["How about 'Sports and Comedy' for $800"] He was on first base, per Abbott and Costello Crossword Clue

• Elite group

  New York Times · Friday, December 21, 2018 · 7 letters

• V.I.P. list

  New York Times · Sunday, December 31, 2017 · 7 letters

• Reference work on notable people published since 1899

  New York Times · Monday, August 10, 2015 · 7 letters

• Group of notables

  New York Times · Sunday, October 8, 2006 · 7 letters

• Elite

  New York Times · Saturday, December 7, 2002 · 7 letters

• Where to look someone up

  New York Times · Tuesday, December 11, 2001 · 7 letters

• Reference shelf staple

  New York Times · Wednesday, September 29, 1999 · 7 letters

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• 35-Down Does some strokes
• 36-Across Muscle-and-bone doc
• 37-Down Dept. that oversees the F.D.A.
• 38-Down "Look at that!"
• 39-Across ["Give me 'The Academy' for $600"] This was only the second animated film to be nominated for Best Picture, after "Beauty and the Beast"
• 40-Down Gumbo, for one
• 42-Down Terrifying sound for a field mouse
• 43-Across The Supreme Court justices, collectively
• 44-Across Charlie's Angels, e.g.
• 45-Down Terrifying device for a field mouse
• 46-Across Swanky
• 47-Across Doubled or tripled, say