Solution 5

Across

  1. Wise one's brush
  5. Land unit
  9. Kick out permanently
12. Tel ___
13. Ship's workforce
14. Dollar bill
15. Humble
16. Cannes offering
17. Zodiac cat
18. Time for historians
19. Money owed
20. A chess piece
21. Trampoline stunt
23. Actor Vigoda
25. Least risky
27. Group of kittens
31. Pacific, for one
32. Shopper's stop
33. Abate
35. Enjoyed gum
36. Hurricane center
37. Took a train
38. Tinted one's hair
41. Over or above
43. Sewer denizen
46. A sense organ
47. Steep, like tea
48. Bad habit
49. The Greatest boxer
50. King of comedy?
51. Quaint lodgings
52. Born in France
53. Exercise arenas
54. Mellows, as wine

Down

  1. Like before
  2. Declare
  3. Tallest animals
  4. Creation figure
  5. Approve of
  6. Baby's bed
  7. Vacation residence
  8. Girl sheep
  9. Lasso's kin
10. Freshly
11. Gas in a bright sign
19. Walt of animation
20. Stroked lovingly
22. Like some cars
24. See 20-Across
25. After fa
26. Poker high card
28. Looming over
29. Before, once
30. Firetruck color
34. All but
35. Symbols of royalty
38. Academic authority
39. Connecticut school
40. A Great Lake
42. Sports squad
44. Teen's woe
45. Hardy's lass
47. Paper sack
48. By a route through