Across
1. Big black-and-white bamboo-muncher
6. Giant white bear from the Arctic
11. Visitor from outer space
12. Sports talk: It's the "A" in the AFL
13. What we do during the national anthem
14. Yucky; smoking is a ____ habit
15. "The Three Bears" mother: ___ Bear
17. He was married to 15A: ___Bear
20. Forest firefighter: ___ Bear
25. Not together
27. To get up, like a bear after hibernating
28. Small town slang for "assume"
30. What Chicago Cubs runners swing
31. Boo-boo's buddy: ___ Bear (or baseball's Berra)
33. The Potato State
37. Maker of "Super Breakout" and other early video games
41. Gone out: He's ___ home (2 wds)
42. More scarce; (the 1A is ___ than the 44A)
43. Not really a bear, it totes its baby in its front pocket
44. Common U.S. bear, named for its color

Down
1. Unfortunate clothing choice: fashion faux ___
2. Supermodel Carol (or key to the left of the space bar)
3. Actress Long of "Soul Food" (or Kwanzaa word for "purpose")
4. Where you'll surely find a great Dane
5. Hit sitcom: "Two ___ Half Men" (2 wds)
6. Canal country or style of cool hat
7. "Are you a man ___ mouse?" (2 wds)
8. Musical nickname: "___ Miz"
9. Pesky picnic-crasher
10. Singer Charles, who kept Georgia on his mind
16. Any woman's title (abbr.) or Steinem's mag
17. Doing okay: ____ for the course
18. Grape primate of cartoon fame
19. Hungry yellow video dot: ___man
21. Relating to motion of a revolving body
22. Korean automaker
23. Superlative suffix: lovely, lovelier, loveli__
24. What the Spanish mean by "si"
26. Camry creator
29. Sign of the times: __ Smoking
32. Attire
33. To seal, as you would a deal
34. Snack-loving cartoon dog: Scooby ___
35. Bertinelli's breakthrough hit: "One Day ___ Time" (2 wds)
36. Actor Holbrook
38. Fast track org: American Running Assn.
39. Slang for a place to watch TV: ___ room
40. To get on someone's nerves