ACROSS

1. Thay it like tho

5. Femme fatale

9. Scott Joplin piece

12. “____ us a child is born”

13. Sunburn soother

14. Follower and preceder to “in”

15. Storage spot in the backyard

16. Forgetful actor's request

17. Personal write-up

18. Paving substance

19. Flower part

20. Ram's remark

21. Draw out

23. Succeed in Lent

25. Artifact

26. Neutral hue

27. Scout group

28. Homer's harrumph

29. The gift of ____

32. Tribal unit

34. Cat-o'-nine-____

36. Move nonchalantly

39. ____ waste

40. Dutch ____ disease

41. Like an approach to a loop-the-loop

43. Flower appreciator

44. A long time ____

45. Conceal

46. Record a TV show

47. Gym surface

48. Radiate

49. Computer person

50. Understand

51. Stage scenery

52. Garden spots

DOWN

1. Shine

2. Breathed in

3. Like an operating room

4. Seed holder

5. Personal servant

6. Landed

7. Ruler

8. Apple tool

9. Jewish scholar

10. Pseudonym

11. Rub it in

19. Film, for short

22. Piece of cake

24. Common sweetener

26. A really long time

28. When the sun's out

30. Military pilot's post

31. Censored

33. Hair on your lids

34. Source of domestic water?

35. “Yeah, right!” reactions

36. Where things are sewn together

37. Tiny pond plants

38. Killed in the Bible

39. Borscht necessity

42. Revise a manuscript

46. Where to rub-a-dub

Solution on page 299