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CROSSWORD BY THOMAS JOSEPH
ACROSS
1 Dance moves
5 Blue state
11 Plot unit
12 Iroquois League member
13 Bank offering
14 Customs
15 Deserving
17 Rival
18 Namely
22 Tire in the trunk
24 Disparaging
25 Maximum amount
26 Negating word
27 Swallows
30 Soup server
32 Useful ability
33 North Pole worker
34 Middle East tree
38 Party nibble
41 Lotion additive
42 Coral isles
43 Artery problem
44 Past and present
DOWN
1 Secluded valley
2 File stand-in
3 Slapstick stunts
4 Grad-to-be
5 Music category
6 Beginnings
7 Turn the page, say
8 Outfit
9 Poem of praise
10 Used to be
16 Casual top
19 Sources of sudden wealth
20 Pop star
21 Henri’s head
22 Sweeping story
23 Not to mention
28 Bike pair
29 Basic need
30 Gettysburg
loser
31 Liama’s cousin
35 Hardy heroine
36 “Behold!”
37 Citi Field team
38 Manx, for one
39 Consumed
40 Dijon denial