Crossword.

Across

1. VIX measurement

6. The crash of this currency shook financial markets mid 2010

10. Infamous accounting company now long gone

12. Imposed a tax

14. Bring in

15. Dead--bounce

16. Empty promises

17. Bank profit source

19. Stylish

20. What a bodybuilder shows off

23. Bad loan

24. Forced poker bet

25. Lyndon Johnson's dog

26. Ocean oil driller

27. Manhattan district

29. Water blocker

30. Put off discussions of a proposal (3 words- goes with 33 across)

31. Average name

33. See 30 across

34. Businessperson's Facebook

35. Tokyo token

36. Country under threatened bankruptcy in mid-2010

37. Defend

40. Price word

41. Ford for one

42. Short-tempered

    Down

1. Capable of normal development as a company

2. Records

3. FED's solution, abbr.

4. London's business insurer

5. Man--man

7. Single component

8. Fixed rate mortgage, for example (2 words)

9. Go the way of Lehmann Brothers (2 words)

11. World Cup soccer site, briefly

13. Type of reseller, for short

18. Get a lot of--for the buck

20. Kind of loan, abbr.

21. --line (writer's signature)

22. Web site for $100,000-plus executives (2 words)

23. One in Madrid

24. Goal

26. Data, uncooked

27. Maths total

28. Every CFO can find himself in one (2 words)

29. Mafia head

31. 2001 crash company

32. Bad luck

34. Bruce of dragon fame

36. Student score (abbr.)

38. Call, at poker

39. Ketchikan state

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