By Bethany Bella

Across: 1. Ocean current 5. That things 8. Plus 12. Spoken 13. Groove 14. Cannon sound 15. Government health program 17. Santas time 18. What a priest hears 20. Laundry problem 23. Mountain gap 24. Cease 25. Competently 27. Electrified particle 30. Pretends 31. Kickers prop

32. Guitar device 33. Bossy Stooge 34. Affirmative votes 35. Picnic pests 36. Scrape roughly 38. Remove 39. Totally destroy 43. Froth 44. Classical composition 48. Poker payment 49. Develop 50. Thoroughfare 51. Marsh plant 52. Deep 53. Fax

Down: 1. Actor _____ Hanks 2. Intense rage 3. Moms spouse 4. Evokes 5. Mideast country 6. Grass 7. Church towers 8. Chasm 9. New Orleans state 10. Fly alone 11. Forewarning 16. Pros opposite 19. Speak 20. Hoax 21. Mexican meal 22. Take turns 25. Unusual

26. Queen or drone 28. Chooses 29. Snout 32. Professions 34. Hardwood tree 37. Pointed at 38. And so on (abbr.) 39. Not nearby 40. Zero 41. Advertising emblem 42. Again 45. Future fish 46. Bakers desire 47. Bizarre