1. Giant insurance company recently bailed out by Federal Reserve  _ _ _
2. Normal way of doing things  _ _ _
3. Produces a sharp TV picture  _ _
4. Leader of a corporation  _ _ _
5. A doctor for women  _ _ _ _ _
6. Outdated home music system  _ _ _ _
7. Once, a really fast plane; now, grounded  _ _ _
8. Physical therapy or help with addictions  _ _ _ _ _
9. Doctoral degree  _ _ _
10. Popular and versatile driving machine  _ _ _
11. Credit for producing a score in baseball  _ _ _
12. Unaccounted for soldier in battle area  _ _ _
13. Decision awarded by ref when stopping a boxing match  _ _ _
14. An alien from space  _ _
15. That's funny, according to text-messagers  _ _ _
16. Governmental organization of spooks and spies  _ _ _
17. The 'good' chloresterol  _ _ _
18. A former U.S. President and an airport  _ _ _
19. This TV network may pan to the 'left'  _ _ _ _ _
20. What to give to the breathless  _ _ _
21. This has replaced videotape  _ _ _
22. Popular lunch sandwich  _ _ _
23. Internet access at a coffee shop, for example  _ _ _ _
24. Emotional expression used by text-messagers  _ _ _
25. Many seniors belong to this organization  _ _ _ _
26. One way to purchase stocks  _ _ _
27. Agency that put a man on the moon  _ _ _ _
28. Contagious disease that's a major killer in Africa  _ _ _
29. Agency that can tax your patience (among other things)  _ _ _
30. U.S. President who gave fireside chats  _ _ _
31. Type of literature featuring outer space and aliens  _ _ _ _ _
32. Unexcused military absence  _ _ _ _
33. Time measured on prime meridian running through England  _ _ _
34. An aging male's problem, so the ads say  _ _
35. British equivalent of INC  _ _ _
36. Astronaut's lingo for 'all is well'  _ _ _
37. This TV network says it gets the news 'right'  _ _ _
38. Russia, as we knew it during the Cold War  _ _ _ _
39. Hollywood studio that produced 'The Wizard of Oz'  _ _ _
40. English public TV/radio network  _ _ _

Answers
1. AIG     2. SOP     3. HD     4. CEO     5. OBGYN     6. HIFI     7. SST

8. REHAB     9. PHD     10. SUV     11. RBI     12. MIA     13. TKO

14. ET     15. LOL     16. CIA     17. HDL     18. JFK     19. MSNBC

20. CPR     21. DVD     22. BLT     23. WIFI     24. OMG     25. AARP

26. OTC     27. NASA     28. HIV     29. IRS     30. FDR     31. SCIFI

32. AWOL     33. GMT     34. ED     35. LTD     36. AOK     37. FOX

38. USSR     39. MGM     40. BBC