Across
1
Need restocking
5
Common table at casinos
11
Consumers
13
"Early bird catches the worm", e.g.
14
"Twist and _____", Beatles song
15
Like a rapper who's focused on their rhymes
16
Venus or Serena Williams, e.g.
18
"___ Believer", Monkees song covered by Smash Mouth (RIP Steve Harwell)
19
Twelve-mo. periods
20
Like the White Rabbit
21
Guinness of "Star Wars" fame (to his chagrin)
22
Thin cut
23
Smug smile
24
Newspaper think piece
25
Baseball's "Slammin' Sammy"
26
Extreme anger
28
Prefix before smith to make a rock band
29
First, abbr.
30
Bon ____, indie folk band
31
"Star Trek" captain Jean-___ Picard
34
Big ass truck
35
Start of a popular children's rhyme
37
Read, as a bar code
39
Wet-Naps, e.g.
40
Deep-fried Japanese dish
41
"I don't _____ easily"
42
What a guy might say when holding the door for his girlfriend
43
Carefully planned stratagem
Down
1
Patriarch of "The Venture Bros."
2
"Confessions Part II" singer
3
Vegas signs
4
Beat in a footrace
5
"Jurassic World" actress Dallas Howard
6
Aspect of a media franchise a devoted fan is most obsessed with
7
.MOV alternative
8
1970 Simon & Garfunkel hit
9
Seinfeld's neighbor
10
Actor famous for roles in "School of Rock", "Nacho Libre", and "Kung Fu Panda"
12
"Meet The Parents" actor Ben
13
"Dear Evan Hansen" actor Ben
17
"He ____, she ____"
21
"Are not!" response
22
Common name given to a dalmatian
23
Things typically drowned with alcohol
24
Creative way of putting a tiger or crane on your office desk
25
Slowly permeate
26
Michelle, Eleanor, and Hillary, e.g.
27
Org. with a "Trick-or-Treat" donation box
28
Hair care brand
30
Motionless
31
Wash gently against, as the shore
32
Where embryos grow
33
Sine's reciprocal, in trig.
35
Burden of proof
36
Commonly prescribed remedy for halitosis
38
Host of many podcasts?
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