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CROSSWORD BY THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS
1 Jumbles of noise
5 Cracked
9 Basic belief
10 Suffering ennui
12 Arm bones
13 Biscotti flavor
14 Paging gizmos
16 Heir, at times
17 Had dinner
18 Eyes, slangily
20 Grassy plants
22 Player’s fee
23 Shenanigan
25 Hangs low
28 “Be right with you”
32 Finders, they say
34 Pitching stat
35 Travel stop
36 “Golly!”
38 Door holder’s words
40 Pond growth
41 Sachet scent
42 Convenes
43 Car scar
44 Mystery writer Woods
DOWN
1 Take out
2 Wanting
3 Tide type
4 Increase, as an incline
5 Humiliate
6 Singer Bon Jovi
7 Out of bed
8 Vacation spot
9 Brass band members
11 None too smart
15 Do museum work
19 Tempo
21 Shocked sound
24 Pants measures
25 Aptitude
26 Virgil work
27 Moderate
29 Folk’s Pete
30 Book goofs
31 Docket listings
33 VCR button
37 Entreaty
39 “Oh, wow!”
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