow Wow's "___ My System"
14
"Me too," jocularly
15
Flying Pan
16
Founder of the Sikh faith
17
You might have one in the shower
18
Check
19
___ Luna, title orphan in an Isabel Allende novel
20
Cost of taking a cab to a restaurant?
22
Volcanic ash, say
23
Came on a plane
24
When doubled, an orange-maned Muppet ... or his signature song
25
Legendary hoarder
26
Quiet often follows it
27
47
Chinese province composed entirely of 47-Across
28
All too easy to mess up
29
It helps a bettor bet better
30
"bury a friend" singer, to fans
31
Skinned knees and such
32
Naturally occurring water filter
33
Selection on an Indian menu
34
Wordlessly come on to
38
Means of toning one's delts, glutes, lats and more
39
Like Matisse's pieces
40
Unsightly design?
41
Current employers
43
Exclamation from Mario
44
Pursuit for academics who love their classes?
45
Hard to get going
46
Movie theater annoyance
47
27
Specks on a globe
Down
1
Matter
2
"No lo ___ creer" ("I can't believe it": Sp.)
3
Wolverine relative
4
Hearty brasserie order
5
Catcher of pitches?
6
Hurtle hazardously
7
Tickle
8
Shut (up)
9
Sea-Tac screeners
10
One with picture-perfect recall?
11
Delightful
12
"Shoot!"
14
"___ U.S.A." (1963 megahit)
16
Gradually won over
18
24 years, for Donald and Melania Trump
21
Self-titled dance-pop debut album of 1991
22
Analogues for packed subway cars
24
Kind of relay in which different folks swim different strokes
25
Partnership program?
26
Emmy winner Davidson who played five characters at once on "Days of Our Lives"
27
Question accompanying a clap on the shoulder, maybe
28
Office interns, stereotypically
29
"It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by ___ and how few by deceit": Noël Coward
30
It makes bread off the bread it makes
32
Reprobate
34
Saphead
35
39
Region including central 39-Down, with "the"
36
Mario's love
37
Blasts from the brass
39
35
Its flag mirrors Guinea's
42
Metrosexual, say
43
"Kirby's Epic Yarn" console
An Escalating Challenge (Themeless, 6/5/22)
