Relax and play
ACROSS
1 CBS panel show hosted by Julie Chen 8 Hindu title of respect 13 Two-continent land mass
14 TV teaser
15 Like the strongest coffee
16 Extension
17 Really bother, with “at”
18 Friday (Jamie Lee Curtis film of 2003) 19 Brad of World War Z
22 Luster
24 Aspirin targets
26 “the ramparts we watched…” 27 Dedicated poem 30 Reba’s profession 33 Crusty bread slice 34 D.C. insider
35 Military cap
36 Removes from copy 38 Streisand’s “The Way We ”
39 Commit solemnly 42 Take a stab at 44 “Flashdance…What a Feeling” singer Cara 45 Filled in
49 Snide expression
50 I Said So (2007 movie with Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore)
51 What optimists have 52 Small songbird
DOWN
1 Turner of channels 2 Mao’s successor 3 Go off course
4 “It’s break time!” 5 Sailing the Pacific 6 Shopping aids
7 Part of a candy bar name
8 Barbecued treat 9 Elizabeth
(cosmetics name) 10 Savannah’s Today cohost Kotb 11 Welcome postaccident words
12 Thin as a rail 18 Professional charges 19 Walk nervously 20 Computer symbol 21 Fall heavily 23 Game-rules authority 25 Vatican City basilica 27 Fairy-tale meanie 28 Bambi, for example 29 Art Deco illustrator 31 Kind of model 32 Resolution time 36 Gifted person?
37 Throat trouble
39 Piece of china
40 Rubik of cube fame 41 Political comedy series on HBO
43 Costa
45 Air-rifle ammo
46 It’s a wrap
47 Spanish “that”
48 Drops in the morning